This has been a pretty swim dominated weekend so far. Friday night Asher and I attended the high school swim meet. His best swim friend is a year older and already in high school, so we went to watch him swim. It made Asher very excited to do HS swim next year!! There is a… Continue reading A swimming weekend and Christmas challenge check-in
Monday night we had a fun family outing. I feel like generally speaking, 2023 is not the year that we are doing "all the holiday fun things". It's just been a weird year with the puppy and the bathroom remodel and the houseguests, yada yada. You all know, if you've been reading along. Plus, we're… Continue reading A fun holiday evening!!
There are officially 12 days until Christmas! I forget now who said it- maybe Jenny? No, I think it was Suzanne- but I 100% agree that the holidays seem to exist in two phases. Phase #1: It's way too early for Christmas music and decorations!! Christmas is so far away yet! Phase #2: Christmas is… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Challenge 2023!
Hello hello! Happy Monday. This was a largely very nice weekend- shockingly "open", for our standards. We had no out of town visitors, Asher did not have swim practice, no one played soccer. The only events were a birthday party Asher attended on Fri night (but the Birthday Mom joyfully both picked him up and… Continue reading Weekend accomplishments/ why don’t I feel relaxed?
#1: Our first real snowfall! And Ethan’s first time driving in the snow. (Photo taken from passenger seat on the way to Ethan’s 7 am McDonald’s shift.) It wasn’t a ton of snow and it was wet, so it really wasn’t very slippery. But we still managed to have an argument (before leaving home) as… Continue reading Sunday scenes: teens driving in snow and teen reading
Thanksgiving 2023 ❤️
Phew, this was a busy day. It went: * 4:55 am wake up * leave home 5:15, Asher to swim by 5:30 am * straight to grocery store by 5:45 am… trying to beat the crowds! It worked. (More on this later but we are doing a sort of phoned in Thanksgiving this year for… Continue reading Busy Pre-Thanksgiving
I got our tree up on Saturday, and we decorated it Sunday night. The boys and I did it- Ivan had an indoor soccer game at 7. (Traditionally the tree decorating has been a “me + the boys” thing. I am not entirely sure why. Occasionally Ivan is there for it, but for some reason… Continue reading Christmas Tree 2023
Halloween is over, so Christmas is somehow on the horizon already. First order of business.... take down my Halloween stuff. Which is all definitely still up, including the orange outdoor lights. Eh, what's the rush. But I am feeling a small sense of urgency to get a move on in the Christmas department, because we… Continue reading Christmas ponderings
I've mentioned every year that I've had this blog how I really don't care for Easter. I won't blab on about it yet again, but the long and the short of it is: I just don't really like Easter. Besides enjoying the religious significance of it (for me), I just don't get whipped up over… Continue reading A fairly “un-enthusiastic Easter” weekend recap
GRATEFUL KAE 