Mmmmm. . . . cake!

I made personal cakes for the kids to decorate.  I used some small glass pyrex bowls.  I tried to find some small cake pans at the store, but the bowls were the only thing that I could find in the size that I was looking for.  They worked great!

The kids had a lot of fun!  They turned out

 really cute and yummy looking.

                                                
                                                    Great job!

Apples

I have been converted to canning.  So far this summer I have canned tomatoes, chillies, pickles, and now I am working on apples.  These beauties are apple pie filling.  I only did one batch which made 7qt jars, but I will be doing more tomorrow.

                                      
       As you can see I still have a ton of apples left.  I think that I might dehydrate some as well.  I haven't decided yet.  I might do spiced apples or some applesauce.  We will see.

Camping Part 2

We went camping again this last weekend and I forgot to take my camera with me.  Eva was sick and kept getting a fever.  She was pretty cranky and would only go to Kallee (her cuz.) or myself.  I think that she did have a lot of fun playing with Kallee.  Everyone seemed to have a fun time.  I am glad to be back to sleep a bit better.  Eva did not sleep very well and kept stealing James' cot.  I don't think that he slept very well either.

Camping

These are the local alien hunters. 

Look at this cool gun that one of the kids brought.  It is carved out of wood.

My kids loved them!

James had fun with all of the games there were to play.  Here he is

playing horse shoes.  Yo, yo, yo, eh. . . yo!

Bob and Isaac getting in on the fun.

Eva just had fun hanging around with Grandpa, Kristi, and Bob.

We all had a fun time!

Camping Trip Here We Come !

We are going camping tonight.  Woo Hoo!  I think the last time we went camping was before Ryan and Brooke tied the knot.  It was during the winter and we froze!  The kids are very excited and are just waiting for Ethan to get out of school.

Butterfly Mania

I have been seeing an awful lot of butterflies lately. . . so, I thought that I would count how many I saw taking Ethan to school today.  I saw 9 on the way to school and a whopping 20 on the way home!   That was fun to see so many.

Super Sleepy Girl

Jacob and Eva don't take naps very often anymore, this is the result.  After 'naptime' (quiet time)

we pick Ethan up from school they watch 1 show before homework time.  Apparently

10 min. into the show was just enough to make my wonder girl konk out.