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Today was an absolutely FABULOUS day! I love long summer days spent with my family:) To start it off I baked buttermilk biscuits for breakfast. I love my biscuits, I think they were the first thing I learned how to make myself. I talked mom into taking the kids down to the school for school. I knew they would be excited about it, sometimes they need an extra boost of encouragement when it comes to school. THEY LOVED IT!!! Mom filled a suitcase with the needed school books and such. I grabbed my "tool bag" to do some more carpet glue removal and we were on our way. It was so incredible to be hard at work and hear the kids and mom in the other room doing their stuff. The numerous chalkboards came in very handy and they were even able to show it off to dad later in the day. How cool to see them learn and not just hope it is really happening somewhere. After we came back for lunch I did some laundry. I was beginning to be very short on the necessities;) Hurray for clothesline wea

I got my first birthday present today:) Connie took me out to lunch at Huckleberry's Hideout. It was really good! We had a nice time chatting and the food was wonderful. We even got cheesecake dessert to-go and snuck back during the afternoon to eat it. YUM! Brenna had 4-H dog obedience practice and weren't there when I got home. I went ahead and made spaghetti for dad and I to eat. I did a lot of dishes too. Aren't the irises pretty this year?! Alissa

This Sunday we didn't go to our church. Since the kids went to VBS at First Christian we went there for their final event. It is always sooo different going to a different church, so many things we get used to and when they aren't there... It was good too though. Afterwards, they had a picnic out at a couple's home with lots to do. The kids rode horses, took a ride on the hay wagon, played with bunnies, broke the trampoline, swung, etc... Hehe, did you know that Uncle Dan has a beard now:)? It is white! I think it is cute, as cute as one's uncle gets:) Anywho, it was a nice afternoon. Probably the best part of going to another church in a small town is that you still know everyone. When we got home I got out a scraper and headed to the school. I wanted to find out how easily the carpet glue would come up. Since I was there alone, I took the opportunity to REALLY check everything out. My exploration was cut short as I entered the kitchen... THE SINK WAS GONE!!! I couldn&