we love summertime…

August 6, 2009

but we love it even more, when the granums are in town!

i know i boast about my neighborhood, but i really just love the memories our kids are going to grow up and have of their childhood. i adore these women and with the granums in town we are non-stop fun.

play. play. play.

one of our first stops this week-

cowabunga bay
!

we ended the evening with a family dinner at tucano’s, and a date night for the adults at “the ugly truth.”

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i’m not a big fan of running.

long distances.

but of course, i love to run if playing soccer.

that’s totally different.

i’ve had my days of running races, went through a little phase back after i gave birth to myla and kj. but those days have come and gone.

until…

my bf decides to organize a race.

Daphne.

continually this amazing woman is helping to improve the world.

this time, if you run the race on september 19th,

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the rhodes home

July 24, 2009

is a tonsil-free environment.

myla, kj, and sela had their tonsils and adenoids taken out thursday morning. it was a buy two get one free deal. {kidding.}

it’s not due to illness, all of them including kiana {who had her tonsils and adenoids taken out one or two years ago. i can’t quite remember when it was} have always had minor issues related to breathing. sela sparkles being the worst case – she’s survived sleep apnea. not something you want to mess with.

the hospital staff and doctor was great. they gave us our own little family suite supplied with all kinds of books, stickers, markers, and princess crowns.


kiana and i were hanging out on the pediatric floor waiting for sela to return from surgery when this big dog walked by.

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