A Mind Puzzle

Quick!!

What doesn't belong in this picture???

Mutton Bustin'

For months Kylee has been asking and asking if she can go Mutton Bustin' at the rodeo.  Where she got this idea I really am not sure (Papa Rick!).  So when rodeo time rolled around we got her all signed up and duded up with new rodeo duds.  I'm a little ashamed to admit that I've become so citified that I actually had to buy my kid rodeo clothes, instead of having them onhand.  But in my defense, we already had the boots!

Tracey also did the Mutton Bustin' when she was this same age, but I'm too lazy to scan in the scrapbook layout that I made so you'll just have to use your imagination :)

She didn't win the buckle, but she had a great ride and a great time anyway!!

Happy 4th of July

Our Independence Day started out pretty rainy and cloudy.  Which is veeeeeery unusual for these parts.  I'm not sure it's ever rained on the 4th, ever.  Luckily it cleared off in time for the parade and all that was left was the clouds so it made for nice temperatures while we watched the parade.  Usually it's a zillion degrees and in the direct sun. 

For those of you who get my Christmas calendar...you will certainly see these pictures again!

I love how I caught Krysten jumping in the air.  These are the girls and their friend Gage.  They were watching all the firetrucks go by with their sirens blaring. 

Later that evening we watched the city fireworks.  Aaron applied some new skills he'd learned with our new camera and got some pretty neat shots of the fireworks. 

I love this last one, how it has little squigglies on the end of each strand. 

Definitely not something you see with the naked eye. 

Last Game

Tonight is the last night of T-ball.  We have really enjoyed it this summer.

I love the expression on her face.  Pure joy.

Not a lot of action in the outfield. 

Kylee's favorite position was 1st base (even thought this pic is not of 1st base action).

The Many Faces of Krysten

During Krysten's birthday party, Aaron took many, many pictures of Krysten throughout the festivities.  As I was going through all her birthday photos I couldn't help but notice all different facial expressions and wanted to immediately showcase these changing expressions in a scrapbook page. 

Krysten turns 5

Krysten had a Hello Kitty birthday party at McDonald's.  All the kids had a blast!!

 

Knuffle Bunny cupcakes

Over at Inspiration Laboratories they are hosting a Virtual Summer book club.  This month's author was Mo Willems.  After reading some of his books, you are supposed to do an activity based on that book. 

Kylee chose to read several of the Knuffle Bunny books and wanted to bake cupcakes and decorate them to look like Knuffle Bunny.

We dyed the batter and ended up with a greenish color that was really close to the true color.  I was impressed with myself!

We bought several decorating supplies- twizzlers, some other stringy thing and hershey's pieces.

They girls had a blast frosting and decorating their cupcakes.  Although the end product didn't really match the vision in my head- it didn't matter. (I just know that cake decorating is not a good career choice!!)