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2017–week 23

well, apparently this was the busiest week EVER, and i have no less than 4,000 pictures to deal with. i have no idea how all of these will go in the book, but i will deal with that later.

sunday: cross over ceremony for the cub scouts! micah, and the rest of his den, made rank and earned their bear badges. 033034last time as a bear and first time as a webelo. this is tripping me out a little. i swear they were just tigers. how are these kids old enough to be webelos already????

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also sunday: oh, that’s just a picture someone snapped of my husband starring in his own motivational poster… especially great is the little girl who appears to be about to cry. *note: don’t play dodge ball with dave.

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monday: shane and toby, enjoying some outside (being a real cat) time.

and, i accidentally took this awesome picture of the bee.

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also monday: shane teaching my dad to use his new mower. 041also also monday: this is just the way things are around here sometimes… dogs.045

tuesday: end of season baseball party for micah and the angels.050054

wednesday: new goal in life: to be as happy as a cat in a sun puddle.056

also wednesday: i suggested bathing suits. they insisted they were having a contest to see who could NOT get wet… yeah, that ended about exactly how i expected it to.060

thursday: poor micah needed a filling.061

also thursday: that time shane was kidnapped by 4 girls with his hands zip tied together and a bag over his head… #seniorkidnapping063

friday: elementary school carnival! i think layla holds the record for getting though this inflatable the fastest, but micah still wanted to race her. we need to work on not gloating with her…070

saturday: a tough end to the season for the angels. 075

also saturday: lynne and jim visiting means a craft project with the kids!077

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