Brian and Rachel's wedding

reminder to post about this

Calvin 11th birthday

Calvin's birthday falls on Christmas Break every year...so there was no school to compete with.  We took him to Ninja U for a fun challenging playtime.  

Jay and Emily's wedding - Nov 30, 2018

reminder to post about this

Fall 2018

This week (Oct 11, 2018) I asked Eli to find page 80 in a book he was going to read, and he replied "Does that mean a number 8 and the letter D?"

This above quote must be something I wanted to remember.  I am attempting to capture "fall 2018" using photos again.

Jay, Emily, Rachel, Brian, Dave and I had a one-in-a-lifetime triple date to "Cuisine in the Corn" at Bloomsbury Farm

this is before they were engaged

Jay relaxed in the corn bin

there we are...in the middle of a cornfield

home shenanigans

I think this is Violet's first day of 7th grade!  August 23, 2018

all the blooms were open - had to snap a pic

I helped Violet made a pillow out of a ripped Michigan shirt

I don't even know what to say about this.  It's just worth posting.

Vanessa cooking up her own scrambled eggs (with tons of cheese, of course!)

Adventureland, Sept 1, 2018

We got DOWNPOURED on

and trying to take cover "Underground" the ride underground lost power and we got stuck in the canal...FREAKED out some kids, some handled it better than others.  The people behind us got stuck in a water feature pouring on them.

Carrot cake for Grandma Jo's birthday!

a visit from Aunt Ruth - this is at Rachel's house

painting treehouse doors and shutters

this place gets me for an hour a day!

Emily's bridal shower!  This is at her sister Laura's house in Iowa City

looks like he found what he was looking for

halloween costumes at Hy-Vee? Why not?

Weikert buddies came over to play

all the weddings has this on Vanessa's brain

Calvin probably making chili

hang out with Emily's family in the Amanas

Rachel found her dress!

Eli wanted his turn making eggs

"Pura Vida" dude who Eli calls "Pur-oh-ida" ends up in random magnetic locations

Rachel and Brian gifted Dave with a one-size-fits-all halloween costume...oh poo!

math blocks art

repainting our walls from tan to gray...which gray did we pick of these four?

a Thanksgiving visit from the Butlers!!

Georgia and Kala

full of Thanksgiving dinner 

we tried hard for this selfie with a timer