Our Little Free Library is open for business

One day we suddenly noticed how lonely and boring

 the front yard looked, so ...

... we decided to do something about it and build something new ...

... something amazing, with a little roof ...

... something interesting, with a picture frame as a door ...

... something flashy, with leftover tin backsplash kitchen trim!!!

It would stand up super straight and tall ...

... and we thought to ourselves, 

"What color should we paint it?" 

and of course the answer was PINK!!!

"So what the heck is it?" you ask???

"Is it a birdhouse??? No, too big!!!"

 "Is it a people house??? No, too small!!!"

 "Is it a dollhouse??? No, wouldn't be a very fun dollhouse!!!"

"So just what the heck does it do and why does it have legs???" 

you would ask ...

... "Ooh, I see. It's sort of like a bench, right???"

"So a bench with a little house?!?!??"

"And now there's a sign. Well, what does it say?!!??!?!"

"And now it's full of stuff?!?!?! What's in there?!?!?

Come-on, what does your sign say?!!??!?!"

... "Ooh, I've seen these before. 

It's a Little Free Library. Sweeet!!!"

Introducing Avery and Emery's Little Free Library!!!

We were quickly surprised by how many neighbors 
came by to use it ...

... either adding books or taking books or just taking a rest!!!
And all the great little notes we would see as the days passed by!!!

Now our front yard isn't so lonely and boring anymore!!! 

Back To School Already?!?!?!

We had a finger-licking great "last meal" 

before heading back to school the next day.

I even tried to bribe Mommy with a super relaxing 

head massage to get out of going to bed early for

 school tomorrow ... no such luck!!!

AND AWAY WE GO ... FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL!

Scout didn't seem to mind (and even seemed 

much more happier) that we were going back!!!

Avery really excited to start 6th grade at a new school!!!

I'm super excited to be back to school, so I can 

play on the playground with all my friends ...

... work on super cool school projects ...

... be a "Sportsmanship Superstar" ...

... practice my goshin jujitsu training ...

... I really like practicing/roughhousing a lot ...

 ... and EATING LUNCH ...

... and even be in school plays!!!

Avery was super excited to start practicing in band again, 

with a lot of her old friends ...

... and playing in big auditoriums!!!

The only real bad part of going back to school is 

being exhausted from all the fun stuff to do!!!

Random Summer Fun Times!!!!

Busy busy summertime leads to many many activities, 

such as Avery backpacking camping trips ...

... and Emery flash-dance dance classes 

(check out the really funny video below) ...

... and fancy dress-up outings ...

... and squeezing in some golfing ...

... and picking from the garden ...

... and cool-time pool-time days (with Stella as the lifeguard) ...

... where I love to go up high ...

... and then tuck down low ...

... and yell "Cannonball Away!!!"

We also had lots of fun time with good friends ...

... and bike riding times in the yard ...

... our yard just goes on and on forever!!!

Many creatures also come by all the time too, 

like this brown creepy crawly ...

... and this black creepy crawly ...

... and this sneaky King snake that made us 

all scream very loud!!!

And of course there is lots and lots of horse time ... 

here is Marcy showing Avery how to braid ...

... Avery loves braiding ...

... which is a lot more fun than shoveling poop!!!

But Oreo and his friends are all worth it ...

... we love riding Oreo all the time over summer ...

... now we just need three horses to all ride together!!!

We also had Morgan's big fancy wedding this summer too ...

... it was a super duper busy summertime this year!!!