Night Ball

The devoted Mr. Garland scored big points with the kids by taking them to a fun kids praise concert (Jana Alayra) with friends (my friends!). 

They had such a great time!

I didn’t go to the concert because I was at our church women’s retreat at the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta Hot Springs.

6 of us shared a room… it was fun to have roomies!

Steamy pools… that water was smokin’ hot!

I’ve decided that hot springs are my spiritual love language.  6am Sunday:

7yo Josh (top right kid) participated in the AWANA Sparks Games in Ramona this weekend.  His team took first… way to go Sparkies!

Our good friends the Watsons joined us for dinner this week… (such a neat family!)

Impromptu recitals are becoming a regular thing around our home when friends come over… I love it when the kids share what they know.  Demonstrations, recitations (bible verses from Awana, etc.), a song or a dance.  It’s all wonderful.

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Zac fought a fever this week:

And backyard basketball practice started in daylight…

and went well past sundown.

Blessings to you all!

~Wendi

VIP Factory Tour

Jeff had President’s Day off so after running club that morning…

A friend from our church gave us a tour of the metal factory where he works.  Mr. Hacker is an estimator for VIP (Vista Industrial Products), and his family joined us (along with 2 more friends!) for the tour. 

Our family loves touring facilities.  Some other ones:  Carlsbad Airport tour and Moon Designs Wood Shop.

VIP makes everything from metal sunglass frames to heavy duty mail boxes to specialty electronic shielding drawers.

The warehouse was huge!  Red robots move the raw metal to the machines for processing:

The lovely Mrs. Hacker and little H:

Parts galore:

Wonderful automated tools… with multiple drill bits! 

Metal chips (the discards after drilling a part):

Love the hair:

Thanks Mr. Hacker for a great tour!

Lots of Love

We bust out whipping cream and red sprinkles for special occasions:

We also go a little crazy with glitter heart stickers:

Date night with my love:

My favorite candy bar from the devoted Mr. Garland (I typically prefer chocolates to flowers any day):

Monthly 8 mile run with lovely Laura and Sensational Signe:

Thanks to a flash deal, Laura and I grabbed a bite after our run:

Crazy mad juicing girl… she means business:

We recently took our homeschool on the road… and hit up a couple tables at our library.  The Children’s section was desolate before the 11am baby storytime crowd showed up.

Sarah’s paint-by-number horses, taking shape:

I used to think people who whined about having too much laundry were wimpy.

Will the loads ever. stop??? 

love,

Wimpy Wenderson

10 on 10 :: February 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

(At least) 10 photos on the 10th day of every month.

Volunteering at church with the sweetest pre-schoolers:

Rachel works in the garden with “gloves”:

Pink Hyacinth blooms tell me it’s time for our girls’ birthday week:

Zac runs up to the mailbox to mail our recent Netflix DVD:

Building rubber band guns en mass (my guys love to tinker in the garage):

Sunday lunch after church (our favey egg casserole):

Rachel LOVES to set the table right now.  Hoping the “love” will last for the next 15 years:

American Girl puzzlers:

TV upgrade (never had a flatscreen before, but loving it):

TV box fort:

Now go read the customer reviews for this banana slicer.  I dare you not to laugh out loud.