Swimming

On Sunday, Mara, Me and Jackson went over to the Kearns Oquirrah Rec Center and went swimming.

it didn't rain on us, but it was about to when we left.

It was really fun and the water was actually warm for a change!!

Mara making sure Jackson wristband was NOT going to come offMara patiently waiting to hit the poolDrying off

My cute little bugs!! The three of us!

Circus Days

Mara's last day of school was on June 11th

On the last day of school Challenger has a Circus Day, the kids can dress up in anything they want to: a clown, a princess, a cowboy, spiderman, etc.

well Mara decided that she wanted to wear a Sparkly leotard and a tutu!!

here are some pictures of the day. Dancing I was giggling the WHOLE time

okay so you can see the tutu here, isn't she cute

this is Miss Kait, she is the preschool Administrator

this is Ginny, beautiful Belle

this is Landon, Mara's boyfriend, he saved her this seat and would not let anyone sit there, "it 's for Mara!!"

me and Jackson hanging out!

Princess Festival!!!!

Okay We are totally doing this again next year!!!

Mara absolutely LOVED it, she was able to see princesses, evil step sisters, a mean witch ( well it was Meleficent from Sleeping Beauty), princes, peter pan, a mermaid, a castle, etc.
Saturday June 13th......

the excitement started the night before the festival, we put foam curlers in Mara's hair, (she loves it she thinks she is really cute with the curlers in her hair) as she went to bed she said "Mom, do you think that the Princess's will think I look cute in my dress?" I told her that she would be the most beautiful Princess there, I was right! ( I am a little biased though)

the next morning Mara rushed through breakfast trying to make the day go faster, so we could go to the Princess Festival, after I pulled the curlers from her hair we ran to the grocery store , the WHOLE time we were there she kept saying "mom , we are going to miss the festival" we hurried home, put the groceries away and finished off her hair.

we grove to Shannon and Jeff's house to drop little Jackson off, so Mara and me could have a Mom and Mara day.

WE headed down to Lindon and got lost- really really lost! I finally called Shannon to mapquest it and help me get there. we ended up getting there 20 minutes late, but oh well.

when we got there we hurried and caught up with our group, as we were standing listening to the the prince talk to Rapunzel, we heard " Mara, Mara is here!" two little girls from her school class were there. Lexi and Ginny came running and hugged Mara- Mara was so excited that her friends were there too.

Ginny, Mara, and LexiRapunzel was rescued


After Rapunzel had been rescued the Princess's found poor Cinderella cleaning the floor

the two Mean Step Sisters followed the scene, yelling at poor Cinderella, the Princesses were not happy they yelled a the sisters to be nice. I was trying to not laugh to hard.

After the girls were invited to attend the Ball we left the castle and hurried over to the Sleeping Aurora, to wake her up.

After the Princess's woke Sleeping Beauty up we went upstairs to the Grand Ballroom, where we were able to see all of the princess's and their princes. the girls were even able to take pictures with them. Mara's day could not have been better.

our tour guide

Sleeping Beauty, Aurora

the Princess's dancing with their princes

Alice and the Mad Hatter!

the Mean Step Sisters:(

Beauty and the Beast( he is the prince now)

...... as we were taking pictures of our princess's and the "real" princess's, we all looked over to the window and saw what looked like a hurricane going on outside, the trees ( mature trees at that) were whipping back and forth, the tents were blowing in the wind so much that the ladies outside at the booths were trying to keep them from blowing away, and the rain, the rain was coming down sideways, it was a sight, that is for sure.

well we couldn't leave yet so we just walked around the "ballroom" and the showroom downstairs, it was quite impressive. the showroom

crazy, huh?
the floor
the ceiling

Okay, so anyone that has a little girl that will be four next year, really, really should go. Mara has been talking about it since!!

to think the owners actually live here year around!! what a fun adventure land for their grand kids.

there house- they built on the "Ballroom" AKA the Grand Family Room

here are some of the building and sculptures that I was able to get a picture of.....

Peter Pan and Cap't Hook

When we went to pick Jackson up at Shannon's house, She took some really good pictures of Mara....

Princess Festival

I just heard this cute add on the radio for a princess festival.

You take your little princess to this fun exciting festival, there will even be princesses there ( Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, etc.) have your little princess come dressed up in a beautiful Princess Ball gown. There will be fun activities for the Princesses, stories, craft projects.

It is next week, June 8th through June 13th

@ At Hatfieldadelphia, Utah Valley's most enchanted place.
110 South Main
Lindon, Utah 84042




The King's Ball
for daddy's and daughter's
Saturday, June 13th
7 pm to 10 pm



you need to register online
the fee is $25.00 per Princess

click here for the website





I am totally going to take Mara to it, she will be so excited

projects

so I have been working on projects around the house/yard lately.


#1

the first project I started on was painting the fence- this has been on going for 3 weeks. I am almost done. ( give me a break I can't paint when it has been raining)

before.....

after......


It looks like melted milk chocolate wet and a warm dark dark bark when it is dry.

I love the color- thanks Audrey and Zak


#2


the second project I started ( while I was still doing the fence) was I decided to paint my room, it had rained that day so I couldn't paint outside so I decided to paint inside:)

ta da!!!

I also changed out the curtains, now we have not one but two blackout shades hanging in our room ( Jonah works nights and sleeps during the day, well when the kiddos are either taking a nap, at school-Mara, or when it is the weekend and I have them) it is VERY VERY VERY dark!!!

#3

flowers.....

I decided that I really needed to add some color and some needed love to the back yard.

here is my planter under my kitchen window, I planted little green plants in, they are going to get HUGE!



Ria and Cuda decided that they wanted to knock the pot over again and again and again- I finally lost planted a different plant in it, a lily of the Nile, and it has seemed to keep them away.
(it will have really pretty Purple snowball flowers on it)


I am in the process of weeding and fixing the flower bed around the RV pad- it is a joke right now- so stay tuned:)



I didn't do much to the front of the house just planted a hanging basket,
(sorry it was 11:00 at night so the flowers have gone to sleep)


weeded the flower beds,


added more top soil and wood chips to the area around the tree in the front

( oops I forgot the picture)

#4

I decided that I needed to build a "mini fence" to block Ria from running up to the corner of the fence and behind the shed, so this is on the north side....

this picture you really can't tell unless you enlarge the picture to see the 2 fence pickets on the left of the shed)

this is the gate I made on the south side...
okay so you really can't tell where the gate is, but if you look really close you can see the lock( again these pictures were taken @ 11:00 at night)our lovely shed, it is ugly but I am trying to "beautify" it

#5

I have been sewing a ton of things: pillows, baby things, mending princess dresses, making a princess dress ( the purple table cloth), blankets, puppy pants:), and a few other things


( pictures to come in the next post)

Okay so it doesn't really look like i have been busy, but I have !!! doing projects with two little kids stinks( well Jackson likes to get into everything, including the paint)