Our adventure to OGDEN

We had so much fun this last weekend in OGDEN, yes OGDEN. They have a thing called RAMP where several activities are free on Saturdays throughout the summer. We went to the Ogden Depot which was actually soooo cool. The kids were amazed at how big those old trains were, and they loved the small toy trains that ran throughout the museam. We also stopped at the treehouse museum which was free too. Riley got to be in a play and he loved that. We stopped off at the Farr's Ice Cream shop for some of their bargain bucket treats at 5 for a dollar. They have fat boys and klondikes, but of course Riley picked a Pace bar. We also had discount tickets to the movies and to the pizza factory so we saw Toy Story 3 and loved it. I think the most exciting part was watching the IFLY simulator. There were skydivers that did tricks in a glass tube. We thought that was sooo cool. What a fun day. We will have to do Ogden more often!

Fun at the cabin

We had a great time at the cabin over the 4th of July. We went to a parade, swimming, played tennis, went to a rodeo, and had fun fishing. I forgot my camera for most of the fun, but got some pictures of the kids looking for squirrels. Oh well we have some great memories to keep even without the pictures!

Another cute project

These are some more cupboard doors from a yard sale. I found the vinyl saying at a yard sale this week and the two bottom doors have hooks to hang pictures. Each door was a dollar and the vinyl was thrown in with a kids bike, so I paid next to nothing for these. CUTE!

Grandma Mathews visit

We had fun having Grandma Mathews up for a visit. She read to the kids and we went down and visited at Grandma Tervort's house. We love our Grandma's!

Look What I made

I bought this cabinet door from a yard sale, painted it white, sanded the entire thing, rubbed a stain over it, then glued some name badge clips on it for picture. Fun!

SIMPLIFY

So I have been doing some thinking, and I know that is dangerous, but I am determined to Simplify my life. No more rushing to and fro, No more recleaning the stuff that the kids took out of my junk drawer to find something, No more feeling like I have to be somewhere, and never really getting anywhere. I am going to read more to my kids, they grow up too fast. I am going to get rid of more stuff, it's just stuff. I am going to stop thinking about how great tommorrow is going to be and make today great! What a concept. Simplify. (You're asthmatic, you're robotic, you're evil, It's just too much, and what is with the cape, are you going to the opera, I don't think so...) from the night at the museam if I lost a few of you. The bad guy is talking to Darth Vader.

Happy Birthday Riley

Can you believe my baby boy is 9!!!! I sure can't. We had a great day at the Boondocks fun center. Grandpa, Grandma, and Kaylee came to spend the night and play with us. We had a great time and Riley got to ride as many things as he wanted for free. I didn't get more pictures, but we made him a star wars cake that was AWESOME (his words). We sure love Riley. He is the best big brother and always a sweetie. I realized that I need to hug him more. He is growing up too fast and before I know it he'll be all grown.