Our Life

Saturday, July 13, 2024

June 2024

Leila at work, she was manning the organ this day.

Jer took Henry, Stella, and Eleanor to visit her before picking her up from work.

Leila decided she wanted to get her ears pierced!

Leila helped me put up a bulletin board in my office and we filled it with art that the kids had made.

First camping trip of the summer - CranHill!

We had a fire every night and didn't purchase any firewood, we scavenged from the woods.

Papa making breakfast the first morning

Leila & Norah

Time for games and reading!

Papa swinging logs around to break them into smaller pieces for the fire pit

Everyone enjoying supper

Henry, Leila, Zoe, Stella, Greta, Paige - rock climbing

Archery - Stella, Zoe, Irene

Can you feel how cold they are?

Rich sent along a hollow log to burn, Lindsey added a color packet inside of it

More rock climbing

More archery

Slingshots

Our tie dye shirts

Hunting for frogs

Papa and the kids going on the wagon ride

Last fire, making it a big one

Henry and Ian at Hope soccer camp

EV - MI Adventure

Henry, Stella, and I did the Thunderhawk, Henry and I rode it twice.

This one is so much fun.

Tilt-a-whirl is probably their favorite ride

Henry, Stella, and I did the back row of the Seadragon!

It rained quite a bit, but we made the most of it.

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Personality Post 2024

Here is the link to last year's post.

Every year I try to write a bit about each of the kids without looking at the previous years' post until after I finish writing it.

Leila Grace is continuing to grow more and more into herself. I love seeing who that is. She is kind and thoughtful. She enjoys creating new hairstyles and trying new things with hair, makeup, bath products, and nail products. Just experimenting and seeing what creativity is sparked. She is very intelligent and enjoys playing games, reading, listening to music, and hanging out with friends. She enjoys dutch dancing and stage crew.

Stella Joy is so full of energy and enthusiasm. She continues to bring us joy and loves to play tennis, hang out with her friends, read, and watch movies and TV shows. She is caring and thoughtful, shows gratitude and is growing more fully into herself. She is very creative and smart.

Henry Jay is an easygoing kid. He is smart, sensitive, and kind. He likes to play soccer and run around. He enjoys playing sports with his friends at recess and making origami, drawing, and any type of art. He is considering retiring his mohawk before he starts middle school next year.