SO PROUD!

Congratulations on being selected to the Bantam A team under direction of

coach Dennis Crothers. 

Garrett We Are So Proud of You!

Looks like we will be seeing alot of this

And This

and more pictures receiving medal like this.

This boy loves the game of hockey. 

Good Friends

Last Thursday, we had several friends over to spend the night and then play the next day.  These are Seth's buddies, Danny and Michael. 

It was so hot outside the boys found the water hose.  They were throwing sponges and wetting eachother.  I went inside to get the camera.  When I came outside, this is what I saw.  I was laughing so hard.

The same night Ella had Marissa over too.  The girls did the sprinkler on the trampoline for their wet fun.  I spent alot of the day in the kitchen.  It seemed as I got one meal fixed, fed, then cleaned up it was time for another meal. 

It is nice to have friends.

Great fun

Not Fun

Ella has been doing alot of swimming.  She learned to go under and jump off the side.  She swims with swimmies and without.  She has turned into a water bug and wants to be in the water ALL the time, everyday. 

Well doing alot of swimming turned out to be not so good.  On Friday, we ended up at the doctor with swimmer's ear.  She woke up complaining about her ear.  She cried and cried.  Well then I realized that she was crying just as much because she had to do to the doctor.  She does not like the doctor.  Thank goodness we went.  We have been doing ear drops two times a day. 

The hardest part has been no swimming for 3 days.  She is having withdrawals. 

Back to swimming today.  She is thrilled.

2nd year Dance Recital

Ella danced in her 2nd Dance Recital.  The show was "Wizard of Oz"  Her class were the flowers in Munchkin land. 

She smiled and smiled the entire dance.  These were at dress rehearsal night.

Third position - look at those feet

Her time to shine - spin

Ella and her family after the recital.

On to mexican for doing a great job.  She loves mexican.  Kinda hard to believe but she asked for 2 enchiladas.  Funny for a 4 year old to like that.

By the way: Tuesday night at the supper table we realized this 4 year old has 2 loose teeth.  She made her mommy cry.  How can this be happening?

OH! The Fun!

There is nothing like having NOTHING to do.  When we have nothing to do we can spend some true family time.  I make a menu each week with breakfast, lunch, snack and supper.  That way the children will eat what I have bought groceries for that week.  I put SMORES on the menu for dessert on Thursday.  They held me to it.

Ella loves doing what the big boys do.   She was very patience and still to let her marshmellow melt.  Ella doesn't like graham crackers so she has invited a new smores - chocolate and marshmellow.  Can you imagine the chocolate mess this creates.  She doesn't care.  She ate two and asked for another.

Seth could eat about 10 smores at a time.  We sat outside until dark.  Caught a few fireflies.  Summer time we love you.  These are the memories I hope our kids will remember one day when they get big. 

Simple.  Sweet.  Fun.

and

Yummy

ps  we have learned that campfire marshmellow are the best for roast over a fire.