Eight and Four Forever!

Fruit Basket Turnover

Alternately titled: Life after Disney :)

The weekend before last was one of our busiest in a long time and it was followed by a very busy week.  It was nice not having a lot of plans this past weekend.  Ellen went to a birthday party on Saturday and I did some shopping (all the Targets) but other than that, we stuck close to home.  We were out and about more on Sunday.

Here are some recent happenings...

Ellen got new glasses a couple of weeks ago

Dad went to visit Grandma in West Virginia

Matt turned 50

We went to VBS at Brentwood Hills

Second night

We went to Blue Coast on our way to VBS on Tuesday evening.  It was family night.  

Sam, the balloon man, made Lilly a mermaid per her request. 

Ellen wanted a surprise.  He made her a popcorn headband to match her SACC shirt :)

The last night of VBS was just as exciting as the first :)

Playing dollies Saturday morning
(Lilly never says dolls.  It's always dollies.)

Father's Day lunch at P.F. Chang's

Followed by Krispy Kreme

And then furniture shopping.  

Not something Phillip had in mind on Father's Day (or any day, really) but it is by far one of my favorite things.  The girls get so into it.  Lilly's enthusiasm and running commentary is priceless.  Ellen is all about the recliners.

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 Ellen wrote me this note not even 15 minutes into the worship service on Sunday morning.  I guess she was hungry.

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Recently viewed:  Joy,  Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, The Intern, The Big Short, Everest, Madame Bovary (the 2014 version), Woman in Gold and 7 Chinese Brothers.  Also, the BBC series Wallander.  Phillip watched Project Almanac last week and The Gambler last night.  

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Ellen's room is getting a mini-makeover.  She is no longer a fan of the pink walls but there's nothing we can do about that (or nothing we are planning to do).  Smaller-scale changes, like new bedding, seemed like a good place to start.  I am still working on the accessories but it's all coming together nicely.

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Phillip has been watching a lot of baseball.  It's his happy place.  We were supposed go to Atlanta earlier this month when the Cubs would have been in town but it didn't work out.  Next year for sure.

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We finally got to FaceTime with Andrea and the kids Sunday night (it was Monday morning for them - they are 15 hours ahead of us).  They will be in Australia for 6 weeks out of the summer.  Caleb's company is based there and it worked out for the entire family to join him for an extended stay.  

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What better place to celebrate 13 years of marriage than Brentwood Skate Center?  It was Family Night, after all :)  This was Lilly's first time to roller skate.  It was rough going at first but she got better as time went on.  Ellen won the dice game and got a free drink.  We had a great time.

Did you know...

Taking a breather

 Winning never tasted so good

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Lilly is still loving her booster seat.  Bonus: she can buckle herself and willingly does so (she never did/would buckle her car seat so this is a big deal!)  She can now see out of the rear window, yet another perk associated with the booster seat (and one she thoroughly enjoys).  Mommy, we have a billion cars behind us.  (She is usually more specific but that's one I will always remember.)