Best Chocolate Cake Ever!

G&G Meiers are visiting and recently celebrated a big wedding anniversary, so the girls and I decided to make a cake.  Oh.My. So, so good! This really is the best chocolate cake ever!

Fun in a Box, Part II

I'm always amazed at the amount of fun an empty box can provide.  The kiddos played with this one all afternoon, and after dinner made it into a race car.  We saved it.....tomorrow they are converting it to a rocket ship :-)

Pinterest Love

It's no secret at our house that I LOVE Pinterest. I could spend hours on there...not that I do that :-)  The home decor, the clothes, the funny quotes, the recipes, the recipes, the recipes!

My love of cooking and baking has exploded due to Pinterest. There are just SO MANY great recipes out there. And I'm happy to say Abby and Hannah have taken a huge interest in cooking and baking the recipes we've been finding and trying. This afternoon they made, all by themselves, S'more Crack Dip (might have to change the name :-).  It is an ooey gooey mess!  So good!  They loved it.

A Little Catch-up

We've been trying to enjoy every day we can of this summer weather we've been having...lots of beach days lately and playing outside.

Hannah had a camp this week, Lights, Camera, Action! Make Your Own Music Video. She thought it was pretty fun. Today they showed off their dance so I took some pictures.

Abby has been over at various friends' houses this week, so she's been keeping busy with that. Today Han and Griff played in the front with the sprinkler. Of course Chance had to get in there, too.

I went to Chicago over the weekend with some friends and had a blast. Lots of good food, shopping and a bit of theater :-)  The kiddos had a fun weekend with Dad: movies, mini golf, pizza, grilling out.

We are in the midst of planning birthday parties around here. Everyone is doing their own thing, so we are going to be busy, busy, busy with parties!


Lights Camera Action! Hannah is the in back row, bright pink and black dress.

Chicago weekend with friends

On our way to Book of Mormon

 Lunch and shopping in Lincoln Park

 Dinner at RPMs

Sprinkler Fun on a HOT day

Hillbilly Slippin' Slide

Great fun this afternoon with our make-shift slippin' slide!  Griff almost slid right into the street numerous times!

Fireworks!

We made it to the fireworks!  The kids thought they were super cool and informed us that we had to do this EVERY year.

Happy 4th of July

We headed to the 4th of July festival this afternoon.  Rode a couple of rides, played a couple of games and then watched the parade. Very fun.....we are trying to stay up for the fireworks this year.....hopefully we'll make it!


Before leaving for the parade

Griffin, covering his ears like he does every year when the fire trucks go by.....