Candice Jenkins
Saturday, December 21, 2013
We have been doing an activity every day tis month to help us get into the Christmas spirit. A few weeks ago we made gingerbread houses. Lucy loved all of the candy and Bruce and Karina enjoyed decorating the houses.
We hot glues the houses together. It was so much easier than the royal icing.
This is Bruce's house (I helped a little).
This is Karina's house. I helped not at all.
They had fun and I learned how to make gingerbread from scratch so I call it a success.
Soccer!
Alan plays soccer on an indoor soccer league. We enjoy watching him play, well mostly me. the kids enjoy running around and distracting me from watching Alan, but we all have a good time. Alan's brother is also on the team so on occasion the kids have their cousins there to play with as well.
Friday, July 5, 2013
4th of July Part 2
In the evening we went to a BBQ with our friends the Hansens.
We both bought some fireworks so the kids could enjoy their own little show.
We gave them pop its first. They started off by throwing one at a time, but it quickly turned into handfuls at a time. We were stepping on them the rest of the evening.
Lucy in another car.
Here are the kids watching the show.
And the best part was of course the sparklers.
Happy 4th of July everyone.
4th of July Part 1
We went to the lake for the 4th of July to cool off and to celebrate a day off. I love to swim, but the kids really enjoy playing in the sand.
Alan decided to show the kids what a true sand castle looks like.
Not too bad for a guy who works a desk job.
He's so proud!
It was a lovely day at the lake. It is nice to have a place so close where we can go and cool off.
My little water baby.
The kids are starting to play with each other more. I am really enjoying that.
I told Alan his castle needed a flag. I mean a castle is not complete without a flag!
The kids found Alan's castle and enjoyed its destruction. Alan was a good sport.
It was a lovely day, even though I got a killer sunburn.
It was a lovely day, even though I got a killer sunburn.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
New Playset
Our weather has been mostly pleasant as of late which is awesome because we finally finished the play set Some friends of ours were selling their play set and they offered it to us first. We were so glad because we knew our kids were going to love it.
Lucy has really enjoyed playing outside.
Happy kid.
Here is the play set all painted and put together. I re-stained the whole thing and Alan put most of it back together. We had to call over some help to get the top lifted but he did most of the rest by himself. I love the way it looks. The kids will be able to play on this for many years to come.
Karina and Bruce enjoying the swings.
I put the baby play set and the sandbox in the same area. I like the spot were we put everything because I can see it all out the kitchen window.
Our next project is to finish the hole for the trampoline. We are almost done. Bruce has been helping. I went outside yesterday and Bruce was in the hole digging all by himself. What a funny little boy.
We spent some time on the set yesterday. The kids really like the swings.
Bruce was pretending the slide was a car. He would sit on the top and put his hands on the pretend steering wheel, turn the pretend ignition, and shoot down the slide.
It wore him out pretty good. The play set has many perks!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
March Family Field Trip/Family Pictures
We went to my parent's house for Easter weekend. While we were there we were able to visit my brother's family and spend some time with my parents. We had a lot of fun.
We also took new family pictures. They turned out pretty good considering that Lucy wouldn't smile and Bruce wouldn't look at the camera. Karina always does well.
I have to crop this a little and I would like to edit all of them, but I haven't done it yet.
She is so stinkin cute.
The camera loves this one.
Put the boy in a tree and he will smile.
My cute kiddos.
Labels: Alan, Bruce, Family Field Trip, Karina, Life, Lucy, Me, Trip
