Quilt Rush!!!

Okay so I'm WAY behind in posting this since Quilt Rush was in the middle of April! We had sooooo much fun hitting all the stores. It really is one of my most favorite traditions now! My mom and I always go and just have fun visiting and drooling over fabric and beautiful quilts. Okay, so technically Olivia wasn't on quilt rush...she was at beverly's but she was soooo cute and someday I WILL make her...someday.

Pedicures!

For Christine's birthday the girls went out and got pedicures and went to dinner. It was a super fun and relaxing evening. When I got home I told Steven how relaxing it was and how fancy the place was and he asked me "now who's birthday was it?"

Camping with Grandma and Papa

We went out camping with Grandma and Papa this week. We had a good time making smores and fishing (although it wasn't a good day for fishing as we didn't catch any!) Rebekah asked Steven if we had to stay out there all day until we caught a fish...good thing we didn't say yes! We'd still be out there!

The kids loved to play on the playground (okay, we did too). It was a very peaceful and relaxing day.

Isaiah's first camp out

Isaiah was really excited to go on the camp out with Steven. It was his first time out camping! They went on the Father son camp out with our ward. It was a great turnout and they all had a nice time!

Charlie Warlie

Hmm...I'm not sure if I spelled that right. It's good she's too little to know or care. :) Rebekah loves her bear. I found these cute matching dresses and we had a little extra time before church so I had to snap a few cute pictures.

Apple pie

The kids made their first apple pie a couple of weeks ago. They all had fun using the nifty apple peeler. They all wanted to eat the long stringy peels. You should have heard them talking about it. It was better than candy! I used this super yummy no-roll kid friendly crust recipe. So they each got a ball of dough and just patted it down into the pan. The left over rolls we used cookie cutters to put on top of the pie (all but Isaiahs- he wanted his raw). :)

Bubbles!

The kids had so much fun running through the bubbles in our backyard. It was such a perfect day to be out and about outdoors!

A sunny afternoon painting

It was such a nice day and the kids have been begging to paint. I'm a little paranoid with the new house (especially since little man likes to paint everything BUT the paper he's supposed to). So I made some cheap easels and let them make a mess outside! :) (My rocks are all painted though, and the fence...which we were able to get that off...and the bark and my sons legs, arms, head, cheeks, Rebekah's hair, etc. )

They were so cute sitting side by side painting. Rebekah got a little annoyed though when Isaiah was done painting his paper and started to have a try at hers. Then when she refused he painted her hair. :)
Here's the masterpieces! Do you notice the head, legs, hands???

I finally tried Spaans cookies!

Last Saturday we finally got around to going to the infamous "spaans cookies." The kids were so excited to go to a cookie factory.

There were a ton of different cookies to choose from. Isaiah wanted everything. Rebekah just wanted anything that looked colorful (and as un-natural as possible) :) The cookie she's pointing to here are sugar cookies mixed with nerds..Mmmm...
This was Isaiah's favorite part of the experience. The taste table. He would have stayed at that table the whole time if we let him. Just a table with a ton of different kinds of cookies waiting to be eaten :)

We had a fun afternoon. It was cute seeing the kids super excited when we told them they could pick out a cookie. Decisions, decisions, decisions :)