Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Summer fun

We did it! 16 days, 42 hours in the van, 4 states (6 if you count the ones we drove through), 7 houses, 3 sick kids and more tylenol and motrin than we can count. That doesn't quite sum up our trip to visit family and friends in the Midwest from June 18th through July 4th.

Add in lots of fun, laughter, great visiting with friends, fabulous to worship at Eastview again, fun on the farm, collecting chicken eggs, playing with rabbits, feeding fish at Grandma/pa's house, cousins to play with, friends to run wild in the old neighborhood with and don't forget a couple of mornings waking up way too early to drive and getting to eat snacks in the van at 4AM! That gets us a bit closer.

Just a couple of pictures from our travel and visits. May get some more added later, and then again may not!


The Wadhams men!

No you can climb it first!
Norah & Keaton
Emma, Christian & Norah

Now we are back and enjoying the rest of summer. Emma did a science camp and swim lessons, we enjoyed a visit with our old neighbors, Stacia and Christian, from Bloomington. And now it is a lot of hot, hot, hot. Yesterday was the 19th day in a row of triple digit temperatures. There is a chance of cooler weather today..... 99! Thanksfully the neighborhood pools are keeping us cool when outside.


Speaking of pools, I think I am doing pretty well at sticking with the beach house mentality (okay, most of the time!). We definitely have a lot of wet towels and swimsuits laying around, cleaning is only done when absolutely necessary and we are having lots of fun. We are continuing to focus on the fruit of the Spirit. Some days that comes easier than others, but I love to see how the girls are getting it.


In fact, recently while at the store with Steve, Norah witnessed a little one having a tantrum in the toy aisle. She promptly turned to Steve and said "He needs to get some self-control!". Too funny!!


Enjoy the rest of summer, it is going fast! Too fast for this mom!