Monthly Archives: July 2014

Eleven: the number of hours the kids and I were traveling this weekend. First we drove to Port Orchard for my cousin’s bridal shower. She and her fiancee are really into penguins and my mom made these adorable penguin appetizers! JT spent the shower doing projects with Grandpa Cole, including using a hack saw andContinue reading “Road Trip”

And then JT turned six! On our last day at Banks Lake, he woke up a year older. He pointed out that maybe he should be seven since you are born at zero, and then when you turn one you are actually finishing your first year. We talked about how he is starting his seventhContinue reading “Six”

Our annual pilgrimage to Steamboat Rock State Park with my family (31 years and counting) was, as always, a  huge success. Out of the 1340 pictures taken by my sister-in-law and I, I have narrowed it to 34 to post. These are not even necessarily my favorites, but they show some highlights of the week.Continue reading “Family Camping 1”

You may have read that Haley could pedal her two-wheel bike (we don’t do training wheels) when I posted about that awhile ago. The problem was that she was exhausted from being so nervous about it, and she didn’t want to try because she said it made her want to cry. That all changed aContinue reading “Riding”