4th Of July BBQ

Another great Independence Day! We were so pleased to have all but one of the Alexanders present in addition to our friends and neighbors who joined in our fun. We are getting quite good at this.

We set up the slip and slide for the kids. They also had fun with the sidewalk chalk (good thinking Honey).

Spencer and Sarah brought their bocce balls which was such a fun game that we had to go get Susan's set for the kids to play in the backyard.

It was great to see everyone have a good time. I especially like that Jen and Scott brought out the futon they had in the back of their truck. It made for  a comfy lawn seat.

The kids got in on the firework fun. Next year we will have to avoid the swarm that found the firework table and make them on wait on the grass.

I love these!

It was also exceptional nice to see my new niece, Sylvia, for the first time. What a cutie pie!

Thanks Everyone for coming!!! See you next year!!! (and probable before)

Swimming in Cupcakes

Tuffer's swim team is having a Swim-a-thon next week as a way of raising money for their group. Not wanting to send him around asking for money we came up with a better idea. It doesn't hurt that he has a "SWEET" Aunt Dee. He enlisted her help to make and sell cupcakes to raise his money. To start he came up with his own compilation of flavors: Root beer(float), Red White and Blue Raspberry, Strawberry-Lemonade, and S'mores. He got recipes from her and we were off and running to the store.

Then (after I stayed up half the night baking) with Grandma and Dee's help he decorated a lot of cupcake!

After advertising on facebook and helping Gramie send out some as thank yous,,they were gone before dinner!

Let me Just Say they where DELICIOUS!!!! YUM!

I think he did a fantastic job and learned some good stuff while he was at it!

Way to go Tuffer! And THANK YOU, Dee, Grandma, and Gramie!

Mexican Dinosaur

For my birthday Gramie and PopPop took us to the Dinosaur Museum to see the new T-Rex (some of us have been asking to see it for weeks). Annalyn was not crazy about the him.

 The kids had fun digging for bones and playing in the water.

 Getting "spit on".

 Earthquake simulator.

 Making foot prints.

 Afterward we went to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant! What better way to celebrate a birthday then with my favorite people!

Water On Main

On a hot summer day what do you do with 5 kids and there cousins that wont cost you an arm and a leg? Take the to the new water park on man street of course.

 It is the source of hours of fun without breaking the bank! In fact it was FREE!

Fun for everyone!