Holiday weekend…..all over the place

This girl is basically back on her feet after surgery.  She’s going to try to move back home tomorrow.  I know she has her own space and her own stuff to do, but I have enjoyed having her around.  I am glad she is feeling better though.  

This family is adapting to Spencer being laid up a little bit.  They seem to be handling things ok.  Spencer says that the brace they put her in is heavy and dragging it around is tiring.  

Easton turned 5 months old.  5 months.  How crazy is that?   He is the happiest little guy and I just can’t get enough of him.  

Evelyn spent part of her first week of vacation traveling to a family reunion with grandma Rachel.  They went to New Orleans.  She seems like she had fun!  She got back this evening.  I can’t wait to hear her stories. Wrenley didn’t get to go on vacation, but she did get to go fishing with her dad, and then go fishing and out to dinner with her dad and poppy.  She caught a monster carp too!   

The garage swing is a hit.  I was told the carrots he had for dinner were not a hit!   

I enjoyed the extra day off.  I probably should have paused a little bit on Memorial Day to honor the people who earned this day for us, but I didn’t.   I did work my rump off though.  And so did Jim. I got a lot planted in the garden.  Jim and I built another raised bed.  I managed to do some work at the end of the driveway.  I forced mallory and Harper to leave the house and go to the farmers market in town.  And then I bought nothing.  But it was fun to go anyway. Saige spent the day at the city pool with a friend.  

 

Saige had ball practice yesterday.  I told Madison I would go water the fairground flowers since it is their week but I was already going to be there with time to kill.  When I planted the plants up there, they were not blooming yet.  I was shocked to find that one of the petunias is black!   I absolutely think it is the most beautiful petunia I have ever seen. I had purchased some flowers from the same sale and am sad that I didn’t end up with this one in my yard!  Next year I will pay more attention.  Heck I may even try digging it up at the end of the season - I could winter it in my office!  

Cameron and Tatum had a bbq and swam in her complex pool.  He made Tony grills out of brownie bites.  They turned out so cute!   Good job Cameron!  

Preston and Sunny flew in from Hawaii, packed up their cars and took off towards summer internships.  Preston is back in Tulsa for the summer.  Sunny is back in Springfield.  Preston stopped in for dinner and a haircut in his way.  It was great to see him for a few minutes.  

We had a fun weekend.  They always go by too fast.  Three day ones are no exception. This week is busy but fun. Roll on summer.  

Summer!!!

Yesterday, we finished up the 2025-26 school year.  And while I am sad to say time is flying by too fast, I would never be sad about the arrival of summer! 

And just like you’re supposed to, we spent our first summer evening at the ballpark.  Although, if I’m at the ballpark I would prefer not needing pants, warm socks and a coat!  

This girl got accepted to preschool for next year.  She is pretty excited!  To celebrate, she ate her weight in concessions!  She did share - although aunt Bubba didn’t seem overly excited about the wet, sort of dirty cotton candy! 

It was pretty cold.  Evelyn played well, but her team didn’t win.

She did get a couple of hits, but they were foul. 

Other updates- Preston and Sunny made it safely to Hawaii!  I can’t wait to hear more about their trip. 

Colin is teaching Easton that when storms roll in, you should watch from the garage like a good red blooded Kansan.  Spencer got rough news about her knee. She has a tibia plateau fracture.  Not the news we were hoping for.  Waiting to see if she will need surgery. 

Saige of course finished 8th grade.  And Harper finished her sophomore year.  It is weird how fast my babies grew up!  They both had good years despite a whole lot of drama from the school district as a whole.  It is sometimes  hard to stay positive.  The girls worked hard and kept their grades up.  They both make me very proud. 

Mallory had her gall bladder successfully removed.  She’s getting around pretty well, following doctor orders and working hard to feel better.   We are looking forward to having her back running correctly.   Jim is having a colonoscopy this morning, so she is being cared for by expert level nursing staff Harper.  

Evelyn finished first grade!  How in the world?   So fast.  

I finished my 10th year in bus world. As buses go, I had a lot of really good kids this year and it wasn’t a bad year at all!  Always happy to park it for a while though.  Keeping kids safe and super early mornings with regimented schedules need a break.  I am supposed to do some driving for the nursing home this summer. I guess we will see how that pans out. With the price of gas being what it is, I’m not sure how many activities they will want to do. 

For now, we are just planning to embrace each day as it comes and squeeze out some joy and family time where we can. 

 

grad vibes

First of all….milestone moment.  Easton started eating green beans.  He likes them more than that rotten old bland cereal they had been trying to feed him.  

Jim, Amy and I trudged out to Manhattan to watch Emma-Kate graduate from KSU!   Any day in Manhattan is a good day….but this is a pretty proud one as well!  EK graduated magna cum laude with a degree in animal science.  She has been accepted into the Veterinary program for next fall. We are so proud of her!  

Cameron attended a funky town party. He wore the mushroom shirt I found for him.  It’s a great shirt!

 

Busy but fun weekend.  Only 2 more days of school.  Let’s finish her up!