Last day of school!

For the last day of school we wanted to something really fun. The units were all finished and projects completed so we opened up our Smithsonian kit and the kids chose what crystal they wanted to make. Isaiah chose the Emeralds (green - his favorite color) and Rebekah chose Pink amethyst (Pink- her favorite color). It was really cute seeing them wearing the kid size safety goggles and mixing the solution. Now we wait!

Father Son Campout

Last weekend was our wards annual Father Son campout. Isaiah talks about this ALL year. We found giant marshmallows at the store. They were awesome! I've never seen marshmallows that big. So he was excited to take those to make giant s'mores. They had a fun time. On the way they found a black widow crawling out of the tent, EEW!

They went fishing and flew a kite (spiderman kite of course). Isaiah tried convincing everyone that he is indeed, the Hulk. "See my muscles?!" and tried kissing a huge toad. :) Sounds fun!

Yoda

This last Christmas I made the kids all Yoda hats. They really liked them (especially Isaiah). The other day while Isabel was eating Isaiah found the hats again and was sure Isabel wanted to wear hers. They do look pretty cute huh? :)

Zoo trip

Okay...so it's been a LONG time :) Here's some updates...School's out (woo hoo!) Rebekah is going into second grade and Isaiah will be starting his Kindergarten year this August. Isabel is almost 16 months now and as cute as ever!

So as our first act of fun on summer break we went to the Sacramento zoo with a few friends and had a great day. Rebekah loved playing "the navigator". She was glued to the map for the first hour or so we were there! As soon as we'd get to one animal she'd say "Okay, now we're going to go the the....." I had to remind her to enjoy the animal too once we got there then we could move on. :)

Isaiah was really enthralled with this exotic talking parrot there. That was the longest we stayed at any animal (and he begged to go back after we were all done -so we did). The bird was saying really cute and funny things. He'd mimic what sounds the kids were doing. Isabel was really enjoying it too! She was trying to sing along with the bird when it would sing "Lalalalala". I wish I had my video camera!

crafting

Here's a couple of things I finished this past week. I was trying to figure out something fun to do with the empty formula cans and this is what I came up with. The little one is a free sample of formula shortly after she was born. I like it with all the crayons!

Mom and I have been scrapbooking once a week. We've been trying to conquer the Disney trip we took last spring! It's coming along. This is just one I made of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Gotta love the cricut!

The yellow bookshelf was from Shannon. It was white before. So I painted it yellow (the color is actually called "uplifting") I like it. Steven added Bead board behind it. It turned out pretty neat!

Marine World

My family took me to Marine World for my birthday this year. We had a ton of fun! The kids were super excited to see all the shows and the animals. Rebekah was tall enough to go on a lot of the rides. Isaiah was too terrified to even try the simple ones. He did warm up to it though (at 8:00 at night - the park closes at 9:00). But it was neat. We got to pet a Sting Ray and Ride an elephant! Jacko the Walrus was mine and Isaiah's favorite. He was just so fun. He would follow Isaiah. We got some neat pictures. He's the walrus from the film "50 first dates". Pretty neat to meet a "celebrity". :) The butterfly exhibit was really cool. Butterflies were just swarming every where. The kids loved meeting Bugs Bunny and Batman. It really was such a fun day. We were pretty pooped by the end!

Sizzlin' summer paper chase

So we just finished the scrapbook shop hop. It was Rebekah's first year and boy was she excited! We had a great time. It was a lot of fun getting to visit and see all the different stores and things they had to offer. We're overloaded with ideas! Now we just need the time to do them before we forget!