Never a dull moment

Our family has grown over the past few weeks. We got a new puppy, Archie! He's a Havanese , and he looks like a little stuffed animal! Ray has been wanting another dog for a while, and I knew it was probably only so long that I could make him hold out. I reluctantly let him talk me into going, "just to look" of course, and hours later we were home with Archie. It wasn't quite the dog Ray originally wanted to look at, but he saw how much Kenley and I seemed to like this puppy, and his little face is pretty irresistible, even for a guy who wanted a bulldog. He's been really good with the kids so far, and Kenley treats him like her little baby. He (mostly) seems ok with being held wrapped up in a blanket by her, and him and Charlie seem to enjoy playing together with the same toys.

We had a great 4th of July weekend. Friday night we did a 2mile run in our community with the kids and Archie in the jogging stroller. I was really proud of Ray because this was his first ever race, and it's been nice for us to do it together. Kenley also got to do a kids dash at the end too, which was fun to watch. On the 4th we went to my sister's in-laws house and hung out outside, went swimming, ate lots of food, and Ray and Greg ended the night with a huge firework show for everyone. On the 5th, we went to my Aunt and Uncle's lake house for the day where we spent the day again swimming, eating, being outside, and Kenley got to fish for the second time with my dad. We were pretty exhausted today after 3 very
busy days, so we stayed home and put the kids to bed early!

The past 2 weeks Kenley had Sportscamp where she learned soccer and basketball skills, and Frozen dance camp, where she learned dances to all the songs from Frozen. She had so much fun at both, and she did a great job listening and participating. This week she starts swim lessons and gymnastics. I am also taking Charlie to the mommy & me swim class. So, as usual, we are staying busy! It's been a great summer so far, and I'm so happy there is a lot more of it left!