7/29/2009

The Speed of light

What a whirlwind these last 2 weeks have been. It’s been a fabulous swirl of birthday, friends, VBS, and a wedding. I’ll do my best to touch on the highlights.
Alex turned seven on July 15. We celebrated his birthday with a trip to the lake and a joint birthday party with his little buddy Hope. Later that week our dear friend Cathy came in from Illinois. Together we had a fun outing to Sauder’s Village where we all enjoyed learning about local history. The girls particularly enjoyed the Potter’s Studio, Alex liked the train ride. Of course.
The week of July 20-24th was our first week of Vacation Bible School. I played the part of photographer. Wandering in and out of classes hoping for the “perfect” shot for the slide show. This year our church was given the opportunity to host 13 Russian orphans. The children range in age from 5 to 12ish. They are staying with various members of the congregation, and attending VBS. As the photographer I got the chance to interact with all the children. As a group they are beautiful and sweet, funny and shy. As a crazy mom with a huge heart you can imagine I fell in love. With each one. I want to keep them all in my house. My tiny house with 16 kids. Don’t think it didn’t cross my mind. But no, they will probably all go back to the orphanage. Filled with ice cream and memories.
So this weekend we went to my brother-in-law’s wedding in southern Missouri. Actually they live in Missouri, but got married 2 hours away Arkansas. Whatever. The wedding was beautiful and we got tons of pics. We also spent a lot of time hanging out with Grandma and the cousins. A lot of time swimming in the hotel pool, exploring local parks and of course, sweating. Southern Missouri in July is hot y’all.
So that brings us mostly up to date. You’ll have to forgive me for the lack of pictures. I only have about 600 from the last 2 weeks to sort through…….

7/14/2009

New Dress

Here’s a quick pic I snapped of Louisa in the dress I made for her. She’s soaring like a bird (in case that wasn’t obvious). Everyone knows that a new dress makes you feel like your flying.

7/13/2009

Week in Review

So this last week was a slightly calmer week in our house. After the two weeks of Safety Town in the morning and running around in the afternoon, I needed a week to chill out. A week to focus on projects that I had started at the beginning of the summer, and were put on the shelf. We spent a good deal of time with my mom and grandmother. I finished the dress I started for Louisa, and started a similar one for Miss Annie. I finished reshaping and mulching my garden on the north side of the property (which was quite a project in itself). Taught a scrapbooking class, and just caught up on life in general.
So it’s been a while since I shared some pics of what we’re up to. Here are a few from the last week. We were at my mom’s house and the kids were playing in the sprinkler with Tyler, who lives next door to my mom. Well the boys were playing in the sprinkler and the girls were watching from a safe distance. So here is a very soaked (and chilly) little boy.

7/06/2009

Exhale

So the last two weeks have been a little frantic trying to get the girls to safety town each morning and accomplish everything else that needed to happen. I’m happy to say that we survived and are happy to be moving a little slower this week. I’m a much happier mama when I don’t have to be out the door by 8:45 in the morning. We have nearly 2 weeks to fully recover before the maelstrom known as VBS hits.
In addition to safety town we had several fun activities. I spent two days helping a friend move. I made most of a dress for sweet Louisa, which may or may not be finished before the end of summer. And the girls had their safety town graduation. To name a few…
We had a fabulous weekend. Friday Jory had the day off, so we spent the day chilling out, not accomplishing a whole lot. Saturday we went to the lake to visit with my parents, my sister and her husband, and my grandmother and uncle. The kids played in the water (even though it was barely 70 degrees). Then we shot off some fire works and played with some sparklers. This year Alex got a kick out of making things go “boom” and all three loved the sparklers.
We ended up buying Annie a new bicycle this weekend. Jory has been wanting to ride bikes to the park that’s about a mile from here. Well poor Annie was riding on a bike that was just too little for her, and was having a hard time keeping up on it. So it was time. Now Jory and Alex are having a hard time keeping up with her. Before too much longer Louisa will be ready to join them. Of course she will also need a “big girl” bike when that time comes.
So this week we have some projects to wrap up (hopefully). I’m trying to finish reshaping my front garden, making it easier to mow around. I think I have one more day with that before I can call it “done for now”. I also want to have my school stuff finished before we start in August. Usually I just sort of plan as I go and pick up new curriculum as I run out. But this year we are planning on having a sweet baby Elizabeth staying with us while her mommy is at work. So I want to have as much done ahead of time as I possibly can. And of course this week will probably see a few play dates and library programs and bike trips to the park.
Oh yes, and we have raspberries.

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