Emily the Flower Fairy

I love the imagination of little girls and as mine get older I get a little sad thinking that we are moving past the dress up and make believe stages. I was thrilled when Emily got an invitation to dress as a fairy for a friends birthday party. It was great to see her creativity soar once again as she found fairy clothes, put fairy flowers in her hair, and had Daddy help her make fairy wings.

Emily was even lucky enough to have her fairy sister take her down the street in her fairy carraige to the party. Thanks Tiffany and Abbey for one more fairy party!

Pictures with my Kids

Most of the time I am the one with the camera so I am not usually in the pictures. I don't always mind that-but today John grabbed the camera and I grabbed my kids. I sure do love my little sweeties.

American Girls

Jenny and Jesse strike a pose.

What a beautiful group of girls - these are the real "American Dolls" !

For the past week the girls have been having so much fun with each other and their American Girl dolls.

Today it was a campout in the Lundberg Wilderness. The girls set up a tent and made beds for their dolls.

Of course we had to have a fire in the fire pit and roast marshmallows!

This all looks good except...where is the fire? Jenny kept working on it and before long we had lots of burned marshmallows!

Jenny finally roasted a "perfect" marshmallow. She almost lost it when it started sliding off the stick...Daddy to the rescue!

Vegetables from our Garden

We have had good results from our garden this year. This is what I pulled out today! We still have green beans, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, watermelon, raspberries, peaches, pears, and cantelope on the way...and then we start over with the cool season veggies again. So yummy!

THE 4th of July Fireworks Show!!!

When Cody and his friend Mason came out to set off fire works dressed like this I have to admit I was a little nervous!

I personally loved the safety goggles!

Emily is ready for some sparklers!

The show begins with smoke bombs - a nice patriotic purple.

Jenny is excited because this year she gets to light some fireworks of her own!

This was a great ending to an action packed 4th of July weekend. We got quite a show!

Camping Trip to Cascade Lake

July 2nd-We decided to spend a couple of days at Cascade Lake. The weather was warm and the water looked great! We enjoyed the company of lots of friends, the excitement of lots of water toys, and the beauty of our surroundings.

Jenny and Emily are ready for some fun in the water!

Cody-just relaxing!

Jenny just finished riding the SeaDoo- she is a crazy speed demon on that thing!!!

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July 3rd- Good Morning!

Emily set the table for breakfast and Daddy made pancakes...maybe this is why I like camping so much!

Our little camper girl! Emily wants to camp all year round and is happiest when outside. She is usually one of the first ones awake because she does not want to miss anything.

Cody and Jordon playing cards-this was how they passed the time while waiting for their turn on the SeaDoo's.

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July 4th- Happy Independence Day!

The morning on the lake is so beautiful.

Emily amazed us all by sleeping alone in her one person tent everynight!

Emily and Daddy off for an early morning ride around the lake.

Cody was whipping around all over the lake! Only the thought of setting off fireworks could get him to leave this fun.

Jenny was either playing hard or reading, she finished Harry Potter this weekend.

Late in the afternoon we packed the camping gear and headed home greatly anticipating the fireworks show to be put on by Cody and his friends.