Nate had to work this Father's Day but we wanted to make sure that he realized how much we appreciate him.  The kids and I turned the house into a "fancy restaurant".  We prepared Nate's favorite dinner and desert and stayed up late to eat and spend time with him.  He was very surprised and loved ou…

We could tell that we were having a visitor outside our home.  We thought maybe it was a chipmunk, racoon, opposum.  We were wrong we had a bear!  Nate walked out of the house and nearly hit the back of the bear with the door.  He climbed up our tree and Nate and I watched him as he went into the woods and down t…

There are days where it is hard for me to know exactly what I did with my day.  Time flies by and we go from breakfast to bedtime in a blink of an eye.  I know I did things, lot of things, but often the first words I find myself telling people about my day is "I did laundry, dishes, washed the floor, dusted, sch…

We had a great time celebrating Nate's birthday.  We opened gifts, went to the employee only Nike store and buffalo wild wings.  We had a ton of fun celebrating a man who means so much to this family! The kids painted rocks and pictures for Nate for his birthday.  Their theme was our dad "rocks&qu…

Nate and I have been taking the kids to Children's Museums since Trent was a very tiny tot.  We love museums where the rules are to have fun, be noisy and touch everything.  We were excited to try out a new local museum and the kids (and grownups) had a great time!!!!