Last week there was a little thing called the Ryder Cup :) It happened to be 3.5 miles from our house. School was closed for the entire week in order to keep the kiddos safe and the unknown of how it would effect things like bus schedules and whatnot. We knew about this no school 3 years in advance (well, not quite since we haven't been at our school that long, but if we had, we would have know :)) We also thought Reid's commute could be rough so we thought he may work from home, so we thought, why not work from home from Kansas! Brilliant :)
We woke up Monday all ready to go. Mama was driving the whole way so Reid could work using his phone as a hot spot. The girls did fabulous! It ended up being 7.5hrs start to finish, including a non rushed lunch. Sally did not sleep. Libby slept for 15 minutes and Emma slept for 20 minutes. We could get mad, but really, they aren't sleep deprived whatsoever. They still traveled very very well with minimal outbursts.
We stayed the week at Thomas, Erin and Savannah's house. We so appreciate their hospitality and generosity!! Savannah just turned one, so I'm sure it wasn't easy adding our Crazy Craigmile Crew of 5 +1growing to their everyday routine :) Hopefully we didn't deter them from having more children ;)
We also got to see some other family from Reid's side and I got to visit my cousin who just had her 2nd baby, and a quick catch up with friends that lived in MN for a year.
kkkkkkk, enough chit chat, I have plenty of pictures to do the talking for me...
Sally and Reid are clones...her little fort she made while reading her book in the back.
Our favorite lunch stop, Chick-Fil-A
She eats her apples just like Nana, core and all!
Cheering on Thomas and Erin at their softball game, Thomas hit a homer, just for us!
A signature Emma face when she's trying to get away with something...drinking from her sister's water bottle
After a quick visit with Katie and Maura, we met up with Savannah and Erin at a super cool park. I LOVED that it had turf, no extra dirty girls!
Mornings are always my favorite!
So are afternoons when I have a cribbage partner!! Super close game, tied with one point remaining
Kaylee and Colby hosted us for dinner at their beautiful new home! As well as other family members! Our girls had a great time with Hannah and Madeline!! Thank you ladies, for keeping them occupied!!
Colby makes the best burgers!! Thank you!
Beautiful ladies, inside and out!
Glued to her mama this night
and then Erin and I snuck away to quickly visit my cousin Whitney and meet her newest addition Charli! Congratulations, she's perfectly perfect. So fun to see where you live and how adorable is Kade?!!
She had extra arts and craft goodies that she shared with my girls. Was a great morning activity the next day. They have quickly become Emma's (and my!) favorite...that magic, no show, crayola markers. Thank you!!
Taking Savannah for rides!
The Twins were in town playing the Royals. Erin organized for all of us to go to the game. Madeline, Hannah, Benjamin and Gabriel came over to babysit and we all headed to the game. It was a great time!
Lovely little shadows...
Johnny boy!
3rd row
The Ladies and a baby
A little bit changed in the score after this ;)
Cheeeeriooooooooos
Tuesday and Wednesday Reid went in with Thomas to work from Thomas' work. Thursday and Friday he was off. We took full advantage and organized to get Mani and Pedis Thursday morning! A cute little grassy knoll outside the nail place
The Bigs made the cut for a quick mani
Huuuuuuugs
Sally's selfie skills are strong
TaDa---Libby got Viking Colors and Sally got blue and yellow with an S for Sally
The dads came to pick up the Bigs and we moved on over to the pedisssssssssssss mmmmmmm it's been a while since I've treated myself to one of those
A neat little art store that has an aquarium in it
An afternoon stroll to their favorite place to go for a walk. It was super cool!
Cool stepping stones
A second go around on the stepping stones so Emma and Savannah could have a turn. Emma feeling safe with her Godfather!
Savannah and her Daddy
and ended at the park, where Sally read a walking story to Libby
The Joergers know how much we love our morning donuts. They brought us to a fun place that didn't disappoint!
Emma, loving and trusting her Godmother. She mastered the name Erin after this week!!
One last photo shoot before packing up and heading out for Iowa
Cousins/Twins and their girls
The whole crew! You would think this week would have been a whole lot more crazy when you see all the people in one picture, but it really wasn't, at all.
Erin brought out her nice camera and took a few pictures
and then she let the girls have a turn, some heads got cut off and some great shots got taken!
Thank you Savannah for showing us around to your favorite places and letting our girls take over your house!
They spoiled us! If you know me, you know it's the little things that mean the world to me. Like knowing I've never had Sonic before and coming home from work surprising me with one, or paying attention to my girls' favorites for food or drink, or playing kickball in the backyard with a beach ball. Thank you thank you for a wonderful week of memories we will forever cherish! We can't wait to have you come visit soon! Love you guys!
and then we hit the road and head to Iowa to hang with the Lindbergs for a few days. Where we were yet again, welcomed with open arms and lots of love!
Recently Mother Teresa was canonized a Saint! Here are some great quotes by her, compliments of our favorite Priest, Father Don!
Saint
Mother Teresa, pray for us!
“Each
person’s mission is a mission of love. Begin the place where you are,
with the people closest to you. Make your homes centers of compassion and
forgive endlessly. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better
and happier. At the hour of death, when we come face to face with God, we
are going to be judged on love; not how much we have done, but how much love we
put into the doing.”
“So
many people talk about the poor…how many actually talk to the
poor?”
“God
does not ask us to be successful, God asks us to be faithful.”
“For
Mary, the annunciation was when Jesus came into her life, which was her first
communion day. And she did something very beautiful. As she
realized Jesus was with her, she went in haste, immediately to see her cousin
Elizabeth who was with child. And we know what that unborn child did:
leapt with joy at the presence of Christ, his Savior. John the Baptist
was the first to declare Jesus had come. It is wonderful to think that
John, as an unborn child, had the first privilege to proclaim the coming of
Christ.”
"Abortion kills twice. It kills the
body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly
anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all
the mothers."
"America needs no words from me to
see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called
right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against
men. It has shown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human
relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father’s role in an
increasingly fatherless society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts (a
child) as a competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience. It has
exposed many women to unjust and selfish demands from their husbands or other
sexual partners. Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They
are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of their humanity. The right to
life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the
pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign."
"Any
country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use
violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and
peace is abortion"
"Many
people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where
quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about the
violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very
good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being
killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest
destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness."
“We
can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness,
despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying
for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.”
“Everybody
today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and
greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their
parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins
the disruption of peace in the world.”
“At
the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received,
how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be
judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and you
clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.’ Hungry not only for bread
but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing but naked of human
dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of brinks but
homeless because of rejection. This is Christ in distressing disguise.”
