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On June 28, 2017, Tanner turned 6 years old! Since March, he had been talking about having a Ninja Turtle birthday party with all his friends. We have never done a birthday party with friends, so we were reluctant to let Tanner do it, especially since he doesn’t do very well at big parties. We… Continue reading Tanner is SIX

Grandpa Papa and Grandma Nana came to visit us from June 26-July 2. We had a wonderful time with them. Here are all the highlights. Grandpa made a book about their African safari for the boys. They enjoyed looking at it together.  The grandparents accompanied the boys at their yoga classes, art camp and music… Continue reading Papa and Nana Visit

Okay, before the list, a quick background story.On opening night at Summerset Theater, I was excited to run the stage lights. While sitting in the light booth behind the audience, I watched the ticket holders slowly trickle into the theater. Hey! There’s two of my friends from the Mom group I attend. Cool. Oh! Several… Continue reading You know you've lived in Austin MN for four years when…

The month of June was full of summer fun! We had a primary activity in our backyard as soon as school was let out for summer break. I don’t know if Ive mentioned that I was asked to be the primary president at church back in January. So it was really fun to get all… Continue reading The Summer in June

We had Grandma Z and Grandpa Z come visit us from May 27- June 5. They stayed at our home for a couple days, and then we all drove to Chicago for the rest of their visit. We had a great time together!! They arrived after bedtime on Tuesday evening. Everyone exchanged cards, gifts and… Continue reading Z-parents Visit MN & Chicago

Here’s a few more pictures of family time in May! Family dinner We usually let our boys serve themselves dinner, meaning we let them put the food on their own plates. This simple strategy seems to help them feel more control because they can choose what does and does not get put on their plates,… Continue reading More May Days

Dallin turned four years old on Thursday, May 18, 2017. We had a really fun time enjoying and celebrating him! We spent a few days prior to his birthday working on his birthday service. He decided to make bracelets for all his friends at school. We used piped wire and beads, and we focused on… Continue reading Dallin is Four

 Cinco de mayo dinner Family at the park  Family nature center visit Dinner at Arby’s Both boys pumping on the swings! Seriously life changing. Biking home from work. Family dinner with dallin… Tanner… Daddy… And mommy. Taken at the HHH. Nutty breakfast in bed. First camping trip 2017. Cast iron skillet breakfast. We let him… Continue reading May Days

I had the privilege of performing as a “who” character in Seussical the Musical at Riverland Community College. I got to perform with some friends from the cast of Into the Woods and I got to make friends with a whole new bunch of performers. The cast was 40 people strong and included lots of kids. Rehearsals began in… Continue reading Seussical

We had a wonderful Easter time this year, remembering our Savior’s love and the miracle of new birth and new life that He gives us! On the Sunday before Easter (aka Palm Sunday), we had a special Last Supper dinner and rice krispie sculpting contest. We normally do the last supper dinner on Thursday before… Continue reading Easter 2017