Summer In a Flash

In August we had a great Primary Activity we called CTR Olympics. The turnout was amazing with at least 90 children and we had so many adults, parents, and youth help manage each event and group. The pics are of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi Sword Hunt and Nephi's bow events. You can't tell from the pictures but it was over 90 degrees...an unusual thing for Washington at 11am!

Summer came to a close. Here's a few pics of the boys in their favorite past time...getting dirty! I think it was James who said, "Mom, I love dirt!" We needn't ever wonder how they get so dirty!!!

This is a sand box that we haven't gotten around to purchasing sand for. One day I heard Breana exclain to the boys, "Andrew & James come on outside & let's made more sand!" They elatedly ran to the sand box where they sifted dirt....to make sand of course!

don't worry...it doesn't really work. But I plan on saving this picture so I can show him how he really liked mowing the lawn, once upon a time.

Summer in a Flash

Yes, even in Washington there are days to get in a pool of cold water. The kids were able to enjoy our little pool a few times this summer.



We enjoyed a day at OMSI with my friend, Ariane, and her 4 kids thanks to her group pass. What a fun memory!



July was Bullock reunion time. We enjoyed a nice time in Olympia with Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Here's a shot of Kyle with his cousin Liam, 5 days older than him. Oh yeah, and their mom's, me & Holly.



At the reunion we took a walk out in the bog...Breana didn't have such a good time getting stuck! Her flip flop literally stuck to the mud and "timber"...this was the result. So sad!



(A huge THANKS to Amye for downloading my pics onto my Blog!!! One day I will get high speed internet again! You're great Amye!)

4th of July

We enjoyed the holidays with the usual festivities in Yelm with my parents. James enjoyed playing Bocce with Grandpa. He was "one of the guys."

Thanks to Uncle Jared, each of the kids got to light their own snakes. They loved it! Hopefully this doesn't create a bunch of pyromaniacs. :O)

Sparklers are always a favorite.

Kyle even got in on the action this year.

Father's Day Weekend

June 14, 2008

I hope posting this does not send anyone into shock...since it has only been 3 days since I took these pictures! (Yes, I'm talking about you Amye, since you're the only one who actually looks at this :0)

We had a wonderful time visiting Dad and hanging out with Jared & Amye and their kids over the weekend. The cousins get along so well it is fun to see them play together.

Saturday morning was kind of chilly so I told Breana and Ashlyn I found a field of flowers we could go take pictures of them in. We had a fun "photo shoot" out in the yard. All we lacked was a professional photographer, so these photos will have to do.

The girls were great at making the poses. Ashlyn could even stike a pose with Freckles jumping all around them.

Breana chose this spot.

Ashlyn chose this spot for a photo.

In the afternoon, Dad gathered the troops (6 children between the ages of 3 and 8) and offered to pay them each $5.00 to help him weed the flower bed. The plan was weed and then spend the money at WalMart. They all approached the activity with enthusiasm and searched for the proper fitting glove to not get poked. I think James changed his glove 3 or 4 times in the course of the next hour. The job was done when the tools were put away and the yard did look much better...thanks to dad's hard work. He always does such a great job at teaching the importance of working together.

Here's the process of removing the biggest weed ever!

Later that day we spotted James and Madelyn playing so nicely together. They got along really well this trip. It works out perfectly so Ashlyn & Breana aren't fighting with Madelyn and Taylor & Andrew aren't fighting with James. Our two 3-year olds are so much alike in their personalities they get along with each other marvelously!

Say Cheese!

I asked them to touch heads.

Madelyn knew what I meant so I told James, "Touch Madelyn's head." So he did...

With a little more prompting...

Aren't they cute!

There's a bit from Saturday. Don't count on any other post coming this soon after I take the picture...This took a LOT of hours to download. I think I will dream of high speed internet tonight!

My last creation...

May 30, 2008

I thought I would post my latest cake decorating creation. This grand piano cake was for my students' piano recital.