Day #26 of Summer Vacation
Since we are getting a new pastor at our church next week, we are having a new church directory made to help her learn all the families in our parish. So, our family got all dressed up and got our picture taken. We will certainly miss our pastor and his wife. We were blessed…
Read More Day #22 and #23 of Summer Vacation
We had a great time celebrating our friend, Adam’s 40th birthday. The guys had a grill session and the ladies chatted and we all ate the food! Fun night with great friends! The boys were in charge of making the Shirley Temple’s at cousin, Ali’s graduation party yesterday. They had a great time and the…
Read More Fall Means Football….and Soccer
The boys started their soccer season this past weekend with a win, 5-0. They are playing on a co-ed 6-8th grade team. Even though Bennett is only a 5th grader, he is playing on the team as well. They did an awesome job and it was fun to watch them. I was amazed at their…
Read More Things I Love -Summer Ball Season
Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…
Read More What We Want You to Know
This summer our son, Patrick, attended the nations best (in my opinion) Speech Camp called UI SPEAKS at the University of Iowa Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center. SPEAKS stands for Speech Programs Educating Adults and Kids who Stutter. Wendell Johnson was one of the founding fathers of the speech pathology program and part of…
Read More Celebrating the Last Week of School and a Recipe
Summer begins today for us. We had a great year of school and each of our kids excelled and had awesome experiences. Even Patrick is still wanting to be in school. I’m thinking since he is still sleeping at 7:30 that he will change his mind today. I had a lot to be proud of…
Read More The Goodbye and The Good Job
THE GOODBYE Today I had to let something that I love doing go. It was a tough decision, but for my own sanity I decided I had to drop it. I am not someone to quit things, especially things that I have committed to. But, then I committ to other things, and then something else…
Read More A Weekend Recap!
We had such a full weekend with many proud moments, that I just needed to share it with you. Friday morning, our son, Patrick was 1 of 20 to make the 3rd/4th grade spelling bee. When I realized that Patrick was in the top 4 kids who were left, I thought to myself, Wow, he…
Read More 9 Years Already!
Nine years ago today, I became a mom! I gave birth to our son Patrick and will never forget that feeling when the nurse put him in my arms for the first time. Patrick is such a funny, bright, and unique kid. I love how he has his dad’s sense of humor, and my musical…
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