Life with our little family of 3...

I recently purchased a picnic basket for $2.50 at the evil box store. I bought it not for a picnic basket but more of a all purpose carrier. It always seems I need to cart stuff in and out of the car. Such a library books, snacks, etc. I saw this and thought it would be a great way to carry stuff since it was lightweight and cheap! Unfortunately since it was from evil box store, it soon fell apart. I was pretty disappointed since I had high hopes it would be my next greatest thing to make life easier for me! But the cheap plastic "pins" kept popping out which led to the reinforcement stakes to cause the basket to collapse. Which then led to it just being a big pain! Then I had an idea... What it I made it more fun and functional! So it began with this... And then I did this... I poked holes through the bars that kept it upright. Then strung some ribbon through it to help keep it in place. But I didn't stop there... And ta-da! Fun meets f...

I am not sure how in the world I married into a family like this...

We are experiencing some unusually hot weather this week. It's been in the upper 80s to mid 90s. Too hot for us Northwesterners! We decided to head down to our beach to try to stay cool. The kids had a blast! They spent over 6 hours playing in the water!  They swam... Built sandcastles... And worked on perfecting the perfect jump... In order to make the biggest splash... This is what summer is all about! 

Emma returned from camp this weekend. It was all that she had hoped for and more! After the kids were checked out and we picked up her stuff, we were able to go down and visit some of the horses. Not only did she get to see them but she got to ride one of them too! We were very impressed at her first time up on a horse! She did amazing! Goodbye cheers and closing!  Ready to go!  All by herself! So proud!