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Rachel had a day off of school today, so my co-teacher and I decided to take our kids apple picking.  Today was Honeycrisp day, and I knew i...

First day of preschool!! She's so excited.  It's my first day, too (no, I didn't take a first day of school picture of myself). ...

We've been talking about it for close to a year....  Moving Rebecca out of her room, which is our tiniest bedroom, and only ever meant t...

A week in to third grade at a new school, Rachel comes home from school every day and says school was, "Great!"  She's loving ...

First day of school here....lots of firsts. First day of Third Grade.   First day at a new school. (This is a picture of her new school...

Last week my husband was gone on a missions trip in Honduras, so my parents came down to help me out with the girls for the week.   One even...

On Fridays this summer I've been watching Rachel's friends, Taylor and Ali.  I try to take them somewhere to help break up the long ...

Another summer, another garage sale/lemonade stand.... This time the two girls I watch on Fridays were here to help Rachel with her lemonade...

We made our yearly visit to see our good friends, Allecia, Kaden, and Marin this week.  We talked about maybe meeting somewhere new this yea...

Last week was a busy week at our house.  It was VBS week, which is a highlight of the summer for my girls, and to add to the excitement, I a...

In the last few years our metroparks (we have a great metro parks system) has introduced something called "Natural Play Areas" in ...

I don't have a whole lot in the way of pictures, because I didn't have a camera on this trip--my husband took the camera on his trip...

13 years ago today it was a hot day much like today is supposed to be.  In an un-airconditioned church.   But I was one happy girl. We celeb...

This week is Rachel's week at Girl Scout day camp.  She loves it, and has even met a couple of girls who will be at her new school in th...

This summer Rachel is playing catch up on some things most kids her age seem to be already able to do.  First was bike riding.  It's now...

For two years Rachel has wanted to ride her bike without training wheels.  Every time we'd try to take them off and teach her, she'd...

Here are the pictures from Rebecca's birthday celebrations. On Memorial Day (the day before her birthday) we headed up to see our neph...