Family + Lava Beds+ Swimming = FUN Weekend

This past weekend my parents, Serena and Randall came and checked out Klamath Falls, where we live and all go to school. They got in to Klamath Falls around 10 am. We then went over to OIT so Kyle could give them a tour of the campus and show them where he goes to class.

Then we went to the Lava Caves in California. It was a lot of fun. We had never been there before and either had the other. It was really cool and neat to go into them. There is over 300 tunnels, we only did three caves.

Had dinner then went over to there hotel swimming pool and the kids had a blast. They came to church with us and had dinner too. Then they were back on the road to Portland. It was a quick weekend (I swear it went super fast), but it was so much fun. Thank You for coming Pa2, Ma2, Serena and Randall. Come back anytime- love ya!

7 Months In The Making

Spring Break this year I borrowed this pattern from my cousin Lisa, she made this awesome bag and I wanted one. When I got the pattern from her, I found this really cute fabric to use. Bought it. And there it sat in the bag until about a week ago (that's seven months).

This school year I babysit two kids, a four month old girl and a two an half boy, during the day. So my days are filled. But last week both kids that I watch were sick for a week, so my days opened up. I wanted to get Alycia a gift for her birthday and so I made her a bag too. I made them both at the same time. It made the process a little longer, but I got them done.

This the bag that I made for me. It is a little bigger then Alycia's but I like it still. I chose this fun orange for the inside that matches the butterflies on the outside and the dots on the handles. I love the bag it makes me Happy.

I bought the amount of fabric that it asked for on my bag, and I had a lot of fabric left over. So when I bought the fabric for Alycia's bag I bought less (the amount that I thought that I needed) but it turned out that hers it had a bird on it that I should of accounted for when getting the fabric,so that all the birds would be going the same way. I made hers 1 1/2 inch smaller on each side. Made it smaller but I liked it. For the inside I used a baby blue fabric with white circles on it.

This is the first time I use an Amy Butler pattern, but I really enjoyed it. It was easy to understand and she walked you through each step, to where you could understand what you are doing. I can't wait to try another pattern of hers. Check out some her free patterns or see what other patterns she has at her website www.amybutlerdesign.com.

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.