Home Movies and Highlights from July 2026

HAPPY SUMMER! July truly felt like summer - we set up the pool in the backyard, spent time at the Lake, traveled to ride roller coasters, and soaked up every single free second of time because school was smiling and waving at us from the end of the road. We enjoyed multiple church events, lots of picnics, and tons of fun with friends. It flew by faster than you could blink. Sadly, our end-of-the month came to kind of a screeching halt when both kids came down with terrible coughs and colds (and Braelynn even had pink eye). They're STILL dealing with lingering symptoms - it's crazy. Moments of note this month: (0:00) Our church picnic at home (1:13) We spent the entire first week of July at the lake to attend VBS at my family's church down there (5:50) Kennywood's Drone Show is always incredible and this year, we made the spontaneous decision to watch it from the water! What an amazing experience! (8:14) The kids were SUPER into recording themselves creating tutorials for things this month - Braelynn made this sandwich video (on the heels of her brother's sandwich video last month), they also did several drawing and craft tutorials (that were SO long - I'm going to put them in their own video) (11:40) Time at Kennywood ----- My goal is to take all the little videos I take over the course of a month and create a short (my goal is to be around 10 minutes) video of my favorite snippets. I am SO excited to finally have a dedicated place to chronicle my family videos and keep them safe and accessible. #HomeMovies All videos captured on my iPhone 17 Pro. Enjoy a tiny little peek into what our July looked like! ----- My website: https://www.karaabbey.com/​​ Follow me on Instagram!   / ​​   My husband's roller coaster channel:    / xscreamthrills​​   Follow him on Instagram!   / xscreamthrills   *I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.