August was full of summer swimming, late nights, time with friends, working on a new deck, and making the most of our slower days before school.
I always end up with random selfie photos! Some I know about, others are a surprise to me when I download my photos =)
We were thrilled to share an evening with my Uncle Kent and Aunt Debbie! They are world travelers, and we gratefully jumped on the opportunity to be with them while we were in the same part of the country. This was the first time Bridgette had ever met this special couple! Kent had everyone's attention as he explained how simple it can be to learn how to play the ukulele - ha! We had a family band going by the end of the night =) Then they treated us to frozen yogurt.
Then more special people came to visit - Tricia and her daughter, Myla, spent the weekend with us! Tricia and I met our first week at OBU, and were quick friends, sharing in the joy of being music education majors together!
We had a blast at our first professional women's soccer game, cheering on the Washington Spirit. Tricia and Myla are big fans, and they passed on the bug so that our girls were giddy about trying to get the players' autographs after the game!
Tricia and I took our big girls on Uncle Steve's moonlight trolley tour of the monuments - a special evening for the four of us.
And time with this dear college friend wouldn't be complete without sharing a meal of what we like to call "Special Food."
The beginning of the end:
This is all that was left of the old deck. We cut those posts down to the ground, and started work on a new deck. And by "we", I mean that we assisted Uncle Steve in his extremely generous act of love to design and build a wonderful deck for us!
Mid-way through the month, I had a special opportunity to go to the Sing conference in Nashville. Four of us from our church traveled together, and it was a wonderful three days of music, breakout sessions, and conversations about the important of corporate singing and worship in our church. We remain grateful to be a part of Cheverly Baptist Church, and I'm especially thankful to be a part of the music team.
Putting the kids to work on our clean-up day to get the church rooms where our co-op meets ready for the first day.
Free tickets from the library to the Nats baseball game, plus free kids' meals = a great family fun night!
Squeezing out the last of our summer days: we met Ryan at the mini golf course after work one evening and closed down the place with a round of putt putt and the batting cages
