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Monday, August 1, 2011

2 more days

Only 2 more days of (freedom) until Hannah and Calvin come home:)

They have been visiting with relatives. From what I can tell, they have had a great time. So have we. We have enjoyed eating out, shopping and a little day trip to Cincy. I eagerly(NOT) look forward to detox-ing them on Thursday...

Thursday, July 21, 2011

before and after photos!! (finally)

Before (above)
After (next 3)

No more wall!!
awesome huh?

Before (above)
After (below 2)

Before (above)
After (below)

what do ya think?
We love it!

Monday, July 18, 2011

MiriLou Walks!

She walks!!!!! Yeah MiriLou!!

Friday, July 15, 2011

feed'n time

Did you know that reign deer like carrots?!! Well, they do....and by the pounds! They can eat a whole 5lb bag in just minutes.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

7-year check up

I took Hannah for her 7 year check up on Tuesday!

She is 50 1/4 inches tall and weighs 52lbs. She is excited she is 1/2 way to 100lbs. We were in for a surprise when we saw the Dr. Hannah had a double ear infection!!!!!! WOW, totally didn't know. She had had a runny nose for 2 days and wasn't eating as much as normal(which isn't anything...) but no ear pain. She is on meds now and feeling much better.

*side note* - We think they will be ALL done with the upstairs by tonight or tomorrow at the latest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, July 11, 2011

1/2 way there

National Donut Day
FREE donuts for everyone

Today marks the half way point to our Summer break. We have been having tons of fun hanging out with friends, going on day trips and eating out. The first half has gone by so incredibly fast that I am sad about entering the second half. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the consistency of a school year routine, but I also really enjoy the laziness that Summer brings:)

...Although we haven't gotten to sleep in any yet. Our upstairs is STILL being renovated! We are hopeful that they will be done by this weekend. Before and after pictures of that coming in late August. It looks AMAZING up there though, I can tell you that!!!!!!

These are pictures from our first day of Summer. The next day we left for KC. (pictures of our trip to KC coming soon) We went to the water park area of our Zoo. It was Calvin's 1st water experience of the year, so he wasn't on board yet with the whole getting wet idea. Let me tell you he is a changed BOY now. He was violently tossing his little body down a jumbo water slide on campus Saturday!!! Southern had a family fun day complete with water activities. The kids had a blast.

MiriLou still doesn't walk. She can hop like a frog though. It is the cutest thing. She is almost 15 months.

Hannah goes tomorrow for her 7 year apt. Calvin will go late Aug. after school starts.

St. Louis

This is my new FAVORITE picture of the kids!! If you need to enlarge this to see MiriLou's hands go for it! I laugh every time I look at her. I think she may be a ganster wanabe:)

Every time we drive home, we pass right by the St. Louis Arch! We always have contests to see who can see it first going both ways. It is so much fun for them, and they think it is one of the coolest things. This past trip home I made a spur of the moment decision to actually stop!! You can imagine how excited they were! I think it is pretty obvious in their faces. We ended up being there for about an hour, and when we got back on the road they were happy and tired, which equaled a good 2-hour rest, and some quiet drive time for me.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Happy 4th of July

We had a fabulous day yesterday. The kids started out with a trip to the donut store to pick out donuts, then we made "flag" cookies, headed to a fun parade with friends, and ended the day with a big fire works display across town. They are tired today, but it was well worth it.