Saturday, August 25, 2012

Visitors from Kuwait

My parents and younger brother were visiting last week and I loved every single minute with them. I usually see my parents once *maybe twice* a year so to get nearly an entire week with them was pretty awesome. The boys loved the company of their grandparents and uncle and I definitely took advantage of having some extra adults around to run errands kid-free.

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We bowled...

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And ate pizza.

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Jammed with Uncle Danny...

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LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of wrestling.

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Danny stole my camera and took funny pictures of the boys...

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Baba and Uncle Danny cheered Booker on at the Splash and Dash...

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And even helped him cross the finish line.

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Asher was sick with an ear infection and a 104 degree fever, poor kid. I swear he's usually not that fussy, mom and dad.

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Baba was king at making cool play-doh creations...

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And took time to dance with Asher while watching The Last Waltz.

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We made a quick trip up to Prescott to celebrate Amara's second birthday...

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Hello Kitty style of course!

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Thanks for taking the time to visit us! Missing you guys already. 

Booker's 6th Birthday

Booker had a birthday weeks ago! And I'm only now getting around to blogging about it.
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 I sent a happy six year old boy off to school in the morning and got a call from the school nurse later that afternoon. Booker had a migraine and threw up all over himself. On his birthday all of days. I brought him home and after a quick nap, he recovered pretty quickly. Enough to open some presents and eat some birthday cake oreos.

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And try out his new gifts... 

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A few days later we had a birthday pool party with his neighborhood friends. 
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(With a super UGLY Harry Potter cake from Walmart. He loved it.)

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Happy birthday Booker! Now please stop growing up so fast.


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Back to School

I can't believe it's back-to-school time already. I blinked and summer was over. How can I possibly be old enough to have a first grader?

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Or a Joy Schooler/Preschooler?

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(Who was very excited to show off his sitting rug, if you couldn't tell.)

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Booker's first day of first grade went much smoother than his first day of kindergarten. He was excited to know many kids in class and came home to report that "first graders are very busy, even busier than you, mom." Which isn't hard to do since I've been incredibly unmotivated lately. I've been suffering from a summer hangover and I just can't muster up the energy to get anything done. I'm hoping that my parents' visit next week will be just what I need to get out of this funk. 

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Mobile Upload Update June-Present

It's been awhile since I've done a mobile upload update. According to my phone, this is what's happened in the last few months...

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I went to Rochester...

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And visited the Sacred Grove while taking wedding shots...

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Booker wrote me a note while I was gone...

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We celebrated the 4th...

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I took these lovely ladies to Girls' Camp...

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The monsoon did some crazy things around the neighborhood...

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And even downtown...

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Ike saw the Taj Mahal at Legoland...

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And wore his "wetsuit" at the beach...

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Asher was utterly exhausted at the end of each beach day...

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All of us were utterly exhausted after back-to-school shopping...

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Booker got a haircut...

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We had a neighborhood Olympics Party...

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And a glow stick pool party...

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Migraines ensued...

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First day of school...

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7th anniversary celebrated!

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More monsoons...

SUMMER!?! Where did you go?