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swimming with our fellow Van Buren buddies

Father's Day 2015

Chris doesn't like a whole lot of doting, but I have to say he continues to be a way better father than I knew a man could be. He is present and engaged and fun and supportive. He teaches the kids the most important things and the most silly things. He is the very best. 

Today the kids sang to him at church. He was conducting the meeting, and we made him wear a star that said Best Dad Ever, for all to see. And after church, we left him a note telling him to arm himself with a Nerf gun and come find us somewhere in the house. Then we ambushed him. It was pretty fun. He cooked a yummy dinner of ribs and corn on the cob, and then we had s'mores dip as a treat. A fun, easy, memorable day. We love our daddy!!

today

Chris had a day trip out of town, so between dropping him off at the airport and picking him back up, we had such a fun day! After we dropped him off we went to Dunford Bakery, a place I've been wanting to check out for a while. Man, they make the best donuts, and I know good donuts!! We grabbed a dozen and took them to Hayley's. The kids played, and we chatted, for a good 3 hours. It was so fun. After that we met Mom at a McDonald's play place, and then we went on the indoor ferris wheel at Scheels. So fun and so scary! Then we headed over to Jenny's. She and I took the kids canoeing around the lake near her house, and then the kids got to play in the water do a while. Then Jenny got all the kids ice cream cones. We were pretty pooped, but needed to have dinner and kill more time before getting Chris. Lucky for us, Hayley invited us back over for pizza and playing. We had a lovely time, again. Then, exhausted and finally reaching our limits, we went and got Chris, came home, washed the grubby off us, and put the kids to bed. Seriously such a fun day!!! We love summer! We love our friends and family!!

today

Playgroup and swimming and bike rides and cousins and neighborhood buddies and staying up late. These kids have it good!

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Georgey's first golf lesson and me goofing around with Jenny.

yesterday

We went to a Superhero Scientists activity at the library. Olive and Lucy made lovely mermaid sidewalk chalk drawings while Penelope and George played in mud. And George had his last baseball game of the season. Another happy day.