- Got home from work and met the fam over at the pool ... I'm thinking a lot of time will be spent there this summer.
- Emma's playdate was a success. The two girls did a great job of including Timmy.
- Had dinner with the Gowans ... excellent pork chops!!!
- Cyndie, Laura, and the kids hit the Elkhorn (city next to Lake Geneva) city wide garage sale this morning ... it will be interesting to see what new things have been picked up when I get home.
- This morning is the last playdate with the Eikenbary-Barber (our pastor who is moving on to a new church in Minneapolis) kids.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Summer Quick Hits
Slowly Plodding There
Well, it's not happening fast, but it's happening. The buyers got their loan docs signed yesterday. Apparently those docs need to be FedExed to NorCal, and then there is the last signing of docs, so with the weekend, we're likely to close on Tuesday?! So, it's a crawl, but it's happening.
I think Cyndie's having a little sadness to see the house go, but we're both really excited about not having a mortgage payment and the freedoms that that entails.
I think Cyndie's having a little sadness to see the house go, but we're both really excited about not having a mortgage payment and the freedoms that that entails.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Transition
So we're transitioning around here ... school, done; soccer, done; FV house, 99% sold; summer vacation, starting; family vacation, coming in a week and a half; anniversary vacation, next month. Good stuff all around!
Had the last soccer camp thing last night. I think the kids enjoyed it for the most part. I know they enjoyed getting their little "participation trophies" at the end. It was hilarious because Timmy kept saying that he was "going to clean this every day". Hilarious because he's not into cleaning anything. I don't know what possessed him to say that!
Today is the first day of summer vacation for the kids, but that didn't mean that they stayed in their rooms any longer than normal. Emma was downstairs by 6:45 wanting to work on a craft/gift for her friend Olivia who is coming over today for a playdate. Em had to miss Olivia's birthday party last week when we were camping, so she's going to give her something today and have a cake for her.
The house is taking a little longer to close than we had been led to believe, but I think we're almost there and don't appear to be any real snags left (fingers crossed). The loan docs need to be signed still, but that's just waiting on the loan company generating the paperwork which is done in the order it was submitted ... I guess that's just the normal red tape/bureaucracy stuff. Then we should close. Keep praying, but we're more and more confident it will happen.
Next Friday we leave to spend a week at my aunt and uncle's cabin in Kansas. We've been there 4 or 5 times and really love it. It's great to get away from everything and just be there together as a family and enjoy the lake. It'll also be fun to catch up with our friends from college, the Hobbys. They'll drive up from Arkansas for a couple of days. Then we'll also hang out with Auntie Diane and Uncle John a bit before we leave. Good times ahead.
And last, but certainly not least, is the upcoming 15th anniversary trip for Cyndie and I. We've not booked anything yet because we're waiting for the house to sell, but we're hoping to do a beach/all inclusive thing again like we did for our 10th anniversary. Cyndie's mom and step-dad are kidsitting (thanks Fred and Cathy), and we're going to sit on a beach and relax!
Ah summer ... good stuff.
Had the last soccer camp thing last night. I think the kids enjoyed it for the most part. I know they enjoyed getting their little "participation trophies" at the end. It was hilarious because Timmy kept saying that he was "going to clean this every day". Hilarious because he's not into cleaning anything. I don't know what possessed him to say that!
Today is the first day of summer vacation for the kids, but that didn't mean that they stayed in their rooms any longer than normal. Emma was downstairs by 6:45 wanting to work on a craft/gift for her friend Olivia who is coming over today for a playdate. Em had to miss Olivia's birthday party last week when we were camping, so she's going to give her something today and have a cake for her.
The house is taking a little longer to close than we had been led to believe, but I think we're almost there and don't appear to be any real snags left (fingers crossed). The loan docs need to be signed still, but that's just waiting on the loan company generating the paperwork which is done in the order it was submitted ... I guess that's just the normal red tape/bureaucracy stuff. Then we should close. Keep praying, but we're more and more confident it will happen.
Next Friday we leave to spend a week at my aunt and uncle's cabin in Kansas. We've been there 4 or 5 times and really love it. It's great to get away from everything and just be there together as a family and enjoy the lake. It'll also be fun to catch up with our friends from college, the Hobbys. They'll drive up from Arkansas for a couple of days. Then we'll also hang out with Auntie Diane and Uncle John a bit before we leave. Good times ahead.
And last, but certainly not least, is the upcoming 15th anniversary trip for Cyndie and I. We've not booked anything yet because we're waiting for the house to sell, but we're hoping to do a beach/all inclusive thing again like we did for our 10th anniversary. Cyndie's mom and step-dad are kidsitting (thanks Fred and Cathy), and we're going to sit on a beach and relax!
Ah summer ... good stuff.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Last day of school!
Today is Emma's last day of school! I'm working from home (all Wednesdays since Cyndie has sailing at 4:30), so we all had french toast together to celebrate while we finished watching Star Wars. We had a family movie night last night in part because Cyndie wasn't feeling too great. Emma had a fun day yesterday, getting a preview of 2nd grade and playing all kinds of fun games in the afternoon during the field day. Cyndie helped out and said that all the kids really enjoyed themselves and it was really well done.
Emma is excited for summer and play dates. She's having her good friend Olivia over tomorrow, then there's a final play date with Anya, our pastor (who is moving to another state)'s daughter on Friday, followed by a birthday party for another friend in the afternoon. Timmy gets to participate in that one as Anya's younger brother Lukas is exactly Timmy's age (and was in his pre-school class). In Timmy news, all his pants are making it to just over his ankles and his long sleeve shirts are not horribly long anymore. Time to move up to 6T I guess. When we were outside this morning, all waiting for the bus, Cyndie and I were talking about some landscaping that we want to do. Emma said, "you're not going to get rid of this (the one closest to the mail box) parking spot are you ... that's Auntie Jane's". Funny how certain things are associated with certain people and circumstances!
That's it for now!
Emma is excited for summer and play dates. She's having her good friend Olivia over tomorrow, then there's a final play date with Anya, our pastor (who is moving to another state)'s daughter on Friday, followed by a birthday party for another friend in the afternoon. Timmy gets to participate in that one as Anya's younger brother Lukas is exactly Timmy's age (and was in his pre-school class). In Timmy news, all his pants are making it to just over his ankles and his long sleeve shirts are not horribly long anymore. Time to move up to 6T I guess. When we were outside this morning, all waiting for the bus, Cyndie and I were talking about some landscaping that we want to do. Emma said, "you're not going to get rid of this (the one closest to the mail box) parking spot are you ... that's Auntie Jane's". Funny how certain things are associated with certain people and circumstances!
That's it for now!
Edging ever closer ...
Well, today may be the day. The buyers did the last walkthrough of the house and are supposed to sign off on that. They removed the contingencies (finally). Supposedly yesterday they signed their loan documents (haven't heard one way or the other on that), and today is supposed to be closing, which would mean tomorrow is "receive a huge check day".
The contingency removal is a huge deal as it gives us the earnest money. Of course the next big thing is the big check! Keep praying with us!
The contingency removal is a huge deal as it gives us the earnest money. Of course the next big thing is the big check! Keep praying with us!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
No Soccer!
So yesterday was a bit cloudy and overcast, but it didn't really rain too much. So we figured, "soccer is on" for the kids. Not so much. We ended up over at the Middle school with the kids at 5 pm, and the weather was great! Sunny skies, and in the upper 60s/lower 70s. So instead of soccer, we had a track meet on the high school's nice track. We ran sprints and relays and explored the tall stands that are next to the field. Good stuff. Then we headed home and had breakfast for dinner ... scrambled eggs, bacon, and homemade cinnamon rolls ... tasty!
It looks like we're in for ups and downs on the weather front for much of the next week or so. Today looks nice, which is great because it's Emma's penultimate day of school, which mean's Field Day. That's a bunch of games and relays and stuff out on the field of the school. Emma was pretty excited about it. Her class is wearing baby blue, so last night we went through her clothes and found a baby blue tank top (she made sure it had wide straps ... no skinny straps are allowed at Woods School), baby blue undies, baby blue socks, baby blue short, baby blue sweater in case it's cool. When she came down this morning, she was looking very blue ... baby. Her other excitement today is that they spend the morning (Field Day is in the afternoon), in the second grade classroom. She's feeling very grown up!
It looks like we're in for ups and downs on the weather front for much of the next week or so. Today looks nice, which is great because it's Emma's penultimate day of school, which mean's Field Day. That's a bunch of games and relays and stuff out on the field of the school. Emma was pretty excited about it. Her class is wearing baby blue, so last night we went through her clothes and found a baby blue tank top (she made sure it had wide straps ... no skinny straps are allowed at Woods School), baby blue undies, baby blue socks, baby blue short, baby blue sweater in case it's cool. When she came down this morning, she was looking very blue ... baby. Her other excitement today is that they spend the morning (Field Day is in the afternoon), in the second grade classroom. She's feeling very grown up!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Weekend Catchup
So camping was a lot of fun and, praise God, we really didn't get much in the way of rain. It was a bit cool on Saturday, and rained hard for about 5 minutes, but other than that it was pretty nice. Our activities:
We slept a lot on Sunday afternoon, then fished a little more at the Lake Geneva docks and had 49 cent Mickey D cones for dessert with Uncle Gow, Auntie Laura, and Cousin Sally.
- Dale and Jeannine's popup camper had a flat about 100 yards from the campsite! That was fun, but luckily Dale had a good spare to get them the rest of the way, and back home. Excitement baby!
- We had adjoining campsites. The kids made a little trail through the high-ish grass between the two sites. Both sites had cool clusters of 6 - 8 trees that had kind of grown together and made for some great tree climbing for Anna, Emma, and Tim.
- Timmy had quite a hard time with his allergies, not helped by us forgetting allergy medicine for him. That culminated with him having an "I can't wake up, but my cough is really hurting me" attack in the middle of the night on Saturday night which resulted in he and Cyndie driving back home (40 minutes or so) to sleep, bath, medicine up, etc. They rejoined us Sunday morning.
- We did a bit of biking around the camp ground and to/from the lake.
- Fished 3 or 4 times. It was Wisconsin's "free fishing weekend" so the adults didn't need a license. The DeVries boys represented well tallying all of the weekend's fish (three total, two for me, one for Timmy, all little panfish that where around 4 inches "long").
- Ate lots of good camping food including the DeVries classic camping dessert, the POS.
- Ran into a bit of a hitch Sunday when we were leaving. Dale and Jeannine's van battery died. Completely. It took 45 minutes or so of wrangling to get it started (we weren't able to "just" jump it). In the end, we started their car with our battery, then took it out and they drove home battery-less.
We slept a lot on Sunday afternoon, then fished a little more at the Lake Geneva docks and had 49 cent Mickey D cones for dessert with Uncle Gow, Auntie Laura, and Cousin Sally.
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