Fun time with Grandma

Kamren did his first rain regatta in scouts. He had fun designing the sail.


Ashleigh bridged over and is now a Brownie. We had a fun picnic at the park with all of her friends.

While we were waiting to pick up grandma we went to some flower gardens for a few hours. They were amazing and the kids loved it. I love the rainforest.


It was nice to have my mom around to help me while Kevin was gone especially while we were at church. Ashleigh is wearing her new dress that she got for a dollar and Brynn is wearing her new dress that she got for two dollars and I made the girls flower hair accessory. We love a deal.



Grandma was over refreshments for FHE and she chose to do the famous flower pots.


Brynn posing at the beach for grandma. She loves her new swimsuit.



We had fun at the beach with grandma.








Ashleigh admired grandma for putting rollers in her hair each night so she wanted to try it too.




My friend took my mom on her first pontoon ride. We all loved the beautiful day together.

We showed grandma a beautiful trail nearby. It was amazing that there was no humidity and not very many mosquitos.

I loved every minute with my mom. She is such an optimistic and loving person. We wish we could be here longer than a week.


The kids fought to sit next to grandma for each meal. They all took turns.
We took grandma to one of our favorite parks. We also enjoyed a few bike rides while she was here. The children were amazed that she could ride a bike.



Grandma let Ashleigh scrapbook a few pages in the Family Reunion scrapbook. She loved being crafty with her.

I asked my mom if she would take each of the children on a date. It was a hit. Ashleigh got to go first. My mom even had a little question and answer page for the grandkids to fill out. They sure loved the donuts and juice.


The kids couldn't wait to have storytime with grandma each night.



I don't do rides that go around and around. I get too sick but my mom loved it with Ashleigh and Brynn.


I had each of the children choose what the would like to do and Kamren chose an airplane museum. It was so fun to watch airplanes land and take off outside.







Andrew is showing grandma that he can pray too! He even says pray.





One of my favorite parts of Kirtland is feeling the peace on all of the grounds.



This is the Kirtland Temple. I love the green door.

It was so fun to meet up with my cousin in Cleveland. I haven't seen him in 10 years. I was able to meet his cute wife. It was a fun break for the kids to play at the beach and see a lighthouse. This was at Fairport Harbor where many of the Saints came in to arrive in Kirtland.



Andrew loved spending time with grandma at Fairport Harbor.

We went to Kirtland and this is where the prophet saw God, the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.



This was our last stop before heading home. The John Johnson Farm was an amazing place. We had a picnic there before we left. The kids loved the hotel where they swam in the pool over and over. We sure loved our time with grandma. When are you coming next?

Summer Fun!

Every Wednesday we have craft day. Ashleigh is our craft girl. These are some of the things they made. Tuesday and Thursdays are our journal days and Monday is math day. We leave Fridays for free days. It's fun to have a little school in the summer.

Kamren chose to make dream catchers. Thanks to our neighbor we have lots of fun craft supplies.


Ashleigh made a picture collage to hang up with all the extra scrapbook paper.

One of our good friends showed us how to make this cute bag out of bandanas. So easy and so fun!


Kamren was making a tool box out of wood so Ashleigh created her own door hanger.

The girls made these fun magnet boards. They have them in their room with pictures on them. Ashleigh was inspired when she saw one of these in her friend's room.



Kamren wanted to enter the Lego Contest and this is what he did. He is always so creative with his legos. This is what Kamren did instead of crafts one day.

The girls had fun making peek a boo puppets. Andrew had a blast with them.

It was so much fun to have family come and visit us. My sister in law loves blueberries so we took her to pick blueberries one day.


Andrew can't get enough of these blueberries.

One day we went to the beach with them. Airplanes!! Andrew loves to hear the airplanes go by!
They took Kamren one day to a water/amusement park. He had a blast with his cousin Aaron.

We met up with our cousins and visited one of the largest weather vanes.
We all loved climbing the sand dunes together. It was a beautiful, clear day.

Their cousin Kimberly loves geocashing so we tried it a few times. We weren't very successful.

Kamren finished his second triathlon. This one was very challenging because of the heat and humidity. We are so proud of him. He even made the local newspaper!

The girls had fun dressing up for pioneer day!
Kamren had a week full of golf and girls enjoyed a dance camp. I have no pictures of them because I forgot my camera.


We are so proud of Kamren. He achieved his wolf badge with his friend Luke. He has a wonderful leader!


Having fun with olives!





Brave little Brynn jumped off of a pontoon boat. It sure looks high from on top. She even got to write her name on the boat with a sharpie to join the jump club!

Brynn wanted to jump off the boat over and over again.


The kids loved hunting for frogs and playing with them. It brought back many memories when I would search for them in my backyard as a child.

We've had so much fun playing in the lake. The kids loved this little paddle boat.

Andrew is having a blast just hanging out on the pontoon while his siblings play in the water.

So sad. We had to say goodbye to our 94 Toyota Camry with 195,000 miles on it. We've had it for 12 1/2 years and it had to retire because of a car accident. We are happy to say we are getting another Toyota Camry soon!

Summer is flying by but we are loving our time together.

God Bless America!

I love July 4th. It is one of my favorite holidays. Here are the things we did over the 4th of July weekend. We love America!



Ashleigh, Brynn and I had so much fun tubing together. I tried to knee board but I didn't do so well. Maybe next time.




Our neighbors invited us to go on their boat. We had a blast swimming and tubing. It was our first time going on the lake that is right by our house. It was quite refreshing to jump in the water.



My friend taught me how to make the girls hair accessories. They were fun to make.



The girls and I dressed up the same for church on the 4th. Kamren was our photographer for this picture.



We let the kids do sparklers earlier that evening. Andrew just thought it would be fun to touch. Thank goodness he didn't.



Ashleigh had so much fun with the sparklers. We had a great time grilling out at our friend's house.

Here we are in our red, white, and blue at the parade we go to every year. This year it was very hot.




Dad made us all yummy pancakes for breakfast.

The kids helped me make our traditional cake. I made my first white cake from scratch since I don't buy boxed cake mixes anymore. It really is easy to do.




I had so much fun doing the girls nails for the 4th of July.



Ashleigh had fun making a flag with pepperoni. We tried to make the pepperoni into stars but that didn't work so well. That's okay, it still tasted great.




We had a picnic for lunch outside on our deck.



Here are the rest of the decorations. I got that liberty bell when I was traveling to Philidelphia with my sister. The kids sure love ringing it.



I just cut my curtain and raised it to the ceiling to bring in more light. I love the new change.



I like to decorate our dining room each holiday and I didn't have much of the Americana decor so I made this sign out of cardstock. Did I say that I love doing crafts. Well, I absolutely love crafts:)



I was very inspired by my friends flag in her home that I had to make one similar. I put it in my kitchen for the 4th but now I put it in Kamren's room because he is very into the military right now. When he grows up he wants to serve his country. I loved spending only a dollar to make it.

Happy 4th of July!