Rainbow Ninja's

I love it when the kids make up "routines" and are creative in the way they play!

Eskimo Tree

I read a Bible story and have a prayer time with the kids every morning (well, at least I try to do it every morning :)). This mornings story was about Zaccheus wanting to see Jesus so at the end we sang the song,

"Zaccheus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he. He climbed up in the sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see..."

A little bit later I heard Dylan singing as he was putting his shoes on, "...He climbed up in the Eskimo tree for the Lord he wanted to see."

This morning started off very early and has been rough with cranky kids, was thankful to have something to smile about. :)

Picnic Dinner

The kids and I met up with Mark for dinner last night at Tempe Town Lake during the small break he has between work and school.

I love the way this picture turned out.

Painting Cement

Our back patio area has always bothered me since we moved into our house 2 1/2 years ago...but since we just rent I've always just let it be. We really enjoy being outside and spend a lot of time out there so I finally decided to buy a can of cement paint and clean it up some. It still has all the cracks but at least now it looks clean and even. :)

All I did was a 2 times of pressure washing, some scraping with a metal blade and then painted. Not hard at all. I know it won't last that long but for now it looks great!

Building Forts

Woke up Saturday morning to this fort that Dylan built at our kitchen table.

Complete will air mattress and every single pillow they could find in the house. :)

Celebrating Maggie's 5th Birthday

We celebrated Maggie's 5th birthday yesterday at Stuffington Bear Company. The kids had such a fun time!

It started with a talk about how the teddy bear originated (Teddy Roosevelt saved a baby bear). How cute are all the girls :)


And then the we got a tour of the factory where they make all the bears


Then they got to pick out their own bear. Stuff it, sew it up and clean it off. This is Dylan giving it a "bath".

They were all excited and so cute!

Next came gift opening. Why is so hard for kids to sit and watch...I think they are just as happy to see what is in the package as the person opening it!

And the grand finale was the Strawberry Shortcake cake.

Happy Birthday Maggie!!

New Car

We got a new car...or at least a new to us car. :)

We have been looking for weeks trying to find a decent used car with low mileage and it was really frustrating. But 2 days ago we finally found one that met all requirements!

It's a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta. The kids are still settling in and getting used to having to sit by one another instead of spreading out like they did in our other vehicle (Dodge Durango - has 3 row). I'm excited to have a 2nd vehicle and am really hoping it will be a great reliable car for us!