Archives for June 2014

Happy 13th Birthday!!

June 29, 2014 By JulieK

Ok, first… I need to say that I cannot believe that I am now the mom of a teenager!!! How on earth did that happen?? It seems like just yesterday that 8lb 11oz hunk-a-chunka came into our life, and now he’s 13??? We are thrilled beyond belief at the wonderful boy he is (most of the time :) and so proud of him. 7th grade, here we come!! There’ll be no “iceburg death march” this birthday :) we’re home so it’ll be something local, and whatever he wants to do!! Happy Birthday Buddy!!! We love you so much!!! How about 13 super cute pics of my Birthday Boy??

Here’s a pic from a short hike last week :) look at that teenage looking boy!

and sitting in the Mustang one last time before it went to its new home.

and back when we first got the Mustang :)

how sweet is this face in 2006??

and on our “Train-cation” in 2006

Riding on the train with Dad :)

A couple weeks ago at our first car show with the new car…

Last summer in Glacier! This pic is one of my favorites… It just screams them!!

on his birthday last year… At infamous Iceberg Lake!!!

and… of course… a couple of my all time favorite baby pics :) look at that face… don’t you just want to reach in and pinch those cheeks and the Michelin Man arms and legs???

and this one with Gram… He was almost as big as she was :)

and, oh my heck… is there an award for EXTREME cuteness??? This one would definitely win :)

Happy Birthday Buddy!!!!

52 Fridays

June 27, 2014 By JulieK

Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

Photo taken in the Muir Woods

Father’s Day Fun

June 21, 2014 By JulieK

Last week for Father’s Day, we let Mike pick what we would do :) We hiked Mount Monadnock and it was a slog!! It was fun, but being our first trip out this season, we were sore!! It was a GORGEOUS day!! Here’s a few pictures… I only brought my phone, not the big camera, and realized when we got home that I didn’t get any pictures of Mike (he was NOT sad about that, he hates having his picture taken). Usually, we walk at different paces, so one of the kids is with each of us… This time, we started out with me and Kathryn together leading the “pack” we’d stop and wait for the boys to catch up. Here’s Kathryn at a place we stopped to rest a few minutes.

The boys caught up with us, and I got this pic of Sean.

Look at that!! They’re both smiling :)

We stopped at one spot to build a cairn.

Girls selfie :)

Please ignore the floppy hat :) it was REALLY windy :)

Really windy :)

It was a lot of fun!! And, a good reminder that we need to get into MUCH better hiking shape before our big summer hiking vacation!!!

52 Fridays

June 20, 2014 By JulieK

Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Photo taken in Yosemite National Park

Happy Summer! Teacher Gifts

June 16, 2014 By JulieK

Every year I try to make a little something “crafty” for the teachers at the kids’ school (links to previous gifts below)… As a teacher myself, I know how hard they work, and I like to share a token of our appreciation. I always chip in on the big class teacher gift… But that doesn’t cover the specialist teachers who work very hard too (says the music teacher :) ).

This year, everywhere you look, mason jars are “the thing” :) So, I found a cute printable tag (free printable here) and personalized it, cut it out, mounted on watermelon colored card stock and attached to these little 8oz mason jars that I topped with cut daisy lids and cute red/white paper straws. I filled them with some packaged drink mixes and some candies and the kids delivered them to school! That’s 24 adorable little gifts, just to show how much I love the teachers at the school!