
What does a girl do with herself once she successfully marries off her firstborn son, you ask?
Well, once the wedding was over, it was the Fourth of July, and then I had two weeks til VBS, plus my last-born turning thirteen. And then Lizzy’s swim championship meet.
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4th of July sparkler |
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Extreme slip n’ slide to celebrate the summer birthday boys |
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Jed, fresh off his honeymoon and light on his feet |
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Caleb’s new gel blaster guns |
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7/11 day |
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Ada painstakingly and skillfully recreated the chocolate cake that Caleb got in Costa Rica on January 2nd of this year, which is when he a) became completely infatuated with it; b) declared he wanted it for his birthday; and c) carried it around all day while we explored every souvenir shop in town. |
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preparing for our ocean-themed VBS |
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Jason and his colleague, cheerfully braving temperatures of approximately 4,000 degrees every morning, all morning, to man the early childhood games station. |
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Champs meet, 2025 |