August 2026

 August is always that month where you mourn the end of summer break, but celebrate the excitement of a new school year. This is Joden's last year with us and we are going to make sure we cherish all the moments!

Mike, Joden, and Grandpa went on a 10 day fishing trip to Canada. Let's just say they had some fun, but agreed it was too long! Probably a one and done-ha!

Love the views out our bedroom! 

Back to work/school! This is my 20th year, Reeve is a sophomore, and Joden is a senior!

Borowskis had their third baby girl. They named her Makenna Kate and we are loving her!

Volleyball is in full swing! They have surprised their coach with a sleepover at her house, visited Starr Elementary, and kicked off their first few games!

Reeve spoke at church to reflect on her mission trip to Mexico, she won second place in Olivia's coloring contest, and she/we got to attend the Northwest musical where several of her good friends performed! Love supporting others if and when we can:)

The kids don't know it, but we are getting this puppy from my sister Lindsey! The kids actually met her this weekend, but did not realize it is ours. They keep begging. I cannot wait to see their reaction and know that the puppy is officially ours! 

Oh the peach saga! I did a fundraiser for my Educators Rising group. This summer when I talked to the gal she said 120 cases is the best money maker. I thought why not. Well it was quite the feat to accomplish on top of life/work. I did it though. I think I will do it again, but will have a bit of a different strategy:) We made peach cobler for Mike's birthday and saw my friend Amy in Lincoln to deliver her peaches-ha! In the end it was really cool to see God working through it all!

We are working currently on the laundry room and the pantry! Slow and steady is how everything feels these days....grrr!

Each month we are going to try and do a family activity with the four of us to really cherish the last year with Joden home. August was pickleball. We had a great morning together!

We also celebrated Gene and Quinn's birthday this month! We took Quinn shopping since we took Blair to the musical. We were trying to make sure she got to do something fun too. 

And when you make some amazing sourdough crust bbq chicken pizza, you have to share a pic!

July 2026

 July is always that month that is full of so much, yet is a reminder that summer break from school is coming to an end and school is right around the corner.

Family fun day at the pool!

We got the new kitchen table in just in time for hosting the fourth! We were pumped and excited how it turned out:)

4th of July fun! We had the Schumachers here and fun was had by all! Mike decided to do a food challenge where the food gets thrown at you and you are blind folded and have to guess what you are tasting.

Reeve went to be with her bestie Avery for the 4th. Avery's stepdad and mom have a cabin at a lake that they went to. Reeve had a blast! 

Volleyball summer camp!

We hosted Joden's baseball team for a team dinner and the boys had a blast! 

Girls trip! We went to The Elms near Kansas City. It was a really fun experience. We did the spa at the hotel and then we did a wine tour. Overall we all had a blast and were glad we went to experience it. But I think most of us agreed that we probably would not go back. The rooms were pricey and the town was dead. It was sort of a weird feeling!

I got back in time to catch Joden's baseball games that Sunday!

Avery and Christian got married! It was an amazing day and everything went great! We danced it up and had a blast:)

We got to host districts in Grand Island, which was a blessing because it was the same weekend as the wedding! We ended our season, but proud of Joden in so many ways! 

Reeve has watched her cousins quite a bit this summer and has loved it! 

Date with Joden! We hung out for roughly two hours and had some great conversation!

Spontaneous lunch date afer church. We tried the Noodle House. I think the kids liked it, but didn't love it. The time together was great though! 

Boys are fishing in Canada. While they were away Reeve passed her driver's test and we went on a date!