13 Sep

Treasure hunting

Posted by Rebecca in Ava, Family, Olivia.

We spent the Memorial Day weekend at Mom and Dave’s with Gramma and Grampa Great, enjoying good weather, great company and even a bit of treasure hunting…

The lake is a bit lower recently, and the banks hold thousands of glass remnants, polished from decades in the water and sand. The pieces are from vessels held in the old cellars and homes that were abandoned when Republican City was moved to accommodate the reservoir construction. (Anecdotally, the reservoir was was built with the help of Grampa Great–he spent a summer clearing trees and other debris from the area the lake was to cover.)

Ava and Olivia were pretty pleased with their pretty finds.

9 Sep

What’s this?! A new post?

Posted by Rebecca in Blog business.

It’s really more of a peace offering to my neglected blog…apologies for the lack of posts this week. We’ve been having all kinds of fun with exterminators, emergency rooms, contractors and the like, but there’s some fun coming up, too.

Soon, I’ll post about our weekend at the lake, and after tomorrow, we’ll have lots of football fodder (mostly of Jayhawk ilk, sorry fellow Husker fans). And, I’ll work in a quick story about Olivia’s recent attempt to digest gravel.

Have a great Friday!

1 Sep

Ava Fix

Posted by Rebecca in Ava.

31 Aug

Smith family fix

Posted by Rebecca in Family.

Bryan’s parents visited us last weekend–we had a fabulous time hanging out downtown (and at home)! I shot this photo with Doug’s camera, though the photo editing credit goes to him…

29 Aug

Overhead: Smith family edition

Posted by Rebecca in Family, Olivia, Overheard.

Olivia, talking about a dog hanging out at swimming lessons tonight: “Why is that dog sad? Where is his mommy?”

Swim instructor: “He’s not sad, he’s ornery.”

Rebecca: “Hmmm. Sounds like someone I know. Do you know anyone else who’s ornery, Liv? Hmmm?”

Olivia: “Wyatt.”

28 Aug

All the small things

Posted by Rebecca in Olivia.

I keep a ceramic cupcake on the kitchen window sill, and it’s filled with little things we’ve collected around the house. Mostly, they are small items like Barbie shoes and crowns that used to pose a choking hazard for Olivia, but now, she loves to look through the container and show you everything she finds. There’s a pretty hilarious range, from rocks…

To rings that my mom wore in high school…

To buttons…

And shells…

Wine charms (which double as rings for little girls)…

Thimbles…

And more shells.

It’s amazing what passes for entertainment around here, but it’s infinitely better than Dora!

25 Aug

Keeping up with Katie

Posted by Rebecca in Family.

As you probably know, it’s sometimes hard to keep in touch with Katie. So, I thought I’d share my exchange with her from today—just in case you had the same questions I did.

24 Aug

Strawberry Meringue Buttercream

Posted by Rebecca in In the kitchen.

I made these (giant!) cupcakes–topped with strawberry meringue buttercream–at my friend Carly’s request. There were a couple of other girls that appreciated them as well!

 

22 Aug

Ava Fix

Posted by Rebecca in Ava.

19 Aug

Wish I was here…

Posted by Rebecca in Rebecca.

It’s been a very long work week. While I’d appreciate a vacation, I don’t think that’s an option again this year. So, I am looking forward to what I hope will be a restful and relaxing weekend, or at least one that gives my attitude the tune up it needs.

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