Birthday Cakes

This evening we went to our friends Jessee & Jaimies house for dinner. They fed us some yummy BBQ chicken and oriental salad. And, by the way, as soon as I get the recipe for that oriental salad I will post it. It was so yummy. Anyway...After dinner Jaimie and I made her little girl, Kambers, Birthday cakes. And here they are.

Cupcake tower. So cute! We decorated it with sixlets.

Kamber loves the Little Pet Shop toys. So we made her a Cat Pet Shop Birthday cake. It took a while but we finally got it done. : )

Azey's Pedicure

The last few times we have gone into the salon, Azey has begged for a pedicure. But Aunt Michelle is never able to give her one. This morning though, Michelle called and was having a slow day so she asked Azelin if she would like to come and get her long awaited pedicure. Azelin, of course, excitedely accepted the offer.

I only had my phone camera, so the pictures arent so great. Azelin was so relaxed during her pedicure. She loved it.

Beautiful toes!!

When ever we go into the salon, Ethan goes straight for the broom or the little roll around chair. He loves to sweep. And when he is bored with that he loves to push the chair all around the salon. So silly.

Boys Will Be Boys

So, Ethan's new thing is to lick people. Out of no where, he'll just walk up and lick you. He did it to Uncle Zac and Derek the other day. He is so wild. Well, this morning I woke up to Ethan licking my nose. He thought it was totally hilarious. And to think I ever thought I would have a girly boy? No way! He is naturally a boy, a crazy, crazy boy!

Cutting Down The Apricot Tree

We have been wanting to cut down our apricot tree for a few years now. We have never eaten or used the apricots in the 5 years we have lived here. By the time they are ripe enough to pick, they are yucky and soggy because of the heat. Behind the tree is some bamboo and other little bushes that we are ripping out also. We are going to put some gravel down and get a trampoline for the kids. And us. Yippee!

After we cut the tree down we saw this nest with this baby bird in it. We carefully put the nest up in another tree. Hopefully Mama bird will be able to find Baby bird in the new tree. Who knows, maybe Mama bird is one that has killed itself by flying into one of my windows. Dont worry that since I posted that story, 3 more birds have died that way. Sheesh!

Cuttin' the branches down to good fire burning size. Yea, Me!

It Must Be Summer...

CAMPING...

I decided I would show you the cut on my cheek from that wicked branch.

I just stole these pictures from Jaimie's Blog. :)

Jaimie & Jessee. Ryan. Relaxing by the fire.

Ethan. Kean. They both had so much fun getting DIRTY.

I dont know what it is with Ethan and getting burned. He was sitting by fire playing in the dirt and a hot ash flew out and landed on his little neck. The first picture is right after it happened. He was trying to stay happy. If you click on the second picture you can see the burn better. So sad!

We did have a couple of wild animals running around the camp site. Not bears or mountain lions like we thougt we would see. But, two crazy little girls. Here they are pretending to be moose.

Roasting marshmellos, or rather burning marshmellos. lol.

There was a creek right by the camp site that the kids had a blast playing in.

Here are those crazy girls warming their wet bums by the fire after playing in the creek.

Most of us came home with camping battle wounds. Poor Ryan went with a sprained ankle, which is now swollen as ever. Jessee fell on his head. Jaimie, Kean, & Ethan were our burn victims. Jaimie and Ethan both by hot ash and Kean by touching a hot grill. Cameron fell on Kamber and Azey's "sand castle" and scraped his elbow. I got attacked by the branch I was trying to break and scratched my cheek & big toe. And Azelin got car sick and was puking in a trash bag on the way home. I think Kamber is the only lucky one who came out in one piece. LOL. Good times, Good times.