I am no longer going to BLOG here

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Love, Stephanie

4th of July is over for another year

Hello! Well, here it is Sunday night and after a busy week and weekend I will be happy to get back to a "normal" schedule tomorrow. We spent our 4th of July shopping in Spencer. We had to get some odds and ends at Menard's and also at Walmart. When we got home the kids all napped so that we could go to fireworks in Algona. We parked at the hospital and watched the fireworks show from the lawn. It was a great place to sit with the kids. Kinnick did not want to sit still so Adam took him to the car and they watched from there. I guess it was better because it cut back on the noise too and so Kinnick liked watching them. On Thursday we left for Carroll. Adam's family got together to celebrate the 4th of July and also had a late graduation party for his cousin Kate. The kids had a blast getting to spend time with Kate and Blake. They just adore them so much! We did sparklers with the kids both nights. Carter thought they were a blast! He wanted to keep doing them one after another. Kinnick enjoyed watching them, he giggled at them. Maddie could have cared less. She did a few sparklers though, just to amuse her mother! On Saturday we got all of our stuff loaded up and decided to take Grandpa Adkins out for lunch. After lunch we went back to his house and visited for a while. It was a nice time but by about 1:30 we had 2 cranky boys and so we headed home. The weather was too hot to be outside so when we got home we just hung out indoors with the kids. We did the same today. I just did not want to risk getting heat exhaustion. I spent all day with a migraine on Friday and again today. Not fun! I have been taking a medication for the headaches these last 2 weeks and for the most part it has helped me out. I go to the doctor for a follow up appointment in the morning so I will be anxious to see what the doctor has to say. Not much else happening here with us. I just thought I better get some new pictures posted and get an update to all of you about what has been happening with us.

It's MONDAY!

Hello! Here it is Monday afternoon and I am at the kitchen table with Brennan and he is eating his lunch after just waking up from a nap. Carter and Kinnick just went upstairs for their naps. They were both really tired. Yesterday was a long day for all of us. Maddie played in a softball tournament in Pocahontas and so we all went to that except for Kinnick. He went to my mom and dad's house for the day. For some reason he decided that he did not want to take a nap at Grandma's house. The weather was perfect and I got some sunshine and a bit of a sunburn. We got to Pocahontas at noon and left to come home about 6:30. The tournament was double elimination and our girls played a total of 4 games. They ended up getting 3rd place which is better than I would have expected considering we only played with 8 girls. They worked their butts off! Maddie played the position next to the pitcher (Adam). She assisted in getting tons of outs for the team. I think they had a lot of fun! When we got home the boys took a bath and went straight to bed. Maddie decided that she would go to Algona with her dad to his softball game at 9 pm. I laid down on the couch and watched some TV. I felt like crap and I think it was because I am not used to being outside in the sun and heat for that long. I felt so much better this morning when I got up. My morning consisted of doing laundry and my afternoon will be the same. Not much on the agenda for today. Adam is spraying fence rows today and Maddie is at daycamp again all week. Adam plays softball tonight at 8 pm and I imagine that Maddie will probably go along with his to that. Well, I need to clean up Brennnan now. I emailed out photo albums of the pictures from the weekend so check them out if you have not done so already! Love to all, Stephanie