Another Week . . .

We started off the week celebrating Fathers! Ben mostly made this cherry pie - it was delicious. We sure do love him and appreciate the good work he does as a father! Ben was taught extremely well from his wonderful father . . . 

This is our backyard pergola - someday we'll fix the crappy carpet. But it sure does look awesome!

Our garden is crazy huge!

We built this to basically be a cover for our bikes. I really like it! Now we just need to make a few bike racks to make it more functional. Awesome!

Lucy has started the Harry Potter series - finally! :) She finished the second book a while ago, but we finally had time to watch it for FHE. Fun!

The three youngest kids all did 2-weeks of tennis lessons. They really enjoyed them! Now we just need to play more so they actually get decent . . . :)

The Crusty Cruiser Crew - I think that's the name they've come up with. At least Jonas came up with. Three of the four of these boys have motorized bikes. Jonas did crash on it once - slipping on gravel. It was a good wake-up fall that he's not as invincible as he thinks he is. I definitely do think it shook him a bit. Luckily it wasn't a horrible crash - just some good gashes!

Miles, Jesse, Jonas, and Aiden.

Csilla helps me out a ton on Tuesdays - since Ben and I (and Miles - our other driver) are working. She takes Emmy to gym, Lucy to her house to play with Lexi, then Lucy to piano, then picks up Lucy and Emmy. She's so great. This week, afterwards, the kids did a lemonade stand near Csilla's house. Then later they wanted a change of venue, so they came to our corner. The four kids did great - each making $10.

Jonas had a big day on Thursday morning - getting his top braces! He still looks handsome! He has his top ones for 3 months before he'll get the bottom ones on as well. He's doing fine. A little sore, but not horrible.

We tricked Ben that Emmy got braces, too! She found a braces "hack" and it was pretty convincing. It's earring backs and rubber bands. Nice.

 Emmy made some rhubarb bread for Brain Chase. It was yummy.

 The kids had a blast on Friday. They met up with a bunch of friends and played for hours and hours at Taviwach. Poor Miles had to leave early to go to work, but at least he was there for a couple of hours.

So much fun.

 

  We took home an extra 6 kids with us. :) They played Secret Hitler and other things. We had pizza for dinner. Then we walked down to Crash Burger and ordered shakes. Fun and delicious! Plus, we got to see Miles hard at work. :) The kids then came back, played some more, then settled down to watch Napoleon Dynamite. Fun day for the kids (I was thoroughly bored for most of it.)

 A big and so very annoying wind storm showed up Friday night. A branch fell and dented our car. :( Bummer.

That's about it!