Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Summer time - and the living is easy

AHHH, Summer! I love it! It's been in full swing for us now for a couple of weeks. Swimming lessons wrapped up, Will took his violin exam and the weather warmed up. 
This is the last I'll be mentioning the next subject - Zanna is finally potty trained. Promised of M&M's, coloring books, etc were not enough incentive for this little diva. We pulled out the big guns. 5 poops in the potty equals a big girl bike. 
Here she is on the well deserved bike. I made up a big purple chart with little pictures and places to put stickers and she got it - FINALLY! 
My family also survived my trip to Denver. I myself had a fabulous time hanging out with sister-in-law Steph, shopping until we dropped - oh, how we dropped like flies. That was not the reason for our trip to Denver however. We attended the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society annual convention. We went to hear our WELS missionaries speak about the areas and people they serve around the world. We went for the fellowship of 1000 other women and men and our worship and praise to Christ. We went for the uplifting Bible studies and encouraging workshops. And yes, we went for the food.  It was really weird not to have hubby or kids around. I missed them like crazy but it felt good to miss them too. And it was terrific to come home! Wayne did a great job balancing the kids and work and I came back to a pretty clean house too. Super Dad!! I don't think he's keen on me doing that again any time soon but I'll take what I can get.

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