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It is rainy here and it’s the end of June, so people are getting cranky. Like every single year. Get over it and have some indoor fun. I’m just happy to be home with my kids. Today we had sleeping bag races! It started like this… When I saw that things were going smoothly andContinue reading “Sleeping Bag Races”

When we heard our friends Gracie and Tyson hadn’t seen Tangled, we just had to invite them over for a movie night! Getting our pillows ready So excited for our friends to arrive. Everybody say “Tangled!” Gracie and Tyson got a new car. It kind of matches mine. Aren’t we cute parked in the drivewayContinue reading “Movie Night”

If you have kids you know that a good park is a wonderful thing. Heritage Park has a huge play structure, a covered eating area, clean bathrooms, climbing rocks, and a large field surrounded by a walking/biking path that you can see from the field. We met some friends there this morning for play andContinue reading “Heritage Park”

You can say it: Kickball Champions of the World. Last week we had a double header during nap time at a different location. The kids played and I got Haley to take a nap on the field. Then we had some people from the team (who are also in our small group) over for aContinue reading “Father’s Day Champions”

JT is a great helper (so is Haley, but JT is more capable just based on age). The other day we did a bunch of work together. We are pretty much done with indoor playdates for the summer and our small group is over, so it was a good time to get organized. Both kidsContinue reading “Kids at Work”

We have had some decent weather and are enjoying being outside again. Tonight we went and played tennis with three other couples while the kids rode bikes around on the extra courts. It was so much fun! We haven’t played in a long time so there wasn’t anything amazing going on, but it was aContinue reading “Warming up to Summer”

We got back from North Carolina and had a one-day turn around for Jim’s birthday party, also known as “Kicking Off Summer” with our friends. With most of our family out of town for Jim’s birthday, he decided to just spend the day skiing on our favorite lake. We invited some friends for a barbecueContinue reading “Kicking Off Summer”

We’re home from an amazing week with my family in North Carolina. We spent 13 hours of travel getting there, and the kids were amazing. I was all prepared with two movies on my Kindle Fire, kid sized headphones and a splitter, new activity books, and car games. They watched one movie, didn’t touch theirContinue reading “North Carolina”

This week has been pretty full of wrap-up activities. First, JT had his last day of school. It was complete with diplomas, a gift of a new Bible from Mrs. Tina, and play time. Haley loves to join the fun. She even played Duck, Duck, Goose with the class! Red light, green light caller withContinue reading “Wrapping Up the Year”

Haley sings in the bathroom loudly while she’s… well… you know. I can’t wait to remind her of these adorable videos when she’s older. JT and I just smile at each other and continue on. This is two separate days! http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl%3Dyes%26id%3D997f1be44398d61a%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%253Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1603920495%26sparams%3Drequiressl,id,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D35591297DA876E5FE57750AFD2EAC045668FF0F4.4BE7289C573CD35F008F7BB790BDDF98036F7A98%26key%3Dck2http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl%3Dyes%26id%3D717224452a991262%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%253Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1603920495%26sparams%3Drequiressl,id,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D730CCE05FA300F85ADE36CB5360FD4A3F9BD0105.8A288CEFA5733EE837AEFE4771C4F06E1E7C5D14%26key%3Dck2