lake day

We finally had our first lake day of the summer. Kind of crazy that it is August and we are just getting out there. It was a beautiful day though. A slight breeze and clear skies. The kids had fun kayaking to their own private island and exploring while I sat on the shore and knitted. 

using his head

 My lovely teenager loves to go up for a header during a soccer game. He's pretty good at them too. Unfortunately this time as he was running through the ball he collided with the back of the other kids head and split open his own head. SO much blood.  This mama is proud of herself as I kept my cool and stayed pretty calm throughout the whole process. We took him to urgent care, it was quick and easy. ( stitches!  Thankfully no concussion. He had them in for a little over a week and even got to play in his final tournament, just no headers :)

23

 Hard to believe my sweet William is 23 today.  He has grown into a wonderful sweet brave young man. Not afraid to try new things and chase his dreams. Which is why we can't be with him today. He is out in Fargo working hard doing his thing.  We miss him terribly and hope he has  very happy birthday. Love you always and forever!

summer crafting

 Izzy has been busy all Spring to prepare for her summer craft fairs, She had her first one this past weekend. It was a rainy one so not too much business but she still had fun meeting and talking to people. I am so proud of her. Although I go with her she does everything herself, setting everything up and making her table just the way she wants it. She is doing one a month and hopeful she will make some money:)

bike ride

 Izzy and I took the first bike ride of the season. We went on a new trail while Harkin was at soccer practice and rode 8 miles. It was great to spend time with her but my body was sore. We are planning on doing it twice a week during May and June. Hopefully I can keep up with her.

april 20th

 Yep. Got some more snow this morning!

library fun

 This weekend Izzy and went to two different libraries for some fun free programming. Saturday we went to a planetarium lady. She had a pop up planetarium and we got to learn all about the night sky. Very informative and interesting.

Then on Sunday we went to build your own birdhouse program. Izzy did everything basically by herself. I just held the wood while she hammered. 

It was a few hours of my girl which was nice.