this is what we have come up with to get excited for summer.
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the pool is all set up.
annie liked it better when it was a few inches instead of 4 feet.
even though the water is ice cold they were still swimming today.
now i am ready for some heat (without all the stickiness)
so while they swim…
i can lay in the sun in my chair.
nothing better in the heat of the summer… awwwwwwe! canon balllllll! Hey Meg! I’m with Dana, I want to know what kind of pool that is – it looks like SO much fun! I also have two boys! Hey Meg~ We’ve been talking about getting a pool for the summer, and my husband and I just looked at one at Sam’s that looks like yours. Have you had it awhile? Any pros or cons you could share? Upkeep? Expenses after initial purchase? We have too rough boys (8 & almost 10)– and are worried about durability. I know you have boys, too, so I thought I’d ask your opinion. Are you kidding, Meg! You are SO my friend, in the flesh or not. I don’t know if I am going to go private, I think I am going to clear the last names from my blog first (including a new address) and see how I feel then. I am really willing to try whatever it takes to keep it public, because I love it so. But, if I did go private, you WOULD be invited for sure. 😉 That picture is so magical and certainly frame-worthy! Hi Meg! Julie at Joy’s Hope sent me your way not too long ago to check out a recipe and I am back again today! I have been peeping into all of the lives of those who left me comments on my ribbon giveaway and am having so much fun learning who is visiting my blog and where they are from! cute picture – glad it is warm enough for your kids to do that. we are getting there. today and tomorrow – high 70’s. enjoy your weekend. We have a pool similar to that only smaller. We are awaiting our inground pool…along with our new house…for next Summer! So, for now, this totally serves its purpose! My kids LOOOOOVVVVE this pool! (And I can sit in the shade and read about all the things I want for my new house 😉 ENJOY! terrific photograph- like totally 🙂 Really, Meg, your pictures are coming to life! Have fun in that pool,is it new? it sure looks like it… I just got caught up on your glorious posts (and pictures). Everything you do looks like fun…wish I could take my kids along with you guys and hang out, too!! o ya, super cute pic of you in the kitchen omg!! this makes me want to put up our pool…and yes, a few inches of water would be oh so fun. We have that pool too (just not as deep) but can’t put it up for a couple more weeks. Can’t wait for the kids to play for hours and hours in there! It saves the summer in my opinion.Enjoy your summer chair, I have one too :o)Ahhhhh……. laying in your chain, in the sun…now that’s the best! one more…. Looks like fun to me!! 🙂 You take the best pictures ever. I am just catching up on your last few blog entries and the pics look great. I LOVE how they are always so bright and colorful.
 how could we not get this funky poncho we found at the antique store?
    annie and talby's reflection in my glasses while
i was painting annie's toenails.
we had some girlie time in the yard…
giggling, dancing around and painting nails.
as crazy as i feel with this new routine of summer…
i see these pictures and think
"what is my problem?"
they are lovely little girls.
i am so lucky to get these moments together.
great girly time! please, please tell me that you photoshopped each and every one of your photos to make them so stinking awesome….or is it straight from the camera…..????? Awesome pictures! OMG LOVE YOUR BLOG!!! 🙂 Agreed – lovely! Ditto on all the above! You have a great talent for photography…do you do it professionally?? I love the picture of you and your daughter laying on the ground. That funky poncho was worth every single penny just for the two pictures you took with it! Summery and gorgeous. You are such a cute family. Love the glittery flip flops. meg I love the clover shot. Might use it for a painting. It fits right in with my whole LARGE ABSTRACT WEEDS/FLOWERS/STEMS/VINES thing that I’m doing. You inspire me. 🙂 I love that picture of you and Talby. So sweet! And how is that you can make even weeds look good photographed? No fair! 🙂 GREAT pics! What a fun Mom you are! I must say, a little jealous I’ll never have toenails (other than my own to paint 🙁 My boys might run far away if I made an attempt to paint their’s!) But…I’ll just keep lovin’ your pics! Thanks for the email! I’m also at The Amy Clan blog 🙂 But I don’t update or do cute posts like you do 🙂 more gorgeous pics…LOVE the poncho I know those little girls are adoring their mama! Seing those pictures make me wish I was Annie and Talby! :0) Oh my gosh, that poncho is superb, what a treasure! Love the picture of you and Talby… and your glasses one. You have such a great eye and an amazing ability to make the everyday things look extraordinary. Wow, what beautiful photos. I adore the picture of you looking at your sweet little Talby. The colors in the poncho make those pictures amazing! What a fun find! I love love love your blog. You must feel incredibly blessed. You are all precious! 🙂 what a great find… that poncho is too cute! Ahhh Meg….that was a great visual trip…you have a great eye….and sparkly flip flops…what could be better?? I’ll tell ya…oodles and oodles of time with our kiddos…they are growin a mile a minute…we are gonna want these moments back…so let’s make the moments ROCK(message to all moms) meg, your pictures are just beautiful. absolutely love the one of you and talby (right?) laying on the ground. precious!!! i am different – i have always loved having my kids home during summer vacation. love no schedule, love having them in and out of the house, love hearing them play outside. enjoy this time, because in no time you’ll be wishing they were around. friday night is family night at our house.
we carried out pizza and ate it at the park.
while eating her pizza annie said “look! some slides!”
i answered “yep…when you’re finished eating you can go play!”
she gave the fist pump and said “YES!”  dad vs everyone.
  
good good times.
Great pics! Lauren looks just like her dad! You can see it so well in the pic where they are head to head/face to face. Glad you got the package! It took us a year to find a box big enough. Can’t wait to see where is goes. love ya, You have a whole basketball team there, that is great. We put a basketball hoop in our driveway last year because it was one of the few things that every age could enjoy together…to one degree or another. We play a lot of HORSE. Size does matter… the large photos are great. 🙂 I would do this as well… but I have junked up both sides of my blog. There’s no way I could fit in larger photos. The big pictures look great. not too big…i love pictures big. Meg…the pictures are Stellar….I have never thought to take a pizza to the park….putting that on my to do list… I love your big pictures. I wish blogger would give me a way to make my pictures bigger! I love them. wow – what a fun package to arrive. can’t wait to see where you put it. how exciting!!! The pictures look great , no problems at all. LOVE your big pictures!!!!! I personally wouldnt change one tiny thing about your blog..I just love it to pieces!!! We need to change friends. My friends give me food and one gave me potholders when I got the new stove..lol..NEVER chandleliers..lol..JEEEZ if you enjoy torturing yourself….  you should take 5 children with you
to home depot, lowes AND sam's club in the same afternoon.
did ya leave them there? you gave me a great laugh today. thank you! All I can do is laugh……. How funny…..(of course it is funny when it happens to someone else….not so much when it is you!!!!! )Been there….done that….. LOL you just made my day . Hee hee… the next time I go I may see if I can leave Matt in one of the showers while I shop. 🙂 All I can think is…”it’s five o’clock somewhere!” Oh gosh! I could have posted the same picture with my two. The door section at Home Depot is the worst! They stand on either side and knock and say who’s there, then giggle loudly, when the door opens, they screech, hug, then run around the another “door”. Torture it is INDEED. OH…and my kids can’t keep their hands off the blinds and shades. Open, close, open, close, , and I”m headed over there later today. With both kids. Just pretend you are in a dream and know it will end. We’ve done it with all three kids – and oh the lovely comments you get from them – hearing every doorbell sound five times over. 🙂 this looks very familiar but with only one child! my sister came to visit us for the weekend!
with s’mores…and neighbors and dogs…and beers.
saturday was perfect.
laid in the grass, talked with our grandma, splashed on the trampoline,
stuck stickers on maya’s belly, went for a long walk
we ate our treats on the steps of the historical museum.
i am so happy they came to visit.
I meant to comment before but forgot…The Grover on Sesame Street reference cracked me up! I used to be able to the best “Near/Far” impersonation. I’ll have to try it out on my family tonight. 🙂 what a wonderful weekend treat – time spent with your sister. her kids are adorable too. i love the look of your street. such pretty houses with wonderful front porches. very welcoming. WOW..you can have bonfires in town? Jeepers that would be fun but here the fire dept. would be here in 10 mins..lol wow! great blog! fantastic photos…love time with family 🙂 Looks like you had a great family weekend… Near…far! So funny! I want to jump on the tramp with water! Everyone looks like they had a great time. The little one with star stickers on her belly reminded me of Dr. Seuss’s “the sneetches”—too cute ;)! time with family… nothing better! nothing! Seeing you both together made my little heart ache, you have such a great gift in eachother. It makes me wish so much that I lived closer to 1. my mom and 2. my brother and 3. Lorel. Super fun & yummy food to boot! Sisters are great to share adulthood with! I am so glad I came too! I (mostly)enjoy the roller coaster ride of raising kids, and I enjoy our sisterhood. Sat. was a wonderful day. Our ride home was mostly really nice – both girls slept for almost 2 hours, so I drove the “cowboy trail” thru Cottonwood Falls. Just beautiful. When Macy woke up though, her right front tooth was really loose and bleeding (whine, whimper -“It tastes gross!”-then Maya says,”gross” too.) It finally fell out last night at 8:55! thanks for everything. See you in June. Looked like a glorious day! Looks like a fun weekend! Smores, ice cream, waterplay… just makes me want to go outside and soak up some sun. 🙂 ~Jill looking at these pictures just makes me feel so blessed.
another outing with annie
craig was out of town so dinner was a picnic in the yard.
and bald eagles in their nests.
and bike rides around the driveway.
You know I love a good dinner picnic! No crumbs to clean up inside! I love the costumes! a picnic complete with costumes – how very enchanting. cute pix. You are such a fun mama! You inspire me!!! How those everyday moments bless us! I love all the costumes involved in the picnic, and the outing with the arms full of babies. So sweet! fun, great pictures!! 5 kids??? wow!! i bow to you!! your children are beautiful!! I’m still drooling over those dad gum biscuits below… ~Jill 🙂 Life’s precious moments!! Wonderful memories… ~Jill Posts like these that you create always feel so “magical”. I enjoy reading them. soooo good! Megan, I love it!!! Great picture’s we should all be thankful,I know I am… |
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Nancy - Hey there. Found you via MotherLoad The MomAdvice. Love your summer list idea. I noticed that you have Chase County waterfall on your list. That’s in the town I grew up in! And it’s absolutely fabulous now that they’ve put some $$ into re-vamping the old bridge. While you’re there, you should at eat at the Emma Chase Cafe; good home-cookin’ and yummy pies. The Grand Hotel has fabulous food too; much more up-scale.
jessica - I just love summer lists. I made one a couple of weeks ago with my neighbor’s children for little things they want to do and make with me. Seeing as though summer vacation starts for me on thursday I need to get started on my summer list. Happy Summer!
Kathy - Thanks for the great idea! We made one, too. I posted the photos today.
Ann at mommysecrets - Very very fun!!
Shana - I’m with the zipline & driving for you – if it were my list, it would be the basement.
Trade driving for a dog – our’s is due next week (hint, hint). Goldendoodles!!
Beth/Mom2TwoVikings - Zipline or driving lessons?
almost mrs. h - I’ll take *teach Lauren to drive* for $1000, Alex!
DID I WIN?!
🙂
melissa @ the inspired room - That is cute, we need to make one of those. I just wrote about this horrible confession at CWO, but we used to make big lists like this and end up spending most of the summer doing yard work instead. pathetic. our ways have changed, however. Bring on the lists, we are DOING them this year.
julie - Best idea ever! I am making our family one. I love it!
traci - what a wonderful idea – i don’t want to wish the summer by, but i can’t wait to see if you get it all checked off.
i am guessing that the garage sale or cleaning the basement.
mallory Heffron - I love that idea of the list….what a great way to start the summer off…..
Liz - Wow, that’s one heck of a list! So cheerful, I’m inspired to make one of my own.
Beth - Great list! I’m also inspired to make one with my kids. What a good mom to let them list things like the horse and dog even though you know it won’t happen 🙂 Keeps them happy for awhile anyway!
Lori Eurto - Lists are fun!
Awww, girls after my own heart! GO BEADERS!!
Staci - Oh Wow! You’ve inspired me to make a list! Or can my family just come to your house for the Summer 🙂 Good luck with it all!
Jennifer Peterson - Now my kids want to make a summer to-do list. And getting a dog was their very first request–even after I told them you weren’t really getting one.
Love the picture of Annie in the pool, and the funny hairdo story.
kristin - oh, i need a list like that in my house. call us when you sell cupcakes. : )
amy d - why don’t you just enroll Lauren in driving school and let some one else feel your pain 🙂
and what, no horse?
carissa - loving your list… what a great idea… really great for the kids!
so up my Campbell’s alley… she’d LOVE it… might need to steal that! 🙂 okay?
teaching Lauren to drive… yikes… your 3rd thing… i’m guessing!
candy - Can we come spend the summer with ya’ll? You are SUCH a fun mom!! I love the big chart, that is a super idea. I have this little bitty list made out in the kitchen drawer and it doesn’t consist of nearly the fun things on your list!
Kimba - Great list! I want to come stay at your house for the summer. 😉
amy - I’m guessing teach Lauren to drive. It better not be the garage sale. 🙂
mom - I’m so glad that going to Grandmas made the list! Bring it on!
Crystal - Dear Meg,
Why OH WHY can’t you live next door to me!? We would have so much fun and be great friends! I just know we would!
Have fun! I’m going to make my own chart now!:)
Love, Crystal
Kristin - Great list! My guess is the basement or teaching Lauren to drive!!
traci - I would guess teaching Lauren to drive would be a BIG dreader for me if I was a mom OR having my own garage sale…I hate doing my own!! I think teaching a moody teen to drive would beat the garage sale though..lol
Im kinda surprised you dont have a dog or want a dog. I said no for a long, long time, finally gave in but had very specifics on what kind of dog to get…short haired (little shedding), short legs (cant jump fence) and LONG ears..love bassetts…Boomer is our best friend now and couldnt live without him!!!
Lee Ann - Oh thanks for the motivation! i feel like my life is on hold…waiting for my house to be sold, but if I don’t make a list the summer will be gone!…..and I’m guessing teaching Lauren to drive 🙂
April - oh…what a super idea…do you all do this every Summer…make the cute little chart?? Love love love it….you will keep us abreast of the progress…right ??
have a happy day