Summer with the young Johnston family

It is hard to believe Summer is coming to an end! I feel like we just celebrated Adelynn's preschool graduation and in two weeks she is off to Kindergarten! I've heard that sending your kids off to Kindergarten and college are the two hardest transitions for parents. She tried on her school uniform the other day and even that was hard! If you haven't heard, Adelynn will be going half days to Central Christian. On the first day at drop off, they invite all of the parents in to pray with the class. That is something we are thankful for.

Mother's Day 2016

In May, our office in our basement flooded. 

We ripped out the carpet and hauled it away!

Then we painted. I had to paint sitting down because Ava wanted to sit on my lap.

Adelynn helped paint too.

Here is Dave laying the floor...

We are done! The toys have flooded in and it's now a great play room!

 So our summer contained at least one project and a lot more adventures. We had a lot of time in swim suits and a lot of typical summer activities. 

Pizza picnic after playing in the water.

Popsicles with their friend Grace.

We need lots of rest in the summer too...

Even watching sisters play at the water park is exhausting.

This was Ava relaxing on the porch while waiting on me to grab a few things and come join her. I thought it was cute until I realized that she was wearing a dress without panties at that moment...!

Sometimes we have to work... and when we do, I am glad I get these two laundry folding helpers!

Some work I did this summer was to plan a sale for kids items only. It was the first sale of its kind in our area! We had a great turnout. Each mom got some cash in their pocket and two great organizations in Hutch benefited from it. I can't wait to do it again in the spring! 

Working to help my mom pin my dress for Stephanie's wedding.

Technology is both work and play for this guy! We had a church conference over the weekend and Dave wanted to sit with me, but had to run sound. That is when he put the soundboard on the iPad! True love. 

We all spend a lot of time playing...

This is how Cassi plays. This is my new decor for the farmhouse style dining room table Dave built for us! I tried to channel my inner Joanna Gaines with it. 

But thankfully you also have reasons to smile!

When your sisters are playing kitties and you mistake their meowing for crying... you have to shed some tears too.

Summer is also good for getting fancy once in a while.

Including for Oliver's dedication. He wore a tie for the big event.

And lots of traveling! This is our trip to Wichita at 7:45 PM. All three kids were knocked out and we were going to see a 9:00 PM Drive in movie with the Rivers family!

Traveling by horse...

Traveling over "Oliver Hill" (that's what Adelynn said!)

When I left to do laundry, Ollie was in the crib by himself. When I came back, his sisters had moved his seat into the crib, put him in it, one was feeding him, and the other was driving him away! 

The Chairplane the girls made. Ollie is also their passenger!

We will try not to travel too far away! See you all soon!