Scenes From Our Week – Week 46
Summer is over for us as I post this. Tomorrow the kids go back to school and we start the routine all over again. I think we are all ready for the change, but still sad to say good-bye to summer. There were things we didn’t get done, but hopefully can still fit some of…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 45
This was a busy week with catching up from vacation and getting ready for school. We purchased school supplies sorted through the kids’ drawers and closets and bought new clothing. We also did a lot of Olympics watching since we had missed out on it the first week. The boys had another Sheltered Reality performance…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 44
After a week of being gone, it seems like it takes another week to catch up at home. So, yes, this post is a week behind. We had a great vacation starting off with a Cubs vs Pirates game in Chicago and then moving on to total relaxation at our cousin’s cabin on Lake Vermillion…
Read More Scenes from Our Week – Week 43
We finally had a week where we were mostly at home. I spent a lot of my week on the porch in our new furniture reading and enjoying the cooler weather. Pat took the kids to Des Moines to watch our baseball team play in the state tournament. Even though we didn’t win, I…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Weeks 41 and 42
Many of you know my mom has been sick. In mid-April, she went to the ER for diarrhea that couldn’t be controlled and left finding out she had a mass the size of an orange that was on her lung. Three months and multiple doctor appointments, labs, x-rays, CT scans, PET scans, and retelling her…
Read More Scenes from Our Week – Week 40
Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I feel like I am still playing catch-up after being gone two long weekends in a row. Then this week I was gone everyday for a class I was taking to keep my Substitute Teaching License. Nights were busy and if they weren’t I was playing catch-up…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 39
I am sure most of you are thinking what I am thinking….June is gone already?!?!?! It went by much too fast. There is only about 50 days left until school starts and still so much we want to do. One thing that is almost done is our new patio. Pat has been working hard…
Read More My Trip to Nashville
I traveled to Nashville to visit my BFF, Tammy, who had moved there a year ago. I have been wanting to visit and made it part of my 40 Before 40 goal to get it done. I finally found a long weekend that worked for both of us and I booked my tickets. I had…
Read More Day #35 of Summer Vacation
Instagram had an update today and now I can’t post the pictures they way I was before. Grrrrrr! Anyway, here is our Day 35…..Bennett on the left and Patrick on the right performing at the end of KICKS Camp with Sheltered Reality’s Drum Group.
Read More Day #34 of Summer Vacation
We have had a such a hectic schedule lately, I can’t remember the last time I cooked dinner and we all ate together. It has been nice to be home together this evening. We even had some delicious sweet corn and fresh tomatoes from our own tomato plant.
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