it's all fun and games: August 2018

sun-mon

sunday morning met us with 2 exhausted parental units. so we skipped sunday worship=church and spent the day together. it was AMAZING! chris and slept in, then chris made breaky while i showered and got cleaned up. we had a proper family breaky with blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes

it was so nice and relaxing, ever the more with chris being home!

mon we went to visit chris and joey took a nap..

literally ( i was watching her the whole time!)

haha

then, being the homeschoolers that we are... we found bugs/slugs/caterpillars

and watched them...

as joey slept...

but woke up to watch MOTE bugs on this tree. much to her excitement!

haha

so. my kids have been OBSESSED with finding bugs and catching them ONLY to bring them into MY house to find out EXACTLY what they are, which i have this amazing hands on guide (thanks dad!) and man. this guide has been used!

nate figuring out what he caught...

funny story. joey told me she found a bug/cricket in the house. i didnt totally believe her, cause she's, well 4....then today...she said "MOM! look!!! i find it!!!!" to show me the freaking cricket in MY house!!!! i guided this poor bug to the door and showed it the way OUT!!!!! ha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:12 PM

tues!!!

tues my sis and her crew took nate to magic mtn for the day. then they came home for supper. the kids (girls) ate here

wait. ellie. what are you doing?????

haha bunny ears!

after supper we did cake. auntie's fav...black forest cake!

happy birthday too YOU! we LOVE you!

after dinner i went out with my sister to "get gas" and hit up a "few"places....and along the way i saw this and HAD to take a pic. chris GETS this. lol

we came home to put the older kids to bed, then spent the rest of the night you tubing and googling how to remove a toenail....lol

this MAKES memories!

wed morning, bright and EARLY I WAS UP AND out of bed to bid farewell to nate, aunty, shawn, quiin and charlie as they embark on their newest trip...id tell you more but, atlas, i dont know whats going on since they hit the boarder! ha

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Posted by mel at 8:12 PM

wed

after nate left and Chris took off with my car....little lulu belle is FINE!!!! but poor "silver bullet" (the van) is sick with no alternator. i spent the day with my girls. we went to the park

and played

then came home to meet up with friends to swim
then chris came home and went to fix the "silver bullet" as i made supper
with chris being home i put "effort" into supper. we had bbq sausages, SALMON!! the literally melted in our mouths. SO good! green beans and salad....and i spent the night visiting with neighbors and watching the girls stay WAY past their bedtimes!

making memories and swimming

my little jo

and with that im 1/2 way though the week?
and as joey would say "what the heck????"

nate, i miss you already! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:12 PM

wilson visit! pt 1

sat night ursi, jeff, maya and katie arrived for their visit (may i say yearly. ha) sunday after a proper sleep in we hit up the cabin and the swimming hole.

the kids swam, jumped, played and explored.

they, i dare say. had a blast!

johana came home to her dinosaurs the night before jeff and ursi arrived but for some weird reason they uploaded like this....

but none the less, she enjoyed her dinosaurs! ha

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Posted by mel at 5:52 PM

visit pt 2

monday we realized in the morning, the kids swam, played, took naps and we made a cake! not quite sure about the candles or who's 1,350 birthday it was. ha

we met up with chris to hit up the cabin for a cook out, where we had chicken, hot dogs and a mix of veggies and salad. kate and nate went to the river alone, armed with a walkie talkie so we could keep an "eye" on them. ha

camp fire snuggles were had

ursi knitted and jeff reflected. ha

katie and maya relaxed

haha

papa this is for YOU! ellie had a ketchup sandwich. that she enjoyed and ate all of it!

hahaha

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Posted by mel at 5:52 PM

pt 3!

tues we took the kids to the "colorful" park, where the kids played

splashed and made memories!

joey too!

love this smiley girl!

ursi....wait for it!....KNITTED (shocking isnt it. bawahhhhh) while jeff smiled

tues night uris and i took off for the night! we hit up some knitting stores, where ursi found her inner peace and i enjoyed the NO kids. hahahaha

we went for dinner, then a few more stored only to return to the house to find the guys and kids were STILL at the land!!! when the arrived home shortly after ursi and i quickly informed the men that we were NOT "home" yet and they saw to cleaning up and putting the kids to bed while ursi and i sat outside and chatted!

wed morning the wilson's left to digby to visit their friends

my sis was in town working and as soon as chris got home i took OFF. so fast that i left my phone and home and got NO pics of our night. but lets just say i had a BLAST. i ate for free and got free wine. i was super happy! ha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 5:52 PM