Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Pure Michigan

 Feels so good to be home
 Harrison shooting the BB gun with his cousins
 Lills and Miles taking a bath

 Grandma making tie dye t-shirts for "Grandma Camp"

 Sweet Miles
 Happy Birthday, Joe!
 always a party
 Miles, Beckett, Harrison and Jack

 a beautiful sunset

 the lightning bolt gang
 Uncle Nate draws a real nice tattoo
 Our family (plus Wren and Walker)

 Lee has such a great way with the details
 Hangin' by the pool

 Harrison and Lillian collected shells for Grandma on our trip to Corolla and gave them to her for her house
 ready to powerwash

t-r-o-u-b-l-e

I feel like I just wrote this post, has it really been a year since our last Michigan summer extravaganza?!? Joe and I have been together over twelve years now, and Michigan really owns a place in my heart. I look forward to seeing our welcoming family, to staying up way too late chatting with my mother in law, to sleeping with the windows open at night, and to all the fun we have watching our kids play with their cousins.

Both sets of Joe's parents jumped at the opportunity to watch our kids while we went on a trip to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We knew the kids would be in good hands and would hardly even notice we were gone, so we drove up to Michigan for 10 days. We flew out of Detroit to Antigua, and then back to Detroit for a few days. I love that we are almost always there for Joe's birthday and that his mom makes him a cake and we are all together.
Both the Fogles and Parke's have majorly kid friendly set ups; tractors, old trucks, lots of land, toys, pools, equipment, etc.

Thank you all so much for keeping the kids! They are still talking about the "Fowdervile fair." Thank you for all the love, support and fun family memories that fill our hearts and sustain us when we are far away and missing family. xoxo, KP

Man, I love these stupid e-cards



A Must Read

I am going on a Mission Trip to Haiti in October with the Duke Divinity School. In preparation for my journey, I read this book last month. It was incredible. If you have time, check it out. Inspirational, informative, perplexing, troublesome for the soul, and beautiful. I am anticipating this next adventure and anxious to see how God will use me to help a hurting nation. 

Summer happenings

 Gearing up for back to school lunches. Thank goodness for Pinterest and all the pins on healthy lunch ideas for little kids. 
 My new desk. I am really enjoying having my own space for papers, bills, etc. My friend Holly made it. Here is her blog post about the project:http://www.storywooddesigns.com/2012/07/03/an-organized-life/
riding the train with the Condray's at Pullen Park
school supply shopping with HLP
Lillian with the "titty"
HLP laid out his own clothes for church and golf. we found him like this when we checked on him
Carly and Lillian doing gymnastics
Look what came in the mail!
I met up with one of childhood best friends from Texas as she was passing through town with her daughter. Gotta love Facebook! 
Defy Gravity trampoline park
just hangin' out
superhero day at camp
Lills is diving board obsessed. the higher the better!
HLP at YMCA camp. Both kids have really enjoyed camp this summer.
Lillian with her new bike. Thanks Nona and Papa!
on the ferry to Southport
Happy 37th birthday daddy! I made a SUPER yummy peanut butter/chocolate cake. mmmm mmm
making pizza with our friends 
for Joe's birthday dinner I made spaghetti bread. Inside the garlic bread is spaghetti. It was a hit
Carolina Beach with the Bedford's
this is what I love about the South; a beautiful porch
Movie Day at home
after church
back to school shoe shopping
homemade pimento cheese, tomato and turkey bacon sandwich; summer fave
learning to juggle with the Cirque du Soleil jugglers at Marbles
movie time
Aunt Milly sent an awesom care package. Lills especially liked the princess lip gloss. HLP was too busy shooting the silly string
Anna and I took the kids to donate some goods at the SPCA of Wake County. We then stayed and loved on as many animals as we could. Lillian is in a major animal phase and she would have stayed all day I think.