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| adam and eli took a day trip to duck lake above mccall last weekend. i love these kind of days ~ eli gets daddy/outdoor/manly/fishing/hiking/bug sighting time while lyla and i get some very rare girl time. |
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| he made the four mile round trip hike…with a few rest stops. |
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| i'm titling these “wat up?” |
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| i wasn’t there, so i don’t exactly know what was going on…but i do know that fun was being had. |
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| i've been learning to play the mandolin this year. adam bought me a beginners one for our anniversary, but my fingers are protesting it. sooo, we’ve been on the hunt for a nicer one but couldn’t find what i wanted. then i discovered “kits.” these kids supply all the pieces to build your own mandolin. the wood was very rough cut, so there is much cutting, sanding and all around babying of the wood to get it ready to glue. we’re in that process now… |
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| the whole being cut… |
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| here are her braces and binding… |
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| sanding, sanding and more sanding…. |
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we are SO blessed to be attending the Providence Homeschool Co-op for the second year. the kiddos are loving it…yes, even LYLA! here they are on the first day…
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| …that hanging-on-by-a-thread-tooth finally falls out?!?! he lost it while eating pizza and it’s now somewhere in his digestive tract.. |
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| isaac was even excited for him…they are such great buds. |
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| well, i didn’t actually win a blue ribbon, but i most definitely deserved one. in what category you ask? motherhood. mom of the year. mama del año. that. is. me. why? it’s a little bit of a story, but to sum it up i (falsely) assumed eli was not tall enough to go on upside-down rides. we had just arrived at the fair when i saw a ride. he was tall enough. we boarded. we smiled. we got ready. i snap a cute picture of Eli…
the ride starts.
fun is had.
height is gained.
“this is fun” he says.
more height gained…
"are we UPSIDE DOWN???"
oops.
i was videoing but turned off the camera when he started getting sketched out. just so you know, he is not (horribly) permanently scarred. he laughed about it right after we got off and no tears were lost.
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| after that, we tamed it down a bit… |
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| lyla and the flying pink elephant… |
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| us on the farris wheel |
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| adam found jen’s entry… |
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| we love baby goats! |
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| eli really likes viper…what a blast |
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| sometimes i wonder if it’s all worth it. the packing. the preparing. the dirt. the shopping. the drive. the dirt. the lack of showers. the patchy sleep. the cold. the heat. the dirt. the bugs. the realization for necessities forgotten. and last but not least: the. dirt. is it worth it? yep.it.is. because you get to sleep in a tent. you get to wake in a tent (that’s my favorite part). you get to experience quiet even among ruckus childhood laughter. you get to enjoy smores. you get to sit fireside and chat with friends. you get to eat off paper plates, thus eliminating dishes (yes!). you get to have your husband do most of the cooking (double yes!). you get to take in sights like this… |
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| and this… |
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| you get to see how much, in fact, your children love muffins… |
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| how happy they look! |
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| you get to enjoy top ramen at 10pm by headlamp… |
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| you get to enjoy a game of apples to apples in the forest… |
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| you get to gather pounds and pounds of pond weeds…for hours…and hours. |
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| you get to hurl mud and friends, and still be friends afterwards… |
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so yep, it’s worth it all. even. the. dirt.
and just one more to make you laugh…
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we headed up to lowman last weekend for the first annual church campout. it was a good time…a GREAT time for the kids. they had tons of fun running around with their friends. lyla and chloe were instant camping buds. here lyla demonstrates her karate moves…
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| me and my girl |
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| eli thoroughly enjoying the whipped cream shaving contest… |
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| lyla thinking it was thoroughly disgusting… |
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| jeff took us to some awesome hot springs. the cliff on the right had hot water streaming down into pools people had built with rocks and sand. the main river on the left mixed with the hot springs to make nice, warmish water to sit in… |
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| the kiddos soakin’ it up… |
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| lyla and i stacked some rocks… |
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| eli and adam explored the hot spring cliffs… |
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back at camp scott and adam led us in some worship… |
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| us at the creek…thanks fosters, for planning such a fun weekend! |
