Staycation, Part 2

With our ac not fixed and G&G had other guests arriving,  we moved to Logan’s teammate’s house. They are at training anyway so they were glad to have someone around the house for a few days while they are away. It was wonderful, except it’s not close to our mid-town life, so we were constantly driving back into town. Elias was really tired of his car seat. 

There were fun things to play!

We enjoyed seeing friends at the parish out there after Sunday Mass. 

The library provided lots of books and videos for us. 

We had a family movie afternoon...Homeward Bound. 

We got into a routine of getting everyone ready for the day and then driving back into town. The weather was halfway decent in the mornings, so we stopped at a park each morning before being where we needed to be. It worked well for the boys. 

We got dentist appointments taken care of. 

And on day three of staying there, our ac was fixed and we went home. Augustine and I went back the next day and cleaned the house. 

Thanks for letting us stay, Chapmans!

Staycation, Part 1

We took an unexpected staycation this summer. It may happen again. 

Our ac went out so we spent the afternoon at G&G’s, which turned into four days...and our ac still wasn’t fixed. We had lots of fun!

This was a wedding...must’ve been a firefighter getting married because the rig stopped by for photos and sounded it’s siren! Augustine was amazed...the bar is set. 

Thanks for letting us stay G&G!

So Many Trees

We are working on taking down a third tree in our yard. The first one was rotted and dead. The second was growing all around power lines. This third tree is about 30 feet tall and two feet from the house foundation.    

Wingin’ It

I can’t think of a time in my life when I didn’t thoroughly plan something out. I always carefully prepare every detail. 

Summer at home with the boys is no different...until this year. I just didn’t have a drop of motivation to prepare...and oddly enough it wasn’t bothering me a bit. I figured maybe it would bother me when the last day of school was finally over and we were all at home, but nope. Still didn’t bother me. 

I don’t want to drop them off anywhere like camps or classes with strangers as teachers. I didn’t plan vacation because we bought a house. I’m not buying a membership to the pool because it’s too much work to take little kids to the pool. I didn’t plan paydates because I just didn’t feel like it. 

I just planned on some Pinterest activities and our regular fun around home. 

Costco had quick fill water balloons, so we are rationing those over the summer. 





G&G Wesolowski shared their backyard full of fun with us when we stopped for a visit. We got a tour of his workshop too...smells just like my grandpa’s shop used to!

We set up all the water fun. 

The boys made a library. 



And we were gifted a new-to-us LEGO table! It was delivered on the day we realized our air conditioner wasn’t working...

Preschool Goodbyes

We said goodbye to Lewis’ “real” school, as he called it. He wanted to write a story for his teacher. 

She loved it and laughed a lot. I’ll miss her too...she is so good at knowing each child as an individual and loving their details. It’s fun to see someone love your kid that much. 

The kids wanted to hear her story from Lewis at the picnic. 



I’m looking forward to this guy having a turn at this preschool!

Thanks for a great two years, ladies!

Summer Kickoff

Our school has been kicking off summer in a really fun way the last few years. Smoothies, popcorn, and a movie shown on the side of the school. 

Lewis spent his own dollar on a smoothie. He was SO excited!

Three trash bags full of popcorn serves a LOT of people. I helped fill the bags and man, we sat there a long time. 

The weather was perfect and they boys had a blast. We stayed up way too late...just the way summer nights should be (you know, sometimes 😉).