Tracking with the Trimbles: Summer Fun

David took all of the kids out for a special "daddy" time. He took the girls out to a nice restaurant and the boys on an "adventure" like kayaking or hiking. This is obviously Rachel's night.

We had a new pool this summer that was a hit for our kids and also for the neighbor kids! Here is Silas floating.

For Silas's birthday day we had a Star Wars dress up party. Here is most of the Trimble family in their costumes. Abby and Micah are on the ends as storm troopers, Silas and Nathanael are in the center as jedi padawan, Keenan is Han Solo, Rachel is some obscure person named Mara Jade, and Abby forced mom to to dress as Padme when she was pregnant. :)

This is Abby's turn to go on a date with Daddy.

Like several previous summers, the 4 oldest kids participated in the Bible musicals directed by a local church. They are fantastically done and the kids really love to do it. The girls were in Saul the musical and the boys were in David. This is Keenan as one of Jesse's sons. He was trying to steal the show! He is an enthusiastic actor.

After the rigorous schedule of the musicals, we were able to get away to the beach for a few days. It was so, so nice to get away and rest! I was 36 weeks pregnant, but was very thankful that we went! Here are Micah and Nathanael digging together.

David's birthday was our last day at the beach. The kids talked him into going to Krispy Kreme for his birthday in exchange for a birthday dance from Abby and Micah. It was so creative. Wish you could have seen it!

Our last day, the beach was invaded by jelly fish. First we found this one as it washed up on the shore. Notice that there is a crab attached to the tentacles of the jelly fish. We marveled at it for a while, trying to determine who was eating whom. Not too much later, Abby was stung by a jelly fish. So sad! Then several others swimming nearby were also stung. We decided to spend our last few minutes swimming in the pool instead.