Summer Camp!

So this summer I am trying something a little different. In late July, I am having a summer camp at my house. It's for ages 3-7 and it's called "5 Countries in 5 days"
We will be traveling to 5 different countries in our imaginations. We will have a snack, craft, games, and stories from the USA, Mexico, Australia, France and China.
I'm SO excited to do this camp, we are going to have a blast! If you know anyone interested, let me know so I can get them a registration form!!!

Timp Cave

So we ventured to Timp Cave on Friday. I was feeling brave going without Shane, and thanks to many great friends, we made it up and back unscathed. Well, almost unscathed...I'm sure all my friends think I am CRAZY, which I am. I had to hold onto Morgan and Allee the WHOLE TIME! I was not about to let go and witness them falling of the edge (if you've done the hike, you know what I'm talking about).
Anyway, we did have a good time and the kids thought the cave was amazing. Thanks to all my helpers...you know who you are.

Flood Irrigation

Cute Jeremiah enjoying the outdoors!

Austin & Olivia

Morgan exploring

Allee smiling for the camera, as usual!

Baby Jakob, he was a trooper that's for sure! He was mesmorized by the ceiling fan
in the living room, he stared at it forever!

The one major incident was Morgan scratching up his leg on the sidewalk, the picture is above.

The gang in the ditch...cute kids!

So, even though flood irrigation is slowly ruining my summer (just ask my friends), we had a fun time with cousins this week. My sis, Lisa came with her kids, and we had a great lunch and tons of fun! We were being very spontaneous I might add...that's a good thing for us.

Summer here we come!!!

Here's Mr. Morgan with his snickers cake on his 5th birthday...where does the time go??? He is totally ready for Kindergarten. In fact at his Preschool graduation, the teacher told us the Morgan keeps reminding her that he already knows everything she tried to teach him...not too surprising.



Here's Austin at his piano recital. He was AWESOME!!! (and I'm not just saying that cause I'm his mom.




And here's Allee just before her dance recital...she was hamming it up, again not really a shocker there.
I have a couple videos of field day, dance festival and Morgan's graduation that I'll post later.

So we are really winding down for the summer, or should I say gearing up. The kids are done with recitals and graduations, now it's time for the fun!!!

Not sure whether to cry or shout for joy!

Preschool Classes

So, it hit me, I mean really hit me today that next week is the last week of Preschool for this year. In some ways, I am so excited to have a break, but oh my, I will miss those kids. A few of them were in my class last year too, so it will be really hard not to have them coming back. They are so fun, and also very funny.
A couple months ago I got out the q-tips for a glueing project and Kennadee says to me "silly teacher those aren't for glue, they're for our ears" like DUH how could I make such a stupid mistake. There's also the funny comments during playtime when the kids say the wrong name for things, like calling the elevator an excavator! I just LOVE my job and all those cute faces pictured above.

So here's the question, do I cry or shout for joy???

Wicked Prehistoric Primary???

No that is not what I think of Primary. That's just what we've been up to lately. First off, thanks to my awesome sister-in-law and friend, Shane and I were both able to see "Wicked" and yes it totally ROCKED! It's the best show I've ever seen...AWE SOME!!!!!! (Hopefully I can post some pics later)
The next thing we've had going on is a report for Austin. He chose to do it on the great Triceratops. The picture is from the poster we are putting together, I just thought it was a great shot!
Last but not least, we had our Primary Activity that I was in charge of, on Saturday. Everyone survived and I think it even turned out okay! It was kind of a stressful week last week, but fun as well.
That about catches us up, until the end of this week which brings Shane and Morgans birthdays...PARTY!!!

Party Recipe

So today was the big party. It was so fun! Thanks to all you brave souls who came, hope you had fun. The picture is what I decided to get...so cute!
I had some requests for the cookie bar recipe, I made copies and forgot to give them out...so here it is (sorry Monica and Lisa, thanks so much for coming. It was great to see you and visit.)

Pan Sugar Cookies
Cream together:
1 1/2 cups sugar
8 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. almond extract
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

Sift together and add:
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 cups flour

Spread into a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 20 min. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
4 oz. cream cheese
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
splash of milk
food coloring