Remember that night it smelled a little gassy in the basement. Ben and I decided it wasn’t anything to worry about but we’d call someone in the morning. I called Questar and they said they have to treat all incidences like an emergency: we needed to get out of the house, don’t use lights or phones or even the garage door. Just leave and wait for them to come check it out! We weren’t worried but definitely wanted to see what it was and get it taken care of.  The kids got nervous when I kicked them out of the house… So we had some loose fittings and where the flex pipes come off of the heater/appliances the gas was slowly escaping. I really don’t know what he did but Questar fixed it and we are back in the house!

I made a secret Bucket List this summer. I didn’t share it with anyone because I didn’t want to have to do everything on it! But it was to help me have a balance of fun days and lazy days and all that.

Otter Pop Day was on my list and it just happened. When the kids asked how many they could have, the answer was as many as you want!!

This summer we made another sticker chart – that seems to be the best way to get our kids to be pro-active about things. This time they had to do sports or other active activities. They could each earn up to 5 stickers per day by being active. It was a BIG chart and they had to earn a lot of stickers but they got it done just in time.

We went and saw “Pete’s Dragon” and “Finding Dory”. I like to stay home with the babies during movies but they convinced me to come this time. Amazingly Tiago slept the ENTIRE time! We didn’t get home until 1am but it was lots of fun!