Time Hopping

Do you have the app TimeHop? It is pretty clever – it links to your social media accounts and every day it shows you what you were doing on this date in history. Or at least as far back as when you joined Facebook.

It’s probably one of my favorite apps, as it often sparks a memory I’ve forgotten.

For example, three years ago today, we went to a Reds/Cardinals game with my dad.

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Anyway, it got me wondering what we were up to on the blog on this day in history, so I took a little stroll through the archives.

Would you believe it was nearly exactly a year ago that I first told you all about my gigantic tongue in a lovely post called “My Tongue is Trying to Kill Me”?

You're welcome.
You’re welcome.

That was, I must say, one of the most memorable events in my life.

In April 2013, Jenny brought us one of her famous editions of Jenny’s Life Klass.

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I think it’s about time for another one of those, don’t you? I mean, it’s been a while and we know Jenny hasn’t become less judgy, she’s just keeping it from us. Not cool.

In April 2012, Kate and I went to Portland to visit the Nike Headquarters.

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Jenny and I have done a lot of amazing things because of this blog, but the Nike trip will always have a special place in my heart because they invited our kids. It was the only trip Kate and I have taken together – just the two of us – so far, and it will likely be the only time either one of us flies first class for a long, long time!

In April 2011, Jonah had a side mullet.

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Jenny found herself knocked up in April 2011.

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In April 2009 I blogged about how we always forget to pay our taxes.

In April 2008, Sophie became famous.

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And in April 2007, this blog didn’t exist.

All this has left me with one question. Where does the time go?

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InstaFriday – April Insanity

This has been quite a month for our family, as April has been for the past 10 years – and particularly the past six, when we’ve celebrated not only Kate’s birthday and Easter, but Sam’s birthday too.

It was touch-and-go at times, but we survived.

We started April off with a long weekend in Nashville, where we discovered my new favorite Mexican restaurant ever.

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And – cue angels singing – I found out there is now one in Cincinnati.

Kate was so thrilled to actually see flowers after the winter we’ve had.

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The day after we got back was Sam’s birthday. We went to the zoo, where we got completely drenched in a downpour, swung by the bookstore, where Sam pretended to be a Lego…

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And then went to the Reds/Cardinals game in Cincinnati. Which was under a rain delay for nearly three hours. Which meant it started at 9:45. Which meant it ended the following Thursday.

We had a great time anyway.

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Then came Easter. We decorate eggs at my grandma’s house each year – it’s a tradition. And it also means that I don’t have to learn how to hard boil eggs and/or clean up. It’s a win/win. For me, anyway.

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Last weekend we finally had some spring weather, and we celebrated by staying outside as much as humanly possible.

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Then it was Kate’s birthday. She turned 10, and I don’t know where my baby went.

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April, you were fun, but I am exhausted.

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Visit our friend Jeannett at Life Rearranged for more InstaFriday posts, and also because she is awesome.

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#TBT – Easter

Throwback Thursdays are a fun glimpse into the lives of our friends and families, and the TBT on Facebook today featured a lot of Easter pictures, so I thought I’d join in!

Kate's first Easter
Kate’s first Easter
Sam's first Easter
Sam’s first Easter
Lily's first Easter
Lily’s first Easter

And just for kicks, throwing it way back…

The olden days
The olden days

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