1st Annual Elder's Quorum Campout

This June we had our 1st ever Elder's Quorum Campout. It was a very small gathering but it was alot of fun. Here are some highlights of the event.



The kids loved playing on this little car that one of the families brought for their little boy. Eventually we had to put a helmet on Razy because the older kids thought it would be cool to send her down the hill. She had a close call almost colliding into a car at the bottom of the hill, but barely missed it. Doble decided he was going to send her down the hill buy himself. Well his aim was WAY off. Needless to say she LOVED it.

Doble enjoyed himself some polly pocket time with Sarah. He was just really interested in the car really.

The kids all loved climbing this tree in Matt's tree stand. Keenan was able to move the stand up and down the tree by himself. The tree stand was used earlier that night to light the fire.

Anna taking her turn in the stand. Lil E couldn't wait for his turn.

Finally Lil E gets his turn. He sat there for a long time.

Razy and Doble loved playing with Anna. I think Doble was crushin on her. She is a cutie, but a little too old for him.

Here is the whole clan before heading out the next morning. It was alot of fun. Hope to see you all there next year guys and hopefully more join us.

Day Out With Thomas

July 12th we took the kids (this was mainly for Doble) to see the REAL Thomas the Tank Engine. This was a dream come true to our HUGE Thomas fan. We started the trip off by driving half way to the Train Museum and getting a hotel room for the night. The kids got excited to take a swim in the hotel's indoor swimming pool. However, the thing was ice cold and we all soaked in the hot tub instead. The next morning we drove the rest of the way to the beautiful Snoqualmie Train Museum for a fun filled day full of Thomas activities. The kids got to explore the old trains they have at the museum, take a ride on the yellow speed car, meet Sir Topham Hat, get train tatoos, roam the gift shop, and much more. However, the highlight of the day for Doble was taking the 20 min train ride on the REAL Thomas.

Meeting Sir Topham Hat. We got really lucky to get in line so quickly. The boys only had to wait about 5 mins to meet the Famous conductor.

These tatoos took Forever to wear off. Doble didn't mind.

Our 3 Little Train Fans.

A Little Train Exploration...CHOO CHOO one tired little boy

Besides riding Thomas...The train play area was Doble's Favorite.

Waiting to take a ride on the Yellow Speeder Car. Mema with sister cheesy face (literally...she had cheetos all over her face) and Doble.

AND HERE COMES THE TRAIN OF THE HOUR!!A Family picture in front of our Favorite Train. Too bad Mommy has her eyes closed.

So excited to be on Thomas! Sitting with Mr. Conductor

Good Bye Thomas!! Thanks for a GREAT DAY!

New Cake Posted

I just posted a new cake to my CAKE BLOG. This is one that has been done for quite some time but I am just getting around to posting it. I know I know have been so bad this summer. Take a look if you want.

Preschool Graduation

Now that summer is almost over and school is about to begin again, I am finally getting around to posting Lil' E's Preschool Graduation. This would be the year that I get all teary eyed as I bid preschool goodbye and send my little boy off to kindergarten. However, after much thought we have decided that Lil' E would do better if given one more year of preschool before heading off to Kindergarten. He makes the age cut, but we just feel that he is still too young. He definately looks old enough. He has always been the "big" kid in class and many don't realize that he actually is younger than he looks. We did have to bid Head Start goodbye and now say "Hello" to Little Montessori. He is really excited to move to another school and have Doble attend as well. I am looking forward to the change, but do know that I am going to miss Teacher Betsy. What a great teacher she was for Lil E. I really felt that she LOVED Lil E and wanted to make his preschool experience a good one. She worked very hard with him with his speech and other areas that he struggled with. "Goodbye Teacher Betsy. You will be missed by the Party of Five" Lil E receiving his diploma

His shy, buy "cool" look

Our proud little graduate.
Way to go bud you do make us proud.

Lil' E's Cake is Posted

Lil' E turned five on the 4th but we waited to celebrate with cake and icecream until today. He has been asking for a shark cake for the past 3 months. However for the past two days he has been a little cranky. I have warned him over and over that if he didn't change his attitude and start listening to mommy, his shark cake would be turning into a tinkerbell cake. Well today he and his brother got a little out of hand and broke one of my willowtree figures. I told him that was his last warning about the cake and sent the two up to their beds for a nap. While he napped I came up with a Fairy cake as a trick. I frosted a shoe box with pink frosting and put one of Razy's fairies on top and then put some Rhodys on it...Do not eat Rhodys they are POISONOUS! The cake was not meant to be eaten so I thought the Rhodys were an easy decoration in crunched time.

We sent the kids out to play and had them come in for cake and icecream. This is what Lil' E came into see sitting on the table.

He took one look at the cake and quickly turned around and walked out of the house. No tears (yet) or words. Just a turn and leave.
I ran out to follow him. I asked him what the matter was and why he was upset. He told me..."I don't like it. I don't want to see it." I told him to come back in and I was sorry for making a fairy cake, but I had told him that it would happen if he couldn't change his behavior. My dad came out to help me and I went back in. He got him to finally come in and told him to really think about what he wanted his cake to look like and make a wish...

It still took him a lot of courage to look. He DIDN'T want to see a pink cake

He finally looked and the sadness had changed to joy!

After the whole ordeal he wanted to cut the pink cake for the girls....Ooops sorry no can do to a box. He got a kick out of that.

Yes I know that this probably places me into the running for world's worse mom of the year. But now we all...yes even Lil' E laugh at the whole thing. The REAL cake made him forget about the whole thing. To see pictures of the REAL cake follow the link below. There is also a recipe found at the end of the post of the Shark Cake.

Lil' E's Shark Cake

Take a look at Doble's Birthday Cake!

Follow the link to Doble's cake. I finally got it posted.
http://peachofcake.blogspot.com/2009/06/tiered-thomas-cake.html

I have even added a new cake recipe I found and really like...yummy!

I am in dire need of a catch up. It has been way to long since I last blogged. I will be doing so in the near future to let you know what we have been up to. Just know that we are doing really well, enjoying the beautiful weather that we have been blessed with, finishing up preschool, and enjoying life together as a family.