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Category: Family (Page 10 of 26)

September is a busy month.

Throughout the year there is an ebb and flow of  easy months and much busier months.  I’ve gotten used to March being very busy for me because of Piano contest.  And generally December is busy because of the holidays.  I need to remember how chaotic September is.

Everything starts up at the same time:  lesson go back into full swing, school starts, nanny’s start coming, BSF starts, growth groups start, back to 2 services at church, MMTA meetings start and then I have my fall contest music seminars every Tuesday morning.  Now, don’t get me wrong.  I’m not complaining.  In fact almost everything on that list I’ve chosen to be a part of, but I really wish things were a little more spread out.  By the time the weekend comes it’s been such a whirlwind that I’m ready for a break!  The good news is–once we hit October, I’m home free!  I should be back into the groove of everything starting and then my seminars will be over as well as some of my meetings.  This year I’m going to go out on a limb and try to take Josiah with me to my MMTA meeting… I’m not sure how well it will work but since it’s just him now I thought it was worth a try.  He can sit and play REALLY well sometimes so I’m hoping I can set him up with a show and headphones in the back and it will work just as perfectly as I envision it in my head.  🙂  We’ll see.  My meeting is on Friday morning… I’ll let you know how it goes.

In other news we got a new camera lens a while back and I was playing with it the other day.  It’s a much bigger zoom, so I took this picture of  Tim and Chloe playing in the far corner of the yard while I was standing on the deck.  Pretty cool, huh?

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And then I took this picture of a flower that was down on the floor of the deck.  I was pretty pleased with how pretty it turned out!

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In other news, Chloe had her well child check this morning.  We came to the consensus that she is healthy and normal and tall.  But, really, that’s no new information to me!    Hehe!  😉

My favorite time of day.

The morning walk to the bus is quickly becoming my favorite part of my day.  Often times the kids will hold hands and walk in front of me and talk to each other.  It’s so cute.  I also love this gorgeous fall weather that we’re having, so I enjoy walking slowly to the bus stop with the cool breeze.  I’m sure I won’t enjoy walking to the bus when it’s bitterly cold and our noses are running and fingers are numb… but for now, I’m enjoying it.  And it’s been fun to get to know our neighbors a little more who have kids on this side of the “U”.

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In other news… well, come to think of it… I guess I don’t really have any.  Life is full of routine and a lot of the hum drum stuff I enjoy so much.  🙂

Oh, no!  Wait–I do have news!  My friend Stacy had her baby earlier this month (but I just found out)!  She had a little girl and named her Autumn.  Isn’t that cute?  She came about a month early, so it wasn’t even on my radar yet.  🙂  I hope to chat with her soon and find out how she and the baby are doing.  So, there.  That’s some fun news for you!

Family Recap (part 3 of 3)

It’s time for our family pictures!  I always cherish these pictures–plus they get to go on my family wall in the living room!

The whole family!

The whole family!

 

Mom and Dad and the kids!

Mom and Dad and the kids!

 

Nathan's Family

Nathan’s Family

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Kylene’s Family

Erica's Family

Erica’s Family

 

Luke's Family

Luke’s Family

 

Some of the cousins...

Some of the cousins…

 

The grown up kids.  :)

The grown up kids. 🙂

And then I have a random assortment of other pictures I just had to tack on at the end… hehe!  It was a fantabulous family renion and I’m already excited for our next one!  I love you all!

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Family Recap (part 2 of 3)

Saturday morning was the highly anticipated “1st Fritz Family 5K.”  The weather couldn’t have been more perfect.  Here is our “before” picture–and I’ll spare you all the running pictures and all the pictures of each of us crossing the finish line all sweaty.  But I’ve captured them all for posterity to look back on in the future.  🙂

Ready to go!

Ready to go!

After that we all made our way back to the Vintage Porch where we enjoyed a few hours of eating and relaxing and letting the kids play in the yard.  At one point Krista was playing freeze tag with the kids, then there was 3-legged racing, and a water relay race.  Did I mention the weather was great?  Yes.  It really was.

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Later in the day we came back over to our house for a bit of sprinkler fun and then some worship music time.  It was so much fun to sing together as a family.

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We also did family pictures that afternoon, so come back tomorrow to see those!

Luke and Mae doing a "3-legged race"  haha!

Luke and Mae doing a “3-legged race” haha!

Family Recap (part 1 of 3)

I’m going to condense all my pictures down to 3 posts.  🙂  At least that’s my goal.

Kylene & Justin flew in late Wednesday night so we pretty much said hello and went right to bed.  Thursday morning we went for a nice long walk then enjoyed some down time before the kids went down for naps and K & J went grocery shopping.  Then we met up with Luke & Krista for supper as they came into town and then we spent the evening laughing and eating cake and working on a “schedule” for the weekend.

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I was especially excited for L & K to arrive because I had never met their newest addition, Baby Dalton, who is now just about 6 months old.  He needed a bath after the long car ride from PA so I had to snap some adorable bathtime pictures… He is seriously SUCH a happy baby.  So.  Much. Fun.

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Friday morning we made our way over to the Vintage Porch (the house we rented in town) and moved all the fragile stuff out of the way and got ready for everyone else to arrive.  Nathan and his family got there mid morning and Mom and Dad closer to supper time.  I didn’t take many pictures the rest of that day since we were all just getting settled.

Here are a few other random pictures though…

Josiah LOVED watching Justin play games.

Josiah LOVED watching Justin play games.

The cousins meeting each other the next morning

The cousins meeting each other the next morning

 

Baby Dalton sucks on his middle fingers.  I found that amusing and terribly adorable!

Baby Dalton sucks on his middle fingers. I found that amusing and terribly adorable!

I promise I have more pictures of the rest of the family for tomorrow–it just happens that most of my pictures from the first day was of Luke’s family.  Whoops!  So, come back tomorrow for more pictures!  😉

Adventures with the Baker kids!

We had the Baker kids over from Wednesday night to Friday suppertime.  There was a lot of anticipation and excitement from Chloe and Josiah getting to have their cousins sleep over not just one, but TWO nights.  🙂  We had loads of fun which included: lighting sparklers, a trip to the park, bike rides/run, playing in the sprinkler, making homemade pizza rolls, multi-flavored ice cream cones, playing outside, playing inside, playing in the tent, watching videos of cats getting surprised and laughing hysterically, and finally watching Kronk’s New Groove with popcorn.

Ah, these kids are growing up so fast!  What a great bunch of kiddos!  🙂

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Chutes and Ladders (Hyland Park)

I’ve heard about the park called Chutes and Ladders before.  I remember thinking that was a funny name for a park.  In fact I think I asked if it was a REAL place.   Apparently, it is.  🙂

Here is a link to the website from the Hyland park website:  Chutes and Ladders

But here is a link to a blogger review on the park that I found much more informative (plus it has more pictures!)  Tireless Tot

After looking at the pictures and reading a little about it I thought I knew what to expect.  In reality, it’s a bit more “squashed” together than the pictures show.  I was, however, pleased with how most of the areas were safe–except for the obvious places–everything was well contained with mesh, etc. for the little ones.  One thing the review mentioned was that it’s easy to lose kids.  And I must say a resounding YES.  We went with our friends from church, so there were 6 kids–and because of unfortunate accidents (whoops: bloody lip, whoops:  Josiah didn’t make it to the bathroom in time) the other mom and I were standing watch over 5 kids alone while the other mom ran off to fix the accident.  And let me tell you!  I was actively watching the kids and I still kept losing kids.  By the time we left the playground felt like a buzzing bee hive with kids running and sliding and tumbling out of every nook and cranny.  It was a bit crazy.  If I thought I was going for a relaxing morning, I was wrong.

But all in all it was a great trip.  The kids really loved it.  We even brought along a picnic lunch to finish off our outing–complete with chocolate chip cookies!

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Our tired, sweaty, but still smiling group.

Lesson Sign-Up Day 2014

Another lesson sign-up day done.  🙂  It was crazy and wild and frustrating and  feels great to be done.  This was the first year that I’ve had to use some people’s 3rd & 4th choices of time slots… And I have one who still hasn’t signed up that I’m pretty sure can’t do the times that are left (since they are early and her school is out late).  So, once I get that figured out I’ll feel a lot better.  But for now, I’m happy to have it mostly done.  I had a hard time falling asleep last night because I was so anxious about it.  I want to please everyone, but I know that’s impossible.

The kids spent the night at the Baker’s house (in order to give me peace and quiet as I tackled the sign-up this morning) and were VERY unhappy to leave when I picked them up at lunch time.  There was much crying and pouting as we left.  🙂

Ice Cream playdate and MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Yesterday we had some friends over for a “homemade ice cream + homemade waffle cone + sprinkler party!”  It was on my summer to-do list.

Homemade "No Churn" Ice Cream

Homemade “No Churn” Ice Cream

We had 4 flavors of ice cream:  1) Mint chocolate chip, 2) Vanilla, 3) Chocolate, 4) Blueberry Cheesecake.  I enjoyed 3 of the 4 flavors immensely… not so much the mint chocolate chip.  It was made of all “healthy” foods and was too bitter in my opinion.  But we had a great time tasting the flavors and making the waffle cones.   So the kids played in the sprinklers for a while and then ate ice cream for a while and then ran through the sprinklers again to clean off all the ice cream!  🙂

And today is my birthday (yay me!) so we’ve done all sort of exciting things:   killing Japanese beetles, Chloe drew me a nice card, went out to eat for breakfast, went on a 3 mile run, enjoyed some caribou and then Tim got off work early!  So, we’re about to enjoy a delicious dinner and I think I heard something about ice cream cake!!

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