Lazy Day

HIGH: I had a nice late coffee date with my cousin Leab

LOW: I barely took any pictures today!

Today was a lazy start! I had my coffee and finished my book. Oliver practiced his piano (mainly the JAWS theme that he loves to play).

He did busy out some of his old toys from the basement! I love watching him play with his old toys! He has such an amazing imagination and I love to watch him use it!

We also fooled around with the new “FaceApp” that makes you old and is all the rage right now!

Mark young

Mark old

Claire young

Claire old

Oliver youn

Oliver old 

Me young 

Me RIDICULOUSLY old! I am not sure why everyone else aged just a bit and I aged like a BILLION years 😂🤣

Night Hockey

HIGH: Oliver won his lacrosse game!

LOW: I didn’t get any pictures during the game!

Oliver played a great game! He had an amazing interception and a perfect goal!

Then after a late dinner at our favorite place (Moes) we came home and the kids played an intense game of street hockey!

Things got crazy and the game went into over time with a score of 6-6

Claire was the big winner! 

Oliver was thrilled when I made them hug 😂🤣

Friends

HIGH: We had a great time at a friend’s  pool club AND Claire won her lacrosse game!

LOW: I didn’t take any pictures 😔

Yesterday was a busy day but I didn’t get any pictures! We had fun hanging out with some of my friends from work while the kids swam. Then we headed home for a quick dinner and then everyone was off to lacrosse.

Oliver had practice and Claire had a game (which she won)!

Then we all came home and ate about 19 bowls of cereal and settled in to watch a few episodes of Friends. It is a new family favorite around here (Claire is a bit obsessed) and I love that she wanted to still snuggle with me to watch it!

And Oliver hopped on the couch with Daddy!

It was yet another amazing summer day!!!

Marigold

Yesterday was the once a year that I golf.  I join my mother at her club for this tournament once a year and we have a blast.

These are my teammates and we have golfed this tournament for 8 years (with a few misses). They are all so patient with me and help me throughout the day.

And we have so much fun!

We do enjoy some extra fun 😜

And I enjoy spending the day with my Momma!

Maybe we will win the whole thing next year!

16th Anniversary!!!

HIGH: Today is my 16th Anniversary AND we had a super fun graduation party!

LOW: I didn’t take many pictures today!

Mark and I were married 16 years ago today. I cannot believe it was that long ago! It literally feels like yesterday!

It has really been an amazing 16 years. I can’t believe how fast it went by and all that we have been through! I wouldn’t trade one second for anything in this world! 

We also had Hannah’s graduation party tonight, which I still cannot believe that she is old enough to have graduated from high school! It feels like yesterday that this crazy crew was graduating!!!! 

The party was a lot of fun! It was so great to sit with all these ladies and laugh and reminisce while our kids all ran around. 

Time goes so fast that I am really trying to appreciate all the good times as they come! 20 years ago this whole crew was just a bunch of goofballs hanging out! And 16 years ago I married the perfect guy. I love that all these people are still in my life after all this time ❤️

Lazy Day

HIGH: I got most of the laundry done AND had a nice dinner date with Claire 🥰

LOW: I didn’t get much else done 😔

Today I was feeling the after vacation hangover! I am very grateful that I didn’t have much to do today so that I could just catch up on laundry (and Stranger Things).

After soccer Claire and I were able to sneak over for a late dinner date for some sushi. I love chatting with this girl. She is growing up so fast and although I miss her being my little babe, I really enjoying hanging out with my little preteen. Although we keep forgetting that she is officially 12 now and she can sit in the front seat with me 🤦‍♀️

And then I came home to this. Oliver loved fishing so much in jellystone that he has taken a break from Fortnite to “fish” 😜 

Jellystone!!!

We just wrapped up another amazing trip to Jellystone!!! This was 8th year (I was wrong on my last post) and every year it gets better!

The kids are getting older and we really didn’t have to entertain them too much.

They loved playing games.

And laser tag is always a big hit.

I love these clowns.

The inflatable obstacle course was a huge hit this year! The adults even all went on it!!! That was my favorite part of the trip this year. It was all the adults and all the kids on the whole obstacle course! It was so fun!

It was so fun!

We had a few new friends join us and we had a blast!

Goofballs.

Oliver and his little buddy Natalie!

Uncle Nick tried to take us all up for ice cream but when we got there it was closed 😔

One of my favorite parts of jellystone is just relaxing and chatting. We are all always so busy and I love just hanging around and chatting.

The kids liked it too.

They loved visiting and doing each other’s hair!

We love to have some visitors too!

The kids love having their Grandparents come up!

And of course they love having more kids come up!

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Lasagna night!

Movie nights were also a big hit!

And more fishing!!! The kids could walk over and fish for a bit by themselves this year and that was a BIG deal! They fished more than ever this year!

We all loved hanging out at the “new beach” and hung on the obstacle course!!!

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I can’t even with this one! It is so crazy to me how quickly she is growing up. The first year we went to Jellystone she was 4 and she LOVED it! I can’t believe that this year she was fishing, taking walks, and taking the canoes out ALL BY HERSELF. I love that she grown into my little buddy, but sometimes I miss my little curly haired peanut!!!

The paddles boards were a fun addition this year!

Even Oliver go into it!

For a little while at least 😂🤣

And we can’t forget the HAYRIDE!

Wouldn’t be a trip to Jellystone without a hayride!

And a picture with Yogi!

Me and my girls!!!

I love these ladies!!!

Claire snapped a picture of me gracefully coming down the water slide 😂🤣

And Jessica! 😂🤣

And Jacqie!!! 😂🤣

It was another amazing year with these turkeys (minus Nick). I love our Jellystone tradition and the kids look forward to this trip more than anything else. The memories we have made are priceless and the fun was endless. Until next year Jellystone!!!!