Activities

We went to the river and max moved a rover with coding blocks

Tessa’s birthday

Tessa is 11! We had cupcakes at the park with a friend

Grandma

Grandparents got in a picture with almost all the kids

Purple hair

Tessa wanted purple hair, and she got dye for her birthday. Lucy made it happen, and Isi said “I’m scared for Tessa.” But she loves it!

Sisters

Lake fun

River

I’ve taken the kids down to the river a couple times. They love to swim and dig in the sand.

Nora’s trip

Nora and Justin went on her 13 year old trip to Orlando. They went to the Kennedy Space Museum and on a night kayaking trip to see the bioluminescence.

Helen missed Charlie

Charles was gone for so long and Helen missed him. He left without her! So she sits on him when she can.

Kitchen helpers

For once, I was able to let the little girls help me. We made biscuits for strawberry shortcake.

New glasses

Swim lessons

Bernadette’s first year!

Bath

Helen was in the bath so long that butterscotch took a nap on her towel

Splash pad

I want to be Parks

Does a super kitty help you put eggs away?

Hike

Justin took the kids not at camp or work to the hot springs. On the walk out, Helen yelled at Bernadette from the backpack she was riding in, “it’s not that hard, Bernadette!”

4th fun

Sparklers

Super kitty and formerly nervous Helen

4th fun

James made ice cream and Helen approves

4th fun

It was beautiful and friends came over!

10pm

Helen, are you ready for bed?

I take a nap right here.

Hike

Bernadette was very slow coming down a steep hill so she was tucked in

2 front teeth

More best buddies

Spring

Some chickens and a cat and three sisters watching archery on a gorgeous day

Best buddies reading

Braids

Helen has braids!

Hiking

Max made it to the waterfall!

Sisters

Happy Mother’s Day!

Took this baby on a walk with her baby, who now has a bandaid covering a crack in her head.