This evening we had our good friends Craig and Laura and their four children over for a birthday dinner. John grilled the whole meal - steak, shrimp, veggies, corn and potatoes, with banana pudding and key lime pie for dessert. The guys cleaned up everything from dinner and served the dessert. It was a fantastic evening, filled with yummy food, great friends, good conversation, and kids that play together so well.
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I take pictures. This blog is a way for me to capture the every day moments in this season of my life before it becomes too foggy in my memory for me to recall. This is a tangible reminder of what my life was like, what we did, what was important to us, how we spent our days. These are the every day matters, because to me, every day matters.
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August 2012
August 31, 2012
This evening we had our good friends Craig and Laura and their four children over for a birthday dinner. John grilled the whole meal - steak, shrimp, veggies, corn and potatoes, with banana pudding and key lime pie for dessert. The guys cleaned up everything from dinner and served the dessert. It was a fantastic evening, filled with yummy food, great friends, good conversation, and kids that play together so well.
August 30, 2012
Ansley is my hot natured girl. She wears shorts like this almost every night of the year, whether it's 90 degrees or 30 degrees!
August 29, 2012
I turned thirty-seven today. When I was a teenager, 37 seemed sooooo ollllddddd. Now, it doesn't seem that old. I came downstairs this morning to cards from my kids and a fancy set of bakeware and cool gadgets for baking (since I do a lot of baking, did you know?). Then in the afternoon, a friend stopped by with a sweet birthday gift, and I got a package in the mail from a good friend. I also get these beautiful flowers and balloons delivered from John.The card says to look under the guest bath sink. So, I do. And I find a new portrait lens for my Nikon!
August 28, 2012
Christian's first day of his co-op art class went really well! (I know he looks kinda sad in this photo, but I promise he wasn't!.) There were just a few tears when I first dropped him off, but they cleared right up and he was good. When I picked him up, he was eager to tell me about it and all smiles! Ansley, of course, really enjoyed her three classes and hanging out with friends.
August 27, 2012
We headed outside this morning to do an experiment with the sun for our astronomy class. Ansley and Christian were very intrigued. Please note the baby screaming because she can't eat the chocolate until the experiment is done.
August 26, 2012
This is how the baby prefers to be fed.
August 25, 2012
This is right after the period formerly known as naptime in our house. Those were some good days. Recently, Avery has decided that she doesn't need to nap (SHE DOES) and so she screams and throws books out of her crib during the time formerly known as naptime. I'm hoping it's a phase. If I start to see gray hair, I'll know why.
August 24, 2012
We had Care Group tonight. It was Avery's first time going (usually Mimi watches her). Our Care Group leaders live on a farm with horses and peacocks and dogs and cats and.....do I even need to say that my kids love it there? We had just arrived, and they were quite taken with the horses, some of them more affectionate than others, as you can see.
August 23, 2012
This is Ansley first thing in the morning. Today, for the first time, she made Avery's eggs for her. It worked brilliantly; I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of it before. Ansley loves to help in the kitchen, and Avery wants eggs every morning of her life. Perfect!
August 22, 2012
Exploring the park across the street from Ansley's dance studio. These two had a great time! (And Ansley is really loving ballet!)