Sprucing Up

 The cupboards in this house were really plain and I wanted to spruce them up a little, so Stetsy and I antiqued them.... I think they turned out pretty good :)

Before....

 After......

 This was right before we moved in...It bugs me that I didn't wipe off the counters!

~Face Painting~

 Shiree's girls painted faces for the 24th of July celebration here in the Valley and they had left over paint, so they did my kids when we went over there one day. They thought it was pretty fun :)

 After it rained, we saw this double rainbow. So cool!!

FroGs

This is one of the frogs the kids caught at the shop. They were pretty gross! I think this one peed on her at least 5 times! She washed her hands right after and hopefully she doesn't get any warts!

Cat fish

 When we were still at Davey's, Daniel caught his first fish. He was so excited and can't wait to do it again. Gracie caught one too. The fish were both too small, so we put them back in the pond. Grandpa Bundy gave Daniel this broken fishing pole and he loves it! He didn't have a problem catching a fish with it :)

Getting Dressed

 Mayzie loves to dress herself and thinks she is so cool when she puts panties on! The only thing is she doesn't always get them on right :)

I laughed so hard over this :) She is seriously so lovely! I love her so much!

School!

It seems hard to believe that summer is over! Isabelle gets to go to Kindergarten this year, so now it is just Mayzie and I. They had a hard time sleeping last night, because of being so excited to start school. They all have good teachers and know lots of the kids. I am so excited for them :) I am going to miss them though!

Macoy wanted to join in on the pictures! The kids love living so close together, so they can all walk to school together. This morning Daniel and Macoy   rode bikes and hit every puddle in the road! Thats boys for ya! Love all the memories they are making!

 I am going to miss my little Isabelle! She has been my little partner for so long! I am so excited for her to be in school and for her to be able to do so many fun things and learn and make new friends :) I really don't know what to do with just Mayzie and I..... Love being a mom!

Company and the Fair

 This week we have had lots of visitors. Mellody and her kids came and spent a couple of days and I am so mad at myself that I didn't take one picture! We had a really good time and I am so glad she was able to come and let us spend time with her cute family! Our kids all had so much fun together and I was sad when she left! I feel so blessed to have such a good best friend for so many years! Love you Mel!
After Mellody left, Molly, Stetsy, and Arden came up and spent a few days. We didn't see much of Arden though. I love to spend time with family and it was fun to have them here! The kids always have fun and so do us big kids :) Love you girls! Thanks for coming!!

The kids found a mud puddle and had a blast in it...

 We went to the little rodeo and the kids loved climbing the fence and riding horses.

 Daniel,Macoy, and Alice did the chicken run. There were tons of kids!

 Macoy was the only one who caught one. He got the rooster and it is super noisy! Duke wasn't too excited that he caught it, but Macoy loves it!

 Isa on Stesty's horse Blooch..

Our House

We made it through another move and we are really enjoying being back here! The house has been fun too. Thanks to everyone who helped us move! We are so grateful to all of you!!

The back yard is a nice size and we can't wait to get it planted and fixed up.

 Livingroom..

 

 Kitchen and dining room...the kitchen is small, but I am making it work.

The kids are all excited to have their own rooms! Isa and Mayzie share, but the other kids have their own space and love it!

Leah's room...the color  needs to change :)

 Daniel's room..

 Gracie's room..

 Our room..

 and the basement living room. We love having a basement again! We have an office, and a couple storage rooms as well as a bathroom and 2 bedrooms down there. It needs work and isn't perfect, but it works for now!

Summer time Birthdays

 With all the craziness this summer, we had 3 birthdays all at once. We have done it like this before, but we ended up being extra busy this year.

 The girls all loved their presents and had a really fun day. Isabelle couldn't wait to open presents and was so excited all day. She got some of the older polly pockets and some princess barbies, so she was in heaven! Mayzie is still too young to care, but she loved her baby and stroller and was so cute when she opened it up and saw what it was :) She sat with Auntie Emma and helped till the stroller was all put together. It is so fun to see how excited they get!

 My Gracie Ann turned 12 and so she got some mascara and some shaving cream and a razor. It is so crazy that she is old enough to start doing those things! I had to control myself from going into the ugly cry  a few times that day. (We also got her a pretty little desk to do her art work on.) She is loving Young Womens and has great leaders!! I feel really old! It is fun to see her grow into a beautiful young woman, even though it is hard for me as her mom to realize how fast it is happening!

 She loves this!

Isabelle's cake. She wanted one like Sophie...Thanks to Grandma and Emma we got it to look pretty cute :)

 Mayie's cake.. nothing special, but she liked it!

 She loves to lick the whipped cream of the beaters.....what kid doesn't??

 Gracie wanted cake with strawberries and whipped cream. Easy!

 Vern being cheesy!

 Tobin decided to take a bite out of mayzie's cake....

to which Mayzie thought it was a good idea :)  I am a better person because of my kids! Love you girls! Happy Birthday!!