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Month: July 2019

31 Jul

Devotion

Ben picks a favorite and sticks with it – for a while. These two construction books have been his favorites for the last few weeks. He was determined to bring them in the car with us today and has carried them with him all day. That includes every stop for gas and food. They come inside with us too.


31 Jul

July 31, 2019

Updates from TN.
(Teague took some recipes to TN and has been doing a little cooking.)

31 Jul

July 31, 2019

Updates from TN.

31 Jul

July 31, 2019

Ben and I are on our way to KY to meet up with the big kids.

30 Jul

July 30, 2019

Updates from TN.

30 Jul

July 30, 2019

Updates from TN.

30 Jul

July 30, 2019

Ben’s in charge or he thinks he is.

29 Jul

The Sweetest Friends

Morning snuggles with these two.

29 Jul

July 29, 2019

Updates from TN.

(Teague learned to ride a bike!)

29 Jul

July 29, 2019

Updates from TN.

29 Jul

July 29, 2019

Puppy love.

28 Jul

Best Eater

Ben is by far the best eater I have had. My kids are all pretty good, but this guy eats first and asks questions later. I’ve made all my favorites while the other kids are away and Ben is happy to eat with me. His favorite out of all of this is mushrooms – silly boy.


28 Jul

July 28, 2019

Updates from TN.

28 Jul

July 28, 2019

I’m painting this weekend and Ben and Wade are helping me with some projects too.

27 Jul

Project Time

Now that I’m down to one child for a few days, I decided to attempt a few projects. The biggest one was painting Alex’s bedroom. With Wade’s help, I did manage to get it done!

27 Jul

July 27, 2019

Updates from KY.

27 Jul

July 27, 2019

Updates from TN.

27 Jul

July 27, 2019

Updates from TN

27 Jul

July 27, 2019

I asked Ben to pick up his puzzle. I was in the other room so I was curious what he would do without any help. I was rather impressed.

26 Jul

July 26, 2019

These kiddos are all on their way to the airport to visit grandparents for the week.

26 Jul

July 26, 2019

First child that is messing with the stove. This one is T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

25 Jul

July 25, 2019

The boys had quite the big dig going on today.

25 Jul

July 25, 2019

I’d love to know what she thinks she is looking for.

25 Jul

July 25, 2019

Hi you.

25 Jul

Princess Legos

Kaitlyn loves Legos and especially princess legos. She is my first child that is able to put them together by herself immediately. It’s pretty fun to watch and makes me proud.

24 Jul

July 24, 2019

Today we took our monkeys to the zoo.

24 Jul

Lions, Tigers, And Bears

We made our first trip the local zoo. Actually, there are a few zoos in the area, but we haven’t been to any of them yet. Our friends were going for the day so we tagged along. Keeping up with this nine kiddos was harder than anticipated since they all wanted to go a different direction, but we had them all at the end!

23 Jul

July 23, 2019

Clue was Kailtyn’s pick. (If only she could read the words and didn’t have to have someone help her mark every single step of the game.)

23 Jul

July 23, 2019


This child rarely eats in his high chair. Today under the table seemed like a good spot.

22 Jul

July 22, 2019

Obviously we have to document a black eye.

22 Jul

July 22, 2019

Kaitlyn could live on PB&Js. I think her favorite part of summer activities is that we brown bag it and most of the time she gets a PB&J.

22 Jul

July 22, 2019

Ben loves his new chair. Now he feels like a big kid at the beach.

22 Jul

Swimming In The Rain

I knew the weather looked iffy, but we needed an activity for the day. We headed to the lake. Due to the weather, we didn’t see many friends. Of course that didn’t stop my kids. Alex decided to go fishing and caught a fish! Teague made some new friends. Kaitlyn just ate snacks all afternoon. Then it poured! Thankfully it was a quick shower and we waited it out. A little rain never hurt.

21 Jul

July 21, 2019

Wade and I got 6 kids dressed and to church on time. We are superheroes.

21 Jul

Swim Party

Today was the last day with our cousins so after church, we took them to our old house and the pool! Everyone had a great time swimming and jumping in our own private pool.

20 Jul

July 20, 2019


Birthday party food is the best!

20 Jul

July 20, 2019

Birthday Party time!!

20 Jul

July 20, 2019

Testing out the bouncy house.

20 Jul

Birthday Party Shenanigns

Scheduling Kaitlyn’s birthday party is always a little tricky. Do we do it early so that we can send invites through the school? Do we do it after the Fourth of July holiday? This year we purposely did it quite late so that her cousins could join in the fun! We planned on a bouncy house and my only fear was rain. I did not even think that it would be the hottest day of the year. The heat index was almost 100. The poor kids wanted to bounce and jump so badly and could only stand the heat for a few minutes at a time. Thankfully we had plenty of drinks and snacks in the air conditioned inside. The kids would play outside and then run inside. I should have done a waterslide blowup!

19 Jul

Wrangling Six

My nieces have family in New York and were visiting this summer. It only made since for them to come see us for the weekend! My kids were so excited to have their cousins visit and I was curious to see if I could handle all 6 for an entire weekend. The girls arrived today and immediately we pulled out the water slide.

19 Jul

July 19, 2019

My two nieces are visiting for the weekend. I definitely have everything under control….

18 Jul

July 18, 2019

Talking with Milwaukee friends.

18 Jul

July 18, 2019

Sneaky nap struck again.

18 Jul

July 18, 2019

Twinning.

18 Jul

July 18, 2019

Books with puppy.

18 Jul

Friend Twins

Kaitlyn and Laila have the cutest friendship. Heena bought them matching dresses this summer so of course they wanted to wear them on their playdate today. I had two giggling girls all day. There was a princess sleepover. There was lots of playing in the market. These two would be happy all day together.

17 Jul

July 17, 2019

These two boxes at the backdoor provided an entire morning of fun.

17 Jul

July 17, 2019

These two boxes at the backdoor provided an entire morning of fun.

17 Jul

How They Grow

Now that our house is on the market, I am guessing this will be our last year to take our yearly pool picture. I thought I’d do a comparison of how the kids have changed over the years we have been in this house.

16 Jul

July 16, 2019

Berry pickers.

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