Star Wars Discovered

My kids have discovered Star Wars.

Enough said.

Paul and Ben crossing sabers with our neighbor Jackson.

Benjamin executed a very dramatic death.

"To the death!"

Out in the Berry Patch

A sister in our ward was kind enough to let us come out to her garden and pick raspberries. It was a lot of fun to hear the kids talk excitedly with each other as they picked and ate berries. Ben held the berry bowl. Lainey got dirty. Emma and McKenna picked berries. Paul stole berries to make his bowl more full.

She said anything we could see we could take/pick. We left with some squash and some tomatoes too. Yummy! I love fresh tomatoes.

Making Minion Cupcakes

Benjamin and Claire are turning four. Hooray! Ben's request was minion cupcakes like on Despicable Me. My sister-in-law made them during the summer and Ben wanted his chance. You take twinkies, cut them in half, and use them as the head. You then use smarties and black frosting to make the goggles, eyes, hair and whatever else. We have made quite a few friends here in our new neighborhood and decided it would be fun to have them come decorate cupcakes with us.

Here's the minion making group.

Here's our minion.
He looks kinda like he got a bloody nose.

Lainey got a hold of one of the twinkies while it was still wrapped, but that didn't stop her. She popped the package and sucked out the mushed twinkie.

After cupcakes, we played some games
Red light, green light; Ben/Claire Says, and Duck, Duck, Goose

Ben and Claire received a giant, inflatable bowling set.
Very fun for the kids :: Very hard to keep the pins standing.

Peach Party: Canning Style

Before the real work started.

The happy helpers.

Beautiful.

Tim and Jason kept track of the
blanching and water baths

Haley, Mom E, and I worked on
peeling, slicing, and filling jars. As you
can see, we had a lot of little helpers.

Claire, Ben, and Athen
had fun in the mud.

43+ jars.
A Good Day.

At the Park with Pals

Grumpy Ben, EmmaLee, Rawnie, Squinting Emma,
Paul, Claire, Talen, Cardyn

We finally got to go to the new splash park on Keene Rd in Richland. It was A LOT of fun! We met up with some pals to have a picnic and play. What a perfect day!

BBQ with the Cooks

We were delighted to be invited to a BBQ with our new friends, the Cooks. We ate and played in their backyard. We especially enjoyed all of their fun toys.

Line 'em up!

We had friends over for a day of crafting and we lined them up at the border of the kitchen so they could eat and watch their Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.

Circle of Friends

Emma, Makiah, Paul, Mckayla, Mckenna

We are so grateful for the good friends we have found in the Slaugh family. We actually rented their house in Othello before we moved to Pasco. Come to find out, coincidence I think not, they live right around the corner from where we built our new house. We have enjoyed beating a path from our house to theirs (makes me think of the Lorrie Morgan song), riding bikes around the block, and just visiting on the front porch. McKenna and Makiah have been over to play a lot at our house this summer. As a mother, I'm already grateful my children have good friends.