A Look Back, cont...

Picking up where I left off yesterday...

In June, we did a lot of gardening, blackberry picking, and some canning:

I took the kids to a swimming party with their church youth group:

Learned some fun songs and moves in VBS:

And had fun catching some free ice cream and getting pictures taken with Maggie the Cow on Flip Day at Maggie Moo's:

We had fireworks on July 4th for the kids with my cousins and their kids:

The twins got to spend a week at Aunt Amanda and Uncle Josh's house in Nashville:

I had a couple of silly boys when Nate came over to play:

Then we took Evan to a week at Lakeshore church camp with his friend, Trevor:

And, August 1st, the kids started back to school (I think it gets earlier every year):

I canned what felt like a billion tomatoes:

And I won some awesome summer CHA goodies:

We started September off with a Labor Day weekend trip to a friend's cabin in the mountain...and I have so many photos from that weekend! Here are a few of the highlights:

Greeter Falls:

We swam out and stood under the falls (check one thing off the bucket list!):

Board Games in the cabin:

S'mores every night:

Check out the local flea market on Sunday morning:

Took a Labor Day hike in the rain:

Where we saw this:

And The Great Stone Door:

We had some freakish lightening storms:

I went to a baby shower for a good friend:

And flag football started up (Evan was the QB for his team!):

In October, Evan turned eleven:

The 3 youngest had a blast playing in the cotton (something I remember from my childhood):

We actually had some beautiful fall colors, which I really enjoyed on my morning runs:

I did a few photo shoots for some friends and family:

Did a few tries at our Christmas card photo:

Till Daddy helped, so they would behave:

Evan's flag football team went undefeated, and won their "Superbowl":

Tracy had her little one, and I got to visit:

At the end of the month, Evan and his best buds, Nate and Trevor, all got dressed up for a Halloween party:

And on Halloween, I took the kiddos trick or treating:

In November, I went to my cousin Jocelyn's baby shower

Basketball season started back up with a Jamboree:

The twins turned nine:

We celebrated Thanksgiving at home with a yummy meal:

And then decided to work on replacing our kitchen floor...

And, since this post has gotten so long, I will share December photos tomorrow!