Other Summer Fun (Goat Yoga, new hair, Shannons, bowling)

I had the opportunity to try Goat Yoga with a couple friends! It was....interesting! :) I'm happy to report that I walked away without my yoga mat being pooped on, so we'll call that a success!

 Whiskers enjoys being in Willow's bed but she won't let her sleep with her overnight. Meanwhile Owen's heart bursts with joy when she comes in his bed :)

Bound and determined to have them confident in cooking before they leave the house!

Owen attended the library's summer reading program kickoff with a friend.

Owen is still attending a weekly ninja class. It's good exercise for him!

Sometimes they have "extra" things, like this Spiderman inflatable!

Willow had a trim but asked for her to curl her hair. Her face looked like she was on Cloud 9!

Her purple has faded out but you catch glimpses of her bleached hair underneath every once in a while. 

We brought out some "trail magic" for the Appalachian Trail thru-hikers one weekend. It was the end of the peak season for our area but we did see a handful and they were grateful! They were all super kind and interesting to talk with on their brief stop with us. It'd be fun to do again!

Owen took advantage of summertime to try out a mohawk. The guys tried to scare me when he came down half-shaved... I love his genuine joy in this picture though!

We enjoyed free summer bowling this summer. Gramps and Gramma joined us!

A bike ride for ice cream with a friend!

We joined Hannah and Hunter at the pool while Willow was on her mission trip. 

Summertime is for icecream!!

We enjoyed a day with the Shannons before they started packing for their move to the west coast. Owen was happy to have Scott join him on the Wii!

We took a hike with their dogs, who loved jumping in the river to cool off!

 

Owen is losing a lot of teeth lately!

He even lost one at a cousin sleepover at Nana and Grandpa's!

We're beyond grateful for our "older" BFFs. They've been such a blessing to us, between my Grow Group with Connie, nursery with Joe, Chris working with Joe for a bit, aaaaaand inviting us to share their box seats to the baseball game!

Random Catchup

Nana and Grandpa enjoy taking the cousins to Massanutten. In January they took a long weekend to enjoy the water park and sledding!

 

Nana always has projects for them!

We enjoyed a couple hockey games over the winter. Our minor league team did really well this year, going on to win the whole league!

The sweet PE teacher at my school volunteers with the team and had them put my name up for my birthday...spelled really close ;)

Grandpa always enjoys hearing what Willow is learning in math when we get together. :)

Our "fence neighbors" moved and we've missed our chats over the fence. It warmed my heart to see Owen chatting with the girl who moved in!

I took Owen and a couple of his buddies to a Pokémon event at the public library. They were in heaven!

Willow has really enjoyed her Radish Kids kits that come in the mail monthly. She recently got caught up on putting her badges on her apron. 

Grandpa got Willow a sewing machine for Christmas and Nana has been working with her on learning to use it. They've worked on some projects for the SPCA!

We haven't been as diligent with having Owen help with meals (like we had been during COVID) but he gets put to work every once in a while!

I took advantage of last minute tickets to see Annie in town with Willow. The tickets were super cheap for being 6 rows away from the stage! 

It's hard to believe it's already time to register the kiddos for middle school and high school! Eek!