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me (mom to 6)
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300 Voices & Water For Christmas
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Angela posted this. I don’t know why it makes me laugh so much.
Maybe because Andy and I just had a similar conversation.
I don’t really consider myself a “talker”– but there are times when I need Andy to listen.
I’m pretty sure what he hears is much like this….
and watching baseball.
We went and sat in the grass and watched a minor league game last night.
These two enjoyed their first game. (We tried once last summer…a couple weeks after they had been home. Needless to say, I left with the twins before the first inning. This year we even stayed through the fireworks!)
Zeke cheering for the fireworks.
And he cheered throughout the game, “Go Cardinals!” (It wasn’t exactly the Cardinals playing, but we were proud nonetheless.)
the backyard.
Can’t get enough of Max’s toothless grin these days..
And Kora’s twists did not last too long after our swim. But it did make for some cute post-twist hair…
And this is Quincy at first base chanting, “Pitcher’s gotta big butt.”
Lovely.
This is the pitcher.
And Zeke doesn’t love to play yet, but does enter the field occasionally for a hug.
swing batter.
There’s more to that ’swing batter’ chant, but I’m not real confident at how it goes so we’ll just leave it at that.
And Gabe here has MY shoes on.
Do they fit him? No.
Why does he have them on? I don’t know.
all better.
assessing the damage…
and kissing it better….
3 years ago.
Another benefit of blogging…
What were we doing 3 years ago in July?
Found this:
Oh my.
Now my heart hurts.
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“When we think of Church we have to think of a body of people, travelling together. We have to envision women, men, and children of all ages, races, and societies supporting one another on their long and often tiresome journeys to their final home.”
(Nouwen)
not exactly…
..sunny and warm.
But it IS summer.
So we snuck in a swim yesterday.
Which made everyone very happy….
Ready…
And GO…
And GO… (Zeke’s are definitely the most entertaining)
And GO…
And one more….
in training.
Quincy has declared that he is learning to be a catcher.
With all the baseball we’ve been watching lately, he’s decided that will be his position of choice.
I have noticed that catchers tend to have a bit of an angry edge to them.
I think it will suit Quinc perfectly….
we tried this today.
Had a little time this morning to play with Kora’s hair.
One full length movie and we got this….
I like it.
Hope it lasts through nap time…
just passing it on….
I read about these on another blog.
One that has large numbers of children running around as well.
I immediately thought, “Oh, this is going to change my life.”
So that might of been a little over the top.
But nonetheless, this is an exciting product for us.
They are called D-skins and they are sleeves that you put on DVD’s and CD’s that protect them from getting scratched.
Oh, the money we have lost on scratched DVD’s!
So I ordered some D-skins here.
Fabulous.
Thought you should know.
tuesday
Spent some time at the park having lunch and getting a good round of wiffle ball in with some friends.
I didn’t take too many pictures because I was curled up in a BLANKET!!
It’s almost July in Iowa and it was COLD today.
Anyway….
OK, I’m not a big fan of the “puffs.” But Kora loves them. And asks for them.
we are in trouble.
This is the kid who asks me almost every night…
“How many more days now until I can get married?”
car wash.
They do hire out for a fee….
It’s that Week.
The week I declare, “Get Our Lives in Order Week.”
It’s one of Andy’s favorites. 
But occasionally it has to be done.
Things like find a car. A cheap, running car with seat belts.
We are down to one car right now. We were in denial about it for a couple weeks.
Now we need to take action and figure something out.
Both of us hate that kind of stuff.
And things like clean out the garage…so we can get the cars into it.
Things like revise a new disciplinary/parenting method.
Problem is we really need to make 6 different plans…as they all are at such different places.
And I like to throw in a couple, long “Re-Evaluate our Lives” kind of talks.
This is usually when the pillow over the head comes into play.
In between all that, I don’t have any of the kids signed up for much of anything this week.
So I need to throw in some good, family fun.
Today I clean.
Then we proceed.