Tie Dye

Near the end of the school year Ashley wanted to tie dye a shirt for school because she remembered all the times Madison and Allison did it at Chaparral. She felt left out because she had not done it yet and she didn't feel that she would get the opportunity to do it at Paramount. I told her we would do 4th of July shirts. Well she did not forget. Today we ran out and got all the stuff so the shirts would be ready for the 4th. My girls have tie dyed before but I never have and I did not realize what a mess it would be. I wore the gloves that came with the kit and my hands still turned out looking like this.

I am glad that we did it in the backyard on the grass so none of the mess was inside.

I think for a first time for me to tie dye they didn't turn out that bad.

I can't wait to wear them on the 4th.
When we were out tonight getting supplies we noticed how beautiful the sunset was.

The sunsets have been beautiful this lately.

Moving in the basement

Kevin has been driving a moving truck across country for the last few days to help Karen and her family out. He has been pushing it hard to get home as quickly as he can. I have been so busy with school and the kids since the basement was finished that I haven't had a chance to unpack the good storage boxes. I thought it would be a nice surprise to have the boxes out of his office when he got home. The girls helped me unpack all the boxes and organize them on the shelves. It was nice to see how much food we have. It has been packed for so long that I forgot what we had.

We also cleared out the closet under the stairs. The girls were a big help. I hope Kevin likes the surprise.

Christianson Pond

For mutual this week the girls went to Christianson Pond today. I was asked if I could drive and since Kevin is out town Ashley tagged along. She wasn't happy when I first told her but when we arrived at the church and she saw that Addison was going with her mom too her attitude too she changed her attitude.
The young womens president provided me with directions and Madison was my navigator. She did a good job but the last direction was a little vague so she enlisted the GPS on her phone. Well it was not much of a help. We couldn't find the right road to turn onto and we went on many wrong roads. Today I was glad for my suburban. One wrong road, I don't think was a road but a farmers road to turn on his irrigation. At one low point it was muddy and a smaller car would not have made it through. My suburban now looks like I went off roading. With some direction from another driver we finally made it to the pond.
There were so many fun things for the girls to do at the pond. They had a zip line, several diving boards, canoes, and paddle boats. The girls had a lot of fun trying everything out.

Each girl did the zip line. Ashley had so much fun on it that she did it a few times. Allison did it once and the swim back was hard on her so I wouldn't let her do it again. A local fire is irritating her asthma. Madison was a little nervous to try it because it was so high. She tried it anyways but once on the zipline was too nervous to continue so she let go. She didn't pay attention to the way that she fell and hit the water with her back. I didn't realize at the time how much it hurt her. She has been so sore since we got home. Madison was a good sport and kept a happy face on while she there and participated in things.
It was a fun day and I am glad that I got to go along with the young women. We have such a great group of girls in our ward. I was also shocked at how many girls had fun looking for tad poles and frogs. I love that they are not too girly for that.

Roadtrip

Ashley has been in Kimberly at Nana and Grandpa's house. We were going to meet them half way today to get her back but Madison ask if Allison and her to drive down and spend the night and then come back tomorrow. We have not let Madison drive a long distance without one of us yet. We know that we need to let her do it but it is hard that she is growing up. We decided to let them do it.

Even though we know that it was good to let her drive, we were still nervous. Kevin made sure they had water and stuff just in case they broke down. He also put the suburban's emergency road side kit in the care. He got several eye rolls from Madison and Allison. He also helped her look at all the gages on the car to make sure everything was alright.

Madison is a responsible driver and we trust her but it is hard letting go.

They did make it safe and sound. I didn't want them to think that we didn't trust them so I checked in on them through "Find my IPhone." I love that app I can see where they are at and not be too annoying to them.

Garage Sale

Today we did our second garage sale. I am not really sure that all the work is worth it. This year went better then last year but still a lot of work and very little return. It was fun meeting different people. There were some really nice people and friendly people. We had a lot to sale and many of the large items sold and some of the cloths. I had things priced low because I wanted them gone. It was also a nice day and didn't get too hot. I am glad that Kevin remembered about sunscreen or we would have gotten burnt. Our house gets direct sun in the morning.

It is nice to have made a little money and once it was all over everything else went to DI. It is nice to get rid of stuff.

Getting Ready

Ashley has been wanting a new bike. She has out grown hers and has the perfect bike picked out. We told her if she helped us get ready for the garage sale we would use what we made to get her a bike. I think that it was too big of a project for her to take on. She tried to work on it but she really needed me to be able and sit there to direct her through stuff. This week has been crazy and I just didn't have the time to do that. The neighborhood garage sale is tomorrow so it had to get done today. With Ashley gone I recruited Madison and Allison to help out. Christian also came over to hand out with Madison and got recruited.

They were such a great help and we could have never been able to pull a garage sale off without them. I think that we will have to come up a more age appropriate job for Ashley to get her bike.

Cousin Fun

Today we had some fun visitors. Nana brought Lexi and Kylie up to hang out and swim with the girls.

The girls swam for hours. I don't know how they have so much energy. Dinner was late before Nana headed home. She took Ashley with her to spend some time with Lexi and Kylie.