Lil's b-day Part 2

Last night we decided to stay home and celebrate Lil's b-day instead of going and watching some fireworks. I'm glad we did because it was a great night. After our feast of hamburgers, tater tots, and corn, we let Lil open her presents.

This is how old she is now.

She LOVES her baby and new dress up slippers.

She didn't get the pool but MJ and Lil have enjoyed swimming in it every chance they get this summer. She did get this cool sprinkler ball though. You can whack it, roll it, pick it up and chase someone with it, or just run around it. It's pretty cool. I hope one day my kids will enjoy it as much as RB and I do.


We let Lil pick out her birthday cake. It was a good choice of chocolaty goodness.


After cake Lil and MJ played with toys and watched a movie while RB and I played some games while we waited for it to get dark. After it got dark we went out and set off our own fireworks. We bought two fountains and a small value pack. We decided that the fountains are far cooler than anything in the value packs. Next year we will probably get fountains and that is it. Especially if they have the buy one get one free deal again. MJ was a little scared setting off these fireworks but fearless Lil loved it all.







I love this picture, not sure why, but I do!
Happy Birthday Lil!

Lil's b-day

Lil turned 3 today! Hard to believe she is so old all ready. Here are some pics. of her growing up.











HaPpY B-dAy Lil, we LoVe YoU!!

My Birthday

Another year has come and I am once again a year older. I haven't hit the big 30 yet so I feel good about that. That day started with a nice 2 mile run. I'm not as in shape as I want to be but it felt good to go that far. After RB went shopping with the girls leaving me at home with some peace and quiet. After talking to both of my sisters and getting ready for the day RB came back. He bought me a garden for in front of our house. Two years ago I tried to clear out the weeds and here are the pics. of that year. I only had six flowers to plant.




This year the weeds were just as bad and a lot taller. RB did most of the dirty work but together we dug down and got all the weeds out. We laid out the black tarp stuff that stops the weeds from growing. Then we put down some Pete moss and top soil to finish it off. RB bought me some tomatillo's, strawberries, pacifica orchid halo's, and some cooler blushes. It was fun to be outside and getting a small garden growing. I forgot to take before pics. but here are the after pics.







That evening we went to Olive Garden for dinner and then headed to a church with a big baseball diamond grass area behind it for the fireworks. I love watching fireworks and so do my girls. After playing at the park for awhile and it's getting dark my girls get in their PJ's to watch the show. My mother-in-law bakes cupcakes too for the birthday celebration. Every year the fireworks land on my b-day or Lil's.






It was a great day!

Ribs and Swimming

Last Wednesday was our last day of our masters. We went out to eat to celebrate at the Timbermine up Ogden Canyon. On Sat. we were going to have a BBQ but nobody was able to come. So we ate all the ribs ourselves. They were delicious. MJ LOVES ribs and I love how both of them eat the ribs.







Every year our ward has a pool party. This year we had a dinner before hand. The food at the dinner was excellent. The weather on the other hand was not so good. A bad wind, lightening, and rain storm came through and was gone in about 30 min. Luckily, the neighboring city where the pool is at was not affected by the storm and so swimming was still on. We had so much fun. Last year MJ and Lil were both scared of the water and were not very adventurous. This year they both splashed, moved around, and even went down the little slides. It was a little chilly this year but still worth going to. RB had fun playing hoops with some of the boys too.





Yesterday I decided it was time to do another project. I got the idea from my mother-in-law and jumped in. It is a tent that goes over a table. The girls already love it and I'm pretty proud with how it turned out. I decided a window on the side might be a choking hazard with my Lil and how rambunctious she can get. So I left that out but they still like it.


Summer is going great! Hope your summer is good too!

Busy, busy, busy

I love summer vacation. I feel like I can get caught up on everything I've been putting off all year. This year especially since RB and I have been so busy with our masters, a lot of things have been pushed to the side to do later. Well I have been pretty ambitious these last few days. First, RB and I are starting to exercise again.

Then the last few days have been cleaning the basement. Every year this seems to be a project and I think this year we actually have it 98% done. Now I say 98% because 1% is a computer tower and old laptop that needs to be destroyed before we can get rid of it. The other 1% is the boxes by the door that need to go into the trash can. This will take a few weeks as we slowly get rid of it putting a little at a time into the can. In years past we always had a DI pile and this year we actually got rid of it.

Now for those of you who have seen our basement before (like my parents, and sorry I didn't get any before pics) you understand how much of an improvement this is.

As you first walk in.


The food storage side.


Eventually RB wants to put a projector and screen on this side. Put a couch or two down there and have a movie room.

Besides the basement, this morning I decided we needed to make some more fruit leather. So I got eight rakes of fruit leather cooking, and one rack of cut apples drying out. Mmmm, can't wait till it is done. Plus we went and played Frisbee Golf again today. Love that game.

My next big project is my scrap booking. I'm afraid to tackle that one! Maybe after Wed. when the masters is completely finished. We'll see. Have a great day!