First official day of summer vacation was spent at the pool with friends!
Wordless Wednesday-Pool Fun
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5 things Friday
1. The white van left me completely stranded yesterday. Luckily after some investigating, Matt was able to replace the battery with one we already had so no out of pocket expense.
2. Our house appraisal came in much higher than we anticipated, which sounds like a good thing but it means more choice and decisions to be made. I am going with the lesson my mother taught me “never count your chickens till they hatch.” so waiting to actually share numbers and our new budget after everything is settled.
3. Lily and Kendall have 1 more week of school left. Both are excited for the summer! Lily finished required testing this week and scored 5 out of 5, the highest possible on both Reading and Math.
4.My work is crazy. For the first time EVER, I actually worked 40 hours this week. I was really nervous about going over 40, which is not allowed. I managed to stay inside the 40 by 3 minutes.
5. The weather is much cooler than normal and it has rained every day this week. My garden is loving it! We even have corn spouting from the seeds I planted last Saturday.
Saving on Saturday
This week saving is not exciting but still saving so I am sharing. First up hang clothes on the line instead of the dryer.
Currently on the line we have our sheets and comforter, a load of dark clothes and a load of light clothes. We love the smell of clean sheet that dry outside so I try to do these all year around. The clothes are a different story, I don’t mind hanging out outer clothes it is just a matter of timing. My goal is to get into a routine so that I can save at least 3 hours a week of dryer time during the summer. I refuse to hang out towels and underwear so those will continue to be thrown in the dryer. My only debate is the kids clothes, currently they place their clothes in their own laundry basket and after being washed they are taking out of the dryer and putting all away. It would take a lot more effort for me to hang out their loads in addition to trying to keep things separate between Kendall and Lily.
Next up is home car repair. Our white van is continuing to give us problems. Today, Matt changed out the fuel filter which cost a total of $11 and his hour of work.
Finally is a fun activity for the kids that saves at least $10 a vehicle, home car washing! The kids are having a ball and do a fairly good job!
5 Things Friday!
1. We are in the process of refinancing our home. This time we are getting a whole new mortgage. By completing this we will be dropping 7 years off our current mortgage schedule and reducing the interest rate by over 2%. So far the process has been time consuming but not difficult. Our closing is tentatively scheduled for the end of June. I will share more details once a couple of issues are settled. The first of which is the appraisal of the house which is schedule next week.
2. The end of the school year is getting closer. I honestly think it is more heavily scheduled than Christmas. Sunday-was a piano recital, Tuesday night-Lily chorus performance, Wednesday night-Ending Party for Church Kid’s club. In addition to cheerleading tryouts on Monday and Thursday.
3.Our community pool opens this weekend, with swim team practice starting on Tuesday. Zach is planning to swim this year and I am so excited just to get him in the water on a regular basis!
4.Kendall is star student next week so I am scrambling to get some picture found and printed so we can make her poster on Sunday.
5. I am officially on call for Monday, so I may have to work a couple of hours but that means that I will get a 4 day weekend for the Fourth of July!
Wordless Wednesday- Lily Musical
Pictures are not great but we did record so at least that works. Lily had a speaking part and a small solo which I am extremely proud of!
Wordless Wednesday-Part 2 Rides
Last ride of the day….otherwise known as the kidney buster. It was so jerky and rough!
Dark picture but this is the kid roller coaster that has been in the park for years. I remember it as the Scooby Doo but Zach LOVED it! Everyone rode at least twice!
The “Big” roller coaster that Matt, Lily and Kendall rode. Zach was not tall enough.
Proof of the ride!
The first ride Zach got to pick. He stumbled and scrapped his knee running to get off of this ride.
Lily and Kendall are swinging. I was planning to ride with Zach but he decided against it to my relief.
Wordless Wednesday- Carowinds- Cheerleading
This was the final competition of this season. I am so proud of both girls. Lily’s youth team was second out of five and won special recognition for best tumbling of the day!
Kendall is waiting on the far right and Lily is in the air in the middle!
Lily is on the far end!
Lily is on the far right, Cant see Kendall
Lily is staring her tumble run!
Kendall is in the air and Lily is tumbling!
Lily in the air
Lily waiting to start a tumble pass.
Wordless Wednesday- Beach
Water Fun!
One of the reason that we chose to stay at this particular hotel is because of the cool water areas that it has. These include several both indoor and outdoor hot tubes, a really cool water slide, several pools that range from 1.5 to 2 ft of water with buckets and sprinklers galore, a lazy river and of course several regular pools. Zach has even decided that he likes playing in the water. Check out the fun the kids have been having…..
5 Things Friday
- We are enjoying our mini vacation so far, one of the favorite things about this trip is that we are eating out most meals. Zach actually at all his breakfast this morning at IHOP.
2. Amanda decided at the last minute to join us for this trip and everyone is really enjoying having some quality time to spend with her. The funniest part is that they are “taking turns to sit beside her” but no one wants to sleep with her because she snores! 
3. We had planned to play Putt Putt today but the weather has not cooperated at all so instead we surprised the kids with a trip to Ripley’s Aquarium. They LOVED it..I am going to plan an entire “Wordless Wednesday” post with some of the awesome pictures that Matt took.
4. The water slide that is part of the outside pool at our hotel was open today and all three of the little kids were so excited to go down it. Unfortunately Zach ended up with a battle scar from it. I was so proud that he did go down a second time after hitting his head the first time. 
5. We have not even been down on the beach because of the weather but I did at least get a picture from the pool.
