Skip to main content

July Weekends

Last week Brynn wrapped up her Zookeeper program at the zoo. She was able to snap a few pics during the day, but last year the zoo actually uploaded photos that they had taken of the junior zookeepers and shared them on Google Drive. So, I was hoping for that again this year, but haven't seen anything.

 Last weekend we went up for a visit at Uncle John and Auntie Christel's. Grandpa and Grandma came up to spend the weekend too. Auntie had gotten some canvases for the girls to paint, so they had a blast with that.


Saturday morning we girls all got our nails done.


It was great weather for swimming so we took full advantage of the pool.

We don't even use our beloved cherry pitter any longer, after Clara informed me she can do it herself! 


Clara swam the most, of course. ;-)


Mickey loves. 

I finally got around to making a rhubarb (and strawberry) crisp. I'm the only one to likes it, so I am single-handedly making my way through this pan of it. It turned out really good, though.

Bedtime story time. I use 'bedtime' loosely here as summer = no set bedtime. 

Brynn has been busy making bracelets out of Grandma Darlene's beads. 💜


This past weekend we were able to have the Petersens over to Dana's parents' cabin and had a good time together as always. 


I have a new tubing buddy! Clara wanted to try it, so we hooked up our tube and Dana pulled us with his parents' pontoon. She loved it, but both of our arms got tired after a while. 



Clara stayed behind at the lake for a few extra days and comes back home tomorrow. Holly sent me this pic of her with Blair who is the daughter of a family friend who used to baby-sit Brynn when she was younger. She looks so cute and little next to Clara!


Comments

Tessa said…
Fun! Hi to the Petersens! I would like to commission a Simpsons painting, please!
July 28, 2021 at 10:04 AM
Amanda Lamm said…
Oh my gosh, so much fun! Congratulations, Mickey looks less murderous!

Love,
A : )
July 28, 2021 at 11:23 AM
Brynnie said…
Yay! Christel and Johns house was a lot of fun! Can’t wait to go back next summer!
July 28, 2021 at 3:19 PM
Brynnie said…
Also, Tessa, I can paint you a Simpson. :)
July 28, 2021 at 3:22 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fourth of July 2025

We were able to spend the Fourth at Tamarac again this year, with my sister and her family.  We arrived just in time for Brynn to change into her tennis outfit for the boat parade float. Their theme was sports this year. Clara and Oliver caught candy from the dock. This was the first Fourth of July holiday spent at my sister and Chad's own cabin on the same lake that Chad's parents have their cabin. Clara brought my mom one of her favs, Tootsie Roll. We were also celebrating Mom's freedom this holiday...from working on the Fourth! For the past how many years, Mom has had to work the Fourth of July parade back home in Carrington. However, this year as she is preparing to retire and training in her replacement, she gave the parade reins to her successor. It was great to have both Mom and Dad spend the Fourth with all of us together. It was just like old times when we all gathered at Terry and Wanda's for lunch though. I made a new recipe for dessert: red, white and blue c...
1 comment
Read more

Halloween 2025

Happy Halloween! We did trick-or-treating at my office again and celebrated National Cat Day a couple of days late. Unicorn making magic happen! The kids and Freddy. We got a little bit of a late start around 7:30. We went to a neighborhood near the high school where several of Clara's friends live. We stopped at Micah's house to say hi and another schoolmate happened to be over as well. We got to visiting too long and by the time we headed back out, some houses either had run out of candy (including Micah's, where they went through 600 pieces his mom said) or were already done for the night. But, we still got around to several. It had just gotten done raining and the wind was cold, so I didn't care to be out too long myself. Clara asked to have another post-Halloween party this year and Brynn planned and executed the whole thing. One of our fav parts was the missing children posters which were all the guests. Green Army Man, Clara Barton, Luna Lovegood (from Harry Pott...
Post a Comment
Read more

Christmas 2025/New Years 2026

Christmas gift wrapping shenanigans: Keeping Brynn company while she wraps all of our Christmas gifts. Brynn and I couldn't help but peek at the 150 Famous Poems book we gave to Clara. So many good ones. Getting into the holiday spirit at Courts Plus. Ha! Christmas eve brunch. Clara's gingerbread house contest strategy notes. Contestants were allowed 20 minutes to shop for their houses at Wal-mart. We left ourselves little time to get ready for the 3:00 Christmas eve service at our church. But, we made it and thankfully didn't have to sit in the overflow area in the chapel! It was a beautiful service. We had bit more time in between church and when we planned to leave for Tessa's, so I mixed up my eggnog and we got the car packed. Tessa's family hosted Christmas eve at their lake home. We had a great mix of people to play a game of Mind the Gap. Getting cookies ready for Santa. Clara got Dana and me up around 7:30 and we watched her open her stocking. I think Dana a...
2 comments
Read more