We're back!

We have had a lot of crazy stuff going on in the past few weeks. I won't bore you with all of that. The good thing is that we are back now.

Today I took the boys to Yogurt Mountain after school. They really enjoyed it.






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Perfect Summer Morning

 This is our last week of summer before Nathaniel goes back to school. We have decided to make the best of it even if that does mean sitting out in the heat. This little $15 pool has been one of our favorite activities. Doesn't get much better than boys and their buckets!

 I thought they might play well, and I would get some reading done in my book. They were desiring my attention more so I didn't get much read. I did want to say that I am loving this book and learning so much. I recommend it to everyone!

 They love to put their trucks in the pool too!

 Nathaniel is getting so close to being able to climb up this tree. Of course, Ethan has to copy everything he does. Not sure exactly what I will do when he does get up there. Most likely freak out and pray that he comes down. Ha! Parts of me are excited about it though. I remember loving to climb trees when I was young, and I want my boys to have sweet memories like that too. 

 He kept saying that he was a monkey. Silly boy!

They ended the morning by picking "berries" off the bush. No worries, I watched very closely to make sure Ethan didn't eat any. :-)

Once they finally came inside we read some books and played with play doh. I also worked with getting Nathaniel to learn his first memory verse...Genesis 1:1. We worked on it during lunch. He wasn't showing much enthusiasm, but I just kept repeating it to him. We didn't think about it again until dinner when I started telling Stefan about our work. Nathaniel surprised me by reciting the whole thing! Talk about a proud mommy!!! We really had a great day!

Last week

We had tons of fun last week. Sadly, I was in a blog funk and did not feel like uploading the pictures. Here is a quick post so I can at least be caught up.

We went to the splash park with our church friends. The boys had so much fun, and we stayed for three hours in the heat! 

 Group picture with all the kids except Ethan. I am so thankful that the boys have such great friends to grow up. 

 Here was Ethan while they took the group picture. He is still a little attached to mommy. 

On Thursday we went to the lake and spent the day with Jim and Becky. Love them!!

 They love swimming.

 Especially Nathaniel. 

 These two were best buds.

This cracks me up. What better way to end the day than with electronics. I think they were playing angry birds. Ha!

So thankful for great friends in our lives!

I love blogs!

Really, I love reading other people's blogs. I don't think I will ever be a good blogger, but I sure do learn a lot from other people. My favorite blogs...tutorial blogs! Probably 95% of the the things I make I found on a blog just by searching for tutorials! Love all the information out there. Today I found a blog with some amazing tutorials. I was searching for a hooded towel tutorial and stumbled upon this blog. I don't know much about her, but wow she has so many things that I want to try.

Also, I think I may have a new found love for quilting. It just looks fun! Sure, I have not tried one yet. I know it's going to be time consuming, but I can't wait to get one together. Found this great blog to tell me exactly how to do it.

I have been sewing some fun things in the past few weeks. I'll try get some pictures up soon. :) Hope you all enjoy some new found creativity.