A Day in the Life of the Lubbers 2017

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Those of you who've been reading here a long time may recall that every year on July 7 we document our day in pictures as a way to remember Brenham on his due date. I don't get to take pictures of him on our family trips, or his first day of school, so this is my way of making me feel like he's a part of our day to day lives. 
It's always been so fun to look back on the prior years and see how things change (mainly how much more free time I have nowadays!!)


My day starts at 7am when Jovie comes in bed to read me a book :)

Sadler joins us around 7:15 and I roll out of bed around 7:30, turn Wild Kratts on and start my morning routine. 

 I head to the kitchen to start my coffee, while it's brewing I take a shot of ACV and pineapple juice, with a splash of lime juice to kick start my morning!

Once my coffee is ready, I splash in some almond milk creamer and sit down for a little quiet time. 

Around 8:00 I get Sadler and Jovie set up with milk, apple slices and another Wild Kratt episode, and  I head downstairs to workout; lately I've been following along with Tone It Up Daily Workouts. This particular day was 30 minutes of cardio (for this I chose a HIIT workout from fitnessblender.com) as well as a 15 minute toning workout on the Tone It Up site

The littles came down to join me around 8:30 and Grayden woke up shortly after (imagine that!)
They all play Legos while I finish my workout.

That was a seriously sweaty one! 

We all head upstairs for breakfast, a banana and egg protein pancake with strawberries for me, a bagel with cream cheese for the boys, and strawberries and a mini muffin for the little lady. 

After breakfast the kids stay busy writing letters and drawing pictures to bring to the cemetery while I get dressed and ready for the day. We pack up library books, get everyone changed into their clothes, hair done, and we're out the door at 9:45
We stop to drop off VBS registration forms, and then head to the cemetery to deliver their artwork and letters. 


Then we head to the library for a new stack of books and movies

and spend some time playing at the ZCS playground. 

We get home around 12:30 and I make lunch: cheese quesadillas for Grayden and Jovie, pizza rolls for Sadler. I warm up some leftover beans and quinoa for myself from last nights dinner. 

After lunch the kids go upstairs to play/watch their new library movies, I throw a load of pool towels in the wash, and then enjoy some time to catch up on the blog, then read (The Kitchen House, so good!) and relax outside. 


Around 3:00 I gathered everyone to play outside for awhile. 

Everyone needed an afternoon pick me up so we came in for a snack. 
The boys worked on some summer homework 

Jovie played "due date" haha, I wonder where she got that idea from!? :)

Robb gets home around 5:20 and I start making dinner. We have cilantro lime rice and black beans with shrimp

After we ate, Robb works out with his cute little trainer :)

And we take a family bike ride to the Hall

The kids play at the park there for awhile 

and we head back home, hop in the van and go to McD's for a little bedtime snack!


The kids are in bed by 9:00, I throw another load of laundry in the wash so Robb can have clean underwear the next day (yes, really, I'm that behind!) and we kick back to watch "13 Reasons Why" on Netflix until Robb falls asleep about 20 minutes in! Ha!
I stay up and read until the load of laundry is done and then go to sleep myself.


And that's a wrap!

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4th of July 2017

Friday, July 7, 2017

We had an amazing day celebrating the Fourth!

I couldn't resist the urge to make a patriotic breakfast!

We took a little family walk/bike ride before heading to the cottage for the day 

Me and my girl sporting our stars and stripes!

cousins at the cottage

Snuggles with Sadler

catching fireflies!


We played "peanuts" outside until it got too dark to see, and then caught a few fireworks before heading home!



So thankful for our nations freedom!

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Hungry Horse Camping Trip {June 23-29}

Thursday, July 6, 2017

We took our maiden camping voyage for the year to Hungry Horse last week. We had a great week and made lots of memories with our friends! 

 
Robb had the day off on Friday, so we were able to head out to the campground shortly after lunch!
Here are some pictures from our week!

Three Musketeers~ Elissa, Molly and Jovie

Jovie didn't waste any time digging into her new Play-doh set, she stayed busy for HOURS!


Sadler's teacher invited all the Kindergarten students and their families to her home for a end of the year celebration Friday evening so we took a little break from the campground, and had a great time at the party!


Enjoying S'mores back at the campground 

We didn't get much pool time throughout the week, but Jovie did enjoy it while she could!

Morning snuggles while the boys snooze


Sunday morning worship

We had an unwelcomed guest pay a visit, this momma was not having it! 
Off to the hardware store for some traps we went! 

Hours of fun in the hammocks!
It's probably no surprise that one of them ended up breaking on the last day, sorry Ellie!



Playing blocks with Aubrey!

Water-balloon fun!


Chalk creations

Reading time while we waited for the rain to pass

Jovie had lots of bonding time with Val; fun with snapchat, back rubs, and her amazing braiding skills


So many laughs playing "Watch Yo Mouth"!


Shuffleboard with daddy!


Grayden with the ladies (again!)

Max and Sadler have such a cute friendship, bonding on the electric scooter!

Marcie organized a craft for all the kids, it was quite the hit!

A friendly game of Kan-Jam

Never far away from her dollies!



These  cuties had so much fun "playing vacation" on the pool raft!

Foam slip and slide was a huge hit!


My favorite camping past time!

We tried a delicious new recipe "campfire dump cake" 
It was so good, everything tastes better over a fire, even cake!


Meal time was one of the few times we'd see the kids for longer than 2 minutes! 


Me and my girlie having fun on the swings!

It wouldn't be an accurate representation of our week if I didn't post a picture of the candy store! 

Thank you Kleins, Leegwaters, Nyhofs and Meistes for a fun week!
Until next year......






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Father's Day 2017

Monday, July 3, 2017

We had a wonderful day celebrating all the amazing dad's in our lives! 


After church we went to the cottage to celebrate my dad!

In the evening we went to Robb's parents house to cerebrate his dad!


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