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We had such a great summer this year. We didn't do anything big, but we had so much fun. The girls both went to camp, we went on a camping trip with our church, we got to see our out-of-town families, we went on lots of play dates. We went to the zoo, the splash park, the pool, the lake and lots of other fun places. We learned that Annika loves baseball and that Ian can do flips off the boat. Elizabeth learned to like swimming and Annika learned that she can put her face in the water (which opened up a whole new world of swimming under water, doing handstands and cannonballs.) Alexandria learned to cook and made a really good enchilada dinner all by herself. Ian lost his first tooth, Elizabeth turned three and started talking a lot more and Alexandria got to sing in front of the church with her buddy Alyssa. Alexandria and Annika got baptized and all of the kids are learning so much at church. I am thankful that I was able spend so much time with the kids over the summer, doing all these fun things. I am already missing them now that they are back in school!

A (kind of) good day

So I forgot to blog about the horrible, no good, very bad day we had a while back. I'll do the condensed version. We got lost taking Annika to camp, she was an hour late. My cell phone died and we were extremely late meeting Tricia and the kids at Crown Center. There were no pay phones around ANYWHERE for me to call Tricia and let her know. Ian got car sick. An hour late, we finally arrived at Crown Center (of course Tricia and the kids had already left.) After seeing the line snaking out of Fritz's (the restaurant where the train brings you your food) we settled for a pretzel in the food court. We sat down, exhausted, and I asked Ian to pray for our food.

Here is how his prayer started out:
"Dear Jesus,
Thank you for this good day...ummm, this kind-of good day."

I love Ian! He also admonished Elizabeth for jabbering while he was praying:

"ELIZABETH! You do NOT talk during prayer time. That is NOT appropriate to God!"

Me: Ian, you were such a good boy at Grandma Goody and Barry's!

Ian: Yeah, that's cause I've been reading the Bible too much.

Me: Does reading the Bible help you remember to be good?

Ian: Yes, when I read it then I obey God.

Make it a Sprite next time

Just a few of the questions Ian had on the 30 minute car ride home from Papa and Nana's (after a busy day that left the rest of the kids exhausted):

What is air made of?

What are rocks made of?

How do they make firecrackers?

How come the firecrackers can still go off if it is raining? Why doesn't the rain put the fire out?

What is car insurance?

Why does World's of Fun have a balloon on their sign?

Are there any stores that are open at midnight?

Can you please name all the stores that are open at midnight?

Now name all the stores that aren't open at midnight.


-Moral of the story? Holiday or no, henceforth that boy does NOT get any caffeine!

Quick update

Once again, no blogging in awhile; things have been really busy around here! Elizabeth is talking up a storm, Ian lost his first tooth (pictures to come), Annika is having a blast with baseball (and has already decided she will be playing basketball next) and Alexandria just got back from camp on Thursday. I have kept myself busy with the kids, the pets and working out. So just a short post for tonight, but I will be back soon with pictures of the toothless boy, the 4th and Alexandria singing in church.

And...

The exercise log that used to be on the side on this blog will be making a return. I have been not as motivated as I should be so hopefully that will help. One can hope, right? Because this is getting ridiculous.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up

***Taken from Alexandria's blog***


Saturday, June 19, 2010




aww man elizabeth's b-day party got rained out right in the middel of it and no water park and this noisey mean siren cam up and a guy said (Atition please thunder has been located in the area the sprinklers are closed intill further notice please seek shelter IMEDIATLY!) I was really scared and didn't want to do the pinata because it was under a tree and i was chaseing the pizza boxes and litter with allysa and getting the presents in the car so yeah I got 3 peaces of candy but my friend gave some but I only took 1 because annika said she would share with me so yay annika and i think the cake got ruind :( and mommy and becky worked so hard! and also elizabeth got some great presents so if you came and gave out presents Elizabeth says THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and now its sunny out side really! it was kind of fun!
-Alexandria