A Busy Day

After a few fun filled days with our friends it was time to get busy. 

I worked on this pile of mulch
while the kids did this!

 Nash on the slip n slide.

 Here comes Avry!

 Watch out below.

I think I would have rather been doing the slip n slide!

Who Partied like a Rock Star?

Avry!

After a very long but super fun sleep over at her friends house!

Oh yeah, this was about 5 minutes after she got home.

A Weekend with the Kent's

Saturday afternoon we headed to Troy to attend a fundraising event for CURED, which raises money for research to help find a cure for Eosinophilic Disease.  The event raised $17,000 and we had a great time.  Instead of driving back home we had made arrangements to stay with the Kent's and we had a wonderful time.  The weather on Sunday was amazing and we spent the day relaxing on the lake and then had an fabulous dinner before we headed home.  

 Alex and Nash breaking out the big boy toys.

 This boat is awesome dad!

 Avry driving the boat.

 Aunt Paula bringing out the big guns for Nash.

 Alex getting Avry with the water gun.

 Nash taking a little rest.

 Nash and Aunt Paula playing frisbee.

 Avry enjoying the warm sun.

 A giant frisbee.

 Alex giving the frisbee a toss.

 Exploring the water the Aunt Paula.

 Nash driving the boat with Uncle Paul.

Thank you Aunt Paula and Uncle Paul! We had such a wonderful time and we loved spending time with you.  We can't wait to see you soon.

A Day in the Kitchen

As I walked into the kitchen this morning, I noticed I had a watermelon that needed to be cut up, strawberries that needed to be made into something, and over ripe banana's.  Needless to say I spent the morning working in the kitchen.  It felt great to have everything done and Nash had fun helping out.

 Nash enjoying some watermelon.

 Monster Cookies for the weekend.

 Strawberry fruit roll-up as requested by Avry.

 Safe Banana Bread for Nash.

Yummy!

Mother's Day

I was greeted by the morning sunshine on this Mother's Day. I think it is the first time in the past six years that it has not rained.  Besides the morning sun, I was able to sleep in, while Alex, Avry & Nash ran out to the store to get the breakfast of champs, a doughnut and diet coke.  They also returned with some gerber daisies and cards.  After a lazy morning, we headed to a nearby park and enjoyed the afternoon there.  I cooked out burgers and ended the night with ice cream.  It was a great relaxing day with Avry, Nash & Alex.

 We love you mama!

Mother's Day Tea

Today the kindergarten class hosted a Mother's Day Tea Party.  The dad's and kids were in charge of making sure there was plenty of yummy treats to eat.  The children had drawn pictures, prepared songs and a message on why they loved their mom.   The afternoon was filled with friends, smiles and a few tears.

 Avry leading me to the party.

 My placemat, tea and card.

 Listening while Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Russman speak.

 I love my mom because she helps out in the cafeteria sometimes.

 Avry's picture of mom.

Big hugs and smiles.

Part of a song they sang.

Food Dehydrator Experiment

A few weeks ago I borrowed a food dehydrator from one of my friends. Yesterday I finally made the time to pull it out and try a few foods in there for Nash.  Much to my surprise everything turned out and tasted great.  Nash was also very excited with the end foods.  We did the basic drying of fruit, which were apples and bananas.  Then I also made fruit leather as it is called in Michigan or fruit roll-ups as it is called in Minnesota, or as Nash calls it apple tape.  Whatever name you call it, it was yummy and Avry requested some strawberry tape. That will be my next experiment.

 We started by washing, peeling and cutting up the apples.

 4 Cups of apples.

 Eating apples as fast as I could cut them.

 Mashing the apples.

 We didn't want any lumps.

 It's ready for the dehydrator.

 Apples

 Bananas

 Cooking a very long time.

 Dried bananas and apples

 Fruit tape

 The taste tester.  The results was "super yummy mom!"

I put them into small pieces and rolled them in scran wrap.