Last Day of School, Trains

The last day of school was Friday. I wanted to kick the summer off right by doing something fun. (Plus being stuck without a car all week made me restless). We went to a train open house at the fairgrounds. Erica's grandpa is part of The Inland Empire Railway Historical Society, so she is the one who told us about it. It was nice and cheap, the kids had fun riding the little train they had set up and stamping bookmarks with train stamps. I enjoyed the museum, I wish I could have seen more but with the kids running through it was hard. I love history. It was a great afternoon.

M&M Cookies

Wednesday night we made M&M Cookies. Summer's choice for the last days of school. We handed some out to her teacher and Paul, the coolest bus driver ever. Now the trick with M&M cookies is to not eat all the M&Ms before they are to go in the cookies. :) I let the boys each put a scoop of flour in the mixer, they are going to be great bakers like Summer. This is the recipe I used.

M&M Cookies

350*  9-11 mins

1 C brown sugar

1/2 C white sugar

1 C butter

2 eggs

1 1/2 tea vanilla

2 1/2 C flour

1 tea baking soda

1 tea salt

1 1/2 C M&Ms

I really put everything in, mix it up then add M&Ms and quick mix. While they baked Summer entertained us with plays and singing and some guitar playing. It was awesome.

30 Day Challenge Update

Day 8

I almost fell behind in journaling with my crazy, fun weekend. But I am all caught up and ready to show off my pages. :)

Day 10

Day 11

Day 13

Day 14





Rock Star for Sure

 

Summer got her wish... A guitar!!! She is so excited about it. She sings to the boys and they just eat it up. Lessons in the future would be cool, we shall see.

Couple of Rock Stars

We look good!

Here's lookin' at you kid!

Hey babe!

Who knew I had a couple of Rock Stars!!!

A Wizard, a Race, and a Surprise = A Great Weekend!!

This was a marathon weekend, but very great! Started Friday night with dinner at Tito's Italain Grill, then Wizard of OZ at the Coeur d' Alene summer theatre. Guests: Dad, LeAnn, Reggie, Summer and of course me. Dinner was fun, Summer made her own pizza. The play was amazing!!



Picture taken by Miss Summer



Picture of all of us.

Next was the City Scape on Saturday. It was a race to see who could finish the 12 clues before anyone else. We did not come close to winning, but had so much fun. I want to do it again next year. And then I have a feeling we will do better knowing what to except. Here's a few pictures.

On to Sunday which was Erica's surprise birthday party. I've been stressing all week about it, because I was afraid I would be the one to give it away. But I did good. I don't think she was too surprised, but she didn't know who was going to be there, so that surprised her. It was fun. I stayed till dinner. She has a great family, I enjoy hanging out with them.

It was a fun, busy, great weekend!

Twins & Company

Last night was my "twins group" meeting. We meet the second Thursday of every month. I love these ladies! We have fun just sitting and laughing. Last night meeting was a little different, it was the Officer Installation meeting. We have a new president: Amanda, vice president: Crystal, Treasurer: Cindy, Secretary: Amber. Then there are Chair Moms. Social Coordinator: Annie, Liaison: Kelly, Hospitality: Donna, Publicity/Marketing: Lori, Scrapbook/Historian: Tammy, Sunshine/Librarian: Me. Not everyone was there last night, but it was still good. Here are some pics.