In May we said goodbye to school and hello to summer! One of our favorite times of year! We welcomed the warm weather with slip'n'sliding, camp fires, and grilling! Mother's Day was unforgettable (I have been so blessed!!!) and my parents took the kids for a week so that I could get some things done around the house and spend some time with Erik!
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| Sweaty Skogen after his soccer game |
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| Our big boy and our little boy :) |
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| Skogen decided that he wanted to start running with me! He's a great running buddy. He really pushes me! When we first started out, he wanted to sprint the whole way. I tried telling him that we needed to slow down and pace ourselves and he said, "I don't like going slow because the faster I go, the faster I get to where I'm going." I couldn't argue with that. |
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| Maida's track and field day |
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| Maida's first school play, "Stone Soup" |
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| Our preacher sent us a thank you card and drew a picture of our family skiing on the back. I treasure this! |
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| First fire of the year! |
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| slip'n'slide fun |
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| End of the year teacher gifts, "Teachers like you PAINT bright futures!" |
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| Last day of school! |
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| Goodbye to Mrs Dikeman, one of the very best teachers in the entire world!!! |
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| Skogen's graduation from preschool |
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| Maida insisted that we keep every paper from 1st grade so that she could review them over the summer and see what she learned. |
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| The Hubs grilling for the first time this summer! |
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| Klaasen told me he was "powered up" into a dinosaur. |
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| Skogen and Klaasen went up and helped lead singing at church on Sunday evening |
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| It didn't take Torsten very long to learn to pee off the deck with two older brothers around! (Note: they are typically not allowed to pee off the deck, however, he caught big brothers breaking the rule and had to try it himself.) |
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| Transportation Fair with Klaasen and Torsten |
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| Mystery Dinner with a group from church |
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| Sweet snuggles with Daddy |
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| Me and my Skogie-bear |
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| Poor Erik. Residency hours are not fun. Sometimes he can't even make it into bed! He sleeps so hard, though, that he usually can sleep through anything. |
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| Torsten in Skogen's underwear, Maida's high heel, and Klaasen's rainboot |
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| Thumbs up for grapefruit for breakfast! |
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| Using illustrations to sort out behaviors and consequences |
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| Mother's Day present from Maida |
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| A tea towel she made for me in school! |
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| With her sweet hand print in the corner - what a treasure! |
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| Skogen wrote a "Mom and Me," book for me. |
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| He knows me pretty well! :) |
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| Klaasen painted me a piggy bank cupcake! He even wrapped it and was so excited to give it to me! |
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| Counting money |
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| a storm rolling in |
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| Invites I made out of fingernail files and cotton pads for a girls' night slumber party for church! I put a recipe for a homemade facial scrub inside each invite. |
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First, us girls went and got pedicures and then we all came over to my house for a slumber party!
(My parents took my kids for the week!!!) |
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| Erik and I caught a date while the kids were out of town! |
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| My good friend Whitney came over and helped me build a trampoline to surprise the kids with when they returned from Grandma and Bumpa's house! |
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| The kids were so excited about their surprise!!! |
