Five for Friday

Linking up with The Good Life for today's Five for Friday.  

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I'm actually not sure we did anything "worthwhile" this week that would deem exciting to anyone looking inside our little house. But here it is....

1.  Cousin Time

We went back to the farm this past weekend for the annual Rufenacht Camping Reunion.  That's another post all in itself.  However, Hayden had a blast with her Rufenacht cousins.  She had Tyler, Talyn, Gabriel, Aliza, Aiden, Owen and Eli...although she admitted she really only played with Talyn (surprise surprise).  Those two girls really are gonna be a mess in a few years. I'm envisioning weeklong stays during the summer. Not sure what we'll do when they start driving.

2.  Half Training
Have I mentioned that Ethan and I are doing the Bass Pro Half Marathon this fall?  Call us crazy but we're kinda excited. Ask us again in a few months and our story might change.  We're still 20 weeks away but both working on getting some good runs in during the week.  We have another couple that we sneakily convinced  will be running with so it'll be a good time.  The run is on Nov 2nd early in the AM and we would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have supporters cheering for us during the race and then at the finish line.   Expect more details on that later too.

One of my favorite runs: sunsets, flowers, perfect temps

3. Brownies (yeah, brownies)
I know this isn't that exciting to most to anyone else but I made homemade brownies...from scratch. They even got the nod of approval from Ethan and Hayden. Hayden I wasn't worried about but when Ethan raised his eyebrows and nodded, I took that as they were a hit.  I love brownies.   I was wanting to bake some cookies with Hayden and knowing what was in our pantry our choices were limited. We almost got to make oatmeal cookies but I kept seeing recipes for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and once I saw those, the idea of plain jane oatmeal didn't sound so good.  So while Ethan bought some Nestle chips Hayden and I made these brownies I found online.  (I say Hayden and I very loosely...she was somewhere in the house...I think).   Anyways..the brownies were a hit and today I'm working on not eating all of them...at least without Ethan finding out.  *shhhh*

4.  Summer's coming to an end here :(

Summer Fun 

Yesterday I had my first meltdown.  I told Ethan that it was nothing, but just me thinking about having to miss out on these days with the girls.  I have loved almost every moment of being home and the thought of missing out on these random and quite boring moments make me sad. Because I've been able to see Abbie grow into her demanding personality and Hayden's quirky sense of humor and fashion. I've been able to teach the girls about nature and the world around them.  I have been able to help them learn to be nice(er) to each other and use manners...not to mention all those important things that little girls need to know (like how to brush your hair, how to put on your swimsuit the right way, how to hide brownies from daddy, etc).  I am blessed to have  a job that I love during the school year but wow, I'm gonna miss these girls.  Thinking this is about as much as I can write without getting upset (again) but you get the idea.  Gonna miss these girls.

5. And lastly...mainly because I can't think of anything else to write about, here's several videos that I captured this week. Very random, but very much our every day happenings.

Here, Hayden is showing us her Hoop-A-Loop Skills with a song/dance show

Typical day here...when they love each other, they have a great time!

she loves that she knows how to operate her CD player!

Happy Friday!
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