Looking back…

This will be the first of three July Wrap-ups. The first one will be close to home and the second and third will be at a distance. We started the month in Walla Walla celebrating with our family and those posts have been shared.

Travels interrupted the documentation of the end of the school year but finally it happened in July!

Looks like they both decided Top Ramen was their favorite food. Hilarious, as their mom feeds them 3 well balanced meals a day!!

While watching them in early July they decided to give me a makeover.

It was hot but they managed to go cherry picking at a nearby orchard.

Dinner on the Columbia with fishing was refreshing on a hot night.

JJ caught his first stick!

Addy caught her very first fish!

Addy wasn’t interested in holding the fish so JJ took over the job for the fish photo!

Our hot water tank needed to be replaced and while the guys worked on hooking up the new tank we set up this water splash pool for the grands to keep cool while waiting.

Hooray the new hot tank is working and the guys are pleased with themselves! I’m pleased, too.

When the job was completed, we enjoyed a Creamy chicken noodle dish for dinner with a fresh produce salad from the kids garden to go along with it.

The kids brought over raspberries from their garden which inspired the baking of this Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake.

I’ve already shared the other July happenings close to home like soccer camp, walks on the trail, summer blooms, summer critter visitors, Canadian visitors. I’ll save more blooming plants from our back acres for another day.

Happy August everyone!