We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
17 Aug
On Sunday we made our first trip to the state fair. We didn’t stay too long since we will be going back several more times before the end of the week, but we did have time to visit Little Hands on the Farm. JP was in “farm heaven” !!
3 Aug
Last week our church had it’s vacation bible school with the theme “High Power” soccer. This was the first year Anya was old enough to go (and just barely–the minimum age is 5, so she made it by less than 2 weeks!) and she had a blast.
Jason volunteered as one of the team coaches while I floated here and there and manned one of the water stations to keep the campers nice and hydrated! Despite not knowing much about soccer, Jason had a great time coaching his team (he had about 12 kids ranging from 1-3 grades) and really enjoyed interacting with the kids. Anya just enjoyed the opportunity to socialize with kids (big surprise, I know) and after a few attempts to try and play soccer, she decided that chatting with the goalie was more her scene
As entertaining as it was to watch the soccer, the real fun came in watching the kids learn and become excited about Jesus. What a great week!
19 Jul
This last weekend we joined the Miller Family & Papa Jim and G’ma Barb in Forest City for a fun (and HOT) couple of days celebrating Puckerbrush Days. We left Pleasant Hill bright and early on Saturday morning to be at the parade by 10am. The parade was very good–especially the Miller Pharmacy Float–and the kids got another ridiculous amount of candy and other goodies. After the parade we did all sorts of fun things around town–bounce houses, kiddie train rides, firetruck rides, ice cream breaks and finally we ended the day with a great fireworks show. I think kids and adults finally climbed into bed around 11:30pm and were all asleep by 11:31pm!
Sunday we were lucky enough to get to spend the day on Clear Lake on the Miller’s boat. Thankfully, it wasn’t quite as hot as Saturday, but we all still got plenty of sun! We spent a lot of time with the boat anchored jumping off and swimming in the water (which was probably about 75 degrees!!) and after awhile we got the tube out. Anya was so excited to go tubing…she tubed with me, daddy, Noah, Zachary, Aunt Jill and finally Aubrey. There is nothing funnier than watching a 4 year old and a 5 year old in a tube together–especially when they are screaming to “go faster” the whole time. What little daredevils!! Josiah swam some in the lake and had a good time—but he much preferred to be sitting at the wheel “driving”. The boy is obsessed with anything that has a wheel!
Finally at about 5:30pm, we decided we had better get headed home. Needless to say, after 2 exhausting days in the sun, it was a very quiet ride back to Des Moines.
Here are the pictures from our Puckerbrush fun!
15 Jul
On Saturday we had Anya’s 5th & Aubrey’s 4th birthday party. We had a house full of friends and family and the weather was perfect for the kids to play outside! Thanks to everyone that came to help the girls celebrate–it was a fun day.
Here are a few more pictures of the birthday girls’ fun day!
11 Jul
We had a jam packed 4th of July weekend. We met Papa Jim & Grandma Barb at Cutty’s in Okoboji on Friday night spend the weekend at the camper and the Miller family joined us on Saturday. We had a great time hanging out at the camper and just taking it easy.
Sunday we loaded up for the day and headed to Armstrong for the annual 4th of July festivities! We ate at Nazareth church for lunch and then headed to Gram Martha’s house to watch the parade. The kids had a great time watching the parade and managed to collect a ridiculous amount of candy! After the parade we went to the park to watch Noah in the pedal pull, let the kids play in the park and watch the fireman challenge. Finally, after thoroughly exhausting the kids (and ourselves) we called it a day in Armstrong and headed back to Cutty’s to relax for the evening. We spent the rest of the day in the swimming pool (fun) and trying to avoid the mosquitoes (not so much fun)!
Monday morning, after a delicious breakfast on the grill, we packed up and headed back to Des Moines….well, Jason, Josiah & I did. Anya was lucky enough to get to stay and spend the week with G’ma Barb, Papa Jim & Aubrey! From what I heard, the girls had a great time and the grandparents survived, so it was a successful week!!
2 Jul
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