Timehop Tuesday: Happy Birthday Maya Leigh!!!

This girl is 11 today!!!!

Her energy, wit, humor, sweetness and smiles keep me going and on my toes every day!

So of course, the Timehop is all about our birthday girl. 

Happy birthday Maya! We love you!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey all!  Happy Sunday.  We had 2 big events this weekend.

Yesterday we went to the Twins game!  Chris got tickets through work and it was a lovely night for a ball game.  Our seats were straight across from the Ford Center, a building where my dad had an office for awhile.

This morning Maya and I went out early(ish) for our training run and I took her to my fave wooden bridge.  We got to 2.25 miles and she did great.  We use an interval timer to run 4 minutes and walk 1 minute over and over and it makes it more palatable for her to get the mileage done.  

Then it was time to prepare for her birthday party! I ordered custom cookies again (remember Callie's T-Swift birthday cookies?) from Chris' cousin Beth.  Maya's chosen party theme was DOGS and Beth did an amazing job!


Party time arrived and THANKFULLY there were no thunderstorms (though it rained a lot earlier in the day) so the kids were able to do the Slip 'n' Slide!


Then it was time to move inside for a rousing game of POOP BINGO!

Of course, we had a taco bar for dinner.

And then Maya opened gifts- so many cool arty dog themed presents!

The grand finale was her playing the "Happy Birthday" song on the flute with Boom accompanying her on the Autoharp, and then the cookies!

Click here for some of the slip 'n' slide action and then, of course, the lovely performance.

All in all it was a fun weekend and now we gear up for more birthday celebrations as the big day is coming up on TUESDAY!

A Picture Update: Summer Week 6

Happy Friday!! We had a fun week.

On Monday G-ma took me, Hanna and Cat out for an awesome dinner! 

We enjoyed walking around the grounds and seeing the lovely sunset after our meal.


Here are some scenes from Tuesday and Wednesday: kennel buddies, the pool, a Lynx game and hanging with Mila! 

On Thursday Boom took Maya to MOA, and later we enjoyed some reading on the porch and pickleball before picking Callie up from work…who spent her tip money on a Bundt cake!

This morning the girls and I went to Hastings to tour the LeDuc mansion- a civil war era historical home. 

I’ll leave you with a current photo one of our pots- the dahlias have exploded and are so lovely! 


Have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday

First up, Maya!

And then me and Cal…😭

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday! 

We had a nice weekend. Maya and Chris did a lot of work outside, Maya entertained Pa, Max, Callie and me with some charades, and Boom played her flute at church.

Our big outing of the weekend was going boating with our friends Nik and Danielle after Callie’s work shift today! 

Chris, Callie and Maya all did some tubing and had a blast.

It was such a perfect afternoon/evening to be out on the lake!

Click here for some July videos, including a bunch of crazy tubing.

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update: Summer Week 5

Summer is halfway done!

On Monday the girls went to help Auntie Cat clean out all her boundary waters gear. Then we tried to go to the pool, had to exit the water for 45 minutes for severe weather, but was able to go back in. 

On Tuesday we tried to go again, and before we could even take a dip, severe weather showed up and stayed (in POURED) so we left. And then Maya had gymnastics!

Wednesday was a chill day at home, making banana bread and then visiting Callie at work before eating dinner and reading on the porch.

Today we finally had a nice day at the pool while Maya hung out with Boom!

Have a good weekend! 

Timehop Tuesday

I just have one sweet Timehop today- Maya and her Luna obsession: