August Update

(It's a lot of pictures... bear with me)

It's been a while, so I wanted to get some stuff on here before we went on vacation. I hope you enjoy the pics! We had a great first 1/2 of the month and we hope our vacation, Derek's Birthday, and the rest of August bring lots more fun and great pictures!

The kids and I had fun at the zoo. We made it to see some stuff we haven't the past couple times we visited the zoo - the butterflies, the amphibians, and dinosaur exhibit.

(this is how I pushed the kids in the stroller for the second hour and a half we were at the zoo.)

Here are a few pics from Derek's work picnic. The kids had fun... it was HOT.

I took the kids on a nature walk through one of Royal Oak's Nature Centers. Mikey was our tour guide. He went on hikes there during Summer Camp. Not sure when we'll go back. Poor Katie was eaten alive by mosquitos.

(yes, Katie wanted to wear winter boots.)


Here are a couple crafts from this week.

#1 - Recycled Crayons.

I was going to throw out a bunch of crayon pieces away, then remembered how the library had "circle" crayons. So, I looked up how to melt the crayons and make new ones!

#2 - Caden's game day blanket.

This one's for Bri Bri's little guy, Caden. Yes, it was hard to make a UofM blanket, but I think it's pretty cute. (It's yellow and white pinstripes on the back)

(Where's Katie???)

Ah... that's it!