Firework art

We get to celebrate Canada Day and 4th of July in this house!!

Loving my iPhone

I have been learning about taking better pictures with my phone and I love it!!  I found some great apps that help make the pictures beautiful. It's lots of fun. And I hate hauling my big dslr camera every where. My phone is always on the go with me. Here are some of my favorites lately:

slushy-topia

Lightning on a stormy night

First official sister tea party

Hazel had a cracker with cream cheese on it...

Zoo day

It only got up to 96 before we left the zoo. It was still hot but if we stayed in the shade and stayed wet it wasn't horrible!  Check out the baby birds:) we watched them forever.

Make something Monday!

I have been cooking up something fun with the kids every Monday this summer!  Gracin really likes to help in the kitchen.  I think its because he really likes treats.  We made frozen, chocolate covered bananas, cupcakes cooked in ice cream cones, (found that in pinterest), and no-bake cookies!   And yes, I usually put shorts on Gracin in the morning.  But after he goes to the bathroom a couple times, who knows where they end up!!

Hazel loves blanky

Hazel can usually be found with a blanket on her head!  I bring one to church to make her happy during Sunday School and RS.  If she is sad I just grab it and drape it over her shoulders, in the car I can just throw it back on her car seat, covering her head and she is happy.  She really likes these light linen type ones but she has been known to put a twin size blanket, towel, shirts, dress up gowns, pretty much anything soft on her head.  She will even play with toys while hiding.  None of my other kids were ever attached to a blanky like this.  Its just something we love about Hazel Bug!

Wall art

Our new favorite way to beat the heat! 

pose,

spray,

 reveal and laugh!!

repeat

Then, lay out in the sun to warm up again!

Scooter/bike night 6-3-13

This was her first ride outside!!

One night we were waiting for Riley to get home from work and it was a beautiful overcast sunset.  Perfect for hanging outside.  So, we all went out for some scooter and bike rides back and forth in front of the house until it got dark!  That is what summer is all about right?  Gracin was able to ride Rhylan's bike for the first time!  He was pretty slow but he had a blast finally being able to ride it!  Rhylan was getting really good at scooting around.  She had only had it a few days and was having so much fun already.

100 degrees and holding steady! 5-31-13

This was the last day of May!!  Every single day since then, it has been over 100* here.  We frequently stay inside, go outside in the early morning, or are getting wet!  This was our first day with the little sprinkler.  Yeah they had fun:)