Friday favorites

We had a wonderful 4th of July.  My mother had a similar color swim suite as I did, so we were beach twins.

 

My sister & beautiful niece were there.  It is always good to see them

The fablous Shannon H & I got to meet up to look for bridesmaid dresses.  We some how convinced my sister that she did want us to have floor length sequin gowns.

This one is bitter sweet.  We sold our truck of 15 years.  I know it was the right decision, but its sad not to see it there anymore.

My mom held a cupcake class for our homeschool group.  It was a huge success.

The kids left for Gran & Gramps camp.

And I had a relaxing beach weekend with my best friend of almost 30 years.

How was your week?

Friday Favorites

Here are my favorite things from this week. :)  I am linked up here. :)

We met some monkeys.

I found roses in the street (which are still alive BTW)

We met some friends for play time.

My sister asked me to be her maid of honor in her wedding.

We met friends at Palm Beach for a fun day in the sun!

How was your week?  Tell me about it

Friday Favorites

I am linked up here

We celebrated Father's Day Saturday and Sunday.  I found this place called Boyert Shooting Center.  Their one year anniversary coincided with Father's Day.  So we went there and entered contest, had snow cones and cotton candy, games and they had a fun simulator.....Oh and that contest, they called me Tuesday to let me know I won a gun!!!  Exciting!

Great family pictures 

This doesn't happen that often, so I was glad to have some photos of us that looked cute.

Whole foods cinnamon rolls.  I am a big Whole Foods shopper, and these are awesome.

Noah's "joy tank" he made in Sunday school.  He filled it with things that brought him joy.  The first (and only one) that I pulled out said "mom". That brought me so much  joy.

Teaching the kids to be bored.  Or "empty hours".  I recently read a blog that talked about "empty hours" and not having to have a full schedule for your kids.  We are currently doing 21 days with out ipad/phone/electronic games and I am encouraging the kids to be bored.  When they come and tell me they are bored I say "That's good, its good for you.  That is when the best ideas come.  Now go enjoy your empty hours in  your room."  Its working, they are doing much more board games and other non-electronic things.

One thing they did in their empty hours was load the truck with wood.  After they finished I pointed out the feeling of self accomplishment and pride that they had.  They were very proud of themselves.

How was your week?  What was your favorite?

Friday favorites

Happy Friday!!!  It's time again for Friday Favorites, you can see my favorite things from this week and share yours with me. I am linked up here.

The grandparents took all of the kids to the beach.  I absolutely love seeing the pictures of the boys with their cousin.  The love they have for each other is so beautiful and I just really enjoy watching their interactions with each other.

I've started doing "pre-school" with Micah.  This week was blue week.  He made so much progress.  He learned the color blue and the sign for blue as well.

Tropical storm bill was supposed to make its way to the Houston area.  The media did a lot of hype but we had very little rain that day.  The boys and I made our own news clips that day.

 

We went to a magic show with friends, it was so much fun!

I actually found a cute swim suit, and I did not have to order it on line.  Academy had some really cute suits!  I went with the blue one.

That was my week!  How was yours?

Friday Favorites

My friend Tracie motivated me to do a Friday Favorites day.   Here are some of my favorite things this week, and I'm linking up to see everyone else's right here.

Summer camp - The older boys did summer camp this week and they loved it.  This picture was day one of summer camp.

One on one time with little man.  This is very rare.  We had 5 days about 7 hours each day of just Mommy and Micah time.  I really enjoyed just watching and playing with him.

My grandparents came out last week (I think) and planted watermelons.  They started sprouting and I sent him pictures.  He has been calling me for updates and I love it.

A clean house.  As a homeschooling mom of 3 I prioritize what gets done around here  Education is first, then feeding everyone, having clean clothes.  I keep the house tidy, but actually having it clean.  Rare.  This week I was able to get a lot of cleaning done when I laid little guy down for his nap.  During school days, that is sometimes when we are able to get a lot of schooling done.  I really enjoyed being able to get in to some area that needed cleaning badly, and getting them clean.  I joked that this week and next week the house would be clean and three weeks in July.

After camp snacks.  I saw on pintrest that you can make smores in the oven using the broil setting.  Man they were delicious!  We really enjoyed them.

These were my favorite things this week.  What were yours?