Staycation with my sister's family - July 2016

Dave and I took Thursday and Friday off so we could spend time with my sister and her family when they came up to visit. We didn't plan on it being 100 degree heat index, but we dealt with it. On Thursday morning, we went to see the High Trestle Trail Bridge. It was a hot walk out there, but my sister and her family loved it once they arrived to the bridge. The view was absolutely amazing and the hot breeze actually felt good. There wasn't much of a breeze on the trail.

Weekend Wrap Up (6.25.16-6.26.16)

This past weekend was quite relaxing as we didn't have a lot planned. We needed a weekend like that because it always seems like it's go...go...go, every weekend.

Saturday morning I taught cycling at the Ankeny YMCA. Once I got home we ran a few errands and Dave hung up my hammock. I bought this hammock for $54.95 on Walmart.com. We wanted a nice hammock to hang under our new deck addition and this one had great reviews. As you'll see from the photos, the kids love it!

Weekend Wrap Up (July 26 & 27)

Now that the weekend is almost over, I'm wishing I had another day to relax before going to work because frankly, I'm exhausted.

On Friday evening, Dave and I hired a babysitter and went on a date night. Our night consisted of going over to our friends house in our new neighborhood to meet a few of our new neighbors. We chatted for a bit and then we headed for dinner. It's nice to enjoy dinner without the kiddos and without our cell phones. It's funny how many times we go out to eat and we see people on their phones. Dave and I really try to make a point to not have it near us at the dinner table.  Afterwards, we went grocery shopping since we needed to assure we had everything for R-man's 1-year birthday this weekend.

On Saturday morning, we woke up bright and early at 5:30 so that I could decorate R-man's smash cake for his cake smash since his photos were at 8:30. Kari Bruck Photography took his photos again and did an awesome job!  After his photos, we came home and cleaned up the house, took naps, did laundry, decorated his cakes and went to bed early in preparation for Sunday!

R-man's cake for his smash session.