WEEK/WEEKEND RE-CAP!!!

ALL THINGS SUMMER!!!

I have said in the past I don't have a GREEN thump

but I do like my Lilac tree right out side

my front door.  The smells are so

SWEET!!

My neighbor a cross the way always has her flower beds looking sooo

nice.  This year she loved that Hunter and Olivia does not mind

getting dirty(and she does not have to bend over lol)!!

I do believe Olivia will have the green thumb she has learned soo much.

She looks like she has done it all her life (lol!)

My sister Rachel has a green thumb;)

Hunter loves the watering part of it all;)

After she gave the kids there own flower

pot to keep @ the house;)

All last week I signed the kids up to VBS @ Grace 

and the kids loved it(and me too, lol!)

The theme was 

THE OUTBACK!!

They brought home there own plants

(Olivia added hers to her own flower pot)

All the teachers did such a great job!!

Then my weekend started on Friday cause I was off 

working w/Ron she had a wedding to shot

which was very nice(and ALOT of people!!) 

Here is Ron in action getting the perfect shot.

 Paula and Ron talking out there stradage lol!! 

Here we are in action lol!!

After the wedding (from 1:30pm to 8:00pm)

I get home to see this in the  front of my house lol!! 

YEP!! my husband cleaned up the front, back, and side yard

on Fathers Day weekend(?)

Sunday he took a brake and Hunter took

him to China Lights for lunch

Olivia and I scraped(lol)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!!!

The kids were so excited to give Rick

the gifts we got him for 

Father's Day!!

I just love the cards that the kids pick out!!

Hunter got him a jerky and a knife

Olivia was all over her DADDY

(just the way she looks @ him you know she loves him)

I think she talked the whole time Rick was opening his gifts lol!!

She picked a hat and propel body

I got him shorts and a gift card to Spots Men

Over all he had a great Father's Day!!

Love you Babe,

and you truly are a GREAT father to our kids

I'm so blessed that God gave you to me;)

WEEKEND RE-Cape,HOME ALONE;)

Okay this is how my weekend went...

Rick took Hunter and Olivia to the Russian River

for some fishing and camping

and these are the photos he brought me back;(

there in the back was the tent they sleeped in

Hunter was loving having alot of boys there lol!!

it must of been a boy thing to sit around the camp fire

and me well I was home ALONE

don't be sad for me I enJOyed every

minute lol!!!

okay I missed them a little

(I'm not that cold lol!!)

But I took that time to scrap all

weekend until I got a call

from some old friends that

I have not seen in a while it was so

awesome;)

they both love Sushi so it was nice

We talked about the kids, God, and how we

deal with life and people lol!!

We got together @ 5:30 pm until 10:15 pm

WOW!! 

Okay girls I know we said this the whole time

we were together 

but we need to do it again!!

Thanks girl:)

(Oh! I will be posting what I scraped)

WEEKEND @ BIG LAKE!!

This was this past weekend

We are so blessed to know this fam that let us use there place @ Big Lake

just about any time we want!!

I have to share some of the pretty things that the owner

does every year to make the place so pretty

she loves gardening I wish i had her green thumb lol!!

she even gets the kids to help plant and water the flowers

yep that is a boy for you lol!!!

he looked so cute i will be scraping these photos

not sure why he had his life vest on lol!!

Then in the evening Rick took us for a ride on the Pontoon boat!!

To my girlfriends place 

Kathyyyy lol!!!

She made up this dish that was sooo good

its for sushi lovers only ;)

Rick grilled up some ribs and he had a little helper lol!!!

Do we look full or what lol!!

Then Rick took the girls out for a ride on Kathy and Pearo's NEW 

wave runner boat too cool;0

The next day we all got in the water even me;0

Yep it as cold!!

Remember Jack Jack 

he was acting shy;)

Rick gave all the girls and boy a ride lol!!

they loved it!

Well we got the first lump of the summer

Hunter fell on one of the water bikes and got a lump;(

Olivia jumping in the cold water!!

She was swimming fast

cause the water was cold lol!!

Then Sunday nite we decied to stay one more night

after everyone left and went home!!

it was just us

eNJoying the sun setting

Rick drove into town to go to work!

So Rick decide to wet the kids with these huge water guns it was soo

funny!! 

How about that for a great evening photo!!

On Monday

 the kids and I eat breakfast and went out side around 10:45 am

went on the jet ski for a while 

I got in the paddle boat and went across the lake with the kids to see

this beaver home it was HUGE!!!

Then I found some fishing poles for the kids

and let them just cast for FUN

(with NO hooks of cores)

Olivia and Hunter are naturals

Dad would be proud ;)

You really lose track of time when you are

out there that Rick surprised us and got there

@ 5:45 pm to pick us up

the kids were already lol!!!

GOT TO LOVE ALASKA IN THE SUMMER;)