Birthdays! Part 1

For his birthday this year, I got a babysitter and the two of us went to the planetarium and watched a show, that was cool, but disapointing. Didn't end up being what either one of us expected. But that is okay...we are saving for a telescope and will have our own star shows:-)
We sang happy birthday and went out to eat at CiCi's. I think he only chose CiCi's because we had a coupon for one of the kids to eat free he wanted to use:-) lol Then, we sat around the fire and roasted a marshmallow. Yes, one marshmallow. It was a good day.

32 and Life is Good. Will be even better when we start getting some better sleep around here!!!

Pics, Nothing More.

Six

Wesley turned six this week! All ready for first grade, counting down the days until he is 7:-) lo

We had a really fun day with Wesley. Brady took the day off work and we spent the day doing whatever Wesley wanted. He wanted his friend, Aden, to spend the day with him, so we picked him up and then we went to Chuck E Cheese. After that, Brady took the kids to the pool while Cali had a nap. The rest of the day was spent hanging out at home and playing on the computer and having nerf gun wars and then for dinner we went to "the restaurant with the chili car", as Wesley called it. Chili's, if you couldn't figure that one out. lol

Last night I was reading the kids books and we were looking at a farm book with animals and talking about the different names of the animal babies. You know, a baby pig is a piglet etc. I asked Aubrey what a baby horse is called and Wesley piped in and said, "a horselet!!!" LOL And just so you know, a baby cow is not a calf, it is a cowlet. LOL

Bummer that our camera battery had exhausted and we had to charge it so the only pics I got of Wes blowing out the candles on his cake, are on the DSi. Dang it!!! I don't have good luck with cameras.

CATCH UP!!!

Ready for the picture show?? Good...

OUR TRIP TO SAN DIEGO WAS A BLAST!!!

Notice how my kids are wearing jackets? lol The weather was perfect...but OUR kids thought it was cold. I can't imagine why?

4th of July was great! Great spot at the fire work show. We watched in 4-D! It got a bit freaky, but was fun.

Wesley with his ribbons and medals...Oh! and his trophies (the blue one is last years). I think it is lame that ALL the kids get trophies. Only my opinion, of course. But heck, where is the motivation to improve? I could really go off, but I won't. If you really want to know how I feel, call me:-) lol
I am proud of Wesley and his improvement this year. He had a fun season and did great with back stroke. He couldn't even do it last year. This year, it was his favorite event. GO WESLEY!

I just tried to download pics, and the battery died on my camera!!! So, let me share a funny Wesley story...(this is not exactly word for word...but you get the jist of the conversation...)

We were driving down the road and Wesley says to me,
Wes: We found a paper from Adam and Steve.
Me: From who?
Wes: Adam and Steve.
Me: Who are they?
Wes: You know, the man that was here all alone a long time ago and then God put Steve here too so Adam wouldn't be all alone.
Me: Oh! You mean, Adam and EVE?
Wes: Yes, them. We found a paper they wrote on at the culd-a-sac, burried in the ground.
Me: Really? How do you know it was from them?
Wes: It had Angles on the paper. Red ones with bow and arrows.
Me: Oh? I think those were probably cupids. (And then I shared with him the legend of cupid and how he shoots his arrows of love into people).
Wes: Oh. Cupid must have shot Adam with his arrow so he would love Eve.
Me: Maybe. Then did he shoot Eve so she'd love Adam?
Wes: No.
Me: I don't think they had paper back then. Maybe it was just paper from a few years ago.
Wes: No. It was from Adam and Eve. Maybe Jesus turned the Gold Plates to paper.
Me: LOL

It was pretty funny.

Will post pics soon........I hope:-)

4th of July Crafts

I have been wanting to do a Fourth of July wreath/decoration for the front door for a few years. The above picture was my first attempt. I came up with the idea a few months ago, when I saw a ruffle contest on the rufflesandstuff blog. I never got it done for the contest, dang it! But I did get it done:-) I used a piece of rectangle shape foam, that came in a package. I saved it a while ago, thinking I'd use it sometime. I covered the foam with white fabric (it has a floral pattern in it) and then gathered strips of the red for the ruffled stripes. Then I cut a piece of navy blue and hot glued it all together. Buttons for the stars gives it just the right touch! I am really happy with how it turned out; but just could not put it on my front door like I had planned. Soooo....

I was in Hobby Lobby one day, just meandering around, and I happened to walk down the isle with all of the plastic canvas. My eyes fixated on a package of 10 plastic canvas stars for $1.49, then just below the stars I saw a package of about 4-5 inch circle plastic canvas, also for $1.49. Then my mind was taken back to a trip to JoAnn's, where I had purchased white and red fabric on clearance. My thoughts continued on, mentally going through my fabric stash, and I realized I also had navy blue and other fun fabrics that would work just fine for this idea that was whirling around in my busy little mind. This is what I did after purchasing one package of circle and star shaped plastic canvas.....
I cut out squares of fabric that would cover my plastic canvas. To give it a little "poof", I used some batting and covered the canvas with the batting and my choice of fabric. I used a hot glue gun to secure it to the canvas. Then I took a needle and some navy blue yarn , and stitched around each piece. Then, of course, I hot glued all of the pieces together in a circular shape. I ended up with an extra circle and star, so I made a bow out of yarn and hot glued the star to the circle, and attached them to the wreath part. I would like to find some star buttons to add to it, but other than that, I am happy with how it turned out.
Ahhh...and now I feel ready for July;-)

Just some updates:

The past few weeks have been so great! It all started when this lovely woman and her son came to church. They sat in front of our family, and I assumed they were also members. I learned that they were not. And a couple weeks later the Elders started teaching her in our home. What a blessing it has been in my life! I have learned so much, and gained a wonderful friend! Her baptism was this past weekend. It was, of course, beautiful. I am so happy for her and her son. I love them both dearly and feel so grateful to have had the missionaries in our home teaching her, because like I said before, I have learned so much; about our Saviour and his love for all of us, eternal families, a really cool way to remember the 10 commandments, scriptures, and witnessed a really cool object lesson involving fire!! :-) lol

These Elders are great! They have strong testimonies and I know they will be so blessed for serving the Lord for 2 years!!

Aubrey is loving summer! She loves playing in the water. Usually if they don't hit the trampoline first thing in the morning, then it is just to hot for it. Sometimes we put the sprinklers under......Aubrey likes that. Aubrey still loves to sing. I really enjoy listening to her play and hear her start singing the primary songs, songs I didn't even know she knew. She really likes to tease Wesley (and all the older boys for that matter) and can definitely stand her ground now. She is not afraid to beat the daylights out of anybody that messes with her. And then she can turn around and be so sweet playing babies and dress up.

We are constantly saving this girl from dangerous situations. She has fallen down and over and in and out of so many things! She is brave and curious and that is stressful for me. I am exhausted trying to make sure she is safe all day long! I don't hover....really. But sometimes wonder if I should. She is such a sweet heart though, and is so grown up. She loves to play with her older siblings. She loves animals, and playing Polly Pockets with Aubrey. She loves to sing and dance and laugh.

We had this dove, I think it is a dove, nest on our fence. I waited and waited to see the babies, and then went out one day and there was nothing there! The mama was gone, the babies were gone, and there was no evidence of shells.?? I just hope nothing got them, and that they just flew away!!

Something I meant to post a while back.... Wesley got to participate in the announcements at school one day. He was really excited to do it, and did a great job.

Wesley is enjoying the summer break and doing great with swim team! He improved his times at the last meet...although I am not sure where he is at. I will post after we go to practice Tuesday. He has won some ribbons and is enjoying the season. Divisional is this weekend, so we will make sure to post about that.

Wesley and Aubrey are both participating in summer gymnastics. We started last week, and Wesley liked it. Aubrey is just continuing on from the spring.

Brady and I are just tired. Someday we may get some good sleep. lol