My Cup Overflows

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Friday, July 18, 2014

Letters from Camp.

Opened in haste.

I miss her soooooo much!

So, yes, it's midsummer already, and we are just now getting our act together. Joe and I have been planning on getting the kids on some kind of summer schedule so as not to waste away these summer months with just, you know...staring at each other. Much of our summer mornings have been spent that way.

Literally. I mean actually staring at each other. Literally.

So here is our cure:

Ok, so I'm a tad bit proud to show off my little clipboards. And I used my laminator for the first time ever! I knew I was gonna love that thing. So voila! A dry-erase check list that would make Monica Gellar proud. So much fun for me. Haha!

Every morning starts with a little Wall Sit. Somehow I forgot to put Burpees on the list. And since the list is laminated and all, I guess they just got lucky. There's so much to learn!

In other news, I just put in a huuuge order for school uniforms. Where does the time go??!

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Throwback Thursday

My sweet Kayte is off at camp this week, and we miss her very much.

So in her honor, this pic, as a little preschooler. So precious.

Father's Day!

Our favorite guy!

The kids were at the ocean leading up to Joe's big day, so I called them to get gift ideas for Joe and all four of them had very specific ideas for what they wanted to give their dad. There was no hem-ing or ha-ing.

Ben: Ninjago legos. Of course.

Kayte & Sara: The American Girl Dad & Me book. (This one is quite clever, and has lots of dad-daughter activities. Highly recommend.) I was thrilled to find the last copy at Hastings the day before Father's Day!

Will: Milk Duds. Definitely.

I surprised him with delivery of his new-to-him truck, licensed, registered, and insured! We didn't think we'd get it in time but we did! And weren't we glad! The weather was kind of gloomy that Sunday, so we piled the bikes (and a kid) into the back of the truck and went down to the trail for a bike ride. We have never ever done that as a family and it was so fun!! There are benefits, too, to letting our kids grow up a little :)

Happy Father's Day, Joe. You are the best. I love you :)

End of the Year Violin Recital

Kayte and Will and Sara had a recital to celebrate all of their accomplishments from the last year...it was so fun to watch them, and I cannot believe they are becoming little violinists! So fun!

Waiting to get started :)

Pretty Sara :)

Last DAY of SCHOOL! ...and kindergarten grad :)

My little cuties, headed out the door!

Ben, on graduation day. I recently read a Matt Walsh blogpost about how ridiculous graduations are, unless they are for at least high school. And while I like to agree with the guy about a lot of the things he spouts off about, I'd like to point out that he has never attended one of my mom's kindergarten graduations. It was sweet and inspiring and challenging, and it has made me cry every year for the past decade, Casebolt kid or not.

So bring on the Pomp!

Oh yes, I love cheesy graduation cakes!!

Cutest little kindergartener in the world!

Seriously, can you beat this? :)

Celebrating with Hudson :)

Such a handsome pair!

Congrats Ben! I cannot believe you are a first grader!!!

Greek Goddesses

I love this pic of my beautiful Kayte. They had one final Greek play at the end of the year!

Sara's Birthday Pics

My little Sara turned 8! She got up early to have breakfast with her Dad, and then it was presents first!!

Ahhh...Frozen Dolls. A dream come true!

Twinkies for lunch at school....

...and then a Barbie cake, of course. Heehee!

We wanted to try Maialina for dinner because it was a beautiful evening and Sara is my best lover of all kinds of food! But they were closed....so we headed to Wingers and had tons of popcorn instead :)