Everyday Adventures

Paul and I celebrated our 12th Anniversary by going to a faculty back to school bbq. We definitely got married at a tricky time of year for two educators. We were laughing with the principal and the teacher who was in charge of the bbq because it was both of their anniversaries too. What were we thinking getting married in mid-August? Haha! At least the bbq was fun. The student leadership groups did games for the kids, we had dinner, and the administrators got in the dunk tank. I got to dunk Paul, so that was fun. :)

  

Paul and I did go out by ourselves a few nights later. We went to dinner and a movie, which was a lot of fun. I sure love this guy, and am so glad that we are still so happy together 12 years later.

I took the kids to Nielson's Grove to ride bikes, feed the ducks, and play on the playground. Tessa loved that there was one duck who would eat right out of her hands.

We met Cindy at a park one day. I love visiting with Cindy, so we are so glad that our kids are such good friends too.

We watched the solar eclipse. It really was cool!

  

Tessa has been making a lot of jewelry lately for herself and for us. She is so into accessorizing. I was laughing when we went into Costco and she got all these compliments. I'm so used to her accessories, but with all the comments I really noticed how much she had added to her outfit. A hat, a headband on top of the hat, a huge necklace, and two anklets. Cute girl!

  

We rode bikes at the church, and the kids were having a blast riding down a hill straight off the curb. Damon was very proud of himself that he could do what Tessa was doing.

Grandpa Barth came to visit while he's here for Education Week. We had a great time visiting over dinner and playing in the basement.

He brought the kids a sprinkler mat. They had a lot of fun playing in it the next day.