cheese days: carNEEEval

If it were up to me, we would only visit the carnival for cheese curds, snow cones, and cotton candy. I missed out on the snow cone this year. I'm not bitter. I have the cotton candy hiding :)

Drew and Tylan are 11 (or 10... I forget) days apart... hugging it out here :)

everyone is SO ready for rides here!

and then just to test them, we made them waitttttt for their first 'ride'... evil. I like it!

couldn't help it. Drew's face was too cute in these

then Nash's adorable face. he was just as pumped as Drew

Austyn and Ryder look not so thrilled here

as you can tell by Dave's face, he was the most excited about the carnival...

the end of the night... Rowdy being rowdy.

cheese days: run

This weekend was the widely popular Cheeeeeese Days weekend here in Colby-town. People come from far and wide...we see lots of interesting folks enjoying the festivities all weekend. Our weekend festivities started Saturday morning bright and early with the Jamison Kampmeyer Memorial Run (also known as Chariots of Cheese). Dave participated in the 5K and in preparation, ran 1-1/2 miles the week prior to the run. To say he is sore today would be an understatement... BUT he 'placed' 25th out of ohhhh... 200 some runners (100 some walkers) so I guess he is a master athlete... drives me crazy sometimes! ;) (kidding)

Casey (and Homer), Mallory (and Luke &Jax), and me and the kids all did the 5K walk. I don't run. Ever. Well... I take that back... I'll run from the house to the van if I have a very emergent EMT call. I'll run if a child is hurt... bad. And I'll occasionally run for ice cream or chocolate. Other than that... not gonna happen. So we walked. We were one of the last 20 (guessing) to finish... we rock. ;)

We can call this Part I of our Cheese Days weekend. More to come! :)

Update: This is proof that I did walk :)

toilet paper brides

My computer is either dying or wants to die. There is a bit of rage in me tonight as this is probably the fifth attempt at creating this post... FINALLY just about done and I'm completely ready for bed!

Today was jam packed with random bits of what seems to be growing to daily routine around here. Cleaning. Folding laundry. Weeding in the garden. Cleaning some more. Resting. Okay... napping! I do what I want. ;) All I wanted to do all day was get this quick little post up but apparently my computer doesn't like being connected to the internet for more than ohhhhh 2 minutes. Clicking the mouse repeatedly didn't help. Refresh didn't work. Restart only made the 2 minutes into 4. So... here goes this post at 2230... ugh.

Anywayyyyy...

Saturday we got to enjoy a bridal shower for my cousin. My Mom said it well... I can't believe how old she's making me feel!!! Kidding... but not really.

The girls really enjoyed the day and even volunteered to be wrapped in toilet paper. You can see more photos here... (thanks Mom!)

Congrats again to my little cousin. We can't wait to be a part of your special day. Enjoy every minute of it!

good (long) day

Today has been a good (long) day. Up early. To Lia's sports physical exam. House deep cleaned. Now to nap the little two and talk myself into folding SEVEN baskets of laundry... ugh! This song has been on repeat a lot around here and we jammed to it this morning while cleaning. Loving these days! :)