Today Melissa, Gibran and Sofie were in town so we took advantage of the opportunity to take some pictures. There is a cute, cute, cute little park downtown that we thought would make a great place to take some pictures of the girls. Last year Mom got the girls all coordinating outfits and that is [...]

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Wow. Our baby turned 3 today!
She requested a Barbie party, complete with a standing up Barbie cake. We invited family over and had a wonderful party.We grilled out hot dogs…her favorite food and let the kids play.
They jumped in the garage.

They colored on a huge Barbie coloring page.

Of course there was also the Barbie pinata. [...]

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We went to Katelyn’s moving up ceremony. I cannot believe that kindergarten is over already! It seems like my baby just started at that big school and now she is going to head off to 1st grade. This is going too fast for me! Here she is waiting in line to be seated for the [...]

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This year for Katelyn’s teachers, we gave one of them a journal with a jar of questions to write about. All of the questions are related to teaching. I got the idea from a website…I need to find it again and I’ll link it. For the other teacher we gave a set of coasters. They [...]

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How does your garden grow?
I am quite happy with my garden this year. I know I did not plant much, but what I did put in the ground is doing quite well. My strawberries are big, plump and red. They are sweet and delicious. I just need to figure out who is eating them before [...]

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Our girls love their sidewalk chalk.
I love their chalk drawings.
Now that Katelyn knows how to read, we also enjoy writing chalk messages.
This afternoon, we also tried out sidewalk paint. That was fun too. The paint we have came in a cute kit Melissa gave Katelyn for her last birthday. I need to see if they [...]

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Last week was Katelyn’s Field Day at school. She had a blast and was one tired girl when she got home that day. It was very well organized and it turned out to be a cooler day for them to be out. We enjoyed getting to go spend some of her school day with her.
Shooting [...]

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I got popsicle molds the other day and I have been busy experimenting with different recipes. I am looking for good and healthy ways to stay cool this summer.
The first ones I made were watermelon. They weren’t too good. They looked pretty though.
Then I made some orange flavored ones. I took frozen orange juice and [...]

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Oh yum!
I was trying to get my last $100 from ChaCha tonight and I got a question about a girl scout cookie movie quote. It lead me to bakingbites.com and this recipe. I can’t wait to try it!
Homemade Samoas Bars
Cookie Base:
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 [...]

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Tonight at dinner it was raining like crazy.
Lightning and thunder…the works.
The girls do not generally like storms. They get a bit nervous so we were talking about the weather. That’s when Katelyn said, “Tomorrow is going to be a great day!”
We were curious why she was thinking that, so of course we asked.
She said, “Because [...]

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