Inheritance

 Little girls usually imagine wearing their mother's wedding gown or sliding on her sparkly engagement diamond when she meets her prince charming. As they get older maybe its the Christmas China or the special silver in the red velvet lined box.

For years I've had my heart set on something of my mother's - her hamburger masher. Yes of all the things that fill her house I want the hamburger masher and based on today's activities I think Molly will be calling dibs on the hamburger masher should I ever get it from Grandma!

Fun in the Sun

 

 

Leonardo da Vinci said, "Water is the driving force of all nature." And for the Wendels its the driving force of all fun.

 

Daddy's Day

In our house Father's Day should be renamed Daddy's Day not only because we try to pamper Mike more than normal, but because it takes a lot to be a daddy. It takes patience, commitment, time, humor, energy, and love - lots of it. Luckily, we have just the man for the job!

Cloudy with a Splash of Fun

 It was the first Monday of summer vacation. The first Lolli-pop concert of the season. And the first rainy day in weeks.

 The rain didn't deter the kids from playing at the splash pad or on the playground.

After a morning of singing, dancing, splashing, picnicing, and climbing we needed to refuel with some fro-yo with friends.

The meteorologists may have said plans were spoiled with the rain but I think the rainy Monday was just perfect.

Destined

I remember getting the call on my cell phone while vacationing in North Carolina from the director of human resources offering me an interview - even she said that she normally wouldn't call based on my application but something just told her to.

Destiny.

That was June of 2002.

10 years, 2 buildings & 2 kids later the friends I met at that job are as dear to me as ever. None of us still work in that building, 3 of us have moved, and only 1 still teaches - but none of that matters. We may go weeks and sometimes even months without talking but once we're together its like nothing has changed. The evening is filled with laughter and fun - not only from us but from our kids.

I'm looking forward to the next 10 years with this amazing group!

No Boys Allowed

Alec spent the weekend with family while Mike spent the weekend with kayaking friends on the Scioto so instead of feeling abandoned, Molly I embraced the NO BOYS weekend!

 

  

We had cupcakes for breakfast - cinnamon roll ones of course.

We had chocolate ice cream for snack - with sprinkles.

We played outside and talked to goldfish.

We drank from the hose.

We had a McDonald's picnic lunch

We ate cookie dough BEFORE our movie picnic dinner.

We models our garage sale finds.

We watched movies, snuggled, and acted silly.

We missed our boys.

But more importantly we had an amazing NO BOYS day and we will eagerly embrace the next one.

Awareness

This weekend last year we pleaded with you, yet again, to raise money, awareness, and prayers for Batten's Disease, Celia, and Celia's family as we've done every year since we started our blog in 2008.

This year I find myself searching for the right words for this weekend and I've discovered there aren't any. How do I, a mother of a daughter who's nestled snugly in her bed for her afternoon nap, have the right to describe the urgency of this cause? So please humor me as I hand this post over to Celia's mom.....http://www.betzfamilycolumbus.blogspot.com/