Life at a "Swell's" pace

This past weekend we enjoyed one of the last watermelons of the season and a bit of ice cream from the local ice cream man in our neighborhood. The watermelon was a Hermiston, Oregon melon and for the sake of my Arkansas friends and family, I have to say it wasn't has great as a Hope, Arkansas melon. :-)

We did enjoy the sunshine and some quality time together though, so it was well worth the mess and the clean-up.

The dollar Skylar used was also marked with the "Where's George" stamp. Here's it's journey so far!

I wasn't kidding about the beautiful day either. Clouds rolling by; Just a great weekend to enjoy the moment in. Hope your weekend was just as great as ours.

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Last Wednesday was the first day of 3rd grade for my little guy, and to enjoy the last day of summer break we played in the sun. Skylar loves to sit and just be. Maybe that is a blessing in disguise in the end, but it makes him appreciate all that the world, the earth, and everyone else around him have to offer. The last day of summer break was bitter sweet for all of us, but we made it a day filled with love and sunshine.

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