HITCHING A RIDE

July 6th - Devon hoists Tyler up on his shoulder while the three of us are at Target.

July 9th - Silas hoists Tyler up on his shoulders while all the kids and I are at Wal-Mart.

July 11th - Naomi carries Tyler on her back while the three of us are at WinCo.

For a kid who's six years old and has been walking through stores on his own since he turned two, Tyler has sure been carried a lot this month!

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I'm thankful for pretty sunrises and sunsets. What's something that you're thankful for?

SWEET SURPRISES

I've found hidden candy three times over the course of the last couple of weeks. First there was a mini Snickers in my water bottle, which I discovered when I checked to see how full it was. Then there was mini Twix I discovered sitting on the paper supply when trying to figure out why the printer wouldn't work. Last night it was a mini Milky Way that came out with the quinoa when I poured it from the jar I store it in to a measuring cup. Tyler also found a piece of candy hidden on our "W" wall and Silas found a piece in the game box when he pulled out Monopoly.

Devon loves to hide things and I think it's awesome that he stashed some of the candy from his birthday around the house to be found by other Ws!

TREATS FROM THE PHILIPPINES

Check it out! The gals in a Bible study Beep was part of in the Philippines sent our family a bag filled to the brim with a bunch of their favorite snacks, condiments, and treats. My sister's family also gave us a back of edible goodies, as well as some handmade soap from their city and a little bag for me. Isn't that awesome? We already love cracker nuts and those Philippine brand dried mangoes, but it's going to be fun to work our way through all the other things we've never tried before!

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I'm thankful that Devon made four loaves of banana bread a few days ago, some for now and some for the freezer. What's something that you're thankful for?

SILAS' BIRTHDAY - 2018

Silas had a birthday last week, so he posed in the birthday outfit (looking serious), had a doughnut date with Tim (looking silly), had the dinner of his choice, and opened gift from family. 

He's not celebrating with friends until later this summer, but he did get to do something exciting on his birthday. Super fun!

BACK IN THE USA

Beep's family arrived in Oregon mid-June and we got to spend some time with them last week. It was a quick visit, but we filled it up with playing games, jumping on the trampoline, dinner inside, dessert outside, taking walks, doing hair and make-up, assembling Legos, chatting, and laughing. I'm excited to have only a few freeway hours between us now, not an ocean!