Life Lately

I can't believe its already mid July! This summer is flying by! As I drive around Kansas, I see all the hay bails and corn growing taller and taller everyday and I get SOO excited for Fall! Its my favorite time of the year. But as I mentioned before, I still have so much I want to do this SUMMER with the kiddos, still have some Kansas heat we need to enjoy.

I wanted to start participating in a "Life Lately" link my friend over at Wild & Precious started. She does it every Monday and I encourage you to check it out! Her and her husband have an adorable little girl about a month older then Josie (2) and are expecting another baby here soon! Blair, her husband and I worked at a summer camp in Tennessee waaaaaay back when. Its been fun to watch their lives grow and change. Make sure and check our her blog folks!

Anyways, back to OUR Life Lately.

Its been HOT. I understand why most people who live in Kansas aren't as outdoorsy as my Colorado peps. Its crazy humid hot! No wonder everyone goes to the mall on Saturday mornings instead of something outdoors. (I do miss my mountains). You could die of heat stroke. Seriously. I knew this from going to college here, but I think I forgot. So, besides early morning and swimming in the afternoon, the kids and I usually spend a lot of time in the house.

Josie and Samuel love to find bugs outside. For awhile they were really into rollie pollies, now they have ventured on to caterpillars. Samuel manages to find a new one everyday. He's that good. We build homes for them, give them leaves to eat and sticks to climb on. And then a little while later they die. Because he kills them. On purpose. We'll work on that lesson next week.

One of Samuel and Josie's Caterpillars

Madelynn and Levi have been smiling and cooing like no other. They love to watch their older brother and sister and try to talk to them. Before I know it they are going to be chasing after them.

The Twins

Curtis and I have been trying out the 30 day green smoothie challenge from Simple Green Smoothies. Its going pretty good. The first week was great! The first half of the second week- no so great. But we have discover more of what we like and what we don't like and that is the whole purpose.

Saturday Morning Green Smoothies (Yes, we were still in our pj's)

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