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
Parade
Sixteen
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
OBX (Part 3)
Our plans for this day included checking out the sand dunes, but we changed those plans quickly when our gps revealed a 2 hour drive to travel 25 miles. Ain’t nobody got time for that. So we turned around and decided to climb up this lighthouse instead. Was there a heat warning in effect? Yeah. Read More
OBX (Part 2)
Driving on the 4×4 beach was one of our favorite days. We had beautiful weather, we saw wild horses, and we had everything we needed right in our cars. It was so much fun! Then it was back to the house for more swimming, more grilling, and more evening movies. The 4th of July was Read More
OBX (Part 1)
What do you get when you smoosh 30 people into one house in the Outer Banks? Constant noise, cluttered countertops, contagious laughter, and countless memories. All seven of my parent’s kiddos and their families came together to celebrate their 45th anniversary, and it was a pretty fantastic time. Our first full day there we had Read More
Kids Lately
We are headed out on vacation tomorrow and cannot wait. But first, let’s catch up on what the kids have been up to lately. Claire has been busy with library teen board activities, doing chores for me, taking care of Scout, hanging with friends, and doing lots of reading. She has decided that she’d like Read More
River Days
Our little town had it’s annual River Days celebration a couple weekends ago. We played a few games, ate all the food, collected too much candy at the parade, got plastered with water balloons from that little stinker on the float (Claire was hiding on the other side), saw animals, made big bubbles, watched a Read More
Tessa is 8
Tessa had been anxiously counting down the days until her birthday. She decided she just wanted a family party with dinner on the boat. And mallard ducks was the theme she chose to celebrate. Yes, MALLARD DUCKS. We watched The Migration Movie awhile ago, and she absolutely loved it and became obsessed with mallards. Read More
Still Here!
We are now starting our 4th week of summer vacation and I haven’t even documented their last days of school. 🤦🏽♀️ I don’t even have an exciting reason for this absence other than just living regular old life. So, let’s catch up. These two had a great track season and came away with lots of Read More
