so. for the last leg of our trip, we went out to leslie’s new house in angola. it’s about an hour into the trip home, so it’s nice to have a little jump start when we get on the road. packing a day early and having to run to the car 5000 times for something […]
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summer in batavia. part 2.
despite a very rain-filled forecast, the fourth of july was sunny and great and my parents threw a big party full of lake people and relatives. it was a lot of people to squeeze on even their massive deck. (this is about half of the crowd). grape pop. at the kiddie table. terry’s niece and […]
summer in batavia. part 1.
we just returned from our annual summer trip to batavia. just me and the kids this time. the trip up was pretty uneventful. except for isaac having to go to the bathroom every hour. we were glad to roll into batavia… it has been raining in batavia (not unlike the rest of the east coast) […]
sand, surf, sun.
i have no desire to narrate our trip to the beach. it was supposed to be rainy all week, but each day, i woke up and the weather forecast had magically changed overnight and the weather was great. we went to the beach everyday and the pool on most days. last year, it rained so […]
dan nicholas park. with friends.
i hopped on here, to detail our trip to the beach. when i scrolled back through the pictures, i realized i haven’t blogged about our little getaway to dan nicholas park awhile back. so, i’ll start there. and then hope that the naps hold out long enough for a beach blog post… first we rode […]
official first grader
tuesday was isaac’s last day of kindergarten. (and my last day of having a semi-mess-free house). he eagerly wore the same shirt as the first day of school. (shorts and sneakers are too small. sigh.) and we snapped some cute pictures before i sent him off. cute picture one. cute picture two. with curious onlooker. […]
sweaty zoo trip
on sunday, around 11 am, we decided to pack it up (pack it in) and head to the north carolina zoo. it’s about an hour away and we have a family membership, so it would be a cheap and easy family adventure. here’s my gang rolling in… while anna knew that the zoo was where […]
may then june.
yet another installment of my series i like to call “a bunch of random pictures of the last week or so.” hope you enjoy. for memorial day, we headed to the p-salls for burgers and hanging out. the kids were nerds at the kid table. the kiddos jumped on the trampoline all evening long. until […]
the campout.
i got the bright idea that isaac and i should go camping this weekend. i wasn’t sure where. or if he would agree to this plan. or what kind of trouble i was getting myself into. when i picked him up from school friday, i asked what he thought about it and he half heartedly […]
memorial (satur)day family tanglewood visit.
we kicked off our memorial day weekend with a little outing to tanglewood park. apparently, we did the same thing last year. this time, though, we brought lucy along, to test out the new dog park. before lidkids, we used to take lucy to dog parks pretty regularly. back then, she was a young pup […]