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A little behind over here. Understandable and perpetually true. Please be praying for our Australian family as they prepare to say goodbye to Dorothy on Wednesday morning (9 p.m., Tuesday EST). We’re trying to maintain normal back here at home, but my heart is most definitely in Oz (or split between here and there).

The last two weeks in Instagram photos.

Kara’s son always wears socks… including with his Crocs, we all laugh about this, including Kara.

Pretty coffee. (also yummy) (also necessary)

New sandals and they don’t even kill my feet much at all.

George had a checkup, he’s “apparently healthy.” I noticed, too late, that I included some lovely wording about his rectal/anal sacs at the top of the page and now typing that will lead to some interesting Google searches being led my way – hi strange people Googling rectal/anal sacs, so sorry in advance.

A first-thing in the morning drawing from Liam  – I’m a huge fan of mine and Simon’s hair.

The babysitter dressed Liam in a 2T shirt for bed. But Simon was the one who put it in the drawer and Liam wore it without complaint so who am I to say anything?

Handsome boys in red… this will be a great photo for Jack’s future run for political office (dear public: please ignore the fact that I had to use bungee cords creatively to corral my kid).

We live less than a mile from downtown and it wasn’t even dark out when I saw this deer munching down on dinner across the street. Earlier that morning we saw wild turkeys at the back of our house. Nature is confused.

There are not words for how creepy this display was during our garden tour.

A doorway for a tiny creature – sort of love it.

Best dining out experience EVER with children – Jack colored and ate his food and the we rewarded the boys with make your own fro-yo sundaes. Happy birthday to me!

Birthday gift from my lovely hubby, along with matching earrings. He knows I love my Lisa Leonard!

It’s a boat, it’s a car. It seems ill-advised due to how low they were sitting in the water but it made it around Reed’s Lake, so again, who am I to say anything. It’s not everyday you get to see a car pull up to the boat launch and just drive in.

Before Simon left for Oz, we took the kids to the mall to beat the heat and burn off some energy. Who doesn’t love playing on shredded wheat?

Or balancing on a blueberry?

Day one without daddy was spent with best friends and at the pool (for the kids, mommy had to work). We are so blessed by the friends in our lives!

The worst of the heat – this was the temperature registering in my car after work on Friday – it cooled down to 102 after I was on the road for a little bit. Whew.

Hot days call for beach days – the perfect way to spend a Saturday, despite the sunburn on my part in my hair (forgot sunscreen there). We spent the day with Sandy and her boys and everyone enjoyed themselves – perfect weather, company and way to pass time.

Jack agrees. He could not get enough of the water and just lying there. I remember this from my childhood and how you feel like you are in another world when the sounds are muffled by the water and you are looking at everything from a different perspective.

The big boys spent at least 4 hours making a big sand castle (half shown above) which morphed into a hot tub. Then when we told them it was time to go they promptly tore it down – only kids would not think twice about ruining hours worth of work.

Enough said.

Jack fell asleep in the car last weekend and stayed asleep through our getting him out of the car, carrying him around talking to people and depositing him on this blanket… This was more surprising and unexpected to me than if he would have started singing opera. But he sure did look adorable sacked out on the lawn. My little cherub.

Example #1 of why I’m not a food blogger. My unfancy afternoon snack.

Shortly after this he woke up to say, “I think I was sleeping.”

A lovely father’s day moment.

We need a bigger house, preferably one with a circular path the boys can run around for hours.

Happy boy, happy mom, happy day.

Not sure how it is Monday already, but once again, I’m behind for posting these (I meant to get them up over the weekend – I know I’m the only one who cares about my posting schedule but care, I do!). We had a great weekend – gorgeous weather, great company and lots to keep us busy (and tire the boys out – hooray!). The boys have been drama-free at bedtime for the past number of days which I think means tonight is not going to be good (perhaps if I anticipate the horrible, then it won’t be so bad, I’m trying to reverse psychology fate – I’ll let you know how it goes).

On to the pictures…

This is Jack’s pouty lip – one he can pull out on demand. Along with the big, sad eyes. Too bad for him I know his tricks, otherwise this would work every single time.

I believe he was trying to pull a superhero move on me. This picture gives me a glimpse of the teenage years.

Last weekend at Festival. The boys made hats. Then they wore them. The end.

Ready for a bike ride. They insisted on wearing their helmets in the car (also at the store when we bought them – I had to remove them at the checkout).

Adding to the wild life collection that I see outside my window – this chipmunk was busy all last week running back and forth outside my window. At one point it stopped, cheeks full, and sat on the window ledge. I wonder what I’ll see next.

Most of Jack’s artwork is labeled “It’s a big one.” But this one came home with something new – don’t you think it looks just like Simon and I?

I walked into the kitchen to find Jack balanced on top of this stack – one foot up in the air behind him to help him reach further onto the back of the cupboard. Awesome. At least he’s learned to start with a wider base.

Jack loves hats. I love Jack in hats. (He also loves chocolate.)

This kid. He just kills me.

Another shot of my favorite part of the drive home.

Must have all of the corn.

Calf with tongue in nose – equal parts gross and impressive.

Love that kid!