Exhaustion...


Last night I was so exhausted that when my head hit the pillow, I forgot all about writing anything for this blog. I'm not sure why I was so tired, I had my sister and brother-in-law here helping me! Uff- it truly "takes a village."

Speaking of my village- I had a flat tire. Isn't it funny how I just said to Dennis on the way to Fargo that I hadn't had one now in what seems like a very long time! Words- WORDS! I will not have anymore flat tires! I will not have to deal with this... Thank goodness for Stephanie and Henry. They came over and got it plugged. Blinds got put up in the living room. I'm really not sure why in the world we waited so long to do that?! The living room is so much nicer now.

And this afternoon, we went to the fair. We got there a little after 4 and didn't get home until midnight! The kids definitely made good use of the unlimited wristbands. It was sure nice to be able to split up with my in-laws! The kids did very well today. Next year, I'm already planning to bring a wagon or at least a stroller full of frozen water bottles! 😊 The fireworks were really awesome. I recorded a bunch of clips and hopefully Dennis will be able to see them too.

Tomorrow is already Bible camp! Christian and Ellie will be gone until Friday! We'll see how it is with just the 3 little ones... Hopefully it's not non-stop fighting. It will give Annika a chance to step up and be "the oldest!"


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