Sunday, July 24, 2011

Playing at the Lake

We have recently purchased a new toy and honestly we can't get enough of it.  We weren't really planning on buying a boat but one of Paul's coworkers overheard him talking about how he had always wanted one and offered to sell him one cheap.  It did need a little bit of work but a good friend of ours came over almost every night for a week and got it running great!  Since then we have taken it out several times.

We don't have lots of toys yet, but of course our first toy had to be a tube.  Most of the kids think it is great.  Here is Cam giving the thumbs up for GO FASTER!


I think Morgan's face tells how she is feeling about the ride!


Allie was pretty nervous at first but had a good time.


Liza and I originally tried to go together but there wasn't enough air in the tube and it started to pull us under.  She did not like that at all and we had to do quite a bit of persuading to get her to try again.  But she had fun.  Here she is going with Morgan.


A couple weeks later we got a knee board.  Cam was very excited to try it out and actually got up on his 3rd try!  Way to go Cam!


Of course the lake is more fun when lots of people come and enjoy in the fun.  Here is my sister Carla


Liza's favorite part is the beach.  She loves to play in the sand


And search for treasures!


My niece Isabella likes to come too.  She told Grandma that she wanted a boat too


Out for a ride


Even though it wasn't a planned purchased I am totally hooked and in fact ready to go to the lake right now.  Anyone want to join us?!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Love Notes

I have to say I have the sweetest kids!  A couple weeks ago I came downstairs to go on my computer and I found a sweet note from my daughter Morgan and it totally made me smile.  Well Allie couldn't be out done and when I sat in front of my computer this morning she had to leave a note too.

So here is my monitor (yeah, I have a messy desk) 


Here is a close up of the 2 notes.  Allie's note made me smile and giggle.  I love a 7 year old's spelling!!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Snails

For the most part my girls are not afraid of bugs.  I am so glad that I did not pass on my fear of bugs to them.  One Saturday morning while I was working in the garden my girls came to get me and excitedly asked me to come see what they were doing. 
And this is what I found


They had found about 8 snails and were playing with them in the back yard.  I wouldn't be caught dead touching any of those gross slimy things and even got the willies getting really close to take pictures.  But my sweet, cute little girls were having a ball.






Sunday, July 3, 2011

California Vaction

While we were on vacation we all had a ton of fun.  We went to Disney Land for three days.






MMMMM We ate way too many of the churros but they were sooooo good!


Sea World



All of the kids got to feed the dolphins






The adults favorite part was the fun house mirror that made us all skinny.  I wanted to take it home and put it on my wall!


My favorite place was Universal Studios



Is that not pure joy on their faces!


We swam in the ocean



The kids also loved the pool at Aunt Brandy's house when we stopped in Vegas on the way home.





I think all said and done it was an amazing vacation!