Under one roof

My pampered prince is home again after spending a week at Riverside Bible Camp.  I absolutely LOVE the experience that Carter has while he's at camp.  This was his 4th year of attending Riverside and he loves E.V.E.R.Y. minute of it.  I love that he gets the Holy Spirit digging deeper in his heart and has the opportunity to see the young men and women who are counselors praising God and setting great examples for the kids. But oh how wonderful it feels to have everyone under the same roof again.  My mama heart is quite content!  And...despite an older brother insisting that he didn’t miss his little brother and enjoyed being an only child all week, it’s funny how inseparable they’ve been since he's come home! 

My Pampered Prince

Someone around this household, who shall remain nameless, must think he’s a prince.  Yes I’m the queen, but I didn’t realize I had another royal one living in my house.

I was working away in the kitchen this morning when my cell phone rang.  Noticing the call was from our home phone, I was a bit puzzled. However, here’s what I heard when I answered:

“Good morning mom.  Come and see me!  Oh yeah…I need a drink of water too.”

Hmmm…when did that blonde one gain a crown?

Ready or not

Here we come RAGBRAI.  There are three people in this house ready and one who’s not.  I’ll let you solve that mystery!

Golf ~ Iowa Games Style

This summer the boys said no to baseball and yes to golf.  They both have been enjoying it immensely and gave it a whirl playing in the Iowa Games today. 

Carter thankfully had an early tee time to help beat the heat.  

I was able to watch him play the first hole and tee off on number 2 before I had to head home to get Austin for his later tee time.  

Carter told me afterwards I was like a stalker in the tree line with my camera. I prefer to call myself mamarazzi! One of my boys tolerates it rather well; the other one...not so much!  

Austin hit a bucket of balls to warm up and spent some time chipping and putting before his group teed off.  I'm just hoping he survives the heat during his 18 holes as he gets the pleasure of playing right smack in the middle of the day.  

To top it off, I get to hang with these cuties today and tomorrow.  I think they were wishing they had their clubs and could go tear up the course with my guys! 

Midnight Madness

Aaron had decided a couple of months ago that he was going to run the 5K for Midnight Madness.  I kept waiting for the nights that he would come home from work and go out and get a few training runs in.  He decided to wait until the night before the race to test out his lungs and legs with that training run!  Yep, that's how he rolls!  

BEFORE

When he went to pick up his race packet on Saturday, the boys were with him and he tried to convince them to join him in the madness.  Apparently Carter was easily convinced and the two were ready to run that night.

Carter made Aaron promise to stay with him during the run, which cracked me up as Carter decided to put the pedal to the metal and blow past him for the homestretch.

 Ace said he was giving it all the gas he had, which wasn't much at the end!

I was so proud of both of them. Austin and I had a fun time cheering them on and of course socializing with everyone we saw.  We stayed and enjoyed the festivities for a bit afterwards until the runners decided it was time to head home.  

AFTER

If you're in the neighborhood, be on the lookout for my new runners!

Happy 4th of July

The 3^rd annual Norris Street Pancake feed was a success!  

I love our neighborhood!

Ace...my grill master

I think the ginger lime chicken that Ace grilled last week is done, don't you?  The ones we ate were great and looked much more appealing.  Apparently he was putting the finishing touches on these! I just went to heat up the grill for some nice juicy burgers and low and behold this is what I find under the lid.

Oh yeah...the propane is gone too as my grill master left the grill on.  Never would have guessed that one would ya?  I guess it's plan B for dinner tonight.

Anyone want to come and scrub the grate clean?  I've got some chicken on a plate just waiting for you!