Grants Farm

Keely came down to spend some time with me for my birthday. We decided to take the kids to Grants farm.



What a bunch of cute kids!!!

You won't believe it...

Parents… do you remember how excited we were that we had the swim area so close to us? Then the flood came, all the dead trees washed ashore and I gave up any hope that the area would be restored. Well… GUESS WHAT!!! You won’t believe it… check out the pictures.

There has been a crew working off and on for the last month or so and it is really coming along. After dinner this evening we decided to take a walk down there and found a beautiful clean beach. The kids are so excited. We sat by the lake while the kids played in the sand, enjoyed the peaceful nature, the fish jumping and the sand beneath our feet. It was so nice.

Building a Motor Boat

I have found, yet another blessing for our family/children. Lowes just down the street from us does a event for the kids that allows them to make a project. I was very impressed with it. When we arrived both kids were given goggles, a hammer and the pieces to make their motor boat. We sat down and built them. Caleb did a great job with the hammer. Both kids were so proud of themselves for creating their boats. They played with them all day and even went to bed with them. Lowes also gives out vest to each child and with each project that they complete they will receive a patch to sew on to the vest. I am pretty darn excited about this and have signed the kids up for another session.

Slide in pool

The kids had a blast this afternoon playing in the pool. I was able to finish my book "My Sister Keeper." It was a nice afternoon.

bye bye computer

Eric’s computer decided not to turn on. Eric is friends with 2 wonderful people that have put broken computers together and remade their functional computer so they came over to see if they could get it working. No such luck but it was fun having them over and very interesting to have the lab top apart.

Bath Paints

One afternoon, when the kids had enough of each other and I needed their attention focused else where for sanity purposes we made bath paints. They loved it and Caleb has been asking to paint the bathtub since.




I used 3 TBS of hand soap and a drop or two of food die. Just to give credit where it is deserved I saw this on another blog.

City Garden

City Garden is awesome!!! It’s one of my new favorite places to take the kids. There are so many different water areas for the kids to enjoy on a hot summer afternoon.