Fun with Aunt Amy and Drew!

Last week my sister and Drew were able to come down and visit us all week!!! We loved having them here and were able to do so many fun things while they were here! We had planed to go to a friend of the family's pool on the first day that they were here, but Drew got sick and was not feeling to good. So Jason and I took the kids. It was not as fun without them but.... we still had a good time. :)
Kaylee is Little Miss Dare Devil in the pool!!! We really have to watch her like a hawk!!! She would just go right into the water with no fear even if we were not there, so we have to be with her at all times until she learns how to swim! Brody on the other hand is a little more cautious and does not really enjoy when we try and make him do new things in the pool, like walk in the shallow end where he can touch! Or jump off the side of the pool even though we are right there to catch him! He just takes a little more prodding then she does. I think they both can learn from each other. :)


We went to visit me grandparents and had a really good time talking with them!


My grandpa with the kids.

My mom and dad got a new bouncy house for the kids to play in! It is GREAT!!! They loved it and got out some good energy with it!!!



We were making Kaylee's hand print in some cement. The look on her face and the hand on her head just says it all!! :)

Marmee made some yummy Popsicle's for the kids!! They all loved them while we had a little splash time outside.

We played with whip cream and some little lady wanted it squirted in her mouth! She is such a little ham! *This only happens at grandparents houses! We never let her do this at home* - Just to clarify. :)

The kids enjoyed some fun rides at the mall!


We had so much fun with Amy and Drew while they were here and we can't wait for them to come back!

Going Priviate

Well we have been thinking about this for awhile now and we have decided to make this blog a private blog. Since this blog is about our children we feel that it is important to know who is reading it. If you wish to be able to view our blog you can e-mail me or leave a comment below with your e-mail address. I will add your e-mail address to the list so you can continue to read our blog. Then you will receive an invitation through that e-mail and will be able to log in to read our blog. It's pretty easy to do!

We will be going private in a couple of weeks.
** you can e-mail us at Jdogtrumpeter@cox.net if you don't want to put your e-mail address in the comment section. :) **

Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone had a good 4th! We had lots of fun eating some yummy food, popsicles, playing outside, and watching a wonderful fireworks show! I thought it only right that the kids have the red, white, and blue popsicles on the 4th!! This was Kaylee's first store bought popsicle and she LOVED it!! She does not get juice yet (I am trying to hold her off as long as possible, I started too early with Brody) so I am sure this was a very yummy treat to her! I thought the kids looked cute in their 4th of July outfits!! Thanks mom and dad for getting them for them!



We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner and fireworks. The kids had a lot of fun playing with their cousins and watching the fireworks show. I am not sure what face Brody is making here but it is cracking me up!

Kaylee loves to go up stairs and likes to do it all by herself! I am impressed that she can now go up the ladder by herself! Little Miss Independent!

Grandpa had some tanks for the kids to enjoy in the daylight. Here Brody and Lilly are helping him set it up.
They were not too sure of them at first!


Kristin brought a fun bounce house for the kids to play in! They had a blast!! Aunt Brandy went in to help Lilly get used to it. By the end of the night the kids were all jumping in it and having a great time!! (I think I need one of these at our house!!!) :)

Making a Volcano!

Jason and Brody made a really cool volcano one day. They put foil around a paper cup and then put some play dough on top of the foil to make it look really cool!

Then we put vinegar and baking soda in the volcano and watched it erupt over and over.....

and over again!!! We even ran out of vinegar and baking soda because he wanted to watch it so many times.

Towards the end we got a little more creative and let him put drops of food coloring in it and see the color when it erupted. This was a very easy and cheep project to do with him and he LOVED it!!!

Question---

Would you of done this----
to see this????

So I do not post much stuff about me on here. It is mainly for my kids and for me to keep a record of everything that is going on in their lives. It is also fun for family and friends to see what we are up to. However I was talking to a friend of mine who knows that I am a Twilight fan and she asked me if I would be willing to camp out for days to see the stars of Twilight on the red carpet??? Hummm I don't know but I think if my sister and my friends that are into it were with me I just might! Is that crazy???? :)* Some might say YES!!! I think it might be fun. It is just like people tailgating before a football game, or camping out in the wilderness for the fun of it, except at the end of this camping trip you get to see some stars!! Of course if it rained I would be out!! I am not up for camping in a tent in the rain-- been their done that and let me tell you it is not fun when your tent starts to flood with water!!!!! Well non the less I have my tickets for the movie (and no it is not for opening day!!)!!

Family Time last weekend-

Well I am a little behind on my posting but oh well. :) Last weekend my sister, Eric, and Drew came in town for a visit. We had a lot of fun going to a fun new ice cream place, going to the zoo, and playing outside at my parents house! We were so glad the weather was nice and that it was not too hot at the zoo!!! The kids loved seeing all the animals and even got to eat some yummy treats while we were there! We had a great time!

Kaylee letting us all know that she sees the Giraffe!

While we were there a lady from the zoo brought out an owl and sat down on a park bench. It was really cool to see an owl so up close and we were able to learn a lot about them! Brody loved being able to ask the zoo trainer questions and learned that an owl can not move his eyes he can only move his head! We also learned that their hearing is better then their eye sight! Interesting!

We got to see the Elephants up close and personal as well. We saw them eating a snack! It was really cool for the kids to be able to see this!

I like this picture even though the picture quality is not very good.... but it is cute of Pops and Brody!


Kaylee seeing a Penguin up close and personal!!

Jason and I got some free tickets to our zoo and they included free cotton candy and a coke! So of course we had to let the kids sample it and man did they love it!!

Drew trying some!!

Kaylee was not afraid of any of the animals and wanted to go right up to them and pet them, so of course she loved the petting zoo! Brody is much more reserved then she is. It is fun to see their different personalities!

After a long day at the zoo someone was tuckered out and sound asleep on me!

We came home to my parents house and after some much needed naps we had tons of fun outside playing in the water!! Drew loved playing with the paintbrushes in the water!

Brody loved playing with the saving cream and so did daddy...... :)

Even Kaylee got in on the shaving cream action!

And the final result!!!! Shaving cream fights or just painting your body with shaving cream is always so much fun in the summer!! :)

Playing with Pudding

We had a lot of fun playing with pudding! Isn't it every child's dream from their mom to say sure go ahead play with your food and you can eat it as well!! I have done this a lot with Brody but this was Kaylee's first time to play/eat the pudding!

Brody decided to try his first before playing with it.

I think this picture is funny because Kaylee is just looking at Brody like ohh my what is he doing!
She was not to sure about it!


Once I took her hand and made her put it in the pudding she got into it and then realized that it was pretty good to eat!

As you can tell Brody really got into it and I was very glad I made the decision for him to not wear a shirt! He was painting his body!!!

I like this pic! Needless to say we hosed off and jumped in our pool after this! We had a lot of fun!

Summer Fun Idea

So I don't know about you but I am always looking for some creative fun things to do with my kids! I have decided to do several different post this summer with some fun summer ideas that we have done. I know I always look at blogs to help me get some ideas so here are some of mine....

A local bakery had a fun event where they let kids decorate cookies after reading the book, "Who stool the cookies from the cookie jar". It was a lot of fun and it was free! As every stay at home mom is, I am all about fun educational things for the kids to do that are free!!! What a great idea this bakery had! We all had a good time and the kids enjoyed some yummy cookies!

Brody decorating his cookie. This is the first time he has used a pastry bag and he really liked it. I am going to get some of these and we can have our own cookie decorating party at our house! I did not realize how much fun children can have with a pastry bag! Or you could just use a baggie and cut the corner. Just imagine the endless things you can do with them!!

Kaylee did not have a decorated cookie but it did not matter to her! It was her first time to try a chocolate chip cookie and lets just say she LOVED it! All the chairs were full so we had to stand. I don't think the kids minded though I mean they were eating cookies!


His face here cracks me up!!! Like ohh mom I don't want to take another picture! This bakery also lets you have Birthday partys there. I will have to remember that for the future! We had a great time!

While I was working on Wed night at our church, Jason was being creative with the kids and letting them play some music! They loved tapping the glasses filled with different levels of water and hearing the different sounds that they made.

Kaylee loved this as well and was really good at lightly tapping the glasses! :)

So if your children are already board this summer just pull out your glasses and see what kind of music you can make and then decorate some yummy cookies for everyone to enjoy!