Claire loves Forrest Frank, and Forrest Frank just so happened to be at the Iowa State Fair on her 17th birthday. Seemed like the perfect surprise birthday present to me! She thought we were just going to have a nice, chill day at home doing all of her favorite things: swimming/reading/grilling/eating outside/boating/wakeboarding/tubing. Instead, she opened Read More
Claire’s 17th Birthday
J*U*L*Y
People had warned me that life would get much busier the older my kids got. I still wasn’t prepared. With that being said, we were just kinda busy doing/enjoying life…and I wasn’t very good about carving out time for everything. My poor blog once again fell by the way side, but I miss it and Read More
Ocean City {Week 2}
Week 2 started with some pool time with cousins after church, followed by the usual: We also snuck in a day trip to Washington DC. We started with the Holocaust Museum, made our way to the Washington Monument, headed over to the Lincoln Memorial, waved at Donald and Melania, and stopped in at the Smithsonian Read More
