This girl and her 8 years with us have gone by so quickly. She isn't too crazy about "picture day", but she did put up with me for two nights, to get some shots of her at this age. She's such a blessing to us. She's my helper, loves to read and cook, and is coming up with inventions on paper all the time. Always ALWAYS full of energy, and is the leader in the chaos that is happening in our house a lot of the time. How lucky her siblings are to have her leading. They have fun ;) Happy birthday to my oldest, the one that stole my heart first (after her daddy, of course ;) ).
Hey all, so glad you're here! Thanks for coming through if you are here from Sonia's blog. If not, get comfy and treat yourself to some goodness as you make your way through the Life Unscripted blog circle back to her. I'm always excited to see what everyone's month has been like, and I'm sure you will enjoy it as well. August, is of course, the coming of the end of summer for us, and every year around this time my husband's home town has a carnival. It's great to have something to look forward to, even though seeing summer go is sometimes hard to do! Once August starts up, my kids are always counting down to it. We took a sneak peak Thursday night of them setting up on Main Street. Friday morning is full of games for the kids, car shows, and a horse show. We try to go to as much as we can! We go downtown Friday night and ride some rides, and eat some forbidden foods. ;) It's so fun seeing your kids growing up. He wasn't sure about the ride, but made the tough choice to try, and was so glad he did. Not tall enough..... The struggle to keep his shoes on is all the time. He got it on just in time, but I was so worried it would fly off and hit someone while he was in motion! It stayed in place though, phew! Still not tall enough.... Down the street a ways is a park with a blue grass band, where we met up with family, maybe did a little dancing, and cooled down. The walk back to the car always has some distractions, but that happens in regular parking lots too. :D And Saturday morning is the parade. You must bring your bag to grab any candy thrown your way, and your water...because it is HOT. After the festivities, we cool down with a nice family lunch. A perfect ending to the weekend. Thanks again for looking in. Next up is the always amazing, always darling images of AnnMarie of One33 Photography. Go see her post here!
Kids are busy, messy, whiney, and tiresome. But they're also your joy. I can't even comprehend how different my life would be if I didn't have these sweet moments with these people in my day. They can take such simple things, like a swing, make a game of it, and, before you know it, everyone is laughing and having a good time with it. In an instant, changing the mood of your day. Then there's this guy. He's normally my happy go lucky one, so we'll let this 'tude slide. ;)
Rough days happen. It's for some reason hard for me to remove myself from my list that needs to get done daily, but when I do, it is so good for my soul and for them. Let them take you outside and play. |
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