Savvy got bitten by a fire ant (we think) and her poor foot! This was the worst day and it took about a week for it to get back to normal
Michael's work has a picnic every June and it is so fun but oh so very hot
Took the olders to the pink palace and we watched a show about black holes in the planetarium, that blew Cohens mind :)
We went with the Cousins to their lake house
Finally tried out the green line and I loved it so much. Its all paved and most of the trail we were on was shaded. Michael mapped out our trip to have a stop at chick fil a and we got milk shakes before we made it back to the car. All of us had a great time
And that one time michael peddled me around the neighborhood in the toddler bike trailer. We were laughing so hard and the kids didn't think it was funny at all… all humor aside, I loved it, we really need adult versions of this
We had our 2nd annual 4th of July fish fry at our house. Michael's family comes over and its always a great time
I honestly don't understand how my children are such amazing eaters. I always have fruit and veggies for meals and have tried to keep a mostly healthy diet but they take it to the extremes. Really I love it but I can't take any credit for it. But they are weirdos, Norah went through a phase where she wanted sweet peas for breakfast
and all 3 of them will eat bell peppers like apples. And this was breakfast too, oatmeal and bell peppers…. totally amazing, wonderful weirdos :)
I don't think I could find the words to describe the intensity of Love Savvy has for Norah. She is the best big sister, hands down
Zoo Trip
Norah was trying to get the hippo to eat her carrot….
Everytime we come to the zoo one of the kids want their picture taken with him
Caleb has been persistent that he wanted me to shave his gorgeous, amazing hair. I caved and shaved it the start of the summer and I HATE it!! Of course he is adorable but man I miss his hair :) Both the boys want to grow their hair out again and that makes this momma heart happy
There has been some positives about his shorn hair… Like Caleb is so expressive with his eyebrows. When he tells a story his eyebrows will move like crazy, and I can know his mood totally by the brows…it gets me every time! His hair had always covered them
He looked like this 2 minutes after the haircut… I love my boys
Savvy was a teacup at her dance recital and blew me away! After she performed I leaned over to my mom to tell her that I was crying and she was crying…haha. Savvy totally played the part. When she finished we were all gushing over her and she had made up her mind she wasn't going to do dance anymore…lol. I thought maybe the summer break would change her mind but she still doesn't want to sign up again. If I'm honest, I'm sad about it, but I have never forced her to do anything extracurricular so I won't start now… but still whaa
Michael came up with the amazing idea to take each of the kids backpacking the year they turn 10. All the family pitched in and we were able to get her gear to last her a long time. We went to Savage Gulf and as soon as we pulled in it started pouring. Michael was prepared and we all had rain gear. She was incredible, backpacked 10 miles, ate a diet of beef sticks and freeze dried meals, swam to a waterfall, lived off the land for 2 nights, and was hilarious. I loved so much having this one on one time with her. At home she is always the responsible, no-nonsense, easiest-oldest child. But here she was goofy, free, and just wonderful. She said quotes that we will hold on for the rest of our life-like "how did he break his plasma" and "papas milk". I hope she always remembers this trip, I know we will
We went with the Mcdaniel's to mud island and Michael was able to visit us for lunch. This place is so neat, the weather was perfect and the Magnolia tree's were blooming
