Family Day

We went up to Salina for a fun family day last weekend. They were having their county fair and the city waterpark was right across the street! Matt had gone up early in the day to help a friend haul a load of cattle to the sale barn and then the kids and I went a little later and looked around the fair while we waited for the waterpark to open.

The kids thought these mini horses were the cutest thing ever!! Lillie wanted to show her Daddy as soon as we met up with him!

When the park opened we headed on in to swim!! Zethan used to be so so scared of most things and swimming on his own was one of them. But this summer he has conquered his fear and was quite the little swimmer with his life jacket on!

Lillie also was getting quite brave and tried all the big slides except for one. 

Matt took came down a few slides too! Just after this picture above was taken, his tube caught the water and flipped him over backward! Haha!

Zethan and his daddy. They are pretty good buds.

And then Titus and his cousin Everet are best buds as well! Everet was so cute with his goggles on. He kept them on the entire time we were there!

Some more swimming! The waterpark was just perfect for our family! It had a lazy river that went around the middle of the park and you could get off at different spots. It has a mini wave pool that was just the right size! And a big family slide that all the kids could slide down together at the same time. Since it wasn't a huge place, we didn't feel like it was hard to keep track of the kids. If one of them got ahead in the lazy river, we knew we could catch up quickly! And it was cheap too! Only $3.50 for kids and $5.50 for adults! 

Latest Craft Creations

I have several different areas of "crafting" that I like to do. Sewing. Crocheting. Jewelry making. Paper crafts. But the desire to do each of them kind of comes and goes. I just finished up a bunch of sewing and my crafting mood is starting to swing back around to crocheting.

I decided I wanted to try my hand at making some stuffed animals. I got a book with some patterns and have found some fun free ones online too. 

I started out with making a cow. I had thought maybe it would be one for the new baby but as soon as I was finished with it and Zethan got a hold of it and I saw how much he loved it, I told him he could keep it!

Then Titus found a pattern he wanted me to use for his. He wanted a dolphin! They are very inexpensive crafts to make but take time! Titus kept asking, "Are you done yet? Are you done yet?"....

He was very happy with the end result though!

And miss Lillie Loo wanted a kitten. (When she just brought it to me to take a picture of it, she said the eye and the whiskers needed redone-they played with them on the trampoline last night).

The kitten's name is Melody and Lillie picked out the colors for it =) 

I thought with the new baby coming it would be fun for them to have something special and new here just for themselves. I have been making a lot of baby things so it was fun to make something for the little munchkins too! Something to make them feel special too!

And of course she wanted to pose with her kitty. Crazy, unbrushed hair and all =)

A Few of my Favorites

A few of my favorite things right now...


A hand held milk frother. Yes it may be just another kitchen gadget but it sure turns an ordinary cup of hot chocolate into a delightfully fun treat! And it is the lowest price of most frothers out there. You can also use it to froth milk up to make lattes and other yummy things! Zethan likes drinking the warm frothed milk on its own! Purchased here.


And if you have never tasted Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and you are a hot chocolate drinker, you are missing out. I only bought this here because I had a gift card, so I didn't feel as guilty spending so much. I will be trying my hand at making up my own when I run out. Which won't take too long.


Now for something fun and easy to take along in your purse. Or pocket. Or glove compartment. Or wherever. Ice breaker Sours. They are delicious. Especially the mixed berry, strawberry, cherry ones! But really they are all good. Matt loves them. And is known to steal them from my purse on occasion.

Another item for the kitchen. Mugs. In teal. And yellow. Perfect for my kitchen! I bought mine individually at Target but really who couldn't use more mugs! And a decent price. Only a couple bucks a piece. They sell them in sets of 8 online, not by themselves. What I really love about them is that there is plenty of room for your coffee, (or hot chocolate) and your creamer!

So that's all I can think of right now!

Dress Up Party

Lillie's 2nd-cousin had a little dress up birthday party and Lillie thought it was THE greatest! I found this little Belle dress at Tuesday Morning for like $7!

She wasn't so sure about how the sleeves hung off her shoulders. But she was so excited about getting to dress up with all the other little girls that she forgot about them eventually.

You can see the super cute pink table in the background. Jenny had it decorated so cute! And the theme was based on Fancy Nancy.

Trying to get a good group picture. There were several little girls there but all the pictures I had with everyone were blurry=( That is Lillie's cousin there in the pink and brown.

And another little girl showing off the fun things in their goody bag. Quite the little rock star, huh? So fun!