Birthday Parties, Graduation Parties, Housewarmings, and BBQs Galore!!

This summer has been pretty packed with birthday parties, graduation parties, housewarming parties, and bbqs.  

At the beginning of June, we headed over to the Blough's new house for a party.  They have a beautiful home and the kids had a blast destroying Jack's playroom and running around outside.  I always love watching these kids interact.  It takes a little while for everyone to warm up to each other, but before we knew it, they were playing like the best of friends!

In the middle of June, we headed to Maryland to celebrate Logan Druxman's 6th birthday.  The party was at a waterpark and we all had such a fun time.  Charlie seemed hesitant about all of the water, but Lauren quickly grabbed his hand and took him right into the waterfall.  Once he got wet, Charlie was no longer hesitant.  Chad and I spent the rest of the time chasing after both kids.

       

          

We had to leave the birthday party early to make it back to Virginia for Justin Ennis's high school graduation party.  And once again, both kids were more than happy to get wet.  It was a very hot day, and a pool party was the perfect way to end the day!

                     

The next day, we headed back to Maryland.  The Levy family had arrived back East and were having a BBQ at the Shafer's house.  The kids all had a great time playing with Matthew's dress-up gear and in the bounce house.  Lauren and Ella spent the whole day switching costumes and playing pretend.  Charlie just followed Matthew all around.

                     

The day after we got back from our beach vacation, we headed over to the Ackermann's new house for a party.  They moved from Maryland to Fairfax, Virginia, and we are thrilled to have them so much closer.  They moved into a neighborhood behind our old townhouse, so it was pretty fun to drive around those familiar roads again.  Their house is beautiful and once again the kids had a wonderful time playing together.  There were a few water balloons (they didn't quite work right), a slip in slide, and scooter races!

                     

It has been a fun summer vacation so far.  We have been fortunate to spend so much time with our friends.  And we are only halfway through the break, so hopefully there will be more get-togethers before the school year begins!!