The title about sums every thing I’d like to say right up in two words. Ahhhhh!!!!! How on Earth can I be behind on blogging when I seem to blog weekly you may ask? Well because we have had more going on in each day than there are hours for. It’s been nuts around here. Between T-Ball, Golf Camp, Gymnastics, VBS, Hosting Parties, Planning Parties, Grieving, Surgery, planning vacations,and the normal stuff like cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. life is flying by and it’s a bit overwhelming. And again, I don’t feel like I have to blog, I so desperately WANT to blog. I want to record this all. Write it down. So one day when I am sitting reminiscing & wondering how on Earth my kids are grown and graduating High School I can look back and remember my life, my kids lives, my crazy emotional sad days, my outrageous frustrating days, and my super happy joyful days. I just simply want to reflect & record. BUT, since I clearly don’t have time for the ‘write it’ down part at the moment, I am going to try and sum up a lot all in one blog. So it will be a LOT of pictures with very little writing , simply so I can at least get some of these things on my blog before I completely forget. I will however be back soon with a Golf Camp Blog & the Kids very fun special trip to Build A Bear, but that’s simply for another day my friends.
Warning, some of this stuff happened weeks ago, and it’s going to be very random, but for me and my wants I am posting them anyway :)
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Some fun while Nana was visiting…
Lot’s of days spent at the park.
Mom and I got new Hair Cuts :)
We spent every morning of her visit out on the back patio sippin our coffee….and milk.
and watching the birds/squirrels eat the lovely meal the kids prepared for them.
Sometimes our Backyard fun included a dip in the sprinklers.
We hosted a fun BBQ while my Mom was here so she could meet our BFF’s The Browns (Amber & Aaron) :)
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Oven Baked Corn on the Cob (my new fav way to cook it), and Baked Potato Halves.
And while our lovely Mothers offered to clean up the dishes after dinner, us and the kids went out to play in the Cul de Sac. The big kids played football, the little kids rode their bikes, and Amber and I sat back and watched…
Remember in my last post I mentioned Aaron played for the NFL? Yeah, Brandon LOVES to throw the football with him. Silly boys.
They even let Owen throw a few passes with them :)
Then after dinner, we made a fire in the fire pit and shared some delicious smores, yum!
Our kids just absolutely adore Amber and Aaron so we have officially went through the adoption process so they are now Aunt Amber & Uncle Aaron. Autumn makes Aaron give her a kiss in bed every night they are over at bedtime or all hell breaks loose. She loves him :)
The next day was memorial day so we all went out to Lunch together to Rib City to Celebrate and because we were dying to take my mom there before she left. It was delish.
Autumn & Aunt Amber shared a very special dessert since they are both Chocolate Addicts!!!
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Owen’s Best Friend Celebrated his 5th Birthday just 7 days after Owen by having a super fun Party at Chuck E Cheese.
Happy Birthday Luke, we love you kid!
The Roller Coaster Ride was a HUGE hit.
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We just signed Autumn up for her 3rd (12 Week) Session of gymnastics and she is continuing to LOVE it…
She’s in the Hot Pink.
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Owen is also still really LOVING Tball. This past Saturday was an entire day spent at the ball fields. He had Team Pictures at 11am, a Game at 12pm, a Team Picnic at 1:15pm, and another game at 3pm. Wow, I can not even explain how exhausted the kids and I were that evening.
Owen + Blayne + Emma = Best Baseball Buddies
And Autumn has Emma’s older brothers Conner & Josh wrapped around her little pinky. They play play play with her during every practice and game and she LOVES it. So precious, just wish my daughter wasn’t so into older boys!
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We have been sneaking in lots of water play since it is in the high 90’s around here….
Family of Flip Flops.
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Post dinner family walks around the lake have been in full swing, which always end with duck feeding at the end…
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To sum it all up, in the midst of all the crazy busy chaos going on around us, we are simply trying to soak up all the summer time fun while we can because I am sure it will be over before we know it.
Thanks for stopping by, I’ll be back soon….hopefully!
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