50 things I love...

I love the sound of sprinklers. I love the smell of sawdust. I love kisses from my cute kids. I love walking into my parents home. I love taking pictures. I love cinnamon bread toasted with butter and homemade strawberry jam. I love to waterski at lake powell. i love family reunions. i love water. i love the ocean. i love dark chocolate. i love vacuuming. i love making lists. i love to stop and smell the roses. i love riding my cruiser bike. i love high heels. i love taking naps. i love halloween. i love exercising. i love hamsters. i love flying on airplanes. i love receiving handwritten notes. i love birthday parties. i love to plant a garden. i love eating peas from my garden. i love red convertibles. i love blue eyes. i love smiling. i love camping in the woods. i love driving a wave runner at 50 mph. i love the sunshine. i love water fights. i love bathes. i love snuggling. i love summer. i love peonies. i love lemon meringue pie. i love chocolate milk. i love girls weekend. i love paper and pens. i love blogging. i love family. i love to read. i love to create. i love milkshakes. i love vintage clothes. i love talking on the phone. i love avacodo egg rolls.
i love life!

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Do you like free stuff????

A&W: Free Root Beer Float (June 19, 2009)

I worked at the Nyssa A&W for a year while I was in high school (go Bulldogs). I also broke my finger during this time and had a cast on my arm. I got A&W root beer down my cast and it was sticky and itchy! My favorite food to make and eat while I was working.... a chocolate and banana milkshake, yummy! So cool off for free, you can thank me later

In addition to the free smoothies at Orange Julius and the free smoothies at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, you can also get a free small Root Beer Float at all A&W Restaurant locations from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in celebration of their 90th anniversary. See more details here. ( found on moneysavingmom.com )

Hide and Seek. Can you find the eggs? We were in the country at my parents house when a Kill Deer Bird came charging after me! I didn't notice these camouflaged eggs. The parents were super protective of their sweet babies. It poured rain and the mommy just sat on her nest keeping the eggs warm ;)
Madeline wanted a just like me American Girl doll. So she earned the $95 and it arrived last week... it came 3 days early and she was soooo excited.
Jacob was eating some trail mix and spelled this out for me. I love you too cutie!

Last week of school

Madeline has loved 4th grade. This is her teacher, Josh Walker, they were playing ultimate Frisbee outside. This was Madeline's first male teacher and she has enjoyed his fun personality, habit of eating food in front of the class, and making learning fun!


Jacob had Camp Learned a Lot this last week. He informed me that he needed a tent at school as we are walking out the door to school. Thank goodness for the teepee upstairs, it's collapsible and very portable. Well, it was a big hit at school and all the kids tried to crowd in at once. Mrs Wilson had to set a rule of only 3 kids at a time in the teepee.

Here is Jacob with his buddies, Bryden and Hayden.
Here is our new hamster, Cotton. She can run like nobodies business on that wheel. We are missing out on wheel power by not hooking up some generator to it. The wheel actually wobbles makes of the speed at which Cotton can power it up! It is funny! I will video tape it and put it on as a film sometime soon.
Madeline and I made these cute little bags. I bought the first one off of "Etsy" and followed the pattern to make many more. Madeline gave them to her girl friends when they came over for a late night and I had them as a "gift bag" for my book club. Too cute!