Our most requested video thus far has been the Chubby Bunny Challenge. At the beginning you will also get a taste as to what it’s like to film a video with Chase and Karli. They are a riot, but they also drive me batty at times. But hey, that’s their job I suppose. I hope you all are having a good summer!
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Day 189
Finished the second book Where She Went in one day. So good! If you like mushy young love kinda books
Day 190
Yummy in my tummy!
Day 191
Crazy season of Big Brother…loving it!
Day 192
Ouch! Andrew sliced his thumb open at work. Thank goodness no stitches, just glue and some steri strips. Oh and paper duty at work for a few days. LOL
Day 193
Blake was finally able to celebrate his birthday with some friends!!
Day 194
Spending Sunday sunbathing with the pups!
Day 195
Karli is writing a book about a girl named Lexi who is a gymnast and wants to be in the Olympics someday. This is her book cover.
Day 196
Roses from Ken, just because :)
Day 182
We took the kids to see Transformers Age of Extinction at the Phoenix Theaters in Monroe. Super comfy recliners, perfect for a 3 hour movie.
Day 183
He’s stuck with me for life :) We were at Pacesetter Park waiting for the fireworks.
Day 184
Happy 4th of July! We had a low key day and for the first time in a long time Ken didn’t buy any fireworks. Instead we watched someone else in our neighborhood waste their hard earned money, LOL!
Day 185
Karli bonds with dogs wherever she goes. We were at a cookout and of course she spent the entire time playing with the dogs.
Day 186
Tori was all dressed for a quick car ride. She’s not spoiled at all.
Day 187
Wonderful Sunday…I relaxed outside and finished my book while Ken made this window seat for Tori. I think it’s safe to say she is spoiled.
Day 188
More Divergent? Why yes, thank you. Can’t wait to read these 4 books!
After we did the Bean Boozled Challenge, Chase came up with the idea to be blindfolded and try to guess the GROSS bean flavors!! It was actually more fun than the original challenge that they did. And this time Uncle Don joined in the fun.
Day 175
Started reading If I Stay by Gayle Forman. The movie comes out in August and the previews look really good so I thought I better read the book first. So far it’s really good…looks like a real tear jerker.
Day 176
The twins!
day 177
The dogs were trying to keep cool by hiding in the shade.
Day 178
Chase had fun diving in the pool at a graduation party. The lifeguard said he should be on a swim team…that he had a good stroke. I was like…we don’t have time for that!
Day 179
Blake had the best birthday present today…he won the Championship baseball game! First time taking First Place for Ken as well.
Day 180
Andrew’s graduation party was a huge success. So glad that is over though…a lot of work!
Day 181
New artwork for my home office. Love all the colors and it matches so well.
I had written down my goals for June and ended up being pretty successful at completing most of my goals. Recap of June Goals:
1. Blog at least 2 times per week and Post at least 1 video per week – I accomplished this if you include the weekly blog posts for my 365 Days of Gratitude. Sorta cheating I know, but hey, I posted something at least. And I posted 7 videos as well.
2. Paint Blake and Chase’s bedroom – Total fail on this one, which I should have never put such a thing on my list when I had so much to do to prepare for Andrew’s Graduation Party.
3. Organize photos and scrapbooks for Andrew’s Graduation Party – I got all of his scrapbooks done (3 of them) and I ended up making a video instead of making the trifold poster boards that many make.
4. Walk at least 4 times per week – Partial success here. I walked a total of 12 times in June for a total of 36 miles. If I look back through my Nike+ account I had only one other month where I walked that many miles and that is the month before my first (and only) 5K two years ago. So with that fact alone I would say I was quite successful at going above and beyond what I would normally do. I decided to walk at least an hour each time instead of trying to walk as often throughout the week. I dropped some pounds as well, so Yippee!
5. Decorate my office – I got a good start, but I’m not quite finished. I found a piece that had the exact colors I was going for above my desk and then I found these cute ceramic pencils and a green lantern for the kids desk.
On to next month…
July Goals
1. Paint Blake & Chase’s bedroom
I’ll keep this one on the list again this month.
2. Organize the basement filing cabinets
We have a large filing cabinet in the storage room of our basement that has stuff in it from 2001, when we first moved into our house. It’s really time to purge a lot of what’s in there to make room for new stuff that needs to be archived from my office files.
3. Read 2 books
I love to read more than any other hobby but because this house is so loud and chaotic at times I feel like it’s the last thing I do. I want to read at least 2 books this month especially while I’m relaxing around the pool. Right now I’m reading If I Stay
4. Spend less money on groceries and eating out
Ken and I have gone over our expenses so far this year and we have realized once again that way too much money is being spent on food and eating out. We need to buckle down and try to decrease the amount so we can work at saving more money instead.
Day 168
Tried out this sausage pasta recipe that I found here. Turned out great and everyone loved it. I didn’t think it was really all that spicy though.
Day 169
Kids last day of school, yippee!!
Day 170
Can still remember when we had Andrew list his goals right before his Senior year started. It sure went by fast.
Day 171
I had a special guest for dinner.
Day 172
Alfalfa!
Day 173
Andrew and Chelsea…such a cute couple!
Day 174
Chase has been spending a lot of time on the computer…wish I could say it’s for something educational, but he has been trying to complete a level on a video game and is looking for shortcuts.
Day 161
This is the first time one of the kids has had to make a store window for their mini society project. Karli’s turned out pretty cute. She had it all planned out in her head before she even got her supplies out. Such a crafty girl!
Day 162
Taco salad for dinner per Chase’s request.
Day 163
Tori is so scraggly…but still cute =)
Day 164
I loved the board that the girls from Karli’s dance company made for their recital this year. Each of the girls wrote why they love dance. Karli’s said, “I love dance because it’s my life!”
Day 165
Karli and her big buddy, Ana, after their dance recital.
Day 166
The kids and I made fruit pizza for Ken for Father’s Day. Andrew and Chase also dug out some stumps that were in the backyard while Ken and Blake were at baseball. That was Ken’s only request for Father’s Day!
Day 167
Karli is all ready for mini society with all her ninja stars.