A glimpse into what it is like to live in our home in this exact moment.
Intentional Outdoor Hours: 492+ hours (of 1000)
I took the three littles and the dogs for a wonderful walk on Sunday afternoon and Rust knew enough to stop us half way around the cornfield and ask to go back the way we came because "ya know what? I'm going to be too tired to go the whole way!" I took that for a win, so we made our way back and I let them climb the apple tree.
Reading and finishing The Crooked House by Agatha Christie. Still continuing Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and borrowing a spooky story from my co-worker and bestie at school, Renee. The book is The Grip of It by Jac Jemc and is already getting me into the spooky vibes for the season!
Laughing because 2020 and the universe and God and destiny and karma and the manifestations of the seven year old version of myself-all have a sense of humor. And the whole point of life is to laugh and love - so that's what we're doing. Laughing our butts off and loving each other through it all.
Getting a boot for Gemmi's busted foot. Still no sign of a break on the x-ray, but she hasn't been able to put any weight on it for four days (literally crawling to the bathroom). So Brandon took her to the ortho walk-in clinic and got her suited up with an air boot and crutches. She was so grateful to get back to school on Monday morning afterward. She has a follow up appointment next week to see if she's on the road to recovery for a bad sprain or if it's something worse (a tendon tear?)
Saddened and defeated about the verdict of the Breonna Taylor trial. How do her neighbor's walls get more justice than her life?
Celebrating our newly minted 6 year old! Our Violet Mary turned 6 this week and is still a mighty little peanut. She can do 15+ chin ups, 15+ push ups, can do her own ponytails, loves scary movies, and can sing the chorus to Cielito Lindo in Spanish ( #mommasgirl ).
Loving the newest look to our back porch that B decided at the last minute to hang up the light bulb strings from our wedding reception (that have spent the last 11 years in a box in our attic) for the party. I loved the porch before...well know it's a full blown obsession.
Hosting a football birthday party at our house for Vially's birthday. We set up the projector under the new porch with a white sheet and played The Little Giants (best movie everrrr) and had food and snacks and kids running in every direction all night long. It was honestly kind of madness but the grown ups mostly hung out around the firepit while the kids went bonkers and it was perfect. I made the cupcake cake (a stadium) and the grandmas and aunts all brought food to help contribute too (thank you!)
Supporting a student at his Eagle Scouts ceremony! I was so proud to be invited and to be a witness to his achievement to be honored as an Eagle Scout (at 15!)
Spending time with friends at baby Tristan's first birthday party and loving time to play with his big sis Tessa and our favs (their parents; Uncle Jonny & Ninna).
Fall sporting with Gemma practicing in her boot this week which is no problem for sideline cheers and dances, but we have to pull down some majors cheerleaders to take her place as a base in the stunt of our halftime dance. Just practices this week as we had a game on Saturday and not again until Sunday.
Teaching adjectives and ser in Spanish 1 including their first time doing running dictation. Spanish 2 started Somos 1 Unit 9 learning about animal vocab and the verb phrase tener miedo which leads into our spooky unit for the next few weeks. Spanish 3 Honors finished their musical tournament and all of their presentations of their artists and song selections. Our winner this year was Jennifer Lopez On the Floor (so happy it wasn't another year of Livin' La Vida Loca!). Spanish 4 read Chapters 5-7 en Robo en la Noche.
Making ham & cheese sliders on Hawaiian buns, Korean beef over jasmine rice, pot roast in the slow cookers with potatoes and carrots, and cream cheese chicken taquitos. The kids ate so much pot roast at dinner that night that B and I almost didn't get to eat - we were joking about making ourselves pb&j (but also, what is the plan when they get older? uh oh). Can we also talk about how much better jasmine rice is than white or brown rice? no contest.
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