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Monday, August 24, 2020

2020 :: 34/52

 tuesday the kids and i played outside after breakfast until my dad came. we played lots of cribbage with grandpa neil on trevor's new board that uncle jimmy made for him! dad took a look at the boat, we fed him lunch then he headed out. after nap, we went out back and cleaned the shed and found some stuff to sell at the garage sale. 

 wednesday and thursday were garage saling, cleaning, and prepping for our garage sale. wednesday night we went over to matt & jodi's house for wings and then Al took the kids home while i went with jodi out to jenny's house. we hung out on her deck and enjoyed the view and drank some wine. it was a fabulous night! 

friday the kids and i packed up to go to mom's house but first we met jodi and her kids at the animal park/nature path place in menomonie. we walked through the animals and then the small nature path before heading to mom's for lunch. at naptime, trevor and i went over to my dad's house. T played cribbage with my dad and started cleaning out the house (it's my papa's house and still has all his and my grandma's stuff in it.) then back to mom's for supper and to see unc-o. 

saturday morning i went through things in mom's basement for the garage sale, then at naptime i went back to dad's to work for a bit. after i got back and tova woke up, we went over to my cousin aryn's house to swim. the kids loved it and it was the perfect cool off since it's been so humid! 

sunday morning we hung out with nana and unc-o, i packed up our car with all the garage sale stuff from mom's and dad's, and we headed home. 

monday morning we all went out and cleaned out the garage and put bikes and such in the shed. but it was already humid so we didn't last long. i ran errands while grandpa peter came over. after nap, the kids swam for a bit before it rained. the rest of monday was garage sale stuff. 




making zucchini cake

new baby carriers from a garage sale; she loves them!

chloe, carsyn, trevor, cam, tova
they're all smiling and looking!!!







big elk



they got to pet momma elk



cousin camden and trevor







momma made tova a mask

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

2020 :: 33/52

 Tuesday morning we found an epic garage sale in which Al and i both had our arms full, paid, put that stuff in the car and went back for a second round! 

wednesday morning we had a water day at jodi's house including 2 pools, a water table, squirt guns, our slip n slide, water balloons and friends. it was fun but not really that sunny/hot out; that didn't bother the kids much tho. 

thursday was prep for cabin day and a bit of garage saling although their weren't many. 

friday morning we all packed up and left for uncle jimmy's cabin which is usually a 5 hour drive. it took us over 8 hours because we stopped at a bunch of garage sales along the way and stopped at a beach playground. we made it just in time for supper and nana was already there. maren, nick and their girls didn't come up until late that night. 

saturday morning after breakfast i took maren shopping and although we didn't make it to many, we did find some good stuff! the grandparents took the kids out on the boat while we were gone. then during nap time, i got to read and nap on the boat a bit then we helped uncle jimmy take out a dead tree from the lake. after quiet time, we played, ate supper, had a gorgeous boat ride, a bonfire with s'mores, and then bed time. 

sunday we packed up and headed out about 10 am. we met maren, nick and girls along the drive for lunch and a quick park play. 

monday Al went back to work. it was mostly cleaning, crafting, laundry and play for us in the morning. then after nap, we went to jodi's for another water day and ended up staying for supper and s'mores. right as i was packing up to leave, tova fell off the teeter totter and cut her lip. after the bleeding stopped i realized that she'd actually pushed one of her beautiful front buck teeth up into her gums about halfway. :( it was bruised and swollen and painful but the dentist wasn't too worried about it and said it should come back down into place by itself. 




water day







water balloon toss




beach park



Tova and Leni



going for a walk at the cabin














Tova's poor tooth and lip

my gladiolus are blooming