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!

Fourth of July 2

Fourth of July evening we went to my sister in law's house for a BBQ and fireworks. Rebekah loved playing on their quad. She looked so little on it! After a while she got a little too comfortable on it and made a fast really sharp turn and it toppled over on her. I came running to see if she was okay. I lifted the quad off her and she jumps up and says "I'm okay!" She starts to get back on and I said umm...no. I think we're done for today. She says "it's okay, now I know just not to do that anymore".

Later in the evening we played with sparklers and small fireworks and just enjoyed the company of our family. It was a good day. :)

Fourth of July 1

This fourth of July afternoon we stayed home and pulled out the slip and slide for the kiddo's and Rebekah was dying to sell otterpops. So we helped her put out a stand and an umbrella for shade and there she stood for a long time. Our street was dead. Not a car or a soul at home. After a while of nothing we told her that she might have fun playing with Isaiah in the slip n' slide. She argued that she might miss a sale that way but ultimately we won. She and Isaiah had a lot of fun playing in the water.

Sunday's vs. Sundaes

So we had this FHE on keeping the sabbath day holy. It was an object lesson. You start out with a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Then you ask the kids if ketchup would be a good topping. Of course they say no, right? No...not my kids. We found every condiment we had and asked our kids one by one if that would be a good topping. We said "well, we like mustard don't we?" They said "yes" so obviously it must be great for ice cream! We put on every condiment and showed it to the kids and asked them if they wanted a bite. I was expecting them to see the horrible color it had turned into and they would say no..but they didn't. They were over joyed to try this ice cream. It was soooooo yucky. The look on each of their faces was pretty funny. So then we talked about how some things are good for some things and not so good for others. Then we changed it to some things are good to do on Sunday and some things are best not to do on Sunday. Rebekah got it but Isaiah kept trying the ice cream and each time he'd make a disgusted face. It was like he couldn't understand why he didn't like this ice cream. It's ice cream I HAVE to like it! :)

Isabel is growing!

These are some photos we took of Isabel last month. She was four months old in these pictures. I'm so amazed at how fast she's growing. She's quite the rolypoly now. As soon as you set her on her back she's over on her tummy in an instant. I love how she's always holding her hands. She is so sweet! And aren't her little feet so cute?