Misc. Summer Pictures 2011!!!!!

It was a busy summer... so busy in fact that I had zero time to post!  We had a few visitors which we always love, and lots of lazy days with just the two little girls being at home.  We really missed the 3 older kids!!!!  Maddie was here a bit more than K&D at the end of the summer, so she got to be here for a visit from Faith, Granny & Papa! 

Maddie & Faith camping out in the family room...

Had to eat at Andersens Pea Soup!

Took a trolley ride through Solvang that was fun...

Then Pop treated everyone to yummy ice cream!

The girls got bunnies and this is the day we went to Home Depot for wood & supplies to make the cage!

Maddie and "Lila"...

Lauren and "Sparkles"...

Just playing!

I wonder what she's doing with that stick?!?!?

Eating watermelon with Daddy!

Boogie Boarding in the entry way!  Emmy's life jacket is like a straight jacket!

Miscellaneous May...

Maddie's Pirate Play...

The 4th graders did an awesome job on their Pirates of Punctuation Production the last week of school!!!  Maddie practiced all of the songs for over a month and really did great!  Plus, she was a really cute pirate (the cutest in fact!)!!!  Good job sweetie and I loved being there to see it all!

Mothers Day 2011...

Fom Lauren...

LOVED her answers on this one... !!!

Very cute!

From ALL of the kids... and let's face it, they can all be stinkers at times!

From my man!  Totally a perfect pick from him!

From Maddie girl!!!  Very sweet!

Also from MAddie...

And more, beautiful artwork from Monkeygirl!!!

All my LOOT!  Except for the VERY YUMMY cupcake they gave all of us Moms at church, which I shared with the kids after lunch!

Being with these AWESOME kids makes being a Mom fun!!!!!  I sure love each of them more than they could ever know!  :)  Thanks to my family for making the day so special.  Thanks to my Mom for being a great example of what a Mom should be and preparing me for my job!  I love her and know how lucky I was to get her as my mom!!!  My sisters are all SUCH great moms as well and I learn stuff from them all of the time!  Thank you to all of the MOMS in my life and my kids lives!!!  :)

Girls Camp Fundraiser...

To earn her portion of camp $$$$ this year the YW did a fundraiser where each girl could bake, babysit, work, etc., for $$$ donations they could put a dollar amount to each job.  She chose to babysit for $5 per hour and bake cookies, brownies, cinnamon rolls for $7 per dozen.  She even included a handmade thank you note with a drawing on each one!  Everyone loved her treats and all were impressed with her mad babysitting skills!!!  She cleaned up and everything...   She was sooooooooooo excited to go to camp!