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water park
We started the morning with Olivia's first tennis lesson. She's been asking to play tennis since last summer, so she has been counting down the days for weeks. It has been raining a lot lately so they had to have it in the gym since the
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strawberry picking
While we're home we have a bucket list of things we want to do this summer - amusement park, water park, strawberry picking, blueberry picking, etc. This weekend we checked the first one off our list - strawberry picking. ✅ The place where we pick also has a small
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around the house
Sadly, the bird nest is no more. Braden texted me this photo of a female cowbird in the nest. Fun fact - female cowbirds lay their eggs in other bird's nests. First they knock one of the eggs out, then they damage one or more of the other
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throwback thursday (june 22, 2022)
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we're back
You know when you go on vacation and come back to your house that has been empty for a while? Multiply that times three months. It was very, very strange walking into the house. But by the first night we were all settled back in. I walked into Emma'
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throwback thursday (june 15, 2022)
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we made it!
We were so excited when we boarded the plane! Soon after they made an announcement that we were waiting on the pilot and they weren't even sure if he was legal to fly since he was coming off another flight. Luckily everything was all good and we were
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farewell grenada
Lots of work goes into leaving a boat for an extended amount of time - filling tanks, flushing toilets, washing and vacuum sealing clothes/sheets/towels, propping up mattresses. The check list goes on and on. It took us several days, but I think we got it all done. We&
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thowback thursday (june 8, 2022)
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yesterday was a long day
Yesterday was Emma's turn... she got to see her 4th grade class! She was so excited and couldn't stop talking about seeing her teacher and her class. One of the hardest things for the girls has been leaving their friends. I'm so, so happy
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haul out day
Today was a big day... Olivia started the morning as a surprise special guest for her 1st grade class! She got all dressed up with a headband, lip gloss and a dress she got here in Grenada. Braden and I joked this morning was the most she's brushed