{"id":1878,"date":"2009-08-27T22:33:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2009-08-27T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T05:39:09","slug":"catchin-up-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Catchin’ Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been desperately trying to catch up over here at Chaos.<\/p>\n

What with all that first grade<\/a> excitement, squeezing in a Cubs game and<\/strong><\/em> Disneyland trip last weekend, plus trying to attack the laundry piles, never-ending errands and editing photos from our Michigan\/Chicago trip (Have we really been back for over a week already?), I’m just left shaking my head and wondering where our entire week went already.<\/p>\n

So before I get even further behind, I need to throw up some of my favorite photos from the first half (at least!) of our trip. I just don’t want to forget that this was the trip where…<\/p>\n

…we were introduced to the four-wheeler. Here Em is getting some last minute instructions from Aunt Meesh.<\/p>\n

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And then, Aunt Meesh actually let her DRIVE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In reality, she did better than Mommy and her first time driving one. And when Em got off she said to me, “Mom! That is fun. We have to get a four-wheeler!”<\/p>\n

Uh huh.<\/p>\n

We also spent much (but never enough) time with the cousins. Swinging together…<\/p>\n

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…or just alone. Grandma B’s house is full of fun.<\/p>\n

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And we went to the racetrack to cheer Uncle DJ’s horse, Tallyhorsie, on to a victory.\u00a0 Waiting for his race…<\/p>\n

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Still waiting…<\/p>\n

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Here he comes! And we were his good luck charm apparently – he had his best race so far, and placed third!<\/p>\n

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Then we moved the party down to Nana & Papa’s house. They had a pool party with all the neighbors and family.<\/p>\n

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The girls got to hang out in the pool.<\/p>\n

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And Emma is ready to move in with Nana & Papa (and their pool!) permanently. I wonder if she realizes that you really only get to swim for about 3 months in the midwest. I’m guessing not.\n<\/p>\n

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And we got my eldest niece, Alexis, diving. She was persistent and just about had it down by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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It was a super fun way to end our time in Michigan.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to use this weekend to finish catching up on everything. So I’ll throw some more from our trip at you soon. In the meantime, have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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