Pool time!

Wow!  How the time flies!  Maw Maw, Ethan and Sierra were here for a few days over this past weekend and we spent quite a bit of time in the pool.  We tried a few "stunts" which ended up in quite a few splashes and some water up the nose.

Unfortunately, Tenley was sleeping so we couldn't get her in this family picture..OK...so probably would not have been a good idea anyway. :-)

No hands!

Sierra was even walking across the pool like this with Jada on her shoulders!  Crazy girls. :-)

Popsicle time!

And here's a picture of Ethan, Tenley and Beckett watching a soccer game before Jada and Beckett's game.

Have a great day!  More pictures to come in the next few days. :-)

New experiences

Kids are growing like crazy and always learning new things.  Beckett recently learned how to ride his bike without training wheels.  Only had a few spills...:-)

The other day I ran upstairs and I think I asked Beckett to watch Tenley for a moment.  When I came downstairs a couple minutes later, she had found the candy and was pulling off the plastic from a lollipop.  Now I'm not sure that she ever really had a lollipop before, so I thought it was too cute to take it away from her...even though it was still fairly early in the morning!

I don't know that Jada has really done much new lately, but she has really started playing with Tenley lately which has been really neat.  Actually all three kids have been getting along very well this summer and big sister Jada does a great job with both younger siblings.

N.O.T   H.A.P.P.Y  that is is already the middle of July and school will be here before we know it.

Happy 4th of July!

We hope that you had a great holiday and that you were able to stay cool.  We had some friends over to cook out and swim.  The kids were in the pool from about 4 until 9:30 with only a few breaks in between for food.  It was so hot that the cheese melted all together and the stick of butter that I set out for the corn on the cob completely melted into a plated of liquid butter in no time at all.  The thermometer said about 102 degrees.

We had plenty of food though and some yummy desserts!

I found the recipe below on the Family Fun Magazine website and it was super easy!

It was almost unbearable outside the pool until the sun started to set, so the adults spent lots of time in the pool as well.

Very tired children!

Emma got some love too.