On A Jet Plane

 

Well in true Jen fashion, I come to you while I am meant to be packing and cleaning for a move :)

Now this is not a permanent one, a couple of month, but still big enough that I should be doing more then posting on this here BLOG.

With Ants "new" job, meaning the one he started oh........ 2 years ago the ability to spend a summer over seas was high on our list of great job perks. However last year we weren't able to go and were totally bummed, and by that I mean hit really hard causing us to make irrational decisions like buying a old giant house. (we love the space yes, but the work it's going to take to update it...... what were we thinking)

Back to the trip, we are going on an adventure in Ireland. The kids are really excited, or Ava and Ella were till they found out that they were going to miss some birthday parties (so very sad)..... luckily they are still bribeable at this age and are back with the program.

We leave in less then 2 weeks Yipee!

Summer - Touch-Me-Nots

One of the neatest things is to see your kids experience something that you loved to do as a kid.  I still get all excited at the sight touch-me-nots, real name I don't think I've ever known...... Impatiens capensis thanks Google.

On Building

Ethan wants to build. He is constantly telling us about all kinds of great inventions. He will go on excitedly for days about one idea. So when one of the many, and I mean many remote control devices in the house fell apart it was a great opportunity to let his imagination go wild. He hit the recycling bin and came up with a plan. He and his dad set to work. Here is what he created.

Summer 2014 - Bear Den Mt.

I have to say this summer was a game changer in the parenting department. This was the first year that all three bambinos were willing and able to attempt some really cool things. We weren't sure how well Ella would do at hiking. So we picked a moderate trail and set out. Seems I have some training to do before next year so I'll be able to keep up with her.

We decided on Bear Den Mt. it was about a 45 min hike and low in difficulty. Ella led the way, Ava and Ethan close behind. Well Ava kept me company at the back for some of it. It was so wonderful to watch them climb and really enjoy the experience. I'm so glad this is something our whole family loves to do!

 

On the way down we found a stream and.....

 

Our Summer 2014 - Post 1

The order of these summer posts will not be in the order in which they occurred.

These are from our visit to my sisters house this summer.

Thanks For Hanging In

Thank you to the 2 or 3 of you who seem to have kept faith in the fact, that although I am unpredictable and able to keep to a schedule. That I would one day return :)
I'm not going to make any promises like I'll be blogging on a regular basis, but I feel like life has opened up a few doors lately that may allow me some time to catch you guys up a little.

So lets catch up......
I'm going to do the sad news first.
We had to put down our loving dog Penny in August. She was always such a great part of the family and we were all pretty torn apart about it. I cried for days, I didn't realize how big of snuggler she was and how much time we spent together.

 

As we are known for doing we made some big changes and bought a new house. We moved on October 15 to a beautiful old house about 2 blocks from our last one. This house offered us what we were really wanting more space and to keep the kids at the same school.

The move went smoothly enough, but with the short time that we gave ourselves we had not finished all the work on the last house. Our last month has been full of painting and the last of the renovations. Which has given us little time to really get settled into the new house. But the important things are done like the hot tub and the kitchen :)

I was looking back at when I first stared this blog and I believe it was around this time 7 years ago.... that's right 7. I had two little bambinos who weren't even walking yet. Now OH HOW WE'VE GROWN! These guys are so amazing I can't really put it into words.... probably has something to do with the lack of writing here. I have to admit that this parenting thing is a totally crazy experience and I am so lucky that I have these great little people to help me through it. They are incredible loving and understanding of all the crazy things we put them through.

I would like to do a recap of what we were up to this past summer, so maybe I'll be posting that later this week???

It was great catching up with the small group of you that still hung around :)

Last Day of School

This has been a weird year, it feels like it’s flown by, yet the winter felt like it lasted forever. But here it is the last day of school and yes I have cried. No no no not because these guys are going to drive me crazy this summer, ok maybe a little hehe

More that this is the end of something and that always makes me cry, I’m a sap that’s all there is to it!

Last day of School

First Day of School