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Let the Sharing Begin!

This summer has been jam packed and I’m not entirely sure where all our time has gone. Each week our calendar fills up with various play dates and adventures. This week we went and saw Caspar Babypants twice with two different groups of friends and it was delightful. If you don’t know who he is, check him out! I really enjoy listening to him and he’s local as well! I also like that he does a cover of Nirvana’s Sliver because I loved me some Nirvana back in the day.

Erin, Nicole and Lara all came down with their kids and trying to get a group shot of all of us has become a story in itself. Between all the children and all of us, we typically end up looking like a group of clowns. When I spend time with these girls, I’m never sure what to call them because ‘old friends’ just doesn’t seem to cut it. Nicole is the ‘newest’ friend, but I’ve known who she is since at least middle school.  Plus we aren’t old. Yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although we loved bustin’ some moves to Caspar Babypants’ music, the highlight of the afternoon was by far time spent on Thomas’ quad. I haven’t laughed as hard as I did when Maggie got on to ride and was happy as a clam cruising along without a care in the world. Gavin, Erin’s son, was by far the most daring and attempted to take the quad for a ride up a hill full of roots and trees. Thomas did a great job sharing and I have no doubt that the new favorite toy to play with when we visit Thomas will be the quad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sometimes when I’ve got too much to write about and not enough time my thoughts appear like a train wreck and I end up sounding like a rambling idiot. So, to spare you the time that it would take to read those horrible paragraphs, I leave with you a cutie-patootie picture of Thomas in the pink sunnies taken a few weeks ago at HBHQ.

Enjoy.

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A-Town Girls Unite!

It has become glaringly obvious that I have become a lack-luster blogger since I’ve arrived back home from our North Dakota trip. I’ve got a backlog of images to prove it and pretty bundle of abandoned posts as well. I guess I could say I’m too busy enjoying the present to reflect on the past. Which is all fine and dandy, but I typically enjoy a few pensive moments as I sift through my photos to think about time well spent. I am determined to take a few moments and jot some words with more frequency. I’ll start with yesterday….baby steps, right?

We went to Marc and Lara’s to celebrate Erin and her family moving back to town and Deneva’s annual summer visit. We were missing some key players, but it was fun to have our gang of girls back together for a few hours. I like how Thomas made it into our group shots, who knows where Maggie was! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’m so grateful for my group of girlfriends that I’ve known since I was a little girl. Aside from Jenni, whom I met in 7th grade, I know Lara, Deneva, Erin and Katrin from 1st or 3rd grade.

It was the first time in a long time that we’ve all been together and had a chance to talk and catch up. Lara and Marc’s house is set up so it was really enjoyable to be either inside our outside. Gavin, Erin’s son, showed Maggie the ways of the garden and she ended her day with dirt smashed in her hair and on her face. After Thomas went to bed, Maggie tried to call him on the baby monitor, but he was too busy snoring to respond.

On the drive home Barry and I decided that we’re more than grateful that we don’t have a lot of stairs to contend with at our house. I think I about had a heart attack a few times between Maggie, Gavin and Thomas going up and down the stairs on the deck. For the most part they are all pretty good, but every so often a little tumble happens. I think I might be mentally scarred from Maggie’s Webster School fall.

 I’m so excited that Erin and her family have moved back to Washington, especially now that we’ve both got kids that are the same age! I expect that we’ll have some adventures together this summer, and it could be argued that yesterday was just a preview of what’s to come!