Easter Egg Hunt!

Emma's first Easter Egg Hunt!  How cute is she??  We had so much fun at the park with all our friends!

Cute little friends enjoying their eggs!

Shooting some images with a friend's Macro lens... uh oh... I think i NEED one of these lenses!

Just the tip of the butterfly antenna on Emma's basket.  How cool is that?!

April Fool's Day Fun!

A grilled cheese sandwich?  Actually it's toasted Angel Food Cake with Orange frosting... tastes pretty good, but it's a surprise for your taste buds!

Make a fake ice cream cone... Just cut a styrofoam ball in half and put it in a cone. 

Then put a mixture of paint and glue over the top.  Let dry for a few days.

Fun trick!  Here's another one we did with red paint.

Partying at the park

My dear friend Holly had a birthday.... so we headed to the park with the kiddos and friends.     My how times have changed.  4 years ago, (wow, has it been that long? )  we had so much more playtime... we would go out to lunch or shopping or just drive around town... now we each have four kids and things have gotten crazy, to put it mildly.    I have been so blessed to have friends in my life .  Good friends that love me unconditionally... friends that care about me and my family... friends that don't judge me or point out my many weaknesses.  Holly is that kind of friend.  I admire her kindness, her strength, her cute style, and her love for everyone she comes in contact with.   There are about a million more pictures I want to post, but the blogsphere must be crowded tonight, because the uploading is taking forever... I'll post more later.

My girls

These are my girls... just the sweetest!  We had a fun time hanging out in the dandelion patch!!!

Rock the House

Rock the House is a very cool annual event that is designed to showcase performing arts in the community, as well as raise some money for our school programs. 

Pictures tell a thousand words, so enjoy my take on the day!

Lava Pops

Lava Pops

(to go along with our Geology Unit)

•1 cup sugar

•½ cup light corn syrup

•¼ cup water

•¾ tsp extract of your choice

•Red food coloring

Combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.

Insert the candy thermometer and stir until sugar dissolves.  Allow to boil, without stirring, until candy reaches 295 degrees (hard-crack stage).

Once the candy reaches 295, remove it from heat.

Stir in the extract and food coloring.  

Spoon the mixture onto greased wax paper
and add a stick. 

Allow to cool completely and then remove.

Cool Contest...

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