Beat the Heat

there is a picture of a bill board going around that says, "satan called. he wants his weather back." for real. it's been over 100 degrees here for many days in a row, so we have been trying to find things to do within the blessing of air conditioning!

we made cookies for some neighbors... 

totally not posed. precious sisters....

get it girl.

kaitlyn just told me to call her when the dough was ready. :) 

we made homemade lava lamps. i have been WAY addicted to the pinterest website lately, and got a couple of these ideas from there. i'm telling you, i could spend h-o-u-r-s on that site. 

she was thrilled..

saturday morning kaitlyn woke up at 6:30 and went to play 18 holes of golf with my parents! i was a little worried that she would get bored/hot/frustrated, but she did great and loved it. 

her good attitude and patience were rewarded by being able to drive the cart!

while they were out sweating their brains out  getting great exercise, the little's and i stayed at home doing "indoor" things. 

like sleeping until almost 9:00 (that's a record around here) and painting birdhouses in our pajamas!

and doing a popcorn kernel word search. this kept them busy for at least an hour, and they have kept coming back to it today.

and the best way we have found to beat the heat is to get wet!

and what is summer without a little sleepover every now and then?

these sweet princesses all cuddled up in the tent watching tangled for the 5,287th time.

i start nursing school next monday, so i am really trying to soak up these precious moments with my girls. summer went by waaaay too fast this year.

Kickin' it Old School

This week was our church's VBS. The theme was "Kickin' it Old School." The message of the week was basically about how God remains the same as our times change. The decorations were so fun and colorful! My girls had a blast. In fact, tonight I looked over at Cora and she was b-a-w-l-i-n-g. I seriously thought she was hurt or something. When I asked her what was wrong she said, "I'm just so sad that this is the last day!" Oh, my sweet, TIRED, precious girl.

Sunday night was the kick-off for the week's activities. They had bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, hot dogs and snow cones!

Kaitlyn invited her good friend Melanie to come along for the week.

all these clouds and STILL no rain....

working her way to the top

yay!

she was so proud! or possibly excited that i told her i would give her a dollar if she made it to the top. 

my sweet little's

I helped in the Art room during the week. It was fun to get to see all the kiddo's come through each day. I also got to work with some fun girls! 

sad she didn't wear her t-shirt that day, but she's still a cutie..

sweet friends

listening to children praise and worship all week was such a blessing!

cora and kennedy with their mosaic crosses. she almost had her eyes all the way open!

Midway through the week we got to enjoy a fun swim day! I forgot to count how many kids were there, but there were a LOT and it was a blast! We all took our lunches and ate together, then enjoyed at least 2 hours of non-stop swimming. It has been so fun for all of my girls (myself included) to make new friends this year. 

This one right here as been an extra special friend to me this year. I'm trying to hold in a laugh in this picture which is why I have 2 chins and an extra large neck. Or it could have been because I had already had 4 huge cookies by 10:00 that morning. 

Tonight was the wrap up celebration. Cora and Claire thought it was occasion fit for their tu-tu's. 

Fun week! We are blessed to be part of a fun church.