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Jul

Trask River

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I had to work night shift so Doug took the kids out to the river for a while so that I could have a nap.

 

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They had sooooo much fun on the inner tube that he took them to town to find a raft!  They loved it!

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26

Jul

Target Practice

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Jul

Camping in the living room!

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24

Jul

Kids and Messy Rooms!

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I went through the girls room today.  They are both gone… he he he!  Holy shmokes their room was a cluttered mess.  Boxes of this and that all over the place.  I managed to get it fairly well organized, didn’t throw much out either Emily!  I just put things together rather than 6 piles of each item all over.  Why would you store wadded up balls of paper?  My only thought is to save them for a future paper ball fight with your brothers?!?!  Maybe the girls will have the answer.  Anyway, got their room all cleaned for the year and learned one thing about young girls.  They don’t understand the less is more theory!!!

Love ya girls!

24

Jul

Jacob

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It was very hot out today.  The boys were back and forth between outside play and the cabin.  When outside they were running through sprinklers, playing in the pool (cow tub), and playing spies to find the bunny (I offered them both 5 dollars if they could trap the bunny).  The boys weren’t hungry but I was worried that they needed some water so I brought them out capri-suns that I found in the fridge. 

Jacob says:  “I don’t want that”

Me:  “You guys need some fluids, it’s hot out here and I don’t want you two getting headaches and be sick like Nic last night”

Jacob: “I’ll be honest mom, I was hoping to have a headache today so that I would get pampered tonight”

Kids!!!

23

Jul

Hot Day

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Doug and Jacob finished up the trim on the corners of the cabin and around the door.  The outside is just about finished.  2 windows need to be ordered, installed, and trimmed.  Then it will be finished!

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I drove Emily up to the Zoo to meet her Grandma Tennison.  She gets to spend the whole week there!  The boys had fun playing outside and enjoying the heat.   This evening about a half hour before I take off for work Nicolas comes inside grabbing his head and crying.  He says his head hurts, almost as bad as a real live headache!  I gave him some Advil and continued getting ready for work.  By the time I was leaving he had a puke bucket in front of him and was just miserable!  Poor kid.

21

Jul

Great Kids

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I got off work this morning and all was quiet in the house.  Doug was at work and the kids were sound asleep.  I showered and went to sleep.  When I woke up in the afternoon the kids were all dressed, happy, and the house was clean!  Gotta love that!  I brought them to get ice cream cones for a treat.

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Jul

Campfire

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Jul

Just a day

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Today Mindy stopped here on her way home from camping.  She picked up Lexi and dropped us off Jacob.  He has been gone for so long.  We all really missed him!  It was great to see him again.  This evening the kids all played, Jacob handed out his gifts from his Wisconsin trip, and we had a good time.  Then I headed out for work…. oh boy!

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Jul

Cabin Peaks (part two)

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Today the girls and I stained 170 shingles while Doug got started on the peaks.  We finished staining about 2 hours later.  Poor Doug was just finishing up row one.  As you can tell it’s a small space and each shingle needed to be cut…. Yikes!  After 8 hours it did get finished and looks gorgeous.  Tomorrow (maybe) he will finish the second peak. 

Comments for this post ...

Boat Grandpa said on July 19th, 2010 at 4:16 pm

And it looks great!! Little tiny detail work like that is such a time consumer…

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