Weekend Catch-Up

Danny took a kamikaze trip to Arkansas this weekend to move his dad from Arkansas to Illinois, so the girls and I were on our own. I didn't take a ton of pictures because I was busy, well, surviving (hehe), but here are a few...

Perpetual motion...love those little piggies!

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And a face I once dreamed of...
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On Thursday nights, concerts are held in the town square, and we walk down to as many as we can manage. There's just something about the sun setting, a warm breeze, kids dancing around..."Life in a Northern Town" plays through my head and all is well.
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This picture is so summer...all about the bare toes!

(Her father will probably have a heart attack when he sees these dirty toes and give me yet another warning about catching "chiggers." We've been having a 16 year discussion that chiggers are only in the south...please no one tell me if I'm wrong (which I know I'm not.) :-)

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Notice the exhaustion on her sweat glistened,

under-napped face...drunk on summer.

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Picnic at Devils' Lake before cooling off in the water.
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Bliss!

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We're preparing the house for company coming in from Texas next week, so it's a good excuse to get some much-needed "freshening up" done. Also in the works...a Dora the Explorer birthday party for Miss Luca (her first celebrated birthday EVER July 7!) The girl loves her some Dora, and since I can go to Party City and pick up ALL my party preparations in one aisle, I'm kinda lovin' me some Dora too!