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Summer Re-wind

When your car breaks down while you’re in Iowa City for a wedding and you’re stranded for at least an extra day what happens? You’re forced to slow down, realize it’s August, become nostalgic about your summer and possibly even update your blog. I’m going back-in-time for a summer re-wind to catch this thing up on some of the highlights over the past few months and also to capture everything we’d still like to do before the end of the summer. We’ve had some memorable visits to the Memorial Park splash pad this summer including several birthday parties and also many trips just because it was too hot to do anything else. One...

So Long Summer

We’re well into August and I think it’s time to say good-bye to summer and hello to fall. From my lack of posts these past few months its safe to assume one of two things: #1 I’ve been way too busy to think about blogging; or #2 This summer was way too dull to blog about. Of course it’s #1. Between moving, painting, unpacking, work and freelance, plus fitting in some fun here and there (plenty of it) it’s been one crazy summer. There’s been one other set-back I like to call the case of the missing camera. Of all the random items I misplaced in our move, the camera has...

Mommy’s Little Flower Keeper

Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, and pretty maids in a row! My little pumpkin sneaks outside to help Gaga water plants as much as possible. If it’s touching the ground, she’s going to pour water on it. I need to catch it on video because she narrates as she waters, saying things like, “This guy is thirsty!” or “Oh, you need some water too? OK.” It doesn’t do her any justice to type it out because her voice is so cute at this age!...

Monkeyin’ Around

I love time with my sisters, E loves time with her aunties. 4 days of uninterrupted monkey business produced amazing results…...