Ten on Ten

Since I haven't posted in FOR.EV. ER. I thought since it was the 10th of the month, I would do 10 on the 10th.  Ten pictures from our day. 

LOVING: Pumpkin Spice Coffee Mate.  Amen.

 

 LOADING: My dirty as all get out mini-van for school. 

 WASHING: And drying.  And folding.  And putting away.  I keep begging the laundry fairy to come during the night, but she never seems to make it. ;)

 MATCHING: A lady from the AEA comes to work with Blake and leaves an educational toy or game for us for the month.  The twins are loving this matching game that is supposed to help build their vocabulary. 

 HUGGING: The big sister!  I took pictures at the elementary today and the twins were so excited to see Miss Jenna. 

TURNING:  Fall is my fave.  I always say one of the best parts of living in Iowa is we get to experience the four seasons, for better or worse. 

SWINGING:  Brody was trying his hand at giving the twins underdogs today at the park. 

 CONTEMPLATING: Just how high on the monkey bars he should go.  Blake's face cracked me up.

 JUMPING: This trampoline was one of the best birthday presents we've ever gotten the kids.  Hours upon hours of FuN!

 EATING: outside as the sun sets.  Who knows how many more nights we'll have like this so we thought we should eat outside on the picnic table tonite.  It was perfect!

 READING:   I found this book at the library and am really enjoying it.  And no, I don't watch "Downton Abbey,"...yet.  Do you?

There's a small glimpse into our day.  It was such a beautiful day out!  I hope to do another post over the weekend.  Fingers crossed. :)

Ten on Ten

Today I decided to do "Ten on Ten."  That just means I'm posting ten pictures from today (the 10th!).  Pretty simple.  We went to the Iowa State Fair today as part of an Iowa State Dance Marathon event.  Without further ado, our Iowa State Fair edition of Ten on Ten. 

 This is the second time we've taken the kids to the state fair and they were so excited to go!  If you go to the fair, you HAVE to see the Big Boar.  It's a must.  This year's winner was over 1,000 pounds, which is just insane to me.  They fed him Casey's donuts.  Does that seem wrong to anyone else?!

 The kids loved going through all animal barns and were bummed that most of the horses were gone.

 I didn't get food on a stick!  Almost seems wrong, but Aaron and I did get ginormous tenderloins that we couldn't finish.  Soooo good.  Calories don't count at the fair, did you know that?! ;)

 We met up with some of the other dance marathon families and also some of the ISU dM students that were there.  I always love catching up with them!  Numerous people asked how Blake was doing and how his surgery went and that made me feel good.  We are pretty loved by our dM family!

 Aaron took Jenna on the sky glide in the morning, even though she cried and didn't want to.  When she was done she declared it, "AWESOME!" And then Brody wanted to do it.  And then Jenna wanted to do it again.  The view from above...

 You say State Fair, I say Butter Cow!

 The twins were troopers.  They made it until the two o'clock hour before they fell asleep.

 No rest for the weary... Even though Aaron and I were exhausted when we got home, apparently the kids were good to go.  Two more hours outside. 

 And, we ended our day with this:

 Bowen didn't have a diaper on and proceeded to poop in the sandbox.  Yeah, not cool.  Aaron thought it was rocks, but no such luck. :)

We had a great day!  Lots of memories made with the kiddos and they are fast asleep. 

Ten on Ten

I am officially a Project 365 dropout. Oh well. It just wasn't the right time. I saw this idea "ten on ten." You take ten pictures over ten hours on the tenth of the month. Ok, well I didn't take one every hour, but here are ten pics from March 10th! :)

Waffles for breakfast. Aaron was the chef.

Bowen sitting in the big boy chair. Chilllin. :)

Aaron and I got to go to Ames to get Jenna some presents for her birthday. I obviously couldn't show Jenna's presents, so here's a little something I picked-up. I may just have a problem/obsession with cute water glasses/containers. This was so summery, I couldn't resist.

Naptime. Blakers loves to cuddle with his blankies.

I went for a run in the afternoon. A tad windy, but otherwise nice.

Aaron took on the task of copying over a bajillion of our photos from last year. It took 3 hours!

Brody shooting some hoops. He looks so determined.

That's my girl. Practicing her dribbling skills.

Brode wanted to dunk it.

Just another night at our house. Masks required when getting Blake's dialysis machine set-up. Brody was my big helper.