Pumpkin carving 2018
Only one Shecklet wanted to carve their pumpkin this year. We made cinnamon and sugar flavored seeds per Shecklet #2’s request.
Tag: food
Annual Orchard Visit 2018
We made our annual trip to the orchard where Grandma Patti works every fall. We went through the corn maze, washed apples, ate apples, picked apples, and selected pumpkins. It was a great day!
Tomato tomato
We had a bunker crop of grape tomatoes this year. We couldn’t believe how many grew off of two plants that we never thought would even make it. I went out today and harvested the final batch, including green ones we hope will turn red.
Turning 8 is great!
Today Shecklet #3 turned 8! She requested a Texas sized donut like her big brother had. Since you only turn 8 once, I surprised her with two donuts that made an “8.” 🍩🍩
Paddle boarding & Nissedalen @ 50 years
✅ Paddle boarding!!
We spent the day celebrating 50 years at Nissedalen today. The weather was absolutely perfect and the lake water was warm enough for me to enjoy being in it. If you know me at all, that’s a pretty big deal! With summer (sort of) winding down, today was a great day to attempt the next major item on my recovery checklist – paddle boarding. Jake rented a couple of boards from a local shop and his cousins let us use their trucks to transport them to the lake. When the little kids weren’t using them, a few of the adults gave them a try. I was thrilled to not only get up without falling off the board, but keep my balance while paddling down the shoreline and back! Hooray for another recovery item checked off!
Group shot – 4 generations!
Grandma Lois & Papa Dale with many of their grandkids (and spouses) and great-grandkids!
One note about the coloring of the pictures. The smoke in the air from the fires out west was intense. These have been tweaked a bit just to tone down the yellow tones a bit – and they still look hazy!
Shecklet #2 also got up on skis today! Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of him, but he wants to go again, so I’ll try to capture one next time.
The rest of the day’s photos can be found here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kT3NcQ9JhhWmu5878
Stacie and Nick get hitched!
My SIL got married today!
I didn’t take many pictures – just enjoyed the evening.
The picture of Jake above was taken by his aunt 🙂 I love his zest for life!
ETA: We didn’t get a picture of just the two of us looking spiffy last night, so we took a “day after the wedding” photo instead. We did get a couple of family pictures that I’m hoping turned out well. Fingers crossed!
ETA 12/21/18 – Here’s a family photo from the day. Don’t we clean up well??
6 months post-op
Time flies.
Usually I say that when referring to my kids and how fast they’re growing and changing. This time though, I’m saying it about me. Six months ago today, I was in the middle of a life-changing (life-saving) surgery. A lot has happened in a short amount of time and every day when I wake up, I’m thankful for the gift of continued recovery.
✅ walking
✅ normal vision
✅ driving
✅ biking
Next goal: paddle boarding
We celebrated with 6-month post-op ice cream cones tonight!
Hammock swinging
We spent the day at Jake’s parents’ cabin today. Sun was out, wind was a tad breezy (read: cool,) but comfortable weather overall. Shecklet #3 brought her hammock and we took turns swinging in it.
There was also lots of swimming, kayaking, hotdogs on the fire and s’mores for dessert!
Bride-to-be
Jake’s youngest sister is getting married and today was her “family” shower. Jake was at the bachelor weekend for his future BIL, so Grandpa Dave helped me out by watching the boys while the girls came to the shower with me. It was breakfast themed, which was delicious! Only three more weeks til the big day!
Dunkin stop
Shecklet #2 has been at b-ball camp this week. As a mini treat for the other 3, we stopped for donuts after dropping #2 off for his last day.
