2016

Today Sarah and I flew to Sacramento where Dad picked us up.  We drove to Richvale, Sarah started a collection of Grandpa’s stamps and we had a big family dinner.  I am so glad we came out.

Today we drove to Austin.  I’m going to California to visit family and go to Peter and Carissa’s wedding reception (since not everyone could make it to the wedding in Carmel last month) and the kids are staying with Kate and Steve.

At Betsy’s 4 year well check they checked her vision and suggested we go see an ophthamologist.  We did that today and while her vision isn’t perfect they don’t think we need glasses just yet. Since they dilated her eyes they also suggested she stay with me instead of going back to school.  So we … [Read more…]

Watching them try to play and understand how this worked was pretty entertaining!

As I write this I am over a month behind on these posts.  How does this happen?! I don’t remember much about what brought this moment about since it was so long ago, but they were wrestling and I’m almost certain they should’ve been in bed.  I cannot seem to get them in to bed … [Read more…]

A couple weeks until the end of September and we’re still playing in the pool. Ben got home before these two went to bed, which was great, but made the process of going to bed a bit harder.  Still thankful that he was here and got to witness some of the joy they experience together. … [Read more…]

Ben was running on about 3 hours of sleep today, so after church and lunch he came home and took a nap while the kids napped.  After that he went back to work.  Carson and I worked on this assignment for school. This self portrait was his second draft.  The first one he did on … [Read more…]

We got some time with Ben this morning before he headed in to the office.  We went to the garden store and sweated like pigs and everyone got super grumpy.  Home for lunch and naps.  Play time, bath time, and Aggie game time.  Goodnight.

Fun and messiness and good naps on this Friday!

Tonight I had a parent meeting at Carson’s school.  Avery came to babysit.  I got home around 7:30 and they were having so much fun.  So much fun in fact that NO ONE was listening to me and all hell broke loose after she left.  It was time for a bath, which I thought would … [Read more…]