Anyway since I last posted we have gone camping, had bible school, gymnastics, swimming lessons and kinderball. (plus a few other things thrown in there)
Memorial Day weekend we took the camper out for the first (and probably only) time this year. Kailee did great. It was also Hunter's birthday that weekend, so we had his birthday party out at the campground. We had tried to do it last year, too, but unfortunately it got rained out. This year the weather was perfect for it. We also took the kids to the zoo. My parents' got us a membership for the zoo for Christmas. The kids had a great time, even Kailee. She got so excited when she seen the penguins. Paul thought she was going to jump right out of his arms. Her little legs and arms were just swinging all over.
The kids each got to pick one activity besides swimming lessons that they wanted to do this summer. Michaella chose gymnastics, just like she does every year. :) Hunter decided to try Kinderball, which is basically t-ball but the first week they played kickball just to get them used to running the bases and stuff. He's not quite sure yet if he likes it completely or not. He has definitely improved since the first week. Here's a picture of my little leaguer.
Michaella has been doing gymnastics since she three. We have it available for 2 weeks in the summer and 2 weeks in the fall. She absolutely loves it and is always asking when it starts again. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera this year. One of her closest friends' mom took a picture of the group, so hopefully I can get a copy of it from here.
They also had swimming lessons. Hunter passed, but Michaella did not. She was very close to passing it though. This was her first time at this level, so she did a great job. They didn't get to work on everything she needed to pass the level because there weren't enough kids signed up for levels 3 & 4 so they were put together.
This weekend Paul's extended family is headed to the lake. Every year they rent the group cabins at the state park and go for the weekend. Michaella and Hunter are so excited about getting to go again. They have such a fun time playing with all the other kids. They are going for the entire weekend with Paul's parents. Kailee and I will probably head up there on Saturday for the day. We'll have to see if Paul makes it home this weekend to go with us. He should be since he wasn't home last weekend.
Not only has my life been busy with all the kids' stuff this summer, I've had a few scrapping things going on, also. In May I participated in the Queen of Scrap competition at Scrap Matters. I managed to get just over 60 pages done for the month! :O I have never done that many pages in one month before. I unfortunately didn't make it into the top 10, but was quite impressed with the amount I completed. The ladies that did make it into the top 10 did a great job. Unfortunately it also kinda burnt me out for the month of June, too. :( I didn't get many pages done for that month. I finally seem to be coming out of my creative slump this week.
I also joined Andilynn Designs Creative Team. Woohoo! :) You can check out her store over at Scrap Matters. http://www.scrapmatters.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=25 It's been so much fun to work with her stuff.
I also decided throw my hat in for the Creative Team contest over at Scrap Orchard. I got all the way to round 3, but was eliminated for the last round. There were quite a few very creative ladies competing and I was quite happy to have gotten as far as I did. Congrats go out to all the lovely ladies that made it all the way through! You all did an awesome job on your creations.
I hosted my first challenge over at the DIS Boards a couple weeks ago. Thanks to everyone who participated. I loved all the pages. For those of you that missed the challenge keep an eye on my blog because I may be offering the Mickey heads for a short time here on my blog later on. I'm also working on another participation prize so when I get that done I'll be hosting another challenge. :) If you haven't yet checked them out, head over to the DIS boards. Every Wednesday a new Disney Digiscrap challenge is posted.
I have also been slowly working on a new kit when I get a little bit of time between everything. (and when Kailee decided to take a bit of a nap. ;) ) I'm not sure when I'll get it finished but when I do I'll post it here. :)
Well anyway I better get to bed, since the kids will be up again in a few hours. :O Where does the time go in a day. It seems like I can never get to bed before 1:00 am lately.
Until next time (which hopefully won't be another 2 months), happy scrapping!
Amanda
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