Max

Flashlight Hide N Go Seek

A few years ago we started playing Flashlight Hide N Go Seek...

At Night

In the dark

In the house

It's something we don't do very often, Usually when we have a sleepover guest or family in town.

Well, last week our cousin Gabe came to visit us for a week of Camp Walling....His first request through the door was for hide n go seek.
So we waited until the sun went down and said, "OK let's get all the lights off.....Then all the kids disappeared.

David and I sat there wondering what happened...
A few minutes later they all appeared wearing all Black and dark clothes...so that they wouldn't be seen as easy.
Of course I needed to snap a picture, so they gave me their best Ninja Pose!

New Dress Pattern

Last week i went to a sewing retreat. After the first day I ran out of projects to do....don't get me wrong I have P L E N T Y of unfinished projects at home but I was 2.5 hours from home and still had a 12 hour sewing day ahead of me. So I promptly, went to the nearest Hobby Lobby and purchased fabric to make this cute little dress for Mia.

I love the way it turned out but I guess what I love the most is that I FINISHED the project.

Of course, I didn't have much choice with Mia pulling on my sleeve saying, "When's is going to be done? I'm ready to wear IT"

tick tock

Before Kaylee headed off to camp she asked to get a new battery in her watch. Normally she doesnt wear a watch but next week she needed to. She said when she wakes up she wants to know if its time to get up or should she force herself back to sleep. I thought that was a well thought out stance so I agreed to take her. Even though it was a saturday. As a general rule we avoid all weekend shopping. Thus avoiding the throngs of people.
So as I went around the house telling everyone where we were going,, everyone suddenly had a watch that needed repair. We ended up taking 6 watches with us. The man was kind of shocked...probably tripled his business for the day with just us.

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Underwater Camera fun

Just a few fun shots we took back at home with the underwater camera....I think it's fun

Look at the bubbles in Trent's nos

a few more.

A few more vacation shots...

What is really funny is that we bought an underwater camera so that we could take it tubing with us and not worry about getting the good camera wet. David and I both lauged when we had to explain to the kids what a film camera was. They kept saying, "can I see it?" " where's the delete button" "How do you get the pictures out?"
I realized Zane was about 2 when we got our first digital camera. We were some of the first people I know to have one simply because he worked for Casio at the time and we got our digital camera(s) free.
What I do without a digital camera?

Relaxing on the Guadalupe

For Vacation this summer we took a trip to New Branufels. We rented a cool treehouse and got to play and tube on the river.

Zane enjoyed some serious hammock time.

Ty on the other hand did not enjoy his encounter with the hammock. We aren't sure if he jumped completely over it or got on then flipped off.

We all enjoyed the water though. Yes the water was pretty shallow but the kids didn't care. They fished...

caught frogs

paddled around in the Kayak

Then we took a tube trip for several hours

It was a nice day....Even with the drought we had a Great time

The Disco Den

The girls have decorated and transformed the bunk beds into a "Disco Den"

They even went to their closests and dressed in "rodeo" clothes and declared one night as Western night at the Disco Den. Ha! Love it!

Summer's Here

Summer's here and that means a lot of different things..............

Like a high stakes show down between Dad and Kaylee in a mean game of Spoons

Sewing and crafting....Trent's first time to sew.

Lots of Naps! (especially for Max)

Sculpting a portrait of Mom....apparently I often wear high heels and have an iguana on my shoulder

and lots of fort making and special sleeping spots

I love that summer gives us all a chance to use our creative side!

Sleepover(kinda) Seventh Birthday

Mia asked for a sleepover birthday party but because of lots of activities birthday week, we settled on a Pajama party that lasted up until bed time and then the guests returned home. All the girls had a great time getting manicures and pedicures, Kaylee made them all balloon animals of their choosing and our friend Lauren did their makeup. It was such a girly night and I had as much fun as Mia did!

Happy 7th Birthday Mia! We love you bunches