A Picture Update: Summer ‘21 Week 9

Week 9???? HOW??????? How did that happen????? I’m coming at you a little early this week. It was a pretty chill week, so I don’t actually have too many pictures.

On Monday morning we headed right to the beach! The girls had fun making their own Artistic Swimming routine.

On Tuesday we did more CLEANING. It was exhausting but I’m so glad we did it.  The upstairs rooms were just so overwhelming. But we worked together and made it happen.

Maya had another gymnastics class!

On Wednesday we went to see Boom and Mila!!!

I made a delicious new pasta recipe and we went on a family walk/roll.

The sky was beautiful on my morning run on Thursday.

Click here for some videos from the past few weeks.

It has been awhile!

Timehop Tuesday

Ok, guys. I have a really fun Timehop for you today. It started as this:

Cute Gosselin toddlers on the beach at Camp DuNord! A decade apart!

So obviously I sent that to the Gosselin group chat, and then had to find Maya as a toddler at the Camp DuNord beach so I updated the pic:

AND THEN. Awhile later, Pa sent the group chat a PROJECTOR VIDEO of the twins as 2-year-olds at the beach at Camp DuNord. OMG! So I took a screenshot and now I have this epic Timehop that spans 37 years:

And of course I had to add Baby Isla kn the final product!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday!! We had a fun weekend.

Friday night Sleepover at the cousins!!!! 

Friday night anniversary at a Winery!

Long run on Saturday morning!

Post sleepover exhaustion and Olympics!

Sunday- cleaning the play room!

Fun with friends!

Have a great week!

A Picture Update Summer ‘21 Week 8: The 16th Anniversary Edition!

Hello!  Happy Friday!  Today happens to be our 16th wedding anniversary, so I went through and found some pictures of our 16 year (more like 20+ year) journey together.  From high school (1998ish), to college (2002ish), to our wedding in 2005...we look like babies!

Then there were the childless years (plus Kona)...

...and then our babies!

We look older, hopefully wiser, and just as happy now. It has been quite a challenging past 1.5 years but I think we can both say we feel like we have made it through stronger together. 

On to our week!  It was another busy one.  Boom took the girls to swimming lessons, and then on Monday afternoon we went to play some tennis and get some ice cream.

Later we watched Artistic Swimming and I had to do a comparison from the girls at the lake from the weekend, because they could finally watch what they were trying to do in the water.

I had a nice 5 mile run on Tuesday morning in my favorite socks. Then the girls played outside and made a quadruple stroller out of double strollers...always imagining!

Maya finally had her first gymnastics class and SHE LOVED IT.  

I had another nice run on Wednesday morning, and then the girls and I headed for an early morning swim at the beach before Pa took them to swimming lessons.

That evening we celebrated Auntie Cat's birthday at the Arboretum!  It was a beautiful evening.  

On Thursday morning the girls had their last swimming lesson.  Both passed their levels!  I'm so proud of them, especially Callie.  Swimming didn't come easily to her (me either) and she worked really hard both in class and out of class (she asked to go to the beach twice so she could practice) to pass all the skills she needed for level 4.  She did it!  

We celebrated by going to the outdoor water park across the street with G-ma!  We all had fun going down the water slides and playing in the water.

The girls also did the climbing wall and diving board over and over.

The girls got pizza to go with G-ma and Pa and went to watch the airplanes take off and land!

Today the girls had fun with Boom!

Have a great weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

Here’s some videos! 

Callie at theater camp in 2019/2021:

And summer water fun in 2018/2021:

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday!  We had a nice weekend.  There was a lot of smoke in the air yesterday morning, so I had to do my 6 mile training run on the treadmill.  And we hung out inside most of the day...pretend camping and doing magic tricks.

Then, for a change of scenery, we headed to Boom's house to see the cousins and have dinner!

The smoke cleared up and we took Luna out for a bedtime walk and enjoyed the pretty (CLEAR) sky.

This morning was cool and lovely, (and again, CLEAR!) so we headed to the beach for a couple hours!  The water was wonderful.

Hey girls, smile!  Just quickly.  Can you smile?  Now?  Together?  Just quick? PLEASE?

The best I got...HA!

After a quiet afternoon at home, we went out to a new (to us) restaurant patio for dinner.

And it is now August (*SOB*), which mean the countdown to the end of summer is upon us.  I go back to work on August 25th, so we made an August Bucket List of a few different things to do before the end of summer. I'm sure there is more we can add, but this is a good start!

Have a great week.

Happy Birthday Auntie Cat!

Yay! It’s Auntie Cat’s birthday!

We love you and hope you have an awesome day.