Month: June 2012

  • Baking….

     

     

    Seems to be lots of baking 

    going on at our house these days…..

    Last week, Natalie made homemade bread.

    I made bacon cheese bread.

    This week, Alli made PB and J bars….

    super yummy!!!!

     And yesterday,

    Aaron & Abby made a cake…

    from scratch….

    Aaron never cooks or bakes….

    but,

    Abby wanted to make something…

    and Abby needs help…..

    so……..

    we had chocolate cake,

    with chocolate frosting….

    and chocolate ice cream to go with….

    (Can ya tell Aaron is a choco-o-holic?) 

     

     

  • More Summer Fun~

     

     

    ~Water Balloons~

     laughing

     

  • Third Week of June

     

     

    (in pictures)

     

    ~I was going to post about some of these pics last week, but the batteries in the camera died, trapping the pics

    until we could get new batteries….and then this ol’ brain couldn’t remember what all I wanted to say, lol.~

    So, you get just the pics.~

    pleased

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  • The weekend

    Nice, busy, fun, family, summer is in full swing at our house.

     

    Friday:  

    Nikki made dinner….we ate our yummy grilled chix tacos outside.

    We had ice cream.

    We all sat outside and relaxed a bit.

    The girls played in the pool.

     

    Bob got the fishing poles out and the girls practiced casting a bit.

    Jake and Aaron went bowling. Then to the show.

    We watched the Tigers game, even though it was very painful to watch, ouch.  That last inning was brutal.

    Bob and I stayed up late to watch the new Sherlock Holmes movie w/ Rosie.

    Alli and Abby camped out on Nat and Nik’s floor, as they do every Friday night to watch I Love Lucy.

     

    Saturday:

    Had a nice visit w/ my brother and 2 nephews……they were bringing us the chickens they had raised and then had processed for us….can’t wait to try them. 

    Jake and Aaron took Rosie, Alli and Abby bowling.

    I love this pic of Rosie.

     

    Bob and Nikki got some groceries.

    More swimming in the pool.

    Then home for the delicious bbq chicken pizzas that Nat and Nik made for supper. 

    Out again to buy fishing licenses..

    And then off for some fishing.

    Bob, Aaron and Jake took the younger 3 girls.

    They didn’t catch “the big one” but had fun anyways.

     

     

     

     

     

    Sunday:

    Church

    Grilled Bacon Cheeseburgers for Bob’s Father’s Day Lunch.

    Yogurt Pie for dessert.….the girls made 4 different flavors….orange, raspberry, lime and strawberry….

    They were all delicious.

    Father’s Day gifts.

    Baseball tickets to a Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball game next Saturday.

    And jeans. 

     

    Watched some of the Nascar race. Was soooo happy Jr. ended up winning.  Finally!!!!!!!!

    I cut Abby’s hair.  Short. Very short. Pics coming soon. She looks cute and loves it. Whew!

    More swimming.

    Nat and Nikki tore out the carpet in their bedroom.

    We’ve been working on getting all the carpet out of the house for a couple weeks now.

    It’s old and gross…and we just can’t live with it anymore. Not a fun process, but needs to be done.

    We went to visit my parents….after visiting with them, we got in the car and Abby told us she had a horrible headache and felt sick to her stomach……. so we headed home…fast, before the upset stomach set in….got her home and on the couch……thankfully, she fell asleep and even though she was restless all night, she slept it off and is fine this morning.

     And that brings us to a new week……I let the kids sleep in this morning….we’ve got storms moving in, so we won’t be doing much today….a good day to catch up on housework and maybe get some reading done.

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  • Spare Change~

    For the past year, the older kiddos, along w/ Bob have been putting all their spare change in a jar.

    Saving it up for Curwood Days, a local festival celebrated every June each year.

    The idea was to save it so the 3 younger girls could split it up

    and have $$$ to use for rides, games and food at the carnival.

    Friday we wrapped it, counted it up, and Saturday Bob and Aaron headed to the bank to cash it in.

     Before they went though, 

    we had to get everyone’s guesses as to how much was in there,

    see who came the closest.

    Whaddya think??? Look like alot to you??? 

     

     

    There ended up being over $300.00 in the jar.

    The girls had enough to go to the carnival, a movie, and to set some aside for the circus.

    They even have some leftover.

    It’s been a busy few days.

    Saturday being the busiest.

    A quick lunch at Wendy’s, then on to get Nat from work at the library.

    They sat on the library steps and watched the parade.

     

     

     

     

     

    Then on to the rides, games and some more food.

    Crowds and Summer heat are not for me.

    I stayed home and made everyone some potato salad.

    Sounds easy, right? 

    Well, if you wanna make everyone happy here,

    it takes a bit of extra work.

    2 batches.  

    Each batch split in half.

    1 w/ Hellman’s mayo & onions.

    1 w/ Hellman’s mayo & no onions.

    1 w/Miracle Whip & onions.

    1 w/Miracle Whip & no onions.

    Yup, I’m nice like that.

    Not always. But this weekend, I was.

    winky 

    After too much sun, they headed home for a rest and a swim.

    Then on to the movie theater.  To see Avengers, finally!!!

    The kids had been wanting to go all together as a group since it first came out.

    But, due to sickness and schedules it hadn’t worked out until this weekend.

    Once there, however, Miss Abby decided she wasn’t quite ready to see a big kid movie.

    So, after a scary preview, she came back home, with her popcorn and slushie, to keep 

    her Daddy and I company and watch some Victorious and ICarly.

    Then everyone got home and it was to bed for some much needed sleep.

    We had some very tired kiddos.

    Sunday was church. 

    And resting up from Saturday.

    More swimming. 

    Watching the Nascar race.

    Nikki cooked some asweome chicken on the grill.

    And we head leftover potato salad to go with it.

    Still Yummy.

    Then the Tiger’s game.

    Woo-Hoo, they won!!!!!

     Today, sleeping in.

    (School is done for the big kids for the summer.)

    Work for some.

    More swimming.

    An early show at the circus.

    Steaks on the grill.

    (They’ve been marinading since yesterday, we can’t wait!!!)

    I think it’s offical.

    Summer is here.

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