“Insta”-replay: June, a little of everything

The second half of the month flew by, I’ve been mostly focused on my school, with midterms and all.  But we’ve managed to squeeze in some family fun.

Tennis continues to be the thing we are all equally bad at.  But it’s fun to learn together as a family.

Girls had their end of year recital.  I enjoyed being a class mom and just hanging out with Merry.

Both girls continue to love dance and are already looking forward to next year!

We tried some Japanese sodas with glass marble stoppers. Neither child is a big fan of carbonated beverages but the novelty made them worth it.

Merry had a project idea, to make a niffler habitat.  She learned about paper mache, sculpting clay, and hot glueing. 

Her finished project was so cute, I convinced her to let it stay if the front room, at least for a while.

So that’s how we began our official summer. Hope you are enjoying time for relaxing and creating!

“Insta”-replay: a good start to the summer

We have reached the halfway point in June, 

We started the month, and our summer, with a road trip with Grandma! It was a quick trip but we managed to squeeze in lots of fun.

Kezi and I had fun taking pictures.  I was the mean aunt who told her she should eat her hamburger but she didn’t mind, or listen.

We saw the cousins dance.  It was the highlight of our trip!

After we returned from the trip we reinstated family game night.  Nerts is harder to teach when the kids didn’t know how to play solitaire.  So they learned two new games.

I’m taking summer classes, so I’ve been working on finding a nice quiet place to study.  I ended up clearing my vanity, which works great!

In our attempt to stay active and take advantage of being in town we are kinda learning tennis.  Right now most of our knowledge is coming from you tube videos.

And Charry is still finishing up school! She has one more test, which she’ll take later today, and then she’ll be done until next year!

The next few weeks should be busy ones for us, full of fun summer activities!

“Insta”-replay- so May, that was a thing

Somehow May came and went without a blog post... It’s almost like I was so busy finishing up the school year that I ignored the internet.  We did stuff, I took pictures, and now (a bit late) I will share them. But in reverse order (because I uploaded them wrong and I don’t want to take the time to re-upload, sorry)

Merry finished school just as the month was finishing.  I think she was eager to get to summer break!

End of year recital is coming! I’m excited to see my girls dance!

May had some beautiful sunny spring days.  So I made the girls play outside, they quickly found the shade.

We are trying take advantage of community events, like the firemen’s pancake feed.

And we are exploring the community a bit more, like visiting the historic Brown house, which happens to be across the street from us.

Robert and Mearen were in town for a weekend so we enjoyed a little time with the little cousin.

Big events in May included: Engineering Day at OSU.  I had to navigate the campus with out Jon’s help since he had work.  Luckily there was a map online and most buildings were clearly labeled.

Mother’s Day was another big event. Nothing says I’m a mom like buying myself an American Girl doll that I have wanted since I was 10.

And of course the biggest event, May the fourth! It was extra fun to have Toby and Odin visiting and to be able to go to the event at our local library!

So that was May, I hope the month was fun for you all as well.

“Insta”-replay: the rest of April

I’m getting less creative with my blog post titles, but at least you can’t accuse me of click bate.  April showers have definitely brought us some May flowers, but what else did April bring?

It brought Merry a certificate of merit for her excellent job on the national Latin exam!  This was her first big exam and she did great! 

It brought Grandma Jackie a colorful cast, which we of course signed! Instead of her coming over to our house once a week for breakfast, we have been going over to her house.  But I’m sure she is looking forward to when she can visit again.

It brought realization that Merry isn’t quite the little girl I usually think of her as.  She can even wear adult sized shirts, extra smalls, and plays video games like a pro.  It won’t be long before she can beat me.

It brought culture.  We thoroughly enjoyed hearing the second and third parts of Handel’s Messiah at the Elsinore.  It is always fun to hear my mom and Bill sing with the Salem Festival Chorale. 

And last but not least, it brought cousins! It was so nice to have them visit from Idaho and to have someone to watch Avengers with us!

So that was what April brought us, I hope it brought you good memories as well!

“Insta”-replay, wait... it’s April already?

So the month is half over and I barely noticed it started, whoops.

Easter being on April fools day was amusing to us. Also amusing to me was how different my kids are. Charry picked out a blue and black out fit (which looked beautiful.)

Merry wore pink and white... with bunny ears.

Other notable happenings, Jon and I accidentally matched. We both wore science themed outfits. 

Merry still likes using the spelling tile board. 

Charry is suffering through math with Mom on a whiteboard.

And I went to women’s retreat and took a random picture with pikachu.

As you can see April is filling up quickly!

“Insta”-replay: signs of spring

The calendar says it is spring but the weather seems unsure.

We do have some ducks in the stream by our house. So that’s one point for spring.

But then it was cold enough for snow, so that was a point against it.  But the cold weather did inspire my kids to help with dinner so I guess spring or not I can’t complain.

That was are week, hope your spring is equally enjoyable.

“Insta”-replay, remembering to use my camera

It seems like sometimes moments go by so quickly that if you don’t stop to take a picture you won’t even remember it happened.  That’s how this week went, quick, very quick!

Charry learned about volcanoes in geography and the book recommended opening a shaken can of soda to learn about the pressure build up.  She was not very eager to try it, unlike me, I thought it was a great idea.

My science class is much more tame.  I learned about ph levels with boiled cabbage water.  Although I must admit it was pretty cool to watch the liquid go from purple to blue or pink.

Besides school we have been busy with many other activities, like seeing a movie with Aunt Katie.

And going to lunch with Grandma Kelly, she had the day off so we decided to skip school for the day so we could hangout.


We also had family fun celebrating pi day (3.14). Any excuse for pi is a good excuse!

And we are customizing our own sets of dice for tenzies! The girls are much more creative than I was, they are even using metallic sharpies to color in the pips.

So those were some of the fun memories I managed to capture this week! I hope your week is memorable as well!