It's Great to Be 8, Kelsey!

We loved having family and friends come support Kelsey as she was baptized on July 12th!  We had such a great day!  And Kelsey looked beautiful!  We are so proud of you, Kelsey!

She has some great memories of this day!  I can't believe she's already 8 and looking so grown up.

Awwww....poor unhappy, Jason. But the rest of the kiddos look happy!  Thanks for being a great sister!  We love you, Kelsey Woo!

Happy Birthday, Mommy!

Linda's birthday had a bit of excitement surrounding it...and not just because it was a birthday!  We were celebrating Kelsey's upcoming baptism and Macher came to visit.  So we had loads to celebrate!  In the meantime, Linda had been practicing her cake decorating skills and came up with a way to decorate a cake for herself and Macher to share.  It was pretty and yummy!

Happy Birthday!

This Is Embarassing

Here I thought it had only been a couple of months that I'd neglected the blog.  Don't I feel sheepish to find it's been a LOT longer.  Well, let me update with a few posts...they'll come out a few days from each other.  Now, where were we...?  Last entry was in early July...

Ahhhh...summer projects will be the first entry...

  

I decided that a summer without anything to do would just be too long and BORING for everyone involved.  So...since there are some life skills that seem to be missing these days, I'd introduce them to the kiddos and see what happened.

  

We broke up the week into different "events" and one of those days happened to be a sewing day.  We started with fabric coasters and moved to treasure bags and then to Stuff-tees (drawn animal shapes stuffed with poly-fil).  The kids did some really great work with these!

 

We also had an art day which varied in medium from chalk, Play-doh, and even fondant.  The kids shaped, molded and colored some pretty cool art pieces.  They were very proud.

Just turn your monitor...hah!

  But it was a successful summer and we will probably do some of it again next year!

How many?

How many people does it take to cut this super cute 10 month old's hair? Answer, three, one to cut, one to help and one to film the hilarity. 

Our Garden "Friend"

It was only a matter of time before we saw one of these in our yard and garden.  I am hoping he helps take care of some of the bugs that would otherwise eat my tomatoes.  But he will hide in the drain holes and emerge when I fill the buckets with water.  Since there are a few oak leaves in the bottom and he's the color of the leaves, he has a perfect hiding spot so birds won't come eat him.  Welcome to Texas!

Who's Been Playing With the Camera?

I have been finding multiple photos of ceilings, faces, beds, blankets, desks, etc on my camera.  It isn't too hard to figure out who is the culprit.  Especially when he takes self-photos in a close up!

Hello, Joe!

Happy Birthday, Kelsey!

It has been eight years since we welcomed our Kelsey home!  The best Father's Day present Shawn has ever gotten!  And to celebrate her special day, we all went out for a picnic before the local baseball game at the Round Rock Express!

Kelsey had originally wanted Gondolas from an Avanti bread recipe (local Peoria, Illinois sandwich...which is so tasty!) but Linda ran out of time trying to get everything done in the day.  She settled for sub sandwiches and Cheetos with a cookie cake for her birthday cake.

And I have enjoyed the panoramic feature of my new camera!

The kids loved sitting on the green grass that the said, "Is actual grass!"  They had a great time rolling down the hill before the game even started and even got up on the jumbo tron a couple of times.

It was a great evening with a gentle breeze blowing and sitting in the shade!  We had some great memories from the game!  Happy Birthday, Kelsey!