Simply Dawn

What This Momma Has Been Up To

Wow!  What a week and we still have Friday!  I have had busy summers before, but this one is different.  This one is full of activities and going places.  Joseph even is feeling it as he lamented about not having a lot of free time… and yet, I am not hearing the complaint from last year… Mom, I’m bored!

We sort of kicked off summer with my visit to my Nevada family during the time of my Grandfather’s passing.  We have another visit planned for when my Washington niece and nephew visit my brother for the first time in years.  Joseph heads to junior teen camp at Lake Geneva next week and the biggie is a family celebration we are planning for mid-August.

This year Dave joined the church softball team, and we have been going to games every Tuesday!  It has been fun for the kids to know that we are getting out one night a week to go cheer for Dad.  They have a blast running about with the other kids and sometimes they even watch the game.  I try to cheer them on, but I do get a bit distracted with the company of the ladies and watching kids.  It is a fun time!

I am daily on the computer lately and several hours.  I am doing a lot of learning about some new software I got… scrapbooking!  OMG is it pretty fabulous!  Not only that, my sis-in-law just started her new business which I will be talking more about in a later post.  I think I have found a new obsession… well, I guess I don’t have to think it’s an obsession.  It’s confirmed by my hours on the laptop.

Other than that I have all my Wednesdays scheduled for the summer for play dates for the kids.  We all have lunch and then swim and then a dessert and off to quiet time.  I will be posting some pictures soon.

So that is all that I have for now, have a fabulous day!

Joe is 13!

Crazy!  My Joe is now a teenager… oh my!  Where did the time go?
This year he spent his birthday with his Grandma Gen at Brainerd Art in the Park.  Like last year, he entered a piece of art in the youth division, and won first place!  It is very exciting to have such a talented kid!  He worked really hard on this project, which he titled, “The Holy House”.  He had hoped to “electrify”, but I wasn’t able to get him to the Radio Shack to pick up the mini-lights and wiring he would need.  He won a metal and a check for $125!  He is already thinking up ideas for next year’s project!

my artist son and his first prize carving, “The Holy House”.

 
up close shot of “The Holy House”.

07-06-08, Joe is 12!

My first turns twelve…I can hardly believe it…especially since I was pregnant with my seventh at the time!  I remember thinking, “When this baby turns twelve, Joseph will be almost twenty-four…he could be married…I could be a grandma by then!”

 

As per the family tradition, a birthday cake was served complete with numeral candles for the year.  Joseph was very patient because his birthday was celebrated a day late.  Luckily for him, his Grandma Gen had taken him to Brainerd Art in the Park.  He had made a piece to enter into the kids division of the art contest and won second place.  He received a medal and a check for $75!  Wouldn’t you know, next day he was already cooking up the design for the 2009 show!  That’s my creative boy, always happy when he has a project to work on!

07-04-08, Minnesota Blueberry Pie

 
My only picture from the 4th of July.
I made three pies and got 6 kids and a sleepy hubby out the door after nap.
We went to a patriotic celebration at our friends’ church in Kingston, MN.
There were games for the kids and many acts put on by all the homeschool families and children,
along with a lunch of brats and kraut, chips and then the pies from the pie contest were served.
Did mine win?
Nope.
I didn’t get them there in time, plus the competition was extremely fierce…
would have broken their dear hearts if mine made it in.
heehee
Probably not, the pies were fabulous, and there were so many types…fruit, frozen, chocolate…I tell you the judges were hard at work and lovin’ every minute of it (judging falls to the fathers and they take it VERY seriously).
We all came back, hot and sweaty, pool ready, to our humble abode.
Our heads swimming with thoughts from the presentation of our rich heritage of freedom and thankful that our forefathers figured God into this experiment of a nation, even if our current leaders are trying to figure him out of the equation.

The Present

The clock is running.
<tick-tock, tick-tock>

Make the most of today.
“Teach us to number our days aright…” Psalm 90:12

 Time waits for no man.
”…the time is short…” 1 Corinthians 7:29

Yesterday is history,
”Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past.” Isaiah 43:18

Tomorrow is a mystery,
”Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Matthew 6:34

Today is a gift.
”This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24

That is why it is called the present.

07-02-08, Boredom Led to Painting

 

06-29-08, Addie and Daddy

Addie followed Dave around everywhere last year.  He even got her to weed a bit.  Notice the dress?  It is one I made, just some speedy sewing that turned out okay enough to wear.

06-29-08, Twinkies

I really like this shot of Emily…

However the wind and nukie take away from Linny’s looks in this one…

They tended to follow me everywhere, and in this shot had moved the chairs to the counter so they could…

eat green onions…wierdos!

06-29-08, Splashin’ in the Pool

Joe and Gav were a huge help in watching the twins.  Bear kept trying to go without his life jacket and this was the first year Addie wanted to go about in the blue floaty without help.  Don’t you just love how clear the water is and all the blue?



  

Addyism’s While Away

“My daddy and I go werewolf hunting every time there is a full moon.”

Can’t remember if I posted this or not, but Addie shared this one with Nancy while I was away!

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