Lemonade Stand

Breanna's good friend (and neighbor) wanted to set up a lemonade stand this weekend.  We made some homemade lemonade, my neighbor made chocolate cookies & the girls made the sign.  They were so cute helping our many customers!  The stand was a great success and the girls are going to give the money to our VBS missionaries for audio Bibles.

So silly these two!  Glad they are such good friends, like their Mommies!

Little bro got to help (eat cookies and drink lemonade) 

We always have plenty of lemons thanks to Craig's parents!  Here's a yummy recipe:

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1 1/4 cup sugar

5 2/3 cup water

Mix sugar with 2/3 cup water in sauce pan, bring to boil until clear.    

Allow to cool completely.  Add lemon juice and remaining 5 cups water.  Enjoy!

Summer Fun

We have embraced the heat in Bako.  The kids could spend all day outside, just having a blast with the little kiddy pool and water hose.  My favorite part is all the giggles & squeals!

 Bre likes to have races back and forth across the yard.  She is quite speedy.

I see a cross-country runner in our future.

Silly dancing

Lots of swinging.

Bre always shouts "Best day EVER!" as she is swinging (from Tangled, of course).

And this is what entertains Ian for HOURS!

Such a silly little guy!

Ian's quilt and big boy room

YEA!  It's finally done!  Actually, the quilt was done about a month ago, but I'm always slow to blog about things.  The inspiration of this quilt came from Jenny, as do many projects.  I was thinking that I wanted to make a strip quilt with different widths, but could figure out how to make it work right.  Once I decided on the zig zag design, it came to together rather smoothly.

The front 

The back

The fabrics speak to the nerd in me...I especially love the circuit boards!

The fabrics used were:

Robot Factory by Kaufman

Mechanical Genius by Mo Bedell

Robots by David Walker

Robotics by Moda

Full Moon by Amy Butler

  

Ian will have to grow into it a bit!

For his big boy room, we painted a nice grey color on the walls.  

Using my silhouette machine, I cut out a wall decal from vinyl.

There's still much more decorating to come...

My favorite part is that Ian really appreciates his quilt and was interested in watching it come together.  I hope he treasures it forever.

And just to reminisce, here is a before picture of his nursery.

ahhh....where did time go?

Breanna-isms #1

Bre is really into drawing, painting, & coloring.  I love watching her creativity develop.  Today she started drawing a picture, so I asked her what she was drawing....

Drawing #1:

Bre: "I am drawing you and Daddy at your wedding...I'm in your tummy"
Me: "No, Breanna, you were not in my tummy at our wedding.  That happened much later"
Bre: "I know"

Drawing #2:

Me: "Now what are you drawing?"
Bre: "The car where I started being in your tummy.  You were going home in it after your wedding. It took a long long time to get where you were going."

This is where I bust up laughing!  I did say it happened much later.  This shall be a conversation for another time...

Happy Valentine's Day!

These two sweeties said they would be my Valentine.  

I am one lucky mamma!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ian's 2nd Birthday

My sweet baby boy went and turned two last week.  What a terrible thing to do!  At least he still lets me cuddle and rock him at night.  In everything else he has become very independent and "self-do-it."  We celebrated with a robot birthday party, inspired by the theme of his upcoming big boy room.  He had a great time and had no problem opening the presents after all the practice at Christmas.  He gobbled up his cupcake and ice cream.  He had fun playing with friends and family and loved every minute of the attention.

(This is also a post that shows all the fun I have been having with my Christmas present: the Silhouette Cameo.  I have an awesome husband!)

Robot cake pops!

Found this cute set of cupcake papers and cutouts at Sweet Surrender. 

A banner made with the Silhouette 

Treat bags

Sister and Daddy having a good time.

Can't get this picture to go the right direction...ugh.  

He has become a pro at blowing out the candles!

Happy Birthday to our fun loving boy who brings us so many smiles!

"Children are a gift from the Lord, they are a reward from him"  Psalm 127:3

Christmas 2011

December flew by! Here are some pictures of the times we enjoyed together as a family.  

It doesn't get any sweeter than this!

 During the Christmas eve program, the little kids sang.

Bre actually sang and did the motions.

 The Meyer fam

Tuckered out kids after opening all their presents!