I bet our neighbors think we're weird

What do ya bet?

{the pregnant kitties and their brother were chasing a lizard to catch it}

more campout pics

The kids had a lot of fun camping and it especially provided some great sibling bonding time. We did actually discover, however, that Sadie is NOT a fan of the camping per se as much as just hangin out outside. I think she would prefer to head back to a hotel room in the evenings (and I can see her point!). Ava on the other hand loved all of it and as soon as we were home she was already begging to "go camping again tomorrow!"
The river was a bit cold, but they got used to it and were river rats for 3 days!






(Amazingly enough, this picture was not posed, they were genuinely happy to be playing together!)

ward campout 2010

"If there is a design in this world in which we live, there must be a Designer. Who can behold the many wonders of the universe without believing that there is a design for all mankind? Who can doubt that there is a Designer?"

--- Thomas S. Monson

We did a 3-day/2-night camping trip with our church group this weekend to Pedernales Falls State Park. It was mostly wonderful, which is all you can ask for when you camp with four kids. ;-) More tomorrow, right now it's time for some post-campout manicures before church!

picnic at the park

Last Saturday we ran around to various activities in the morning and then busted our booties in the yard the rest of the day. We figured after all the work, we deserved a picnic in the park with the cousins. It was a nice way to relax and let the kids run themselves ragged so we could take them home, clean them up and put them to bed! My kids actually got to stay up later than usual and watch a movie with Ben's kids, waiting for their parents to come home from a friend's wedding.

chalk + cement = happiness

During our stay-at-home sickfest Spring Break I did a run to Target and came home with new sidewalk chalk and sidewalk paint. Everyone was very happy! We are enjoying the nice, wide, long driveway at our new house. A week or so later we tried painting the sidewalk with watered-down acrylic paint and discovered that it doesn't quite wash off like Crayola's sidewalk paint does. ;-)