Girls Camp water bottles

Just another Young Women's idea. We made these fun water bottles for the girls to have at camp to carry around with them. they were pretty easy to put together. We just printed their names out and used contact paper to apply them. I got some bendy "O" rings at Home Depot that we put over the top and tied the ribbon to. Fun and fairly inexpensive!

Summer has arrived!!

So summer has finally arrived for us. The weather here changed over night. It has been so hot and humid this last week, but I love it despite the heat. We have been doing some fun summer time activities. Last weekend we went to a Cinncinatti Reds Baseball game with some friends. It was so fun. Mason loved the whole thing and thought it was way cool to be at a real baseball game!

We also have been swimming a lot lately. They opened up the pool here at our complex and it has been the perfect way to cool off. Mason LOVES every minute in the pool. Whenever we mention swimming he has his swim suit on and towel in hand in about 2 seconds flat. Tanner even took his fist dip in the pool and really enjoyed it.

What summer doesn't include picinics at the park?

And last, the TRUE Sign of summer, My little Mason's Freckles come out!! Oh how cute my red head freckled boy is. A few good days out in the sun and his freckles immediatly started popping out, and I noticed he has a few more than last year sprinkled on his forehead. SO CUTE!

Back to the ER!!

Thats right folks, back to the ER for the second time in 6 months!! This time we had a major cut to the lip. Last night we decide to go for a walk with some friends. We stop at the playground for a bit and Mason and his buddy Parker decided to play "Pirates" on the picnic table. He told me it was their ship. Well the little pirate somehow fell off the table and cut his lip in the process. Mason started crying and we look over and he had blood pouring out his mouth with his lip split in half. We ran him into the house and Drew took one look at it and said we got to go to the hospital. We grabbed some towels, gave Tanner to the Smiths (Thanks Smiths so much for taking care T) and headed to the ER. After the ER doctor looked at it, he decided that he would need a plastic surgeon to sew it up. I took a few shots before they sewed it up, but I didn't have my good camera, so it is kind of hard to tell. We had to wait a bit for the Plastic surgeon to get there, but she finally arrived and she sewed him up. Mason was a champ, he was a little afraid when they gave him the numbing shot in his lip, okay he was freaking out, but after that he held really still while she stitched him up. He received about 15 stitches, and has one fat lip, but this morning he is back to his usually self playing hard like little boys do.

This is a shot while we were waiting for the doctors

A close up of the stitches

enjoying a popsicle after!

one fat Lip!

Photo Shoot with Tanner!

These are some pictures I took of my little Tanner Boy!! He is now 4 months old, gosh where does the time go? He continues to be the happiest bestest baby ever!! Oh how we love him!

"T"

Our little Tanner is growing up so fast. Here are a few shots we took the other day. So cute in his fun summer outfit (thanks stefanie for the cute outfit!) 

check out the mini flops, I love them!!

He has also decided that sucking his thumb is great. Pretty cute now, but we aren't to sure we want a thumb sucker on our hands!!

We just love our little T! 

Purse'nal Progress

Another YW idea!! We did these handouts for a lesson on personal progress. We made these purses and put a candy bar in them and and a tag that said "purse'nal" progress. My friend found this idea on another girls blog, and we thought they were just so darn cute we had to do them for our girls!!

Our trip to Buffalo!

A couple of weeks ago we traveled up to Buffalo, New York to visit Bron and Megan (Drew's little sister and brother-in-law). We had so much fun!! The drive was kind of long, it took us about 9 hours, which included 4 break stops, but Mason and Tanner did great. Mason watched movies (so thankful for portable DVD players) and Tanner slept. They definitely proved to us that we can take long trips like that in the car. It was so fun to see Bron and Megan and see what life is like for them in Buffalo. We did so many fun things like visited a few fun kid museums, went to Niagara Falls, went to the beach on Lake Erie, and just enjoyed each others company. Bron and Megan were so nice to let us come and visit and were excellent hosts! Mason is still talking about being there. He loved every minute of it. He loved helping Bron dig in his garden, and in the morning he loved to go and wake Megan and Bron up (I am sure they didn't love this so much). So thanks Bron and Megan for the fun memories and good times. Oh yes and I forgot to mention that we got to eat at the famous "Duffs," who would go to Buffalo and not eat famous buffalo wings? They were quite tasty!

Mommy and Tanner at the BEACH

Tanner and his cute Bum!!

Finger Painting with Pudding (Aunt Megan is so much fun)

Our Family

Playing at the Beach

Fisher Price Museum

Helping Bron in the Garden

Mason and Aunt Megan at Niagara Falls 

At the BEACH with DADDY

Happy Birthday to MaSoN!!

Today was my Mason boys 3rd birthday!! Boy do the years go fast. He loved that it was his special day! We had a Lightning McQueen Birthday party for him with a few friends. He is soo into cars right now and can pretty much quote the whole movie. The party was a hit and Mason had a great time. So, Happy Birthday my little man. We love you so much and are glad that you had such a great day!!

The Balloon Glimmer

So I am a little slow at posting these days, but better late then never right. A few weeks ago, just before derby we went with some of Drew's classmates to the Balloon Glimmer. It was really fun and cool to see all those balloons glowing in the night sky. It was such a nice spring night on the waterfront. Good times, Good times!!

Flower Pens

Here is another Young Women's idea. I made these flower pens for the girls to use on Sunday during lessons. It is just more fun to write things down when you are using a pretty flower right?