First Communion Retreat

Logan created a first communion retreat for Lewis since covid kept Lewis from attending the school retreat. They had a great day!

Lewis’ brothers prayed with him before he and Daddy left for the day. Then they headed to campus. They walked campus while saying a Chaplet and did a bible study on John 6.  Lewis thought it was super cool when they watched two Eucharist videos on the big screen in Logan’s classroom. 

They made a holy hour-ish with letters from Logan, myself, Augustine while Lewis listened to praise and worship on his iPod, and then lit a candle and filled Lewis’ holy water bottle. 

Sister Bethany Madonna and the sisters of life prayed with Lewis. They took a break for lunch at Don and Millie’s, and dessert at Eileen’s cookies because Lewis’ love language is desserts. 

They spent the afternoon enjoying miniature golf at Prehistoric Putt! 

To finish up the day, they practiced at St. Teresa’s and Lewis got a little holy water font for his bedroom. 

Lewis’ First Communion

Happy First Communion Lewis!









It’s been a few years since we’ve seen (God) Father Michael!

Living the Dream

It’s everything he hoped it would be, and we haven’t even taken it outside yet. 

Important Work

If I had to guess, I’d say we were caulking all the cracks. But I can’t be sure.  





Mission accomplished...I think...he seemed to approve. 

Famous Nonsense

E: Mom why does it go 7, 8, 9, 10?

Me: Because that’s the order. 

E: Because God put it that way. Do you want me to do some of my famous nonsense?

Me: your famous nonsense? I think you’re already doing your famous nonsense. 

E: {cracks up} yes. I’m famous. 

A Little More Birthday Fun

I was less than happy about covid messing up my original plan for celebrating my 40th, so Kim surprised me with an IKEA day! Logan kept the boys all day so I could have the day off.

When I got in the car, Kim gave me a bag of cards to read as we drove. They were birthday greetings from the ladies in our bible study. Such a fun gift! Then we got six hours (SIX HOURS!) of uninterrupted conversation. 

Between being pregnant and nursing, I hadn’t been to IKEA in years. It’s still my happy place. My parents gave me an IKEA gift card for my birthday so it was super fun picking out which project(s) to focus on. 

We spent five hours at IKEA organizing Kim’s new house, decorating my living room, dreaming about future projects, finding affordable OT equipment, choosing new dishes, snagging cheap art supplies, and eating meatballs. ‘Twas lovely. 

I’ve mastered the IKEA run. You go to IKEA for a day and pick up the small, easy to handle stuff. If you need large, heavy furniture then you call Dale at Omaha Modern and have him bring that stuff to your front door. It’s pure magic. 

I got the pleasure of going on Kim’s first IKEA run with her, and she got the pleasure of introducing me to The Great Wall of Chocolate. Lewis has yet to rank this dessert and I’m very curious what the ranking will be. 

Back at home daddy rocked Saturday with the boys. They ran errands, budgeted, went to the library, played, napped, watched a movie with Grandma Kathleen, probably did more stuff, and...

had a car picnic at the lake! It’s one of our favorite covid times things to do. 

Way to go Daddy!

Rain

We’ve had a lot of rain lately. I restocked the mud room with goulashes. We go through goulashes like water...heh. 

Levi has figured out how to unlock and open the back door. It’s going to be a long summer. 



Cars are Levi’s favorite work right now. He recently discovered this set that all the boys have liked. 

Yep. They played a card game together. Can you believe it?