Thursday, July 30, 2020

Double Digits

We’ve officially hit double digits!! ✋🏼✋🏼 Maeli is obsessed with animals & has begged for a hamster every day for the last year. We told her no & convinced her that she would never get a pet. When her bday rolled around we wrapped a couple of crappy dollar store toys we knew she wouldn’t like & gave them to her as her “big gifts.” The look of disappointment on her face was almost unbearable. We then called her into the other room & surprised her with a hamster. What these videos don’t show are the tears that were welling in her eyes as we were waiting for Ryan to call her into the other room. (I know, our kids are going to need some serious therapy.) But really, we couldn’t be more thankful for this kind-hearted, beautiful girl of ours! Happy 10th baby girl!!
 

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Monday, July 27, 2020

All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go

All dressed up with nowhere to go! Really hoping I can retire from this teaching gig in a few short weeks. Until then, it’s us against the world of distance learning tech-issues!


1st Grade 

 2nd Grade

5th Grade

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Friday, July 17, 2020

And Just Like That, He's 8!!


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Monday, July 13, 2020

The Unpredictable Part of Family Life

While on our trip, all 4 of our kids came down with a stomach bug - spread out over 3 days. Each day another kid went down for the count - it almost became comical. We had to amend a lot of our plans to accommodate sick kids & several hikes were done carrying a kid on our backs. Stuff like this happens on every one of our trips but I wanted to document it this time so we never forget this unpredictable part of family life. (Although I’m sure Ryan needs no help remembering the kid on his shoulders puking on him.)
 

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Saturday, July 11, 2020

Goblin Valley State Park

The best kind of playground










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Little Wild Horse Pass

When Milo began to get hot, he took his shirt off & tried to squeeze the sweat out of it to drink. We realized he’s probably been watching a bit too much Man vs Wild...
 



















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Friday, July 10, 2020

Exploring Yellowstone - Day 3

Became expert animal-spotters in Lamar Valley, made Milo’s year by getting up close & personal with a pronghorn (which he calls his favorite mammal), & raced up & down the winding stairs at Mammoth Hot Springs.











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