Timehop Tuesday

Hi all!  I have a VIDEO Timehop for you today: Maya "reading" from 4 years ago may be one of my favorite things ever!  Click here!

Also a few good pics:

Sassy, sweet, swinging Cal

Maya and her excitable extremities (ever since she was a baby she would express her excitement through the flexing/shaking/straightening of her arms and legs...she still does it to this day!)

In Training and Unlearning Week 4

I'm halfway done with my 10K training.  This week was a bit easy because my long run wasn't actually long, but fast.  I did a "5K Race"...on my treadmill...in 27 minutes 45 seconds.  My goal was under 30 minutes, so I made it.

Anyway...this past week I ran 18.5 miles, so I donated $18.50 to The Conscious Kid, an organization "dedicated to equity and promoting positive racial identity development in youth."  It was an organization that I found on Instagram after doing lots of research, and a teacher, it is an organization I'm happy to support.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hello!  We had a nice weekend...on Friday night we swung by our friends Nik and Danielle's yard to meet their new kitty Cleo! 

Yesterday our big outing was the drive through zoo tour.  Since we could only go 4mph, Maya helped Chris "drive."  

Boom, G-ma, and Pa came over for BBQ dinner, and G-ma brought the girls some water balloons.

This morning Luna went on a 3 mile run with me, so she was tired later.  I caught her in mid-yawn.

Our church put together a 6 week virtual Vacation Bible School, so we started that this morning. The first big project was creating a field journal to document the seeds that the girls will be growing in egg cartons, the other project this week!

The girls were over in the neighbor’s yard all afternoon for a birthday party. So we took it easy tonight and watched an episode of the documentary about making Frozen 2. I was fascinated and will continue watching... the girls were somewhat interested but then wanted to turn on Master Chef Junior instead. Ha!

Have a great week. Can’t believe it is almost July. Time flies when...you’re stuck at home...? J/K we have been lucky enough to have kept ourselves busy, healthy and happy. I’m so grateful. 

A Picture Update: Summer 2020 Week 3

Happy Friday!  Our third week of summer started off at a nearly empty beach on Monday morning.  It was pretty chilly- I don't think it had even hit 70 degrees yet.  But the Held kids joined us for a picnic lunch and they caught four fish in that silly pink bucket!

Later I tired Luna out on a walk (we had already run 3 miles early in the morning) and finally finished my Harry Potter puzzle.


Tuesday was a magical sky day.  I took this picture in the morning around 10am.

Auntie Hanna and Mitchell came over and we walked to the park for play time and lunch!  It was Mitchell's first time in a baby swing and he didn't hate it.

What he LOVED, was watching Callie do silly dance moves.  He thought she was HILARIOUS.


Later that evening, Maya did some reading on the porch...and then magical sky #2 happened... a double rainbow!  You may recall that we also had a lovely rainbow in the sky last week.  We had already put the girls to bed, but I went to get them up to see the rainbow(s) for themselves.

On Wednesday we met Boom downtown for...guess what? Another picnic lunch!  And the girls played at Gold Medal Park and the Commons.

Maya helped Chris start little indoor herb garden.  She also had fun sticking a toy plunger on her forehead...and then yesterday we went shoe shopping and Callie can now shop in the ADULT SHOE SECTION.



Also yesterday... we did a nature hike with Pa (we saw muskrats, egrets, geese, and ducks) and then the girls got very long overdue haircuts.  

We were going to meet G-ma and Pa at the beach for a late afternoon swim, but it was SO CROWDED (like Florida beach crowded), so we didn't feel comfortable staying.  Instead, we came back to the privacy of our backyard and got the pool out.  

This morning I took the girls and neighbor boys up to a local park for a change of scenery. Later we drove to drop some donations off at church and swung by DQ on the way home.

I'll leave you with a few videos from the past week...click here!

Have a great weekend.  

Timehop Tuesday

Here you go!!

In Training and Unlearning Week 3

Good Morning!

Last week I ran 20 miles, so I donated $20 to 

Brown Sister Speak, an organization that helps women of color with mental health and empowerment. 

“ Our Mission is to increase awareness of mental health issues effecting  women of color and the stigmas around them. We educate, empower, and advocate for women of color living with or supporting someone with a mental health condition.”

Have a great day!

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Happy Father’s Day Edition

Happy Sunday!  And Happy Father's Day to all the amazing men in our life...we are so blessed to have so many wonderful guys around us.  

We had a very lovely weekend.  Yesterday morning Cal and I went to take Luna for a nice walk, and then Luna got some playtime with Chris. 

We hosted Deck Dinner #1 last night with Boom, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, Lucy and Mila.  It was a beautiful night and the girls had so much fun playing, as usual.



Today we had a quiet morning (I ran 6 miles before anyone was really awake and about!) and then the four of us went to the cemetery. The girls have only been there a couple times before, and they did a great job being respectful and curious, looking at other grave stones and asking good questions. 

Later, while I was trying to rest, Luna was being EXTRA.

Then we had what was supposed to be Deck Dinner #2, but it turned into Porch Dinner because of thunderstorms!  But it was really fun, regardless of the the crappy weather.  Mitchell was the star of the evening, as per usual.




We got the most adorable cousins picture!

And then the girls with their daddy.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, too.  On to another week of summer!