Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
We are finally home for the summer!
After a few dizzying weeks on vacation, we are finally home for the rest of the summer! Hooray! We returned this weekend from family camp - the best week of the year according to our kids (and us). It is a week in Wisconsin with great friends where we play very hard each day and grow closer to the Lord. How cool is that! It is totally worth the 9 hour drive to: ski, wakeboard, catch a frog for the frog jumping contest, build a bird house, make candles, play ultimate frisbee, the amazing grace race, kayaking, build-a-boat in 20 minutes (it sunk), triathlon, swim the lake in the most miserable conditions ever, campfires and many other treats. The kids had a great time. Alex is now riding his bike without training wheels and participated in the kids duathlon. Tristan won the duathlon this year since his bike didn't break. Enjoy the pictures:
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Busy Summer
We have had an incredibly busy summer so far. This is the first morning Harry and I actually slept in (and school has been out for a month!)
Things to be thankful for :
Golf season is OVER.
The yearbook is done.
Harry's first summer class is finished.
My mom is doing well after surgery.
My grandma celebrated her 100th birthday.
The kids are all learning to swim.
Alex can now ride his bike.
We had a great week with my family at the cabins.
My niece is feeling great after emergency surgery (on the same day as my mom's)
Tristan loved Cub Scout camp.
Tristan placed 3rd at the Iron Kid Triathlon.
Alex had a great 7th birthday.
Lily had a great 5th birthday.
I've made 8 batches of strawberry, raspberry or mixed jam from my garden!
June's was a fun month, though, with more fun planned in July.
Things to be prayful for:
My mom was recently diagnosed with uterine cancer and had surgery 3 weeks ago. The results were mixed (surgery went well, the aggressive cancer cells had not spread but less aggressive ones had spread to a few lymph nodes). She will start chemotherapy and radiation soon so any prayers for her would be greatly appreciated.
Lyra's continued speech therapy. It is now looking likely she will need several surgeries in the next couple years to help her speech.
My shin splints! I am supposed to be training for a race and 2 weeks on new shoes left my lower legs in pain!
I'll try to post more pictures from this month later today.
Things to be thankful for :
Golf season is OVER.
The yearbook is done.
Harry's first summer class is finished.
My mom is doing well after surgery.
My grandma celebrated her 100th birthday.
The kids are all learning to swim.
Alex can now ride his bike.
We had a great week with my family at the cabins.
My niece is feeling great after emergency surgery (on the same day as my mom's)
Tristan loved Cub Scout camp.
Tristan placed 3rd at the Iron Kid Triathlon.
Alex had a great 7th birthday.
Lily had a great 5th birthday.
I've made 8 batches of strawberry, raspberry or mixed jam from my garden!
June's was a fun month, though, with more fun planned in July.
Things to be prayful for:
My mom was recently diagnosed with uterine cancer and had surgery 3 weeks ago. The results were mixed (surgery went well, the aggressive cancer cells had not spread but less aggressive ones had spread to a few lymph nodes). She will start chemotherapy and radiation soon so any prayers for her would be greatly appreciated.
Lyra's continued speech therapy. It is now looking likely she will need several surgeries in the next couple years to help her speech.
My shin splints! I am supposed to be training for a race and 2 weeks on new shoes left my lower legs in pain!
I'll try to post more pictures from this month later today.
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