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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2010 by Aliesha

Tad set off these beautiful fireworks in our front yard just minutes ago. Hope you and your family are enjoying this day of celebration!

Filed Under: family, holidays, Tad

Week Thirty-Five

July 2, 2010 by Aliesha

We just got back from taking our youth group to camp this week, so I’m using a photo we snapped earlier today at camp! I didn’t feel like taking another one…haha. Click here to see last week’s photo.

So I did a LOT of walking at camp this week, and I’m feeling pretty low on energy tonight. I know all the walking was good, though! My feet and ankles swelled up like balloons on the first day of camp, which was awkward and somewhat painful as well. Andrea told me that drinking tea would help, so I tried to do that every day this week. I also rested as much as possible and avoided things that were high in sodium. I wasn’t paying attention on Tuesday and ate stir-fry (very high in sodium), and … POW! my feet swelled up again. The rest of the week I was more conscious of what I was eating and had much less trouble with the swelling.

You can start praying now that Baby Girl decides to move head-down, since the doctors really like to see them do that by week 36 (just one more week!). She is still lying either with her head directly up or over to one side or the other. She is still very active and her kicks are getting stronger each day!

Thank you for continuing to pray for our pregnancy… and thank you also for all the comments on my hospital bag posts!

Filed Under: pregnancy

One of our Favorite Games

July 1, 2010 by Aliesha

Tad and I enjoy playing games together, and one of our favorites is called Dutch Blitz. Have you ever heard of it? It’s a really fun, fast-paced card game that can be played with 2-4 people (more than that if you get a second set and mark them differently). We’ve been gradually teaching it to the kids in our youth group, and some of them are pretty good at it!

It’s a little hard to find (aka you can’t get it at Walmart), but I have seen it at specialty toy/game stores as well as online (try amazon… a great way to spend the gift cards you’ve been earning through Swagbucks!).
What are some of your family’s favorite games?

Filed Under: everyday, family, marriage, Tad

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