Trip #3

August 19, 2024 By jillemccandless No Comments

This was our summer of trips. Some big, some little- just lots of events happening that required some travel. On our way back from Ocean City, we stopped halfway for a kid exchange. We dropped off our nephew Jacob and exchanged him for Claire’s friend Bella. She was going to spend the week with us, Read More

Ocean City

August 16, 2024 By jillemccandless 1 Comment

Same crew (+ 1 pup), same place, same ice cream…one year later. Another incredibly fun year in Ocean City doing our favorite things with some of our favorite people. There was lots of beach building and playing, lots of boogie boarding, bike rides, rainy day arcades and golf, lotsssssssss of rides, and super sweet Read More

Parade

August 12, 2024 By jillemccandless 1 Comment

Before we get to Claire’s birthday celebrations, we need to recap all the things that have taken place in the last few weeks. We left OBX and drove up to Ocean City, NJ. We were there for a day before driving to the airport where we flew home to Iowa for a couple days. Our Read More

Sixteen

August 7, 2024 By jillemccandless 3 Comments

No matter how hard I try, these kids refuse to stay little. One day you’re eyeball deep in diaper changes, temper tantrums, picky eating, and disappearing pacifiers and the next you’re figuring out driver’s ed, college courses, and planning a sweet sixteen celebration. Life is crazy. Claire most definitely puts the “sweet” in sixteen. She Read More

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