Our Family Blog: Wonderwoman Returns!

She's ba--ack!

She brought lots of hugs, smiles, and goodies--just like always.

Like typical little boys, William and Samuel ran and hid in a tree while they were waiting, but good ol' Trevor waited out front...

We have been very busy.

I was really glad that it is still strawberry season. I had been hoping we could do that with Mom here.

We put up quite a few pounds of strawberries for smoothies. Yum.

We did Poplar Head work...taking pictures:

Shipping...(yay! that means we had sales!!)...

They boys had a big time with the shipping scraps...

Cleaning...

(Actually, Mom is the only one who has been doing the cleaning. I've had my boo-hiney glued to the computer chair most of the week, and Wonderwoman has been wearing herself out taking care of all the things I have let slide. I may start calling her the Energizer Bunny.)

Mom got a tip from a friend on a cleaning product...and I am so excited about it that I'm going to put it on the blog. (Thanks Norma!!)

She brought this home from Walmart...

After she used it, I couldn't believe how clean my glasses were! They looked new!

Look what it used to look like...

Then I noticed this little picture on the container...

I never pay attention to stuff like that. I always figure it's a gimmick. Boy, this one, though, is not exaggerating!

Not only that, but my dishwasher looks brand new.

In fact, it is nearly brand new--we've had it less than a year. When we had been shopping for it, we looked at the marked-down return models. One of the stainless steel ones had this nasty white mess running down from the detergent dispenser. I thought, euw, gross...if that's what a stainless dishwasher does, count me out.

Wouldn't you know, within a couple weeks, I already had that nasty buildup. Well, what can ya do? I just ignored it. Too bad I didn't have a "before" picture.

But...ta da! Clean dishwasher! Yay Wonderwoman! Yay Lemi Shine! :)

Okay, the only other picture I have in my camera is this...

...I found it out in the yard. Nice!

Guess I need to get out Mom's camera to find more pictures of what we have been up to.

It's so good to have her here...it blesses my heart to have her company and her help. She'll be here 3 more weeks!!!

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Well, I couldn't throw in the towel without checking Mom's camera. Here's a barrage of pictures that she took...(and that I took on her camera...)

The kids have spent lots of time playing on Mom's "Tablet"...

I took her out to the warehouse to see where Tim works...

More Tablet time while Mommy works on Etsy...

(Yes, my desk is a total mess. Actually, it's supposed to be Tim's desk. He is such a gracious husband. Poor Tim. He's so organized, and I'm soooo messy.)

The kids love to make huge, messy forts, using every---single---pillow that they can find. And yes, I'm embarrassed for you to see my totally messy house. I would love to make some excuse and say it's not always like this!, but honestly, it probably is. Sigh... When I get to heaven, maybe my house there will be clean.

We took the kids to Karate...

More Strawberry pictures...

Getting berries ready to freeze...

We grilled out--nice organic Nebraska beef. It was delicious! Thanks Ericksons!

We fixed Strawberry Shortcake for dessert...

Mom talked the kids into helping her clean up the yard by paying them in legos. They did lots of work. I can't count how many times Trevor said now can we go do yard work, Grandma? Here they are with their reward...

We went shopping at Motherhood and had fun playing with the belly-extender pillow they provide for trying on clothes...it was pretty funny, and hard to believe I'm going to get that big.

Got a picture in my birthday shirt from Kim before church this morning...

And we went out to lunch at TGIF. When they were done eating, Tim let the boys go sit on a bench near our outdoor table. They had one rule...they had to sit still with their hands in their laps. It was so cute. They did it!