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Things around here have been phenomenally crazy for the last few weeks. I can’t believe that it’s been nearly two whole weeks since I last posted.
We have so far:
Visited with my brother (Caleb) and his girlfriend, Alison who came home for a week.
Visited with my brother (Jared) who came home from college two times during the last couple of weeks.
Visited with my sister (Anna) and her family, who came home to participate in all the visiting (see above) and celebrate our mom’s and Bessie’s (my niece, Anna’s daughter) birthdays – (see below).
Started raising cockatiels with my brother (Zion).
Met my uncle from Chicago at a local(ish) campground.
Camped.
Hiked.
Fished. (Okay, only a little, but as my uncle says… “Fishing requires patience, but fishing with children requires the patience of an angel).
Uploaded and edited roughly 1400 photographs.
Celebrated my mom’s 49th birthday.
Celebrated my sister-in-law’s 46th birthday.
Celebrated my niece’s 3rd birthday.
Celebrated Easter Sunday.
Changed 224 diapers.
Had/have a bad cold and a case of hives (mine!).
Attended a play.
Prepared roughly 42 meals.
Washed around 746 loads of laundry.
Washed 300 loads of dishes in the dishwasher.
Had a picnic.
Did major grocery shopping twice.
Took a mass family picture involving 20 individual and wiggly people.
Played at the park.
Juggled three fussy babies.
Figured taxes. Repeatedly.
Bought two cars.
Cleaned up approximately 29 spills.
Visited the Science Center.
Put out four oven fires.
Had two tires repaired.
Potty trained a two year old.
Mopped the floor. Once.
Learned of two separate and potentially serious car accidents involving my parents and my brother.
Photographed most of the above.
Nathan picked this lovely little bouquet as a peace offering for Kinsley, who had woken up on the wrong side of the bed. I don’t know if it cheered her up or not, but it certainly cheered me!
A small bonfire, marshmallows from the surplus grocery store, and my camera…
As you can tell, I could easily have been entertained all evening!
It took this…
To get that…
And these guys…
To create this crew…
You sure don’t want to mess with this family!
…and his lovely cousin, Natalie.
The adorable Penrod hat and argyle socks were a gift from his Aunt Heather, who I keep meaning to email and thank for the charming gifts.
To Dan, it seems like just yesterday that he attended Nathan’s first birthday party at a park in Florida. Just yesterday, he remembers teaching Nathan how to go between the G and C chords on his guitar, only to be instantly surpassed by his natural talent.
Happy Birthday, Cyclops! We look forward to what this year will bring!
This is as close as we came to a White Christmas, this year.
