Catching bubbles

Bubbles; they can change a child's mood in an instant!

I taught Alana how to catch bubbles on her hands. So just about everyday we've had to go outside and catch some. She then 'sets them free' in her bucket of water. Tyler is usually right behind her popping them, typical little brother!

Polar Opposites!

William was taking some pictures of the girls with our camera. Check out the difference between the 2 girls!

Alana : What are you lookin at?

Elizabeth : I'm a beautiful princess.

Making smores!

We were in Ohio for my family reunion and decided one night to make smores. Yummy. The kids had fun roasting the marshmallows and then making the ooey gooey mess eating them. They only ended up doing one each and then opted to eat the chocolate straight. Can't blame 'em. We continued to roast marshmallow well after the kids were over the whole thing. We just finished up and were packing up to go inside when it started to POUR! We got done just in time!

Tyler had no interest in roasting marshmallows. He was as happy as could be pushing the lawnmower around. Hmmm lets hope he keeps up that enthusiasm for mowing the lawn, we could take advantage of that later :)

PIZZA PARTY!!

A little while ago we had Alana's friend Lizzie over (and her parents) to make pizzas. The girls had a lot of fun making them, lots of cheese! We made our own too, but didn't bother taking pictures of that....it's cuter when the kids do it :)

Family pictures

Well this morning we had an appointment to get a family picture taken. First one since all of the grandchildren were born. They decided to try to get one of the kids by themselves. That was interesting. The people at the portrait studio were awesome. They got the kid's attention and even made them laugh. here are the series of pictures of the kids:

Finally got the good one!!

Cluggys

We had Aunt Debbie, Uncle Joe and my "little" cousins out for a long weekend. That was a lot of fun! Uncle Joe ended up doing a ride along with Dave on Friday and go figure it was a very slow shift, well until after 11 pm. :)

They went to Cluggys which is a cool family fun center. They have go-karts and mini golf outside and inside there is a batting cage, arcade, snack shop and a couple little kids play areas. Alana had a great time and didn't stop the whole time she was there. Boy was she thirsty when she got home. She didn't want to stop playing even to get a drink!

I stayed back with Tyler. He took an almost 3 hour nap and I did homework. We ended their trip out here with a stop at Alana's favorite 'store' Red Robin....Yummmm!

Go-Karts

Though I was told that this wasn't a race. I was also told Uncle Joe won! The guys had a lot of fun riding in the go-karts while Alana and Aunt Debbie cheered them on. They got this in and 4 holes of mini golf before the BIG storm came! Cluggys seems to be a pretty cool place.