In August, we had lots of fun visits from family and friends. First, my brother and sister-in-law came from NJ. There was lots of swimming, slip n sliding, ninja-ing, driving of all the things, jet skiing, and some pretty epic tubing. Poor Elijah was probably traumatized after this….but it’s one of my favorite pictures of Read More
Summertime Family & Friends
Claire’s 17th Birthday
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
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
