Finishing July

We finished up July and are nearing the end of Ben's summer break.  He goes back to school this Thursday.

 On Saturday we went to a soccer birthday party.  Ben has played soccer with some of the same kids for two years.  Since they practice three days a week year around these are people that we spend a lot of time with.  Water balloon war against their coach.

 Saturday night Ben lost a tooth that was still attached to his braces with a bracket and wire!  We couldn't get in touch with the orthodontist office, so he tucked it back in place and continued on until Monday.  He said it didn't bother him.  He was able to eat without any problem. (We had a backup plan if there was a problem.  We have a friend who is a dentist who said he would cut the wire.)

 After a quick trip to the orthodontist Monday morning, we went school shoe shopping.  Last week Ben told me he didn't want new school shoes.  He liked the ones he already had.  Thankfully it occurred to me Monday to ask if he had tried them on.  I hadn't seen them since May.  When he tried to put them on, he couldn't even get his foot in one shoe.

  On Tuesday afternoon we picked John up from work and took him to buy this 2002 Z06.  He plans to sell his black Corvette and the Durango and make this his every day driver.

Ben got to ride home with John.

 Wednesday we checked off one more item on our summer bucket list -- the planetarium.  Annie looks concerned in the picture because she was very worried about what was going to happen.  She loved the show.  We learned all about the constellations that we can see in summer.  It was very cool.

 Quick picnic in the park after the planetarium.  Thursday afternoon we swam at the DAC.  Friday we planned to go to the zoo, but Wednesday when we got home from the planetarium, it was 94 degrees in Ben's room.  We spent Friday waiting for the A/C repairman.

 Silly dog.

 Mollie Grace thought this strawberry was too funny to eat without taking a picture of it.

Friday afternoon we attended a meeting at Northpoint about cross country.  Ben is planning on running.  I took this picture at soccer practice because it shows how much Ben loves to run.  He passed all the kids his age and was running up front with Will, who is 15 and at least a foot taller than Ben.