House Foundation ~ 7/27/2012

This has really been interesting watching how they are building this house.  It’s like nothing I’ve seen in California.

The crawl space is more like the size of a basement.  I can literally walk around in there without bending over.

I think Jonathan would find this process fascinating.

Left back corner

Right side

Back right corner.

I thought the front steps would be added last.  Amber’s house still doesn’t have the steps on the front yet, but her house has been done differently because of her basement.

They poured my garage Friday.

This is the back of Amber & Dustin’s house.

This is the front of their house.

Michelle’s Birthday ~ 7/27/2012

All of the girls went to Childress Winery’s Bistro for lunch to celebrate Michelle’s birthday.

All dressed up and ready for a tasty lunch.

Emily is looking like her Mom more and more.

This is the kids Mac & Cheese plate.

My Italian Panini with Caesar Salad, it was really delicious and so much so that Abby helped me eat it.

Emily’s Mediterranean pizza.  It was also delicious, and Emily really liked it too.

Michelle’s Roast Beef Panini with sweet potato fries.  Those fries were heavenly.

Michelle, Emily and Abby on the grounds of Childress Winery after lunch.

I love this picture of Abby and Emily,  they’ve become  good friends.

Can’t have a birthday without ice cream.

So we had to make a stop at the ice cream shop.

What do I want?

This mail box was in the ice cream shop so I took a picture of it for Chris to see.  Not that I want one but I thought she might find it interesting.

Helping Dad with the Lawn

The boys got these lawnmowers from the Manmiller’s and they love them.  They are suppose to be bubble mowers, but  the bubbles don’t work.

Jackson pushing his lawnmower any where he can get it to go.

They push these mowers all over the 1 acre farm.  It’s too bad they really don’t cut the grass.

A shame to let all that energy go to waste.

Happy Mowing boys!!!

Emily’s 3rd Grade Promotion Dinner

The whole crew went to dinner at Sweet Peas Restaurant to recognize Emily’s hard work this past homeschool year. 

The kids loved the chalkboard wall . . .

. . . and the animal and truck crayon holders on each table.

This is a great place to take the kids for dinner.  Some friends of ours from church opened this restaurant in early April.  I can’t get enough of their Reuben’s and hot chips.  Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

I was told that Emily’s name and the picture she drew on the blackboard stayed there for 3 weeks.

This girl loves to read.

A few gifts to make it special.

Congratulations Emily!  A job well done!!

Play Dough From Auntie Chris

As you can see the kids loved the package they received from Auntie Chris.  Who wouldn’t?  They rolled out, pressed, shaped, shoved, patted, cut and stacked to their hearts content.

 

 

 

Emily and Abby are really intent on the play dough.

This stuff is great fun!

 

Emily’s really takes the cake!

I love Davis and Zachary’s techniques.

 

Is that a fish Davis?

Jackson wasn’t too interested in the play dough.  What can I say that’s just Jackson.

Zachary always has to have wheels, the play dough is just an added bonus.

Thanks Auntie Chris for loads of fun!!!

Tiger World ~ July 19, 2012

Dustin had the day off before he had to leave for Chicago so we decided to go to Tiger World.  We had bought the tickets a few months ago through Living Social and got the whole group in for a very reasonable price.

At the entrance.

They had some beautiful birds there as well.

There were Bengal tigers, White tigers and Siberian tigers.

This is a Jaguar.

We were able to get pretty close to the tigers.

This Baboon was pretty excitable so we decided to stand back and not provoke him.

We went in the morning but it was starting to get hot so a lot of the tigers were resting.

 

This one decided to jump into the water tank.

Time for a juice break for the kids.

Two little cuties!

They also had Lions at Tiger World.

The kids enjoyed being able to walk around.

 

Another cutie!

They had a few baby cubs and they were also cute.

 

After Tiger World we went into the little town of Faith and had lunch at Faith’s Soda Shop.

Emily enjoying a little rest while the crew gets loaded up.