THOR's first adventure!

The kids were excited for our 1st adventure camping!

We haven't camped since Cayden was about Sidney's age!

 Getting ready to pull out of town!

 It was supposed to be a rainy weekend, but we were prepared to have fun regardless of the rain!

 This little man was in heaven playing in the mud/dirt with these trucks & his army guys!

 We had fun relaxing!

 Beau, Prestyn & Cayden played here for a LONG time!

 Sidney fell in love with Jiggles.  She spent ALOT of time talking to her, petting her & giving her belly rubs.

 I think Jiggles liked Sidney too!

 Sidney also loves Kole!

 Cheesy grin cause it's time for FOOD!

 more cheesiness!

 & Mr. Sly!

 Prestyn loved on Roxy!

 Our first breakfast in the camper = crambled eggs & toast!

 We spent some time in Kerry & Heather's camper!

Watched movies, ate the WORLD BEST POPCORN (thanks Heather)

and just hung out!

 Heather & I got some knitting in!

 During naptime Cayden & I spent some time playing games!

 Then when everyone was awake it was rainy so we put on a movie!

 Me & the main man!

 Heather & I went for a little walk on Sunday when it was warming up.  There was steam coming off of everything.

 Just cause he's cute!

 Cayden getting a new stash of seeds.

 Heather & I...Phase 4 or 5??

 Sidney stayed busy picking "flowers"

 Sidney & her new friend Eli gave Jiggles some love!

 Sidney was a stinker & didn't want to sleep (the boys passed out after about 2 minutes)

So she got lucky & got to sit by the bonfire with us!

 She liked it!

We had a fun first camping trip! We're hoping for better weather on our next trip, and are anxious to plan our new one already!

THOR is headed out!

Well it's our maiden voyage with THOR!!

YAY We're so excited for the weekend.  After much deliberation over our CAMPERs name,

with suggestions like :Seraphina, wolfy, singy, flying up in the air like a kite & the camper that rules the world.

Pinterest for a Purpose!

A friend of mine is putting on this great fundraiser for the National Multiple Schlerosis Society!

Each month she's picking a pinterest project & everyone who RSVP's pays $20 & comes for a night of fun & making a project.  The proceeds all go to the NMSS.

I made this for our bathroom.

 It ended up matching my bathroom perfectly!

I love it!

& Love that the $ goes to a good cause!

Our Summer 2012

So I've been thinking alot about this summer & wanting to be very intentional about the things we are doing with the kids. 
I found (through a FB friend's link - thank you Patty M) this listing of 100 kids books.

We revamped the list slightly (no christmas stories & none with the word STUPID in them, and a few others came out) and made a goal of reading 100 (or more) books this summer.

Cayden has 89 days off from school.

I'm thinking I should have a prize for them if we hit 200 or 150 or something like that.

Anyways...I made this "calendar" to track the books we've read & the things we're doing.

I also got this awesome June/July calendar from thriving families that has a bunch of awesome ideas on how to incorporate bible verses into your daily activities with your children.

I can hardly wait to start doing these with them!!

I have a few other ideas I"m working on for activities, so we can stay somewhat structured & under control.  I realize it'll be different when J's on days off or we're hitt'n the pool in the afternoons, but I want these little people to have a AWESOME summer & learn biblical truths as well as school type stuff in the midst of our fun!!

If you have links to resources or ideas for summer fun with kids LINK ME UP!!



MUSTACHE!

The boys got these Mustache tatoos out of a machine.

We finally used them!

BWHAHAHAAH



Tea party for 3!

What's my girl doing when it's quiet?

Well having a tea party with her babies of course!

She had all the food & plates set up & was feeding them!

So sweet!

Before & After - jewelry box!

Well, Papa went dumpster diving (or curbside) & found this little jewelry box for Sidney!

I knew just what I was going to do with it.

BEFORE:

 AFTER:

I'm not loving the pink glass, gotta figure out another alternative for that.

But it turned out so cute & matches her room decor perfetly!!  LOVE

Thanks Papa for the awesome find!

I LOVE THIS MAN!

Just another one of the many reasons I love this man:

Barnyard MOOsical

Today Cayden had his kindergarten "Barnyard Moosical"

He was a cow! 

 He came in all smiles!

 Said his lines perfectly & knew his dancemooves & words to all the songs.

 He even ended with all smiles!

 A little posing from the little "cow"

 A shot with his buddy Gavin!

First french braids

I can't believe Sidney FINALLY has enough hair to do this:

 Isn't it cute!!!

Tutti Frutti

We took our first adventure to Tutti Frutti with Grammie & Papa!

It was sooo awesome!

 We all LOVED it & will definately be going back again!

MS Walk 2012

We walked the MS Walk in Bismarck last weekend.

My Mom & Dad came with us & brought Great Aunt Hilda too.

Uncle Ryan came with as well.

It was a beautiful sunshiny day & our team has already raised over $16,000 for the National Multiple Schlerosis Society.  Our team had 224 members walking that day!

We walk for this beautiful mama:

Lorisa is one of my dear friends.  She is a young mother to 3 beautiful children.

We hope that through our walking & fundraising, that one day there will be a cure for MS.

If your interested join me here in Beulah, as I host the 1st Annual Legs for Lorisa 5K for MS walk/run.

All proceeds will go to the NMSS.

If you want more information, please don't hesistate to contact me.



attemting a picture with my kids...

This is what happens when I attempt to take a picture of myself with the kids.

One has her eyes shut.

 One is looking away....

and we're done!!! LOL

We had fun at least!