In Instagram...


The big event this week was celebrating our 32nd wedding anniversary. We had a beautiful day... if you'd like to see, you can pop over to my other blog to take a peek. :) It was a pretty magical day. 

On to this post. My daughter started me on Instagram. I enjoy it as a low key way of keeping in touch with my sister, sister-in-law, and daughters. I love seeing just a few snapshots each day of what is going on in their lives. In the absence of time to do write much in the way of a post, these are our most recent photos... 

Paul and Mark are playing flag football. It's all part of our "get active" program, but I love that this is a very recreational league. They really are in it just for fun. Paul is the one in white with his legs stretching for miles.

James and Mark had money to spend... and it was burning a hole in their pockets. After a few weeks of pestering me asking nicely, we found a little time to get to the store. James came home with a Lego kit that he couldn't wait to build. Thankfully, Paul put aside his plans to spend a lazy evening watching a movie to help his little brother assemble his kit!

In spite of some recent rain, we managed to find some time to get out. Wet walks are fun!

 This is our art teacher working with Mark. The boys love him!!

 These are a few of James (monkey) and Mark's (dog- could you guess?) drawings.

The boys have been begging to bring their guns (TOY guns- I forgot to say toy!!-that they purchased at the civil war reenactment) over to where we walk- there are all kinds of hills and bunker type areas. Usually when we walk, we see very few other people. Due to the turn in weather, it was far more populated than usual. While Mark and James had a great time fighting the Civil War, I became a little concerned about our less than politically correct appearance-  especially in light of some of  recent events in the news. Sad to say, I think the guns better stay at home next time. But they did have fun.

I thought it would be fun to capture the moment- not as easy at it looks. :) I was one bedtime duty last week with these two little ones.

See you next week! We are hopefully off to football games and soccer clinics- we are either fighting off or getting one of the nasty bugs going around, so I am praying for good health to enjoy the weekend.


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