Sunday, September 25, 2016

To .... Recapping Summer -





Several things.
my sister was bald .... till forever.
my mom was clearly in the red & festive spirit.

That has nothing to do with summer.
Moving on.

This is a make-up post for 6 weeks of Summer weeks 4, 5 & 6.
Since it's officially fall now :)

Rex is doing homework at the other end of the table & I keep offering up random bits of conversation. It's not helping ... him .... or his homework.

So he's got his computer & I have mine.
I'm just going to keep crunching ice :)


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The art of the group selfie ... being mastered by the Rodgers kids.



Back when Amie was here & she helped me scrub every wall & ceiling in the house ... right as harvest was starting & way before any crazy clean-everything-before-baby hits.


Cheap summer bouquets & little kids in jammies.


One day when Mom made donuts.


Another day when Chad was totally ready to stay & swim at Grandma's.

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The last bits of swim season ....
I love how Ben's coach found him after his first race at the championship meet & coached him well.
My flip-flop tan ... it's an art :)


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Leftover Toronto & anniversary pictures ....

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We'll call this next section -
I meet famous people .... & wear the same shirt .... & take pictures in bad lighting :)
Amber hunted me down in Toronto & we stayed till way too late at a downtown pizza place .... completely refreshing to meet real life people that are real. Thanks for the effort & the hours together.
Jen Hatmaker .... was also a fun real life meet .... only she doesn't know me from Adam.
Erika, my lovely cousin on the right, while not (yet!) famous is beautiful in very way - xo.

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Let the recorded temperature be listed at wAy-too-hot-for-what-he-chose-to-wear.
gah ... kid. it was 100 plus, yet somehow his logic went like .... I'm wearing my hood so my hair doesn't get messed up.


Grandma's 'church wall'
I was all swoony when they sent it to me ..... like they cared enough to do it on their own .... except for Chad, obviously :)


Random family strolls through town ... with balloon hats.


Summer days/friend days.


Some mornings we cook eggs or blend protein shakes .... or just feed our kids Fruit Loops :)


Some days 2nd grade is too much for Regan & she abandons school for stuffed animals .... who seem to have all endured too much mothering from her, lol!!


When she takes 700 pictures of herself on my phone ....

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Sometimes I still sit & listen to him dry run a sermon to an empty room.
His 'new' job is still amazing to think about as reality.


That wedding he did ....


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No joke & I quote -
'hey Pearl wanna talk?'
'nope'

The next clear choice was to awkwardly stare with either your legs crossed or your thumb in your month.

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School outtakes -




(math was not good today ----> i'm sorry mom)
Thankfully we're learning more than math ....





He's actually learning continents & oceans, but what he's showing me here is where he has determined the pirates live.
because.
hello 4 year old.

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My grandparents house sold this month & after decades it's no longer 'in the family'.
Somehow that was all memory jerking & I stopped at the cemetery ....

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Small slice of harvest life.

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I drove the kids through In n' Out for fries & shakes and asked for 3 cups of ice water for me .....
because.
hello officially 6 months pregnant.

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Instagram's quote of the Sunday ....

 ..... we weren't made to be amazing - we were made for amazement .....

and that's all.