Mommy/Son date Beauty and the Beast

Jared and I got to go on a date to see the high school’s production of Beauty and the Beast last month. 

It was awesome!!!  Of course I could be a little biased because my amazing nieces were in it

It was great to hang with Jared.  It always is! Unfortunately by blogging about it a month later I don’t have any great book of Jared moments to share, but I’m sure there were many.  He wanted to sit in the front row- and had to get all the characters autographs at the end.  He may still be a little young for a play, because he kept asking if it was over and was convinced he would die if we didn’t get to eat lunch soon

#78 3-legged basketball

SO, for FHE last week we called the family and invited them to play 3-legged bball at the church.  Kory was afraid to get beat by me, so he chickened out ;)  But Kelly's family came and so did Greg and Carly (and they are practically family)

I didn't realize people didn't know what 3-legged basketball is but for the sake of my Canadian sis let me 'splain:  You get a partner, tie 2 of your legs together, and play basketball :)  Simple?  Hilarious! We started out using rope- but thankfully Kris had the foresight to bring bandannas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The teams ended up pretty well matched   Once everyone got the hang of it- it kinda worked! lol

Then Lauren got a phone call and I totally wiped out running backwards (still tied to hubby- not the best idea) so we switched it up and tried blindfold basketball- which Kris came up with.  One member of your team is blindfolded and is the only one who can score.  I should have got a few of the shots on video.  The boys would spend so much time lining up whoever is blindfolded so that they could make the shot, but I think only 1 actually made it in.  It was really funny!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those Burgess’s are pretty athletic!  Here are just a few action shots (after we abandoned the bandannas all together lol):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was such a great night- memories made and so much fun had!  I love my family!

And I just wanted to say how thankful I am that Greg and Carly are here- even if it is just for a bit. Because these 2 are so cute together:

hee hee!  THESE 2 are pretty cute together, too:

                             

Actually there was just an insane amount of cuteness going on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And celebrated our super athleticism with popcicles.  It was so much fun!  I really am thankful to be part of such an awesome family, who are up for just about any crazy idea I throw at them :)

             

and just one more to prove I was actually there even if behind the camera most of the night lol

#36 pool party #15 BBQ

So, 104 things of summer has been keeping us busy! The first day after I posted the list we got to mark 2 off of our list. The kids called up some friends and we had a pool party. We happened to grill hot dogs for lunch and Hannah said we should cross of BBQ, too. With 104 things to do, she didn't have to tell me twice :) 2 down 102 to go lol Here are some pics: Becca Boo is awesome with her floaties Cannot believe how big he is getting! Jared and his buddy Josh Logan brought his cousin, Michael Hannah and Sophee I told Michael not to get my camera wet! This is me pouring ice water on him- hopefully it will help him remember ;) I'm a huge fan of this picture :) Hannah and sweet Bella these 2 crack me up! I hope they will stay friends forever!

104 things of summer

so, as summer approached I was pinning ideas like crazy. After reading a ton of other people's ideas and bucket lists and such I was having a hard time deciding what we were gonna do. But the more I thought of it, the more I thought we just needed to keep it simple and have fun this summer. Then one day while we were watching our super favorite show, Phineas and Ferb, and idea struck: Not the 104 days of summer vacation (because I'm not even sure we have 50) but we can do 104 things this summer. I had the kids write lists of what they wanted to do this summer and also explained that we could not do everything that they wanted (jared's number 1 was disney world lol). I also made a list and then wrote down all the things we were going to do anyway like, movies in laughlin and visit Chino Valley. Anyway, here's what we came up with: It's an ambitious list if I'm being honest, but it's been fun so far. The kids get up in the morning and say, "Mom, I know what we're going to do today." Then I usually have to steer them to what we are actually doing :) We are not doing the list in order- just whenever I feel like it. I don't know if we will finish, but we are sure gonna try! And I'm sure gonna try to post about all that we do.

Canning cuties- Making Jam

So, Strawberries were at bountiful baskets and some friends and I had been talking about canning, so we decided to make some jam. I love canning- no that's not entirely true- I love canning with friends :) Canning by yourself is super boring! I'm still not entirely convinced that it saves any money to can things yourself, but I love knowing that I know how- ya know just incase ;) Anyway, so my cute friends Sandy and Kim came over and we made a ton of jam! And had so much fun laughing and chatting whilst making said jam :) We followed the recipe on the pectin pack: 5 cups crushed strawberries 7 cups sugar 1 pkg pectin Then I decided to try another recipe without pectin. It was interesting trying to figure out the math on that one b/c I didn't have enough honey for the full recipe. Let's just say math doesn't seem to be any of our strong suits! But it actually turned out fine- really runny but tasty. It was good times- as it always is with my sweet friends- I'm lucky to be surrounded by such awesome women! Can't wait till we can something else. These kiddos were so good while we were canning! My big helper wanted to be right in the middle of the action Here's a great tip from sandy: Spread the foam on a silpat and let dry. I was a bit skeptical at first, but it makes some amazing fruit leather type stuff- yummy! I've chosen not to address the fact that I really need to get my eyebrows waxed ;) hee hee but I'm so thankful for these times and memories that are made. Thanks canning cuties! We rock!!! Now we just need to make our matching aprons lol :)