Bubbles are so fun....

We had so much fun with the bubble shooters that I bought for the kids the other night. They did very well until the end. I had bought two so they would not fight and then realized after opening them that I only had enough batteries for 1 and a half.....OH no....they shared and took turns and then at the very end the fighting began. They are siblings but we are still trying to teach them to share and that can be very hard to do at times. Needless to say, I am headed out today to buy some more batteries, bubbles, check Father's Day off the list, and some Sunday School craft items for my lesson tomorrow.






Here is a quick scrapbook page I made from the June Freehand Scraps kit....it is a favorite picture of mine from Halle's one year shoot and it is for the baby book that is slowly taking shape and the end is in sight!! Hurray!


I plan to stitch my journaling onto the page with the sun and cloud....should be finished soon, I hope.

Halle sabotaged my camera this week and took some of the funniest photos....this one is Caleb's current obsession with "wittle Tato head" as he calls him. He has been playing and playing with this and the big Tato head and now Halle is asking for a Mrs. Potato Head.


Have a great weekend!

Favorite shots of summer.....thus far

Here it is June 16th already and the summer is blowing by....I had alot of plans and dreams of all the things we would do and experience this summer. We have been practicing our golf in the backyard and at the driving range. We had alot of fun playing putt-putt the other night and this year Caleb didn't even fall in the water-but I did pack some extra clothes-just in case. Each time that Caleb would knock his ball in the hole he would exclaim "Awesome" this is a new word for him and is funny to hear him say it about his accomplishments.







We have made many trips to the park just down the street from our house-and have gone through almost an entire box of bandaids from small scrapes occurring from falls on the sidewalks and the back patio.


Summer field trip #1-Brent by the olympic torch at the Olympic training center....so interesting and we had so much fun!


Guess we had double gold medalists on the podium today.




Colorado has had some crazy weather lately with consecutive days of afternoon showers, hail storms, tornadoes. Halle is holding a bowl of hail stones from a recent storm at our house. The kids were enamored with the large marble sized stones.

we have consumed lots of ice cream and popsicles....

we made a trip to the Southern colorado mountains to enjoy some peace and quiet from the hustle and bustle of the city....Brent and Paul Bunyan or maybe a lumberjack, I am not sure what he was but we found him in the little town of Westcliffe and thought he was worthy of a photo.

Relaxing at the cabin on the swing....

Hiking in the mountains-one of our summer favorites!




Pretend playing video games while waiting for our dinner at Pizza Madness


the plastic pigs from the "All the Way Home" game. This is the first thing that the kids break into at our Cabin when we visit.

Catching the view off the porch at the cabin....

Caleb has mastered the hose and the sprayer- the boy loves water!

The new and ever popular tire swing that is hanging in one of our big Maple trees. I have to admit that even I have sat in it a time or two to enjoy a swing in the summer sun. It is soooo much fun! It is a frequent summer spot. These pictures were taken the day it was hung!


I have been very busy since school got out and have not had much time for this little blog. Brent looked it up tonight and went back through some old posts and told me that he was enjoying reading all the thoughts and things I had recorded and that he loved the idea of this blog. I guess it motivated me once again to keep recording our stories and memories and the everyday moments that I might otherwise forget. I hope to update more often as time marches on.