Total Gym

We went to some garage sales last Saturday and Scott bought a Total Gym exercise machine for $10.00. We have been searching for one for the right price for a long time. It is always neat to see God providing so much more than just our needs.

The girls have come up with their own exercises and already use it more than Scott.

Sewing Class

Sewing Class for Mommy has also come to an end. This is my 3rd year taking the class offered by Mrs. Vannattan at church. We did it Mon., and Tues., from 12:30-3:30 for three weeks. The time flew by way too fast.

Here's what I made: One dress for Brittany
(which matches Caitlin's skirt from sewing class last year, as well as I made both the girls matching hats). Caitlin's hat didn't turn out very good, but Brittany's hat still fits.


Here is Brittany trying not to let me take her picture :)
I also made Caitlin a pair of dressy black gauchos and the girls matching light blue "play" gauchos.Just before sewing started, I completed two pairs of Caitlin's school culottes. Have I mentioned that it has been very busy around here???

Scott's B-day

For Scott's B-day, Caitlin and I made him 2 big chocolate chip cookies. Can you guess which one is for Scott? (It has almost no chocolate chips in it. Isn't that so sad to have to do that to a cookie?)

Mom and Dad surprised Scott with steak for his present. Lots and lots of steak...


He was one happy man!!!

We also made some of his other favorite foods. We made rice krispie treats, drop biscuits, squash, (to make Taylor jealous), devilled eggs. I have an awesome egg cooker that boils them in the microwave. Just fill the bottom with water, add the eggs, replace cover, and cook for 8 minutes. This is the first time that it let me down and exploded all over the microwave two different times : (

Later in the week, we then made taco salads and fajitas with the steak. It was delicious!

Fishing

Last Saturday, we went to the Highland Village Red, White, and Blue festival. In the morning time, Caitlin, Daddy, and Grandad went fishing.
Caitlin caught the first fish.
Scott then got on a role and added 7 more fish to the pile.
Brittany just enjoyed laying back in her chair, taking it all in.
Here is Caitlin's fish trying to make an escape back to freedom.Even though Caitlin only caught one fish, it was the biggest fish for her age category and much bigger than any of Scott's fish. She won a trophy and a new fishing pole with a small tackle box.
Then the cooking began (the squeamish should not look at the following pics).
Here is Grandad's lesson on how to fillet fish.



(I think Scott had the most fun of all!)
Scott grilled it and Grandmom came and ate fish too. It was delicious.

We ended the evening with fireworks. Brittany loved them and just kept pointing and saying "That's Big".

Summer is definitely here. For me, it makes everything very busy and puts me behind, but it is also filled with many fun activities. It seems like we are always on the go. The girls and I did stop long enough to make a big batch of waffles and banana muffins to freeze for quick breakfasts.