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| Car Wash - Woah Woah Woah :-) |
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| DATE NIGHT!! |
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| fam-ah-wee!! |
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| Bye Dad, See you later! (wearing Miss Nellie's flip flops) |
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| Happy 4th of July!! Sisterly love |
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| Parade bound!! |
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| Catching candy with Daddy |
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| * cousins * |
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| One tired girl!! |
Monday, July 8, 2013
Happy 4th of July!!
As promised, a couple pictures from the zoo. The girls get to travel wagon style :-) and Daddy gets his workout lugging them up and down the hills ;-)
Rhea was excited to go see the monkeys at the zoo. But when we got to
the first ones (Orangutangs) she decided they were scary and she didn't
like them. So we went to the cat house but it must have been nap time
because almost all the tigers and lions were sleeping. From there we headed to the Budgee birds, that's our favorite.
Joe used to have parakeets as he was growing up so he is the 'bird whisperer' in there to get them to come see us. After that a quick swing through the aquarium to see the penguins and turtles before it was closing time.
Wednesday night we took a date night! Mr Bill and Miss Nellie jumped at the chance to come spend time with the girls (especially since they didn't have to work the next day)! We drove the truck (yay) and went to Joe's Crab Shack in Omaha. We each ordered an entree of mahi and Joe also got a pound of crawfish on the side :-) It was a beautiful night, we had a great time.
Thanks for stoppin'! Tune in again next week for snippets of Lynden's first swim lesson (sort of).
Monday, July 1, 2013
Where is Thumbkin?
So after I made a quick list of the pics I wanted to add into this blog post..... I decided a slideshow would be the best option for this week :-) You know us, always have the camera going!
The first half of last week was pretty routine as far as our activities go. Lynden started rolling from back to front (and Mommy missed it every time the first 2 days, sneaky girl). I still let her lay on her tummy up on the table while Rhea and I eat lunch and today she almost put her head in the tub of sour cream ;-) Another note on Lynden, she officially is a fan of her thumb (or first finger). Right out of the gate Mommy encouraged a pacifier but gosh darn it if she isn't 4 months old and still set on the thumb! She mostly just chews on it rather than sucking it so maybe the appearance of some teeth will fizzle this out. She still takes the pacifier for naps and bed . I know, there could be much worse things so I'm just trying to go with it. Oh, and she found her feet this week too! Busy week for her :-)
Rhea enjoys MUCH pool time and has requested macaroni and cheese for every meal the last 3 days (yes, even breakfast). She loves to have Mommy sing songs all day and she will sing them herself if no one calls attention to it. Or she asks for me to play mucus on the computer (music). We haven't done too many fun art projects lately since we try to spend a good amount of time outside every day.
Thursday was super rainy in the morning so we went out to play in it for a little while, then we drove up to the Museum of Religious Arts in Logan, Ia. They have a display of paintings from Akiane. If you haven't heard of her story, please take a minute to Google it - amazing! She's been given an incredible gift straight from God. Her work was unbelievable. Then that night we went to a BBQ at Joe's boss' house.
Saturday was our nephew Luke's 1st Birthday party. That was a hoot - he really enjoyed his cake!!
Sunday evening Kay made a lasagna and brought it over for supper (my request, she makes the BEST lasagna), Al and Linda joined us and then we went out on the boat :-)
And today (Monday) we went to the zoo this afternoon! Those pictures will have to wait for next week's post.
The first half of last week was pretty routine as far as our activities go. Lynden started rolling from back to front (and Mommy missed it every time the first 2 days, sneaky girl). I still let her lay on her tummy up on the table while Rhea and I eat lunch and today she almost put her head in the tub of sour cream ;-) Another note on Lynden, she officially is a fan of her thumb (or first finger). Right out of the gate Mommy encouraged a pacifier but gosh darn it if she isn't 4 months old and still set on the thumb! She mostly just chews on it rather than sucking it so maybe the appearance of some teeth will fizzle this out. She still takes the pacifier for naps and bed . I know, there could be much worse things so I'm just trying to go with it. Oh, and she found her feet this week too! Busy week for her :-)
Rhea enjoys MUCH pool time and has requested macaroni and cheese for every meal the last 3 days (yes, even breakfast). She loves to have Mommy sing songs all day and she will sing them herself if no one calls attention to it. Or she asks for me to play mucus on the computer (music). We haven't done too many fun art projects lately since we try to spend a good amount of time outside every day.
Thursday was super rainy in the morning so we went out to play in it for a little while, then we drove up to the Museum of Religious Arts in Logan, Ia. They have a display of paintings from Akiane. If you haven't heard of her story, please take a minute to Google it - amazing! She's been given an incredible gift straight from God. Her work was unbelievable. Then that night we went to a BBQ at Joe's boss' house.
Saturday was our nephew Luke's 1st Birthday party. That was a hoot - he really enjoyed his cake!!
Sunday evening Kay made a lasagna and brought it over for supper (my request, she makes the BEST lasagna), Al and Linda joined us and then we went out on the boat :-)
And today (Monday) we went to the zoo this afternoon! Those pictures will have to wait for next week's post.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Water Weekend!
What a weekend!! It was full but fun! Friday afternoon we helped Andrew & Loribeth move all of there stuff to Kay's house. For the most part the girls were very good while us adults lugged boxes and furniture around. Then Saturday evening was the Pontoon Parade here at the lake. Every year the neighbors line up their pontoons and 'parade' around the lake, then tie all the boats together on the sandbar. Everyone brings out food and we mingle along the boats. This year Bill and Janelle came out with us. It was a warm and windy night but we had a great time.
It was an hr past bedtime when we got back to the house, but both girls settled down well.... and we all slept like rocks after the abundant windy and fresh air!!
Since the boat was still uncovered and all set up we decided to take our supper out on the lake Sunday evening. It was wonderful! I made a stromboli, we sliced it quick and took off :-)
This was such a peaceful and relaxing time out on the water!! All glory to God for the many ways He blesses us!!
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| Ready to go!! |
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| Yummy!! |
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| We love Mr Bill and Miss Nellie!! |
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| Wild baby hair :-) |
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| The line up |
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| Our summer boatin' baby! |
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| A little snooze in all the commotion |
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| Pretty princess |
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| The corner 'seat of honor' |
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| Yum! |
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| Yes, Rhea is asleep. The gentle rocking of the waves and lull of water noises must have done it |
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| But woke up happy to enjoy a cupcake that she helped Miss Hannah make that afternoon |
This was such a peaceful and relaxing time out on the water!! All glory to God for the many ways He blesses us!!
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