Summer Wrap up

Lots has taken place since I last blogged...whew!
Our home sold and we are officially renters out in Oakdale. The boys (all3) are loving the new home which backs up to a pond. They make it out there 3-4 times weekly to fish, feed the geese, and mess around. Drew is becoming quite the fisherman like his daddy...Max loves to dig in the dirt and walks right up to the geese even while being hissed at.
We have also managed to use the neighborhood pool and park which has been great! Drew is an amazing swimmer and loves doing flips and diving down to the bottom of the pool to find things. Max still wears a lifejacket but is fearless and is always putting his face right in and swims "like Bubba."
In May, John and I left the boys with our parents for a few days and headed to Laguna Beach, CA. What a beautiful place! I'm ready to go back!
D graduated from Kindergarten and had a really fun school year. Some of his accomplishments included winning a gold medal for his age group in the 5 school arts festival. He was very proud. He has also learned to start reading and recoginizes many words...still a work in progress tho. His skills with numbers is amazing...I think that math will be his strength...just like Daddy.
Max had a great year at MDO and loved going throughout the summer as well. He talks about friends from his class and loved seeing D there on Thursdays. Max's favorite school activity (I think) was listening to Mr. Carl? play his guitar while singing London Bridge.
June flew by and I'm not even sure what we did other than try to stay cool...swimming, trips to Braum's, Omniplex, friend's pools, swim lessons, etc. We also met up with my cousin Megan and her family in Bville for a fun weekend. Drew and Max really loved Parker & Tenny.
July 4th was an all Thompson family weekend held at our home. It was great having all the kids together and trying to get the perfect snapshot of them all in their Red White and Blue shirts. Too cute! The boys loved the fireworks as well! D & Evan continued their vacation going to Muskogee for a week with Nana and Pop. What a fun time they'll always remember!
My cousin Rami and her husband Rob made a short visit here as well. We had fun hanging out with them and managed a visit to the round barn and POPS.
D and I then headed to St.Louis, Paxton, and Chicago with my parents for a quick trip. Nana and Pop kept Max...he loved this--visiting the ambulance station and going to eat at Red Monster (red lobster) and playing in his OWN pool of bark...yes, bark! Nana is so creative!
D and Mom headed up St.Louis arch while Dad and I people watched. He said this was his favorite part of the trip...thanks Mom!
We then headed up to Paxton to see Opa--he was great and I'm so glad Drew really knows his great grandpa! Opa looks the exact same as the last time I saw him 4 years ago--what a wonderful man who is still so sharp at 91~
Finally, we made it to Wrigley to see the Cubbies...thanks Dad! I've been looking forward to this trip since I found out we were having a boy back in 2004! Altho the heat was bad, it was so fun and great memories were made for Drew.
We raced back just in time to catch a flight to Sanibel Island, FL --another one of my very favorite places! Details to follow...hopefully soon!