Saturday

7:17am. Good Saturday morning. 

7:38am. I’ve been wanting to try this fancy yogurt forever and bought some on sale and with a coupon the other day. 🤗 it did not disappoint. 

7:55am. Always the first one up. 

12:01pm. Adventure day! We moved slow, but finally got all packed up. 

12:11pm. Lexi reports it is coming down in Montana. 😬

12:42pm. Matt expounds. 

12:43pm. The girls spread out in the truck. 

2:12pm. A potty stop that turned into a milkshake stop that ended in a spilled milkshake and a request for a replacement, which request was happily granted. Daddy cleaned the shake mess while Addie and I requested a new shake. 

12:54pm. Beautiful country and almost to stop #1. 

3:16pm. We made it to the White Hall Sunflower fields. 

3:20pm. One of the 50 most beautiful places in Maryland. 

3:25pm. I’ve wanted to come out here for years, but have either forgotten or not been able to make it during the sunflowers bloom. 

3:42pm. More sunflowers. It was really beautiful. 

3:48pm. We love a portrait shot. 

4:02pm. Another most beautiful place, and very close to the sunflowers, the Ladew Topiary Gardens. Unfortunately they close at 5 and are also almost $20 per person, so we settled for a drive through the parking lot. 

4:03pm. We saw a few cool topiarys, but this odd one is the only one I remembered to s so. 

4:57pm. And finally, our last stop of the day, another beautiful place - Kilgore Falls 

5:00pm. The water was aups cold, but these kids love them a waterfall. 

5:33pm. Happy. 

5:34pm. Matt worked to improve the dam   

6:11pm. Before we left we hiked to the top and edge of the waterfall. 

6:18pm. I was nervous, but we all made it. 

We drove home via a quick stop for happy meals and it was a wonderful day of adventuring. And I only have 10 more beautiful places to see! 

Friday

5:12am. 

6:37am. Jen Hatmaker posted about soft boiled eggs and now I’m on a kick. Plus fresh homemade bread, so good!

8:09am. The girls bought some Halloween miniatures for their haunted fairy garden and had to show Morgan before heading to school. They’ve got big plans. 

8:12. Rays. Times 3. 

8:32am. On my “trail run” I found these beautiful flowers growing against all odds. Nature is pretty amazing. 

9:22am. Headed for a day of visits. I’m so grateful to be able to serve and minister. 

1:03pm. Quick stop at HT for some sweet weekend deals. 

2:57pm. We had a Greta presidency meeting and then off to home.
4:16pm. Traffic after a middle school PTA meeting. 

5:27pm. Frankie and I planned and prepared a “healthy” dinner for her Faith in God requirements. We made pancakes, bacon, eggs, hasbrowns, and fruit salad. Could have been worse. 🤷‍♀️

6:34pm. While I was gone pta’ing, Matt and Addie made cookies and took them to our new neighbors. Now I have to meet them on my own. 😕 which is fine, I guess. 

We skipped the Friday night movie because it was a nice evening and everyone played outside. I can dig it. 

Thursday

Oops, missed a few days. 🤷‍♀️

5:48am. When I remembered to take a picture. 

6:41am. A terrible picture, but a pretty little girl and sunrise. 

7:20am. Churchy computer work. 

7:58am. Mid-bite. 😂

Also 7:58am. We were laughing because she posed with hand on hip, she’s been taught well, and when I told her to just keep brushing her hair she left her hand there. She’s a sassy hair brusher. 😂

8:12am. Racing up the hill to school. 

Also 8:12am. We love our pretty school. 

8:49am. Trail running. 

9:31am. Home again and back to work. 

11:18am. After tutoring I met up with Amanda to do some visits. 

1:41pm. I got a lot of clerical work done. Holla. 

4:31pm. The bread makers are home and struggling to stay focused on their bread making. I must have let them watch tv. 🤷‍♀️

5:31pm. Quick dinner for on the go. 

5:41pm. Addie. 😂

6:18pm. The bread is done and delicious!

6:27pm. On the road. Matt had a stake meeting, so we got to take Addie to play practice. 

6:45pm. Perfect sunset because Heavenly Father loves us. 

Also 6:45pm. Traveling with the youngest 2. 

6:56pm. I’ve got a project I’m super excited about! A very, very expensive project. 😬

7:23pm. Shopping with these 2 crazies. The best day D told me how much she loved shopping at Harris Teeter because they got 2 cookies and ran all around. Either my standards have lowered, or I didn’t think they were too loud or crazy running around. 

7:51pm. We thought these baby pineapples were so cute and reminded us of Emmett because L&C love pineapples.