Making the most of our days

It's been a pretty quiet summer here at the Marshall houshold. With all the big changes that have taken place this summer (moving, having a baby...) we haven't done too much other than hanging out and adjusting to our new life. We haven't taken any family vacations or made it to the beach together once (so sad!). But, we have tried to make the most of our days together at home.

We have continued to have Family Movie Night every Saturday night and Family Game Night every Sunday night. The kids really look forward to these weekly events and enjoy picking out movies and games for us.

We all love having backyard picnic lunches...
Little Miss Sunshine even enjoys them too :)

Emma, Abby & Nate all love to "play" with Charlotte. They all do such a good job at entertaining her and loving on her. It's fun to watch them all get to know each other.

And Charlotte is not the only one who gets entertainment. Abby found a creative way to help her big sister pass the time while Emma was doing the dishes. Abby danced and sang songs from the sun porch window while Emma tried to guess what song she was singing. Too cute! Although this made the process of getting the dishes done much longer than it needed to be...it's all good...the girls had fun and I didn't have to wash the dishes!!

We even manged to have plenty of fun on a rainy day! These two had a blast splashing in the puddles and running through the rain drops! They were a muddy mess when it was over but it was totally worth it :)

Morning storytimes with Charlotte are so sweet :)

The biggest adventure we have had so far is going to a local park that has a great track that is perfect for the kiddos to roller blade. They LOVE going there and could stay all day racing each other around and around the track! Nathan has really improved his skills and is quite impressive. He certainly holds his own trying to keep up with his sisters.

Abby and Emma are constantly competeting for who has completed the most laps around the track and who has the fastest time. Abby sure does bring out the competitive side of Emma :)

So, that's been our quiet summer. As much as I have missed spending our summer going here, there & everywhere (especially the beach...have I mentioned that yet??) like in years past, it has been nice to spend simple, quiet days at home with my family. I have enjoyed our lazy summer mornings, our backyard fun, and not having strict bedtimes. It's hard to believe that this coming week is our last week of summer vacation with the kids!! Before we know it they will be going back to school!