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  • Party in the Park

    Skyler’s second birthday (I feel like I JUST posted photos from her first birthday – crazy!). This post will be short on words, but long on pictures! Cooper, my parents labrador, joined us for the party. Exploring the park with Granny Blowin’ out the candle (with Daddy’s help!) Sharing cake with Gramma Oswald, and then…

  • Magic Spell

    This is the smile of someone who knows how to get what she wants. Even with oatmeal in her hair.

  • My Goofballs

  • Deanna Rose Farmstead

    A week ago Skyler and I met my good friend Amy and her kids at Deanna Rose Farmstead, a wonderfully free park/zoo in Overland Park. This place is pretty amazing. I had heard a lot about it, but was still surprised how big it was. You could spend all day there with kids and keep…

  • Spaghetti, Shirts, and Slides

    Skyler’s gaining so much independence these days. During meals, she will no longer allow anyone to feed her non-finger foods anymore. So I’ve pulled out all my patience and mess-tolerance and handed her a fork and spoon with her meals, like yogurt and spaghetti. I wish she didn’t love spaghetti so much! It’s a guaranteed…

  • All in One

    Since I can barely keep up, I’m going to just throw a bunch of stuff together in this post! And while I am still working on the video from Rockfest last week, I’ve got lots of new photos to post. Here goes – Mulberries! When we bought this house a little over 3 years ago,…

  • Happy Anniversary!

  • Good Friends, Good Food, Good Fun!

    Yesterday we hosted a rather impromptu cookout with some friends & their kiddos. Just the day before, Ronnie had mentioned wanting to get the smoker out and put it to use, so we called a few friends and invited them over, hoping they didn’t already have big weekend plans. And, it happened to workout! Ronnie…

  • Happy Thoughts

    I finally have my house back. Minus one broken window pane – I mean I guess the boy couldn’t just move out without first doing some damage to the room we let him stay in for the last 22 months. It’s not that long of a story but I’m a little too irate to go…

  • Annual Mother’s Day Picnic

    Every year on Mother’s Day we head to Antioch Park for a picnic. Some years we’ve done breakfast, but most year, we grill out hamburgers & hot dogs. This year was especially fun now that Skyler could run around and play. She is obsessed with “outsee”, so the park was a total hit. We didn’t…