Hungry?

Since school started, I have been trying to be better at cooking dinner. I have been trying to meal plan and cook new recipes, and to be honest not all of the recipes have turned out, but the past 2 days were a success....
Jamie loved the BBQ Brisket I cooked on Sunday! And today LeeAnn came over and we cooked all afternoon!

Peaches were on sale so we decided we wanted to make peach freezer jam. Then we were feeling like we needed some really yummy bread to put the jam on so we made Mom's famous french bread. Then we needed a dinner to go with the bread so we made Emily's delicious cheesy potatoe corn chowder. It was a hit!

Then tomorrow I have a recipe exchange and the theme is breads and muffins so I made this braided cream cheese bread after I put the kids down.

Kind of feeling domestic :)

Someone's 10!!

Happy Birthday Georgia!! Wow Georgia turned 10 years old! (What are we going to do for next years picture when she can't hold up 11 fingers....she'll have to stay 10 forever? )

Breakfast choice....sausage rolls AND bacon egg and cheese bisquits. At first I said no you can't have 2 main dishes for breaksfast, but Dad came to her rescue and let me know it IS her birthday so she can have whatever she wants (and I wonder why he's the favorite).

This year she asked for clothes and her new room. Because the baby is coming, and will all too soon take over Ava's nursery we decided to do a little room switching early. We painted the downstairs room, redid the bedding, and let Georgia have her own room.

That night we met LeeAnn at Outback for a delicious birthday dinner!Jello Cheery Cheese cake for dessert.

Then a week later we had her birthday party with her friends. She invited 6 girls and we took them to Wet N Wild. I of course was so busy putting sunscreen on everyone and gathering all the stuff that I forgot to take my camera :(, but all the girls had a great time and were lots of fun!We came home after for cupcakes and gifts.

Happy Birthday Georgia!! I hope all your wishes come true!!

JONAS!

So I heard through the grapevine that you could get cheap Jonas Brothers tickets...When I told the girls, they were really excited. We filled Riley's van and all headed down. It was so much fun! LoVED Bree's Jonas sign!

We had lawn seats so the girls could snack on all the candy, dance all around, lounge in Camie's rocking chairs, and sing to their hearts desire.

These girls know how to have a good time!

Jamie's TRI!

Saturday Jamie raced in his first TRi, and he did awesome! I was disappointed in the photos I took but here's the best I've got...
LeeAnn came up and we took the girls and Drew and Elle and the great posters they made and cheered Jamie and Justin on! Here is Jamie running (he is in the grey shirt behind the guy it looks like I'm taking a picture of).

I totally missed the photo opp of him biking because he changed his shirt and when I recognized him I didn't have time to get a picture, but he looked GooD! And here are Georgia and Ava cheering him on in the pool. Ava loved being a cheerleader, she was loud and proud!

Way to Go Jamie! I hope you keep it up and we can start running together :)

My New Room!

Ever since we moved into our house my family room has been ALL brown - walls, carpet, tile, couch, clock on the wall, toy hutch everything, and I have kept saying I really want to add color...well I finally did it! The curtains were the key. I saw them in a catalog and loved them; then I felt like I could finish the room. The pillows

Thanks to some helpful advice I spray painted the brown hutch and turned it green.

Replaced the brown clock with a painting

Another picture to add some color

Replaced the brown, dark green, and dark red plants in the vase with some bright flowers

And it's done!

Back to school

I have been a little behind with the blogging lately, but I had to include a few posts from a few weeks back. The girls and Dad on the first day of school (Ava even grew older this day it was the last morning with her binky; we went walking after we dropped off the girls and it got lost at the park...) 4th grade here she comes! Georgia was very excited to have some of her closest friends in her class this year.

Wow my 2nd grader! Macie was excited to have her 1st grade teacher move up to 2nd this year so she gets her 2 years in a row!

Georgia thinks she is little too old to have me still walk her to class.

Macie didn't mind so much there were lots of other moms there too.

I'm excited for another great school year!

The last half of a GreAt summer!

Utah

Grandma's cabin another FaVoRite place (Amazingly beautiful!!)

Aspen Grove Family Camp

(Sorry Lee I couldn't get our No Weaksauce video chant to download :(

Back Home...but not alone Grandmom and Granddad spoiled us with a visit.

I can't wait to see what's in store for next summer!!