Friday Fun Day

A while back I posted about being afraid that the summer would pass us by and I thought I'd give you all an update. We decided (ok I decided) that we should do Friday Fun Days this summer. In order to accomplish this goal I made up some Friday Fun Sticks. I dug into the wonderful craft supplies from my mom's teaching days and found some tongue depressers. I wrote all of the fun things that we wanted to do this summer and then put them in a jar. Each week we pick one out for our Friday Fun Day.





 I am happy to report that we have already accomplished all but two of our fun sticks. We have had fun modifying and adding some as well. But, more along the lines of my last post, last Friday - we skipped Friday Fun Day. Do you know why? Because sometimes it's just as fun to stay home and enjoy your family :-)

Family Picture

Thanks to Pastor Steve, we got a really great Easter family picture!

Easter and Birthdays

Well, I told Mom that all I wanted for my birthday was to get to see Uncle Jon and his family. Lucky for me, they moved to Sturgis 2 months ago (and we still hadn't seen them yet!) So, they all came over to Mom and Dad's for a late Easter dinner and we had a really good time. The kids got along so well and had a blast hiding and finding Easter eggs. I'm not sure what we would have done without Emma to entertain all of those kids! She sure is a great helper. Then, to top off the night Uncle Jon read the kid's the true Easter story from Rachel's new board book. It was so great to hear them all saying, "He is risen! He is risen indeed!" I have to admit I also had a few more birthday requests that were yumm-ily fulfilled - Ham and Strawberry Shortcake - yum, yum! (For those of you that don't keep track of such things, Sunday was my birthday, and some think it was an important one but I'm not sure what the big deal is about turning 29...again) :-)