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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

Play hard or go home, right? This week we had two awesome play dates: one was a milestone, as it was the first time JT had a friend over from school – no parents attached. JT and Dylan and Haley and I walked to the park and the boys climbed a tree. It was superContinue reading “Playing Hard”

But first, a look at my goofy children, who were playing Batmobile. The paper plates are the steering wheels. 🙂 And now… Haley got invited to a real tea party. We have friends with three daughters and each daughter got to invite two friends. Haley was the youngest guest, and she was so excited (and,Continue reading “Tea for Eleven”

Mother’s Day started with a wonderful dose of sitting-on-the-couch-reading-books-with-Haley-while-sipping-some-coffee and continued through to shower-without-interruption. 🙂 After church, we went straight to kickball. Jim had a minor injury on the first play of the game, and Haley went to console him in between innings. He recovered enough to finish the game (playing very well, I mightContinue reading “Mother’s Day”