hm night...

Girls begged and begged to sew something...I looked through my stash of patterns, found this one I'd meant to make a few years ago...simple & easy for them to sew (not Mikenna of course)...anyhow...my mom came home from Houstan...she said she would help...anyhow...she ends up making all of them. O-well...Girls decide to have a music video night...they grab the laptop, set it up on the couch...youtube a bunch of videos/music/lyrics for hm...set up the music stands as mics...anyhow...maybe I'll post some of the videos later. Mikenna is showing off her tongue after eating an echinacea tablet...she is my vitamin/supplement girl...no matter how odd they taste, she eats them :)

shooting...

the 3 older girls loved it...Mikenna was going to try, but when she got into position to pull the trigger, changed her mind...David brought some hand guns...will not do that again, looked too out of control...it was better when they were aiming and shooting at something.

Family singing/cake time...I love how everyone helps to blow out candles :)

4 hours...no sunscreen...

THE BURN...

The Cake...random photos taken by...someone...

The Party...eight 7 yr. olds in a pool...plus 3 siblings...2 hours...a bit chaotic...

The Song & Ice Cream...they ate a lot of ice cream...

The Cousins...after the party was over, the cousins came to swim...another 2 hours in the pool...or the wiggle worm water squirting thing...

Happy Birthday Kassidy!!

Exterior Doors in!!

Took several hours, but they are in!

Drywall finished!!

not too often...

I find them playing so nicely together...no fighting or bickering...no crying...just happy laughter :)

Seattle Part 2...

The ballet was wonderful as usual...Mikenna was tired from staying up the night before, and these pics were taken around 10...so, she was especially grumpy. Brenda and Linsy did a great job!!

Science Center and IMAX movies...Kaylee got to try out the bungee contraption...Kassidy was all set to, but then the guy strapping the harness in couldn't cinch it tight enough around her waist. She was 5 lbs over the min weight limit, but was 2 inches too small around the waist. She was a bit disappointed, we waited a long time...

Girls messing with Brenda's new Mac :)

Seattle Part 1...

Yummy crepes that Aunt Audrey got from a groupon site...they were yummy!! I especially liked the smoked salmon :)

Pike Place...main goal was to get flowers for the ballet that night...but we took in the sites & smells :) I had to throw in a photo of how nicely I paralleled parked, because the time before this I did a horrible job...parking in Seattle is not fun...

We got several bouquets for my Aunt Audrey...$5 for each one!! Take that Costco :)

Happy Father's Day!!

Badger Canyon Trail...

I think that's what it was called :) Saturday morning, we hiked it!! Even Mikenna made it ALL THE WAY UP!! I think it was 1.2 miles...she wasn't even complaining! It was Kaylee and Kassidy that kept whining and whining...Kiera only said she didn't want to go to the "next hill" ...

Maybe Mikenna didn't complain so much because all she could really see was what was in front of her little feet :)

We made it to the top!!

Mikenna was tired and did say her legs hurt on the way down...here she wouldn't look at the camera..combination of tired and stranger taking our picture for us.

Raspberries!!

Thanks Aunt Gloria!!

Last Day...

I have really enjoyed going to the gym for the past few months. I've loved the classes and running on the treadmills with tv.. The girls have had fun swimming & rock climbing; even tennis a few times. Mike even certified to belay...but now our time has run out and we are bit sad...maybe we will join some day...but for now...HOUSE...

Can you see what time it is on the clock?

8:57 a.m.

Cankers...

Kassie is cursed with canker sores, cold sores, etc...my dad introduced her to baking soda and it's possible benifits...

A few months ago, she'd had a cold sore that wouldn't go away! It had been several weeks when my dad had her drink a tsp of baking soda day and night...it went away and didn't come back!!

Until a few days ago. She came to me and asked for Grandpa's powder because she had an owie in her mouth. She diligently each morning and night drank her "potion"...even when we went up to Seattle, she asked Aunt Audrey for the soda...she even stays away from sweets...and once again it is gone...

Hamilton's part 2

Mikenna hanging out on the deck, away from the "war" on the ground...

Kiera making a break for it...the yard was becoming quite soppy...

The girls on the fence, waiting to run...I think somehow, the girls were to run across the yard, and the boys were trying to capture them...

If you were caught you were put in jail...

Lots of fun!! Mikenna fell asleep watching TV later that afternoon, and the other 3 fell asleep quickly at bed time...