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::in the kitchen. painted by my friend sarah - an art student. i ♥ it!

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good morning! i love mornings here. it feels like we're camping. i love camping, especially when there is a real shower.

it's going to be another beautiful day. today we are headed to my aunt's house to go swimming. we've been busy almost everyday again this week. next week, i'm going to plan some time to just be home. we're having lots of fun, but i know we need the down time too. but, then again, we get plenty of down time in the winter.

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::last week we did a little hiking with some friends, and then played in a river. i'm confident i don't want to know what was in that water, but everyone had a great time.

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::taken through the fence.

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the weekend was:
cleaning and organizing our garage
cleaning and organizing our basement
getting rid of a bunch of stuff we don't need
seeing a family of deer in our backyard
dinner out
menu planning for our 4th of july party
grocery shopping
baseball game with an awesome pitcher!
more thunderstorms with some hail
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after lots of rain, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful week here. we're looking forward to a birthday party for our niece, and having family here on sunday for a 4th celebration.

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the weekend was:

lightning bugs
kids camping w/grandparents
smores w/giant marshmallows
sick Dad on father's day
beautiful happy father's day/get well cards from the kids
laundry in new machines
homeschool conference
new curriculum
menu planning
grocery shopping
rain and sun
donuts
dinner date and walk with my ♥
talking with my sister
hummingbirds at our new feeder

running

it felt so good to run today! lately it has been hard to find a time when it works for me to go. i feel like all of a sudden, i have reached the taxi-stage of parenting. i try not to overdue kid's activities (i don't want that to be the focus of our lives), but when you have more than one kid, it's hard to not be busy with outside stuff. anyway, i really wanted to run today and i knew is was going to be another busy night. so, i packed up the kids and we headed to the high school track. i wasn't even sure if i'd be able to run there today, but thankfully no one was there. i ran 3 1/2 miles. it was awesome. the kids played and counted my laps. they were my little cheerleaders. i kept hearing, "go mom!" it was so sweet. when i told them i was ready to go, they said i should do another lap. that was good to hear because i think this might be a solution to the no-running.

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the kids have been taking swimming lessons everyday for the last two weeks. it has been so much fun to see the progress they have made. the first day, little meg cried when the teacher told her to get her face wet; now she is floating and really enjoying the water.

i ♥ summer!