Family Reunion Family photos

Door County Family Reunion

We had a lovely family reunion (about a month ago) in Door county. It was wonderful seeing all of my siblings and their spouses and my parents and my niece and nephews for a week straight!

Walking around the ferry

Picnic on Washington Island

Boys climbing on weapons

On our day when my parents took care of the kids, the adults went mini-golfing

And go karting

We had breakfast at Al Johnsons, too early for their to be goats, but seeing the roof mowed was almost as cool

This was Hunter's hot chocolate- holy whipped cream!!!

Sawyer shared his cream with Rosie

Our table

The boys created a obstacle for the bikers on the hiking trail- jk!

My brother is a monkey

I just love her look of love and admiration for Sawyer

Lake Michigan day

Fun finger painting

Rosie really got into it!

Spy training course

Sword fighting

Liebe!

Our Kindt family tradition

I miss my family, we had a lovely time!

Living in a House

I love living in our house! It is wonderful to be property owners, have space to spread out and finally have a reason to make a space my own.
However, there are so many projects! I often feel like I rarely have time to do things I just want to change because so many things just come up that have to be done. (Not that I'm super good at either category)

We had to buy large appliances! And then put the children in the boxes!

Slightly unrelated, but our microwave has an awesome face inside of it.

So we have rocks all around our house (which will be mulch or gardens someday), but grass had grown into the rocks probably a good foot for nearly the entire perimeter of the house. So I have been doing a lot of weeding.

This for example, we had no idea about. Our first few mowings went right up to the pole and then one day I noticed the piping and investigated.

There used to be a big old juniper bush here. I removed it. Fortunately, too, because the next week our well needed maintenance. A few other bushes are on my hit list before the summer is over.

Ken fixed a burst pipe on this bit of our sprinkler system.

I planted some herbs. Some died. And then the rabbits got to the rest. But the mint is alive. Thank heavens for the weed-like properties of mint. I might have a breakdown over a black thumb if my mint gave out on me!

We mow our lawn. Every week. It takes forever.

I removed the border around this room. It was like this before, but all that is left is this:

We've got paint chips up all over the house. Ken and I agree on colors, but not on a timeline. But I am very persuasive!

Our maroon kitchen will be yellow (Citrus or flame yellow)

The craft room will be the middle one on the bottom.

Our room will either be Zinfandel or Gala Ball (some of the darker shades)
Unpictured, but we are also working on colors for our front door and guest room (currently beige and lime green, respectively)

Seriously, my to do list is four pages long and I'm pretty lazy. So this should all get done around the time Jared is in high school, if I'm lucky.

Bubble Bath

4th of July

Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Peter came!

We had a lovely day at the Indiana dunes. It was hot, but not scorching. We got there early and as we left the line to get into the park was crazy long!

Rosie was just so content to sit at the edge of the water and dig.

Even Peter had fun!

Sunburst 10k

 I'm still running! Last month I ran another race...

 My training buddy

 The ladies

Our running group! Together for the whole race!

The Funny Things Jared Says

I love this age with Jared. We can have great conversations, but yet he gets enough mixed up to keep it interesting!

At our apartment, he referred to our balcony as the "airporch."

Plain yogurt is "yogurt as smooth as a river." I have no idea why.

A few weeks ago, I was walking with him to primary and he wouldn't hold my hand. He told me, "Mom, you can just watch me." And then he proceeded to walk 5 ft ahead of me.

He warns Ken extensively before he leaves to go anywhere- "Dad, be safe and careful. And don't drive to fast. Don't be dangerous and be safe and careful. And don't be gone forever." And in the car he is constantly telling me to slow down.

Ken told him that sometime he would get him a ice cream cone that had been dipped in chocolate- like a chocolate shell. Jared replied, "Ew, yuck. I don't eat beach shells. They're not food." We could not convince him that a chocolate shell was delicious.

Since he is not allowed to watch TV or movies (usually) until Rosie is napping in the afternoon, he has begun suggesting a nap for her starting around 9 in the morning.

He sometimes won't dance because he only thinks that married people can dance. And he is not married yet, so don't ask him.

He is obsessed with the word powerful. He can open heavy doors because he is so powerful!

Whenever we go by the patio furniture section at a department store, he says, "Mom, it looks like the beach!" And then he has to lounge for a bit.

The past is "last year" and the future is "tomorrow."

Occasionally, he accidentally calls nectarines "submarines."

When he does something a bit dangerous, he yells, "Mom, I'm not hurt or bleeding!"