I had an awesome weekend with Amanda in North Carolina. The visit was too short, but much appreciated. We went to Cheesecake Factory Friday night after my arrival...then we stayed up talking until 2am! We slept in on Saturday to make up for it. Then we went to the nursery (talking plant nursery, here), Home Depot, Target. We put together a dresser for Amanda & Danny's room. We talked a lot about plants and flowers and trees. We cleaned up and got pedicures and went to Pei Wei for dinner (YUM!). We got Dunkin' Donuts and ran to Wal*Mart. I thoroughly enjoyed her church services (such an awesome ward!), despite feeling like I was getting up at 4:30am! We hung out and made brownies for her family dinner after church and went for a brief walk. We met a neighbor and talked flowers with him, too. He was so great. I was delayed in Chicago coming home and was very tired by the time I touched ground in Seattle, but I was so pleased to have made such great memories and to have seen Danny's new motorcycle as well as their lovely home and neighborhood. I missed my kids and Steve, and I think they missed me, too.
Monday we ran errands for 6 hours getting ready for our big trip coming up. We also planted 4 plants in the back yard and watered our new grass seed. Today we went to the park and enjoyed the SUNSHINE!!! YAY!!! Then we ran some more errands and played with some friends.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Update
This week has been a busy one filled with preparations for me leaving and us going camping next weekend. I leave in the morning to go to North Carolina. I am so excited to go and see Amanda, but sad to leave my family. I will miss them. Then, I get home Sunday night and on Friday night we're off for an adventure. So - next week will be filled with MORE preparations. :)
A few notable things: I made beef/vegetable soup this week. It was really yummy. I even used oregano and rosemary from my herb garden. We LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa Hansen here for a couple of days. We had some WONDERFUL crab, and we found an amazing Italian restaurant, too! The house sure seemed empty when they were gone. We hope they've had a wonderful cruise this week. Steve's project at work got shelved, so he's moving on to bigger and better things. He has mixed feelings about it. We got a grill/fire pit and we've used it twice now (steak, hamburger). Steve is GREAT at the cooking and it's fun roasting marshmellows on the coals when we're done! Our neighbors chopped down 7 trees in their front yard. The entire look of the street is dramatically changed with so many trees missing. Everyone is up in arms that they couldn't have possibly had a permit to do that. However, I asked if we could have the wood and they said yes, so now we have lots of fire wood for next winter! (We just need to rent a splitter to get it all cut up!) I finished re-work on the back yard, so now both the front yard and back yard have been thatched, de-mossed, re-seeded, and composted. Here's hoping for gorgeous new grass! (Steve also aerated the back yard).
I think that's just about it. Today was Kenneth's last day of school and we went on a cub scout field trip to the newspaper after school. The boys had a ton of fun and I think they learned a lot about the newspaper. Kenneth is very excited to be done with the 3rd grade.
A few notable things: I made beef/vegetable soup this week. It was really yummy. I even used oregano and rosemary from my herb garden. We LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa Hansen here for a couple of days. We had some WONDERFUL crab, and we found an amazing Italian restaurant, too! The house sure seemed empty when they were gone. We hope they've had a wonderful cruise this week. Steve's project at work got shelved, so he's moving on to bigger and better things. He has mixed feelings about it. We got a grill/fire pit and we've used it twice now (steak, hamburger). Steve is GREAT at the cooking and it's fun roasting marshmellows on the coals when we're done! Our neighbors chopped down 7 trees in their front yard. The entire look of the street is dramatically changed with so many trees missing. Everyone is up in arms that they couldn't have possibly had a permit to do that. However, I asked if we could have the wood and they said yes, so now we have lots of fire wood for next winter! (We just need to rent a splitter to get it all cut up!) I finished re-work on the back yard, so now both the front yard and back yard have been thatched, de-mossed, re-seeded, and composted. Here's hoping for gorgeous new grass! (Steve also aerated the back yard).
I think that's just about it. Today was Kenneth's last day of school and we went on a cub scout field trip to the newspaper after school. The boys had a ton of fun and I think they learned a lot about the newspaper. Kenneth is very excited to be done with the 3rd grade.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Happy Father's Day
I know it's late in the day, but I wanted to do a "Shout-Out" to my dad, and to the father of my children. I have been blessed with 2 of the most amazing men in the world, and I am so grateful.
Happy Father's Day!!
Happy Father's Day!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Growing Up
Does it ever just dawn on you out of the blue that your kids are growing up? Well, it has dawned on me. Kenneth is REALLY getting OLDER!!! It's amazing to me that my "baby" will be in the 4th grade next year. I REMEMBER the 4th grade...a LOT! It was one of my all-time favorite years of school. I had Mr. Groff, and he just rocked. I noticed after I posted those pictures in my last post that his face is looking older, and he's really growing up. I'm trying to modify my parenting a little to account for the changes, but it's HARD!
Anyway, other than that, we're just plugging away. We are getting our first VISITORS tomorrow...and it's exciting! Dennis & Mary are coming through on their way to an ALASKAN CRUISE (I know, we are so jealous!). Anyway, we're so excited to see them and have our first visitors. (Translate: Joy's been cleaning ALL DAY). :) Anyway, it's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd just share a few thoughts.
Anyway, other than that, we're just plugging away. We are getting our first VISITORS tomorrow...and it's exciting! Dennis & Mary are coming through on their way to an ALASKAN CRUISE (I know, we are so jealous!). Anyway, we're so excited to see them and have our first visitors. (Translate: Joy's been cleaning ALL DAY). :) Anyway, it's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd just share a few thoughts.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Some things never change
This is Kenneth practicing for the Children's Choir audition he has scheduled for Tuesday. Earlier he licked the cake bowl clean. Some things never change. Those of you who have known and loved him as we do, know that he has no boundaries when it comes to food. His food ends up on his face, in his hair and on his clothes - and that's a bare minimum. Usually it also ends up on the table around his plate, too. :) We love him in spite of this, don't we?
Random shots
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