August on the horizon

Hi there, all!! July has flown by. It seems like just last week we were looking forward to heading to Tahoe for the 4th and now it is nearly time for the annual Klug/Stauffer vacation and Josh and Kim's wedding!!! Lily is 20 months old and is chatting up a storm. This girl LOVES to dance!! She has her mommy's white girl rhythm, but she doesn't care. The garden exploded while we were gone over the July holiday and we have been enjoying the fruits (or veggies!) of our labor.

Pete and Joe won the Idaho State Broadcasters Association (ISBA) award for Best Morning Show for the 2nd year in a row! Whoo Hoo!! Ironic, since they were moved to afternoons several months back. We will be heading to Sun Valley, Idaho next weekend August 1st for the awards banquet. This is also going to give us the much needed opportunity to be ALONE! What? I know, if we have learned anything in the last 20 months, it is that "Pete & Meems time" is a rare luxury these days. It seems that we are always busy with work, church, friends, LILY, and a myriad of other day to day routines, that our time as a couple is in short supply. It is hard to find time, to make time. It is IMPERATIVE that we do, however. Our marriage is the engine that is leading this crazy train of our life. We need fuel to keep the train on the track!
I have found it quite challenging to hand Lily off to anyone for care. I am very much a mother bear. I didn't know I had that in me. Pete claims to have witnessed the transition in the delivery room. Nature is a mysterious thing! Our dear friends, the Sobolewski's will be staying with Lily for the night that we are away. They have been so understanding of my wacky, freaky new mom idiosyncracies since Lily Mae hatched. For them, we are eternally grateful!!!
Over the summer, we have experienced much of what Boise has to offer to the kids in this community. It is a wonderful place to have kids!! Lily has really proven herself to be a fearless child and that FREAKS ME OUT!!! We were at the Splash Pad at Settlers park in Meridian with the Zimps the other day. Lily Mae was in heaven. She was all over the place. There were about 50 kids there, and our monkey was the ONLY kid that had to have her bach (milk) with her everywhere she went!

We also visitied Rafiki, an indoor play area for kids one afternoon with Heather and Chloe Bender. This place is a dream! They have a coffe bar for mom's and the play area is secured with a gate. Who dreamed this up?? All the mom's in all the world!!




We will be in Wisconsin before we know it. Pray for the plane ride! Not sure what we are going to do to keep Lily entertained AND in place for the 2.5 hour ride. Should be interesting. Thanks for reading and sharing in our lives!!