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Month: July 2016

31 Jul

All Aboard

We had the coolest birthday party to attend today! Grant is turning 5 and celebrated with a ride on the East Troy Railroad.

These three big guys were thick as thieves and even let me get a couple of pictures.

31 Jul

July 31, 2016

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Teague’s first night in the boys’ new room.

31 Jul

July 31, 2016

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Pop is here to read the bedtime story.

30 Jul

Growing

Teague arrived home today and we decided to go ahead and measure the boys (a few months late). Teague was so excited to be taller at age 5 than Alex was at age 6. It turns out we might have a tall one in our family…

30 Jul

July 30, 2016

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No words…
(Except maybe we need some larger costumes.)

30 Jul

July 30, 2016

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Headed home!

30 Jul

July 30, 2016

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Pop comes up with the best games.

29 Jul

Girl Stuff

I think both these girls enjoy having another girl next door.

29 Jul

July 29, 2016

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I love the Judy and Jerry kept so many of Wade and Emily’s old toys (and that they are in amazing shape)!
The kids love to go up in the attic and choose something new.

29 Jul

July 29, 2016

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They love to play in the shop. Today Wade encouraged them to clean up after they were done.

28 Jul

July 28, 2016

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Just hanging out in Kaitlyn’s new princess tent.

28 Jul

July 28, 2016

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A very successful fishing trip.

28 Jul

July 28, 2016

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Picnic with her babies.

27 Jul

July 27, 2016

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Mischief Makers.

27 Jul

Her Own Way

We went to our neighbor’s tonight for s’mores. Before long the kids were in the pool and Kaitlyn had discovered the slip ‘n slide. She was pretty quick to figure out how it worked!

27 Jul

July 27, 2016

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Helping with the chores – and who wouldn’t if they got to play in the rain too?

27 Jul

July 27, 2016

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Cut. Cut. Cut.
(Today I decided to see if all her cutting had taught her anything useful.)

26 Jul

July 26, 2016

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Obviously this particularly activity is awesome because I have pictures of both boys (on separate trips) trying to fly the plane.
(see Alex here)

26 Jul

Pool Time

With a week free of anything scheduled, we headed to Milwaukee to see some old friends!

But I think Kaitlyn was there only for the snacks.

26 Jul

July 26, 2016

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We took a trip to Milwaukee and spent the morning at the pool!

25 Jul

Back To The Beach

We had a great vacation, but we missed the beach! Alex, Kaitlyn, and I spent the morning there making sure nothing had changed in our absence.

(I can’t imagine where Kaitlyn got the idea to wear her sunglasses on top of her head!)

25 Jul

July 25, 2016

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This kid is in heaven (even if his facial expression here isn’t showing it)!

25 Jul

July 25, 2016

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This cracks me up because neither of them ever wears slippers, but today they both wanted them.

24 Jul

Growing

The growth chart has been sitting in the closest since we moved. It is finally on the wall – just in time for Kaitlyn’s 2 year mark!

24 Jul

July 24, 2016

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Granny and Pop obviously aren’t keeping Teague well entertained. He looks so bored…

24 Jul

July 24, 2016

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We finally finished the painting and got the new door hardware for the boys’ room. We moved all the furniture over today and tonight Alex sleeps in the new room!

24 Jul

July 24, 2016

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Testing out the boys’ new room.

23 Jul

Fashion

I want to document for Kaitlyn that her fashion sense began at an early age.

23 Jul

July 23, 2016

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Tea party – but I’m not sure at who’s request.

23 Jul

July 23, 2016

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It’s obvious from this picture that Teague is missing us terribly and wants to come home immediately.
(Teague is spending the next week in Collierville with Granny and Pop.)

23 Jul

July 23, 2016

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I took this picture mostly for the railroad track. No one appreciates the time I spend to build the track on demand and then it is either played with for a few minutes and forgotten or immediately destroyed. The life of a mom is hard.

22 Jul

Oops

Accidents happen. It turns out all the adults make a little mistake in reading the fine print on our rental agreement. Wade found the house we are renting for our vacation week. Judy and Jerry make the actual reservations. They then sent a copy of the reservations to Emily, Wade, and myself. Of all five adults, no one realized that the reservations ended today (and not tomorrow as we had meant to reserve). Thankfully a man showed up to service the hot tub and was surprised to still find us in the house. He questioned that we were there enough that we called the owner and realized our mistake. You have never seen a group of people pack up so quickly. Within an hour, we were all packed and the house was cleaned – still a few hours past when we were supposed to have left. Nothing was organized and in the end we forgot two of the bowls Jerry had made for Kaitlyn (but we did eventually get them back). Instead of the birthday dinner out we had planned we headed out to a birthday lunch.

22 Jul

July 22, 2016

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Birthday breakfast celebration for Granny!
(The only picture of the kids taken today. The full story on my blog – here)

21 Jul

Family Vacation – Day 5

Today we played! Mostly everyone else played games (while I worked on editing pictures) and stayed inside to beat the heat. We ventured out in the late afternoon to indoor putt putt. I have never heard of this idea, but was amazed it existed. The kids loved it and we all had fun!

21 Jul

July 21, 2016

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All the boys (including Pop and Daddy) got up early to go fishing.

21 Jul

July 21, 2016

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A little bonding time with Aunt Emmy.

20 Jul

Family Vacation – Day 4

Wade’s research landed us at a hidden stream behind some ballfields. It was fabulous. The water was cool. The kids could wade or swim and the adults could get their feet wet.

Other than the last walk across the rocks (the ones under the water are insanely slippery) where Wade slipped and got his phone wet it was an excellent morning.

20 Jul

July 20, 2016

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It’s a water-kind of day.

20 Jul

July 20, 2016

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It’s a water-kind of day.

20 Jul

July 20, 2016

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It’s a water-kind of day.

19 Jul

Family Vacation – Day 3

I’m going to go out on a limb and say today’s morning activity was definitely Teague’s favorite. We went go kart driving!

The rest of the afternoon we were lazy and spent around the house or in the pool!

19 Jul

July 19, 2016

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That night I made everyone pose for a group picture.
(Can’t you feel the excitement coming from my boys?)

18 Jul

Family Vacation – Day 2

Wade is a researcher – both by nature and job. He spent time before the trip and after we arrived researching all the local activities, reading reviews, calculating distances, and creating a schedule for us. On today’s agenda was the fish hatchery. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was actually pretty cool. There were huge tanks of fish and the kids loved feeding them. It was insanely hot! The fact that we went early in the morning didn’t provide much relief so we were all ready to go before too long, but it was a fun morning activity.

Most of the planned afternoon activities are all indoor – due to the predicted insane temperatures this week. Today a car museum was on the agenda. Initially just the guys were going to go, but Judy and Emily offered to stay with Kaitlyn. I decided getting out of the house sounded like fun and off we went!

18 Jul

July 18, 2016

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The Burch Men.

18 Jul

July 18, 2016

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Feeding fish.

17 Jul

July 17, 2016

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The boys couldn’t what to see if Kaitlyn got anything they wanted to test out!

17 Jul

July 17, 2016

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Kaitlyn gets one more Birthday celebration with Wade’s family.
(Note the tiny wooden bowls – made by Jerry for Kaitlyn’s new play kitchen.)

17 Jul

Family Vacation – Day 1

The plan was to find a place to meet Wade’s family halfway between us all. We finally settled on Branson, Missouri. We all arrived yesterday at various times and settled into the house we rented. The kids loved the amenities – a pool table, toys, Granny, Pop, and Aunt Emmy. Wade and I were just happy to finally unload and set everyone up into a semi-permanent location for a little while!

16 Jul

July 16, 2016

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Alex really wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel. He waited over an hour in the hot sun.
I hope it lived up to every expectation.
(Teague decided at the last minute to join them in the line.)

16 Jul

July 16, 2016

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Sliding.

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