Meet Jumpy, Hopper and Frogger

Here froggy, froggy, froggy! Not quite as much fun as a dog but my kids still love watching their new pets. We found these cute little guys in our garden this summer and the girls wanted to keep them, so we made them a nice new home.

They have been pretty fun pets. We googled tree frogs and found out all about how to care for them, what they eat and their life cycle. We catch crickets, flies and moths to feed them. The kids love watching them eat and climb the walls with their sticky feet.

Horse back riding

Areya loves horses and begs me to take her riding all the time. So when we found a groupon for a place close to us I was super excited to surprise her with a Mommy/Areya day.

Areya riding Cloud

Here we are riding down the trail.

You can see the head of my horse Hammer in this picture. I also love horses and so this was a lot of fun for both of us. Can't wait for our next horse back riding trip.

Christmas in July

Merry Christmas!

Well at least it was at our house. We found a ready great deal on a trampoline and went halfsies on it with Matt. The girls love it and have already gotten lots of use out of it. We even gave it a try (what a great reminder that we're not as young as we use to be) and had a good time jumping with the kids.

Merry Christmas girls, I hope you love your present!

Taking the boat out

We bought a boat early spring. It was a fixer upper and needed some TLC. So after Damian and his dad finally got it running well we took the girls out for a ride and a little fishing.

They love going out and after we get her (the boat) in tip top shape we will have to try out a few water sports like tubbing and maybe water skiing, but don't get you hopes up on the last one. (Bad memories)

Our Garden

We planted a garden again this year. Starting the seeds way back in March. Since we get so much wildlife in our yard we had to fence in the garden in order to keep all the critters out.

We got lots and lots of fresh veggies out of it this year. So many that we were able to bless many other families with fresh veggies as well.

This is a very small portion of what came out of the garden.

We were able to can and dry lots of stuff for the winter. I also made several loafs of Zucchini Bread which we froze.

Bright Blocks

We had these block growing up and had so much fun making all sorts of cool things. I remember spending hours building stuff with my brothers.

My girls also love building with these blocks and I hope they end up with as many great memories as I have.

While Areya was at school Princess Aniela and I made a castle for her and Prince Taevin.

Here's my little princess!

Prince Taevin

This is the house Areya made. She did a really good job and only needed a little help on the roof. I think she was making a dog house for "Monster" the little dog we found. Guess it worked well for our other little monster too.

August 2011

So you may ask what we did this summer?

Well we played in the water.........

Went to the beach and played in the water some more........

Went to the splash park and you guessed it, played in the water.

We pretty much spent every hot day playing in the water! Oh how I love summer!!!