I've totally neglected this blog it seems. But here are my reasons: 1. My camera was totally on the fritz a lot of the summer. Not that I take awesome pictures, but it's fun to share something...anything with a visual. 2. I've been busier since school got out, babysitting my sister's kids, working at the gym, gardening and of course taking some vacations with the family, which let's be honest.... is a lot of work, but fun too. 3. I'm slowly moving away from my night-owl ways and getting up with the sun. I blog at night. So I need to find a new system to share my Monley moments with y'all and with my future self.
Here's an ultra-blog-entry to sum up the summer of 2012. It all started with a preschool graduation....
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| I love these kids |
Then came that kindergarten graduation....
Then Nate started a new job! He is no longer the principal. But he does still work for the same charter school organization. Now he's the Director of the teacher residency program and a teaching coach for schools in the valley. Even though he travels a bit, we see him much much more often! He can work from home once in a while too! It's a great fit for him, and our family. :-)
With his new job came a busy summer where normally there is much more of a break for Nate, so in true Monley fashion, we crammed as much on the weekends as we could.
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| Kind of a wonky family photo in Shingle Springs |
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| Smores tutorial |
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| Catchin up with some kid friends |
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| And adult friends |
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| Also this summer two friends and I shared a 80's birthday bash. Costumes were awesome. Nate didn't have to look far to find this gem. |
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| Girls just wanna have fun! |
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Backyard summer fun!
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| This is our volunteer garden. We have a ton of pumpkins and butternut squash this year, just from our compost! |
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| Trying something new |
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| strawberries! |
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| The first of the harvest |
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| It was love at first bite. |
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| rainbow laundry! |
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| Selah enjoying the new lawn! |
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| Playing catch with Dad. |
And then.....vacation to Monterey!
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| We had this weird ear phones with a mic attached. It makes Selah look like a telemarketer. |
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| Calamari? |
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| sure! |
And then the annual cabin trip with the old Santa Barbara gang.
