Rozenboomx5: Summer Time!

Wow it has been a while since I have done any blogging. The summer has been super busy for us. The boys both enjoyed another season of baseball with Jeremy helping with both teams. Next year they will each move up a level so that will make things even more exciting. Hayden played first base often and sometime second base. He even got to try pitching in a few games! Nile floated around the field in many positions and really is getting pretty good at batting. Next year will be the real test since there will be another boy pitching to him rather than the coach with the machine.

Aubrey wrapped up dance and had attended a dance camp as well. This Thursday she will be dancing downtown with her former class and the dance camp kiddos. She is really enjoying dance more and more which makes me glad I made her stick with it this years. She points her toes all the time and is very close to doing the splits!

Hayden and Nile have both done several basketball camps this summer. Hayden is finishing his last three on three camp this Friday and then he is on to the Pella High football camp next week for four days. Nile's football camp will be one Saturday later in August before school starts.

I am very thankful for my parents and some of the boys' friends parents for transporting them to these many activities! It has been a whole new ball game for us this summer with daycare full time and not being able to go places many days.

We made it through our 36th annual Bologna Nationals a few weekends ago. There was some rain on Saturday morning that kept some cars away but all in all it was a great show and I was able to help my mom out with food on both Friday and Saturday night.

We also camped up at the State Fair Grounds for two nights for the Good Guys car show over the 4th. The weather was wonderful and we had a nice time. There were lots of cars to see and the boys enjoyed getting the free model and putting them together with Hot Rod Buddy on Saturday afternoon. All three kiddos colored a car for the contest and got a free coloring book of hot rods to "paint". One big difference this year was my dad's car. His 38 Chevy coupe has been primer-ed gray for many years now and this year he painted it flat black after they camp back home from being south for a few months this winter.

We plan to head up to Spencer for their car show in August also. I am looking forward to stopping by my college roommates home on our way back to visit and see her new addition, Jonah Dean!

On top of all the kids activities Jeremy has been busy at Pella Corp and I now have 4 regular families and one drop in family. All are part time except one so we do have kids everyday now. It has been an adjustment for all of us but we are enjoying it! This fall will be another adjustment as all my kids will be in school full time and 2 of my daycare kids will be in preschool afternoons.