Dance Family

Jack's Friend Birthday Party

Jackson had a Space themed birthday party.

They decorated and the flew flying saucers.

Opened presents.

Had cake. He was easy this year. He wanted a Neptune cake. I made 2 round cakes and frosted one. Jordan said it was Uranus because it was light blue. So I had to add a little more food coloring to make it a little darker so the next cake would be Neptune. So he had a Neptune and Uranus cake.

Played pin Neptune on the Solar System (Neptune is Jackson's favorite planet.)

We had an astronaut training obstacle course (they were going on a mission to the moon to find meteorites). Mason is about to shoot the alien on the white board with the bow and arrow.

The kids waiting for their turn to do the obstacle course.

All the kids in the spaceship... Jackson, Mason, Alli, Ronan, Lily, Jordan, Cole.

Doug telling them the rules about outside. He wanted to make sure his new shed that he was in the middle of building didn't get destroyed.

They found the meteorites that had landed on the moon.

You can see part of Doug's shed. We stayed up that night until midnight trying to finish building it because it was supposed to rain the next few days. We didn't finish, but were able to protect it with tarp.

They played alien freeze tag.

Did a puzzle.

Jack picked these out for the gift bags. The kids loved them and they were all giggling while wearing them and looking at each other in them.

Fun in the Kitchen

Coleman likes to go in the pantry to sneak food. If there's a chair in there (which there often is) he'll climb on it and try to get crackers, one of his favorite foods. But if not he'll settle for reaching into cereal boxes for a snack.

I made a recipe for Kenzie to make puff ball cupcakes. She had to count out puff balls and add them to the bowl. I'm not very creative, so I was excited that I thought of this activity :) Her and the boys liked it.

Coal Creek Falls

We went on another a hike the week after the last one. We started at the same place, but hiked to the Coal Creek Falls instead of just to the creek. We went by the creek on the way back down though. The weather was a little colder than last time and my kids weren't too happy about that. But they still did pretty good. :)

Coleman loves pushing the chairs around. Whenever he hears the water running in the kitchen he runs to a chair, yelling "help! help! help!" while he pushes the chair over to the sink to play in the water. Anytime I turn the water off before he gets there he groans. It's pretty cute and funny :)

Now here's the hike pictures:

Jackson climbed on the rock and asked me to take a picture of him.

Kenzie eating lunch.

The baby and me.

Most of the kids.

Playing at the creek before heading back to the car. Kenzie's rain boots ended up being the perfect thing to wear. She could play in the creek without getting cold toes.

Camryn

My newest niece Camryn was born on May 7. which was mine and Doug's 8th wedding anniversary. Kimber was born on Ashlee and Konrad's anniversary, and now Camryn was born on mine. It seems like Alli should have been born on Michelle and Richard's anniversary :)

She's so tiny. Just a little over 6lbs.

This giant baby was that small.

I was trying to get a picture of her hair to send to Michelle and Alli (I'm pretty sure it was Alli) covered her eyes to protect them from the flash :) Such a sweet protective big sister.

She's so cute! I love this little baby already.

Beach Day

We had a few hot days in May that we hoped would be the beginning of nice weather that would last until September, but since we live in Washington, the rainy weather did come back. But we tried to make the most of our warm weather when we had the chance.

Cute Jordan

We spent on day at Lake Meridian with lots of friends.

The kids had a blast. Jordan said later that the lake's water is the coldest water. Even though it was cold, they still loved playing in it.

Cute Kenzie

Switch Hitter

Jackson and Jordan have t-ball games every Saturday. We've had a few games with beautiful, warm weather.

Coleman likes trying on the helmets.

I think this one is a little too heavy for him...

After one of the their games, the boys and I stayed for my neice Alli's game. We had about a half hour between the games and so my dad started pitching to them.

He told Jackson to try batting left handed and so Jackson did it and he did pretty good. He hit the first 2 pitches my dad threw. He hit several more and they were going as far as when he hits right handed. We were all pretty impressed. Now he hits both ways in his games. His coach was pretty surprised when he went up there and stood on the opposite side of the plate. I was happy he didn't try to have Jack switch back. He must have known Jack knew what he was doing.

Coal Creek Hike

We've been going on hikes occasionally with some friends. The kids did great this day. They're happier when it's a little warmer outside (although not too hot, because then I'm sure they'd complain more than when it's a little cold :))