Summer!

I'm completely behind in blogging.  So here goes our summer fun!

 Smores!

 Mason's soccer games!

 Maddy always kept herself busy by picking "flowers"

 Hitting balls became a nighttime favorite

 Mason is pretty good...we had to move out of our backyard...he kept hitting home-runners!

 Another favorite of our evenings were watching the huge Air Force planes flying right above us.  

 They were always so close!  So cool!

 Chris and Mason making their "chore jars"

 They used their chore money to buy fish, just this past weekend!

 Getting ready for the 4th of July celebration!

 Listening to Gloriana

 It was so hot!

 My favorite part!

 Pepsi, favorite blanket, and baby elephant.  She was happy!

 Chris' family day

 I can't even describe to you how hot this day was.  

 Just what they needed...........

 Mason was in heaven!

 Eh.....

 :)

 Mason had a blast!

 Learning to ski  

 We love hanging out on Grandpa's boat!

 Big Mable time!

 They were going pretty fast.  Maddy's face was priceless...but she never admitted that she didn't like it.  

 These two are complete water bugs.  

Jackson and Mason riding alone!

The link below is Maddy "diving" into the lake
http://youtu.be/rh2RWWq6MR8


I had pictures and video of Mason and Maddy during swim lessons and jumping off the board...they are MIA!  

Baby C's bedroom!

Little C's room is finally done!  Last night, we organized it and it's ready for our little guy!   I love it and can't help but smile when I walk in.

His room from the doorway!

 These boxed valances were the simplest thing I ever made (or Chris made!) It's just wood with fabric stapled to the inside!

The wall decoration between windows has his name on it...which is covered up, in case you are wondering what that white thing is!  

 I love how this dresser turned out!  It was fun to search for the right dresser and then re-do it!   The "C"is framed for right now and I do have a white T, it just hasn't been put up yet.  (Hobby Lobby had all letters BUT a T!)

There will be an Orange Letter in the green.....but you'll have to wait to see that!  ;)  

His FULL closet!  Can't wait for him to wear some of these sweet clothes!

I start all of my blog posts as "it's been awhile"  yup, it has.  How in the world is this summer going by so fast?  A week until the middle of JULY?  I'm not complaining, I can't wait to get to Kansas in two weeks, and even more, I can't wait to hold a fresh, tiny baby in my arms, so Summer, continue as you are.

I have a lot of catching up to do.......

Many weekends ago, my boys decided to be handy-men.  I'm completely in love with pallet ideas and everything you can make from them.  I love the way the wood looks when it's finished, and best of all? FREE!  Chris has a friend who gets truckloads of them for bonfires that he does.  It's great.

 Measuring wood for my headboard and coffee table!

 I could SQUEEZE this kid, I hope his little brother takes after him in looks!  

It was a hard day of working! 

 My pallet coffee table!  

My new headboard!  (Nevermind the bed, I was doing laundry and knew if I waited to take the picture, it would never get done!)  A blog about my completed bedroom (that's not finished yet) will be soon!  Or in reality, probably close to Christmas!  ;)  

Meanwhile, I (and Maddy) were making our own detergent!

 10 Bottles of detergent were made with 1/4 of the cost of 1 bottle of Tide

 We figured it out and we saved $131.00 just with this one batch.  

Madeline very much enjoyed pouring the mixture into the containers and I enjoyed all the money I was saving!  (On a side note:  In my opinion, this detergent is just as good as Tide!)