Summer is coming! It may not look like it here in the Northern MN tundra but our calendar is telling us that the summer is here. Our kids started soccer, only have 5 days left of school and on Friday (their last day of school) my parents are flying in from Slovakia to stay with us for a couple of months. So just those things scream Summer and whether I'm ready or not, it's coming. We have been waiting and waiting for warmer weather since March but since it didn't get here until last week it didn't give me much time to mentally prepare for kids being home from school. All of a sudden it's here and I'm a bit panicky because not only it is pretty chaotic every year when the 4 school aged kids join the rest of the daycare clan during the week days, it is also the time when my parents arrive. :) So Ehren and I are both a bit stressed because we'd like to have everything ready and going smoothly for my parents and most likely it won't. I know it will be great having them here and they'll be such a huge help in all our projects but I can never avoid a bit of anxiety about everything. We had a few very nice days already but this week it is very rainy and every hole/ditch around our house is flooded. Seems like it happens every time I get excited to start planting garden or doing stuff around the house. :) So now we have to wait for it to dry out which is ok because there is a lot to do inside the house and garage too. Our big project the next couple of weeks is building a large deck behind the house, 22x15 feet. Ehren and I are both very excited about having a deck and being able to enjoy the beautiful sun sets we have. We also have other little projects inside and outside to do so we're hoping it will be enough to keep mom and dad busy. Because when they're here they mean business and want to see something they've accomplished and helped us with. I really feel blessed and thankful for all they do for me and my brothers.
Kids are really excited to see their babka and dedko coming, they've been talking about it and Kade keeps on insisting to ride to the airport when they arrive. They fly in to Fargo which is 2 hours away so it's not so far, but they don't land until 10pm at night and that's just a bit too late for the kids. Ehren won't even let me drive by myself because it's past my bed time :) and he says I'll be too distracted talking to them while driving. He's probably right and I would hate hitting a deer or something worse. :) The kids are also really excited about going to Canada in about a month, they've never been there. I am excited to see the mountains there and get ideas of where would be a good place to go for a trip just Ehren and I. So many people take their vacations around Banff or Jasper National Park and the pictures from there are so beautiful. It will be a very interesting experience, road tripping with my parents when we haven't done that with just our kids yet. :) Not sure how they'll behave and sleep so it is a bit of a test. I already got a bunch of kids' workbooks to keep Kason and Ani busy. No matter what, I'm looking forward to our family adventure and to have my parents here for a little while.
Below are a few pictures of Kason's preschool graduation from last week. He was excited to graduate but was pretty disappointed that the next day he didn't get to go to Kindergarten but back to preschool. :) We had to explain he'll have to wait until summer is over to go there.
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