When Your Heart Stops

Today we went to a park. Jaron was excited to get over to the park to play. He jumped out of the van and ran around to the front of the van into the road. At the same time a blue car was coming... Luckily both of them stop. With only two inches to spare. Kyle and I both sat in the car in amazement and horror that he didn't get hit. Everyone was still for a long time (okay maybe a just a mintue) shocked by what just happen. I got out of the car and brought Jaron to the car to sit down and breath. He was scared to tears and I think that he learn a very valuable lesson that I have been trying teach him for the longest. To Stop. Look. and Listen before crossing the road. I am so Thankful that he was not hurt, because if he had been two seconds sooner getting out of the car or did not stop he could of been hurt really bad. Someone is looking out for him.

Kallie on the other hand... was riding her bike this morning and took a jump off the sidewalk which she had done so many times before. This time though the tires slipped in the gravel and she biffed it on the pavement. She scraped up her arms, elbows, chest, legs, and knees. She just laid there in tears. Jaron came running to and told me that there was accident and that I had to come quick. So I ran quickly over to the church (in my pj's no less) to find Kallie on the ground. I picked her up and carried her home. We cleaned her up, but she sure got beat up.

My heart goes out to my kids when they get hurt or scare, and I wished that they didn't have to go through it. But it is part of life.

Ma2 Comes for a Visit

After school got out Ma2 came out for visit to Klamath Falls to see where we lived. She came in on Kelsie's birthday but got in real late and dark, so she couldn't see much. Her train had been delay because a bomb threat in Salem. The next morning we showed her around our house (in the light), and around Klamath Falls. We took a hike in Moore Park, where you can over look the lake and part of the city. This is a picture of them sitting on a bench at the overlook.

Here are the kids hanging out on a fallen tree on the hike.

This is from another time that we took the same hike. But I like this picture because it reminds me of an AT&T commerical with the kids standing as the bars.

During the rest of the time that Ma2 was in town. We went to lots of parks, took a lot of drives around town and the area to show her around. We even made a trip to California, we only live about a half an hour from it. So we drove to the border and then said we went to California. We went to church. And just enjoyed having Ma2 visit with us. Ma2 Thank You for coming and visiting us.

Fancy Nancy Birthday Party

Back in April my cousin's daughter did a book report on Fancy Nancy, she did such a good job. That after we read her report Kelsie and I went to the library to check out the books. We fell in love with them and decided that would be the theme for her birthday this year. It was so much fun to put it all together. Here is the birthday sign I made.

We invited six girls but only four were able to come. I made tutus for each girl to have and wear at the party. We asked them to dress up fancy and we were going to have a Luncheon. This is a picture of the table where they ate. I loved putting it together. I waited for my kids to be in bed the night before the party, to decorate for it. I stayed up till three in the morning doing it. I bought about ten plastic tablecloths at the dollar store and use them to cover the chairs and table (but I only used about six). I love the chairs so much I was sad to take them apart after the party, they reminded me of wedding reception chairs.
For the goody bags I found this purse pattern of the Internet and made it out of card stock putting a fun feather boa on the edge, and a cute picture of Fancy Nancy as a tag to hold it together. In the goody bag I found... fancy pencils, butterfly clips, mini lip gloss, ring pops and candy necklaces.

While we waited for all the girls to come we did a coloring sheet of Fancy Nancy. Then decorate foam crowns and sunglasses with foam stickers. All the girls did a cute job and looked so fancy.

Then onto our fun game... I had blown up Fancy Nancy (the same one that the girls were coloring) into life size, well the size of Kelsie. I was going to paper piece her together but I ran out of time and so I ended up just coloring her. We played pin the butterfly into Nancy's hair, we even had a fancy pink blindfold.

This is a picture of all the girls in their Fancy outfits. For their Thank You cards I took a picture of each girl in their fancy clothes wearing a pink boa and a pair of my high heels, that I had taken pink glitter and glued it all over it so they sparkle. They looked so cute.

After the game and pictures we had our luncheon. This is the yummy spread that they had to choose from. The olives and the mini chocolate chip cookies were a big hit with the girls. I made everything mini for the girls muffins, cookies, carrots, grapes, cucumbers, kiwi, raspberries, lemons, creme puffs, and sandwiches. We had cupcakes for the cake and of course we had...

Parfaits with sprinkles to finish off the meal, just as Fancy Nancy likes them. The kids didn't eat much of them because they were so full from lunch.

Then we open the gifts. Don't the kids look so cute.
Such fun times.

At the end they had to give one big group hug. I love the way the party turn out. We had so much fun. If you haven't heard about Fancy Nancy go check them out at the library they are really cute. Kelsie likes to speak the french words that Nancy says.

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day in Klamath Falls they have a parade, the kids and I adventure over to it. And ran into some friends, we watched the parade with them. Here is the kids waiting for the parade to start.

Giving the Shriner a high five as he drove past in his "really cool car" as Jaron would say.
Then the kids and I walked over to Veterans park to view the field of flags. It was an awesome sight.

We are so grateful for our freedom, that so many have sacrifice so we can have it. Thank you Troops and their family. There are two special ones to me. My brothers Scotty and his family, and John. Thank You for all you are doing for us. We love you!!!

Karlee's 1st Haircut

As you all heard that Karlee got her first major haircut from her 3 year old sister. I wanted to have it fixed up so I took her to the place where they supposedly taught Kelsie to cut hair. And had them fix it up. This Karlee's first official haircut. She looks so big in the chair getting her hair cut. She was a very good girl.

Perfect Day for Picnic at the Park

Kyle had to attend a play in Ashland for one of his classes. It was a beautiful day so I decide that I would take the kids to this park that I really love-it is all fenced in. And take some pictures of the kids. The kids didn't really go for the pictures, but I did get some cute ones. Here the girls are eating their lunch, after the pictures were done. Notice that Karlee still has her ponytail here.

Here they are all on the slide, during the picture taking-notice the heart the kids make with two holding hands and the two heads on the top.

I wanted to get the heads together shot, but I guess you shouldn't it a noon when the sun would be right in their eyes. I love how Kelsie is just laying there.
Another attempt at a pose. Kallie was not happy to be in this picture
I thought it would be fun to have the kids spell out our last name. And I made a header for my blog. The funny thing is their eyes tightly close in all the pictures.

One last picture of Karlee she was so funny she was just learning to walk here. She would fall over in the grass and she did not like it, she would become like a turtle stuck on her back. She would not let any of her skin touch the grass. Three month later she likes the grass now. We had a fun day at the park and I did get some cute pictures.

M.I.A

Sorry I have been missing in action. But I want to take you on a blast to past to show you what we have been up to this summer. It is crazy to think that school starts in two week, where did the time go. I did keep current on my 365 blog while I was missing here. So here we go...