Let’s start this post with a weather report!
The weather has been FANTASTIC.
BEAUTIFULLY FANTASTIC!!
I love all the seasons – but 80 degrees and sunny?
YES, please!
We relished a little bit in the weather this weekend and headed to the bike trail for some exercise!
It was sunny, breezy, cool, and the perfect day for a bike ride!
Tate rode almost the whole 3.5 miles.
Until he needed a break, so we left his bike parked knowing we would turn around to go back the same way we had just came.
He took his break from his bike RUNNING.
This boy takes our breath away!!
Eliza had sprained her ankle last week, so we dug out the stroller we bought her when we were in China and she rode in that!
Blake and I do not have bikes anyway!
It is one of our goals to get some when the budget allows!
Such a fun afternoon!
We plan to do it again soon!
Tomorrow is supposed to be 70 degrees!!!!!
Eliza spent quite a bit of time like this over the weekend.
Sweet baby.
Blake and I had date night Friday night!
We are on a journey to deepen our marriage, and I hope the Lord will give me the words and opportunity to share it all appropriately someday!!
Did I mention that our fourth grand baby is A GIRL!!!!????
If you watched that video in the last blog post, you probably can’t get the voice of the crazy lady who was screaming in the back ground out of your head to forget the fact that our grand baby is a girl!
I was a smidge excited.
Just a smidge.
Tate wanted a photo of the baby, so Kayla brought him this!
Library day.
We do it often.
It will be a good memory from these kiddos childhood!!
Always the tutus.
Tutu.
That is a weird word!!
So funny!!
Haircuts.
Another normal thing.
Every three weeks whether I like it or not!
Ruby got a haircut too!
It was our first attempt!
It took four days…..really, it did!
We just kept going back to it to finish it up, teaching her to be calm each time we did.
This is before we cut the hair on her face!
She looked SO funny!
It has been the desire of my heart to have some one-on-one time with my grand babies!
Well, as much one-on-one time I can get with all my kiddos at home, that is!
So we stole one leaving church one Sunday!
Things to work on.
ALWAYS a normal thing.
My guys are a blessing!
They got another door painted!!
I have been enjoying the weather as much as time allows, and worked on planning fall school one day with my sunglasses on!
I also spent a morning on the phone scheduling all of Tate and Eliza’s medical appointments for their check-ups.
We have our trip to UW Children’s Hospital in Madison coming up in September!
Ruby is a good pup.
She is catching on very quickly!
I watch her a lot for Addie Mae.
Don’t tell her I love it – ha, ha!!
The boys help me with her, but Chad still is a one dog boy.
Even when it’s cold and rainy!
We were thankful for the gentle rain that day!
We did not have to water the grass seed!
Food.
Such a normal thing.
They eat.
Everyday.
A LOT!
I love to make it!
And I love to keep the kitchen tidy and organized!
We were blessed with several boxes of zucchini lately!
Addie’s friend was here (our friend too!!) and we quickly shredded it all up and froze it!
And then she made this zucchini cake with the littles!
They said it was yummy.
Stir fry is a great meal to make the day before grocery day.
To use up any leftover veggies and chicken!
My daily view.
I love them.
I love that island too.
We use it HARD.
Just saying.
Thankful for summer.
And all that the Lord has allowed!!
Hope you all are having a thankful summer too!!!!
