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R is now obsessed with how big his muscles are getting. He exercises, checks, and shows me multiple times a day.

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Watching the Olympics (& doing laundry, lol).

Start of the Week Stuff

Another week already, summer is flying by! Not a lot going on this week. M left for camp this morning; being one kid short somehow makes me feel like I will be able to get a lot done (although I'm sure that's not really true, I still have the hardest two). I'm hoping to put together the dresser we bought at Ikea, and I'm already kind of laughing at myself for thinking it's a good idea to try that with these two running around. I want it done though!!

Menu:
Monday- sausage with peppers and pasta
Tuesday- homemade pizza
Wednesday-
Thursday- leftovers
Friday- chicken enchiladas and beans
Saturday- ?
Sunday- breakfast


To-Do's:
Monday- grocery store and bank, start putting together dresser
Tuesday- work on dresser
Wednesday- same as above, lol
Thursday- A here
Friday- A here, SIL and her kids here, M coming home!
Saturday- Brookings with the fam
Sunday- Brookings

I'd like to take the boys to yogurt one of those days too, maybe I can bribe them to leave me alone while I build the dresser? lol

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The kids put on a luau for us in the backyard this afternoon.

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At a wedding this afternoon.

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Tag on the front lawn with the neighbor girls.

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Lunch with Mickey Mouse.

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Goofing off at the crabs game tonight.

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Watching sissy play Barbies out front with the new neighbor girl. She's quite happy that 2 girls moved in next door!

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Empty fridge after a week-long vacation. Hit up Target, Costco, and Safeway this afternoon and it's no longer empty.

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Ugg, major vacation detox going on here! We were down at Matthew's mom's house getting spoiled all last week, and I'm having a really hard time adjusting to being home again. We ate too much, stayed up too late, played hard, and were really lazy, it was great!
I'm trying to focus on the things we really need around here, food and clean clothes, and let everything else wait until tomorrow, but that's not easy (when all I really want to do is edit pictures from our trip and cut my nails. lol)
I did play with a couple pictures this morning. We got to get away from the kids for a night and headed to the boardwalk with the big kids. They rode rides, and I took pictures. I also got to have my first Doll Whip, I was so excited to see them there! I thought they were only at Disney, and I was so sad when I didn't get a chance to get one on our trip (of course, I totally forgot to take a picture of it). It was pretty tastey!


So now the hard part, a menu for the week.

Monday- pasta with meat sauce
Tuesday- tacos
Wednesday-
Thursday- crock pot bbq chicken & pineapple sandwiches
Friday- blueberry pancakes and eggs
Saturday- eat @ wedding
Sunday- honey lime tilapia and rice


To-Do's:
Monday- laundry, grocery shopping, vacation detox
Tuesday- clean up house, , pt for M, return kids' library books
Wednesday- A here, Crabs game?
Thursday- A here
Friday- A here, (or Crabs game?)
Saturday- wedding
Sunday- church, get M ready for camp

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Yesterday he discovered his first loose tooth, today he pulled it out on the drive home from Nana & Grandpa Zack's.

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FroYo with Nana & Grandpa Zack!

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Noah in the hot tub (photo taken by Nana).

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Big hole on the beach!

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Under a wave at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Out for a walk before chilling and watching the Giants beat the Braves. A great day of vacation!

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Playing with the Zip-n-hit at Nana & Grandpa Zack's.

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He fell asleep on the couch watching the Giants game. ❤

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This boy started learning to swim today. He's growing up way too fast!!

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Look who finally learned how to petal tonight! He was so proud of himself!

Scrapbook Friday

Britt has a new colab out today with Trixie Scraps Designs called Change Your Fate. We haven't seen Brave yet, but I knew when I saw that orange paper that I wanted to scrap pumpkins with it. Here's my page with it.

full credits here

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Fresh picked blueberries from our yard, yum!!

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Did a little shopping with M tonight. Was going for school clothes, but couldn't resist that dress!

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R showing N how to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem before the All Star game.

Start of the Week Stuff

We took a long weekend at the lake and are just starting our week today.

I think I'd be okay if we didn't go camping again for a few years. The boat broke, which meant Matthew was stuck working on it, and I was in charge of the kids while we swam on the muddy shore for a lot of the trip. It was actually harder camping with an almost 3-year-old than it was last year with an almost 2-year-old. Every 5 minutes he was falling down, getting covered in dirt, and then needing to be held (which meant I was also covered in dirt). His poor knees are so banged up. :( Yesterday morning we were about to start packing everything up and he got stung by a bee! That was the final straw for me, I was ready to just unhook the (still broken) boat and leave it all there. lol
It wasn't all bad though, we had good company (Matthew's sisters and their kids, and my parents came by for a little bit), good food, and good weather. The camping with little kids part just wasn't very fun this time.
Anyway, onto this week, which should be pretty mellow...

Menu:
Tuesday- speghetti with meat sauce
Wednesday- leftover burgers with oven baked fries
Thursday- chicken enchiladas
Friday- slow cooker ham & white beans
Saturday- leftovers
Sunday- breakfast (or leftovers again depending on what's left)

To-Do's:
Tuesday- laundry, grocery shopping
Wednesday- shopping w/ M?
Thursday- A here
Friday- A here
Saturday-
Sunday- church, nursery, packing

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My boy watching the HR derby (and he keeps asking if "we" are winning, lol).

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Thoroughly enjoying his s'more while camping at Trinity Lake.

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M and her cousins giving mud scrubs at the lake.

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Safeway run with 4 kids, not much room left for groceries.

Scrapbook Friday

Britt has a new alpha out today, Magazine Clipped Alpha. It's so much fun and works on all kinds of pages. It reminded me of craft projects I did in school, so I decided to scrap some last day of school photos with it. These are from last year's last day, not this year's. :)

full credits here

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Waiting for M to try on all the shoes at Target tonight.

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4th of July part 1, swimming at Piz & Papa's.
Part 2, block party on our street.

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Laundry (and about to run into his brother).

Scrapbook... Tuesday :)

This is for the July flashback that didn't start until Sunday (when I was out of town), so I'm not that late. :) This month the flashback is Made In America and the fun coordinating alpha Awesome Blue Alpha. Here's what I scrapped with it (my first favorite picture of all 3 kiddos). :)

full credits here

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Puppies, puppies, puppies (and she bought another one after I took this).

Start of the Week Stuff

Menu:
Monday- pizza
Tuesday- honey lime tilapia and salad
Wednesday- bbq/potluck making brownie & fruit kebabs
Thursday- crock pot chicken pineapple sandwiches
Friday- pasta with meat sauce
Saturday- camping
Sunday- camping

Camping food thoughts:
Costco Chinese Chicken Salad
Burgers with pineapple :)

To-Do's:
Monday- errands, laundry, small group
Tuesday- more errands
Wednesday- swimming in the morning, block party in the evening
Thursday- A here, Costco run after work
Friday- A here, packing
Saturday- LAKE!

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We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's cabin on the way home today; 3 out of 4 generations.