Oh my goodness, the day is finally here. All three kids are in school! We have a kindergartener, third grader and fifth grader!

Our last week of summer was Camp Nana! I looked back on my blog, and this is our fifth year of Camp Nana. The older two kids went the first two years, and this is the third year Ellie has gone. The kids were already listing Camp Nana as one of their highlights of the summer before it even happened. This was the first time they didn't do the VBS in the mornings, so they had lots of time for activities. My mom jokingly called the week Art and Surf, but really it should be called Art, Surf and Animals...

 

My mom planned a few art projects during Camp Nana. When my siblings and I were younger, there was this popular local TV show called the Draw Squad that taught you how to draw fun, quirky drawings in 3D. Apparently my mom still had some of the old tapes, so the kids drew these pictures.

 

This summer the girls spent a lot of time drawing using these YouTube videos. It was so neat to see all the fun drawings they made. This set was just after one day. Now they have their drawings hung all over their bedroom.

This year the Google Summer Party was at Knott's Berry Farm. Andy and the kids had never been, although when Joey heard where we were going he said, "Oh! I love the hay maze there." It turns out he was thinking of Bates Nut Farm. He was thrilled when he found out that we were going to an amusement park, not an actual farm.

 Saturday morning we met Christina at the Santa Barbara Mission. Joey learned all about the California missions in fourth grade so it worked out well that we got to visit this one.

On Friday, the kids and I took a road trip with my mom to go to Santa Barbara to visit my sister-in-law Christina. My mom and I visited Santa Barbara four years ago to see Christina when she was participating in the same music festival. Ever since our road trip to Colorado last summer, the kids have been super excited about going on another one. This one was much shorter, but they were still pumped!

I'm a little late in posting this, but Ellie's half birthday was a couple of weeks ago!