Jillian's Rockin Birthday...Part I

 Jillian turned 7 in April but that month was so jammed packed that we decided to put it off for a month...than May came and went in a flash! We couldn't let summer go just as fast without a party. School got out last week so we had to act fast before all her friends left for vacations.  Lifetime Fitness offers parties and so we decided to give it a try. It was AWESOME!  We had so much fun rock climbing, going in the bounce house. Eating pizza and cake and then at the end I brought stuff for the kids to make their own trail mix goody bags and water bottles to take home!

This is the group we ended up with. I have to say it was nice having a smaller party.  The group is listening to instructions on how to rock climb.

Easy make ahead Frittata

Breakfast has always been a challenge for me. I am not the biggest fan of cereal and not to mention the mornings are usually quite crazy during the school year. So I was excited to discover these yummy babies.  They are so good and take little work and you can make a bunch ahead of time. BONUS: Super healthy!
I like to get a case from Costco of egg whites and then it's even more healthier!
Cut up veggies and or meat that you want in your cups.
I cut up: Tomatoes, mushrooms, green pepper and Canadian bacon. In a bowl pour egg whites and about a 1/4 cup of milk. Pour into a muffin tin then add your mix ins and I like to add a little cheese. Then bake in the oven at 350 for about 40 minutes.
Store the left overs in a storage bag and you have a healthy tasty breakfast ready to go.

Wyatt Hick's Baby blessing!

My little sister just had her 5th child.  A boy named Wyatt.  She now has 4 boys and 1 little girl.  So crazy how that worked out, huh?
They decided to bless this little guy Memorial weekend..he was only a week old so still so tiny and sleepy. I am so glad I got to see him right away. I was just dying to see him and I hated how most of the time I didn't get to see her babies when they were brand new. So this was a really neat thing for me. The first picture is with most of the cousins..my brother's kids weren't able to be there but they are on my parent's deck enjoying root beer floats. Giselle was enjoying hers with at least 5 straws.  We had beautiful weather so it was nice.  The majority of the pictures are of the brunch before the blessing.  A lot of Les's family was able to be there so it was nice to spend some time with them.  I didn't get a picture of my mom and dad with Wyatt so I'm bummed about that. And some how Brett was able to NOT be in a single picture..sneaky devil!
The last two are at church outside with sweet Wyatt in his blessing outfit. Kristi looks great for having a week old baby.
Welcome Wyatt we love you and are so excited to have you in our family!

Bus drivers are special too!

We are so lucky to have such a nice bus driver.  He is an older gentleman who ALWAYS arrives with a smile.  He usually has some fun hat on as well.  He totally thinks I'm crazy since I sometimes chase the bus down through the neighborhood...I know he's in here somewhere!   Luckily he seems to not mind.  He has even taken the big bus down to the end of our street when Jolie thought she forgot something at home.  He has also stopped in the middle of the street when he saw our girls running frantically to catch him.  Let's face it bus drivers put up with A LOT of crap.  Can you imagine driving a full bus of 5-11yr. olds every day. I think it takes a special person for sure.  So I was so excited to see this cute thank you. I found it here.  I think it turned out so cute. I just love the little buses.
So thank you for another great year and have a great summer because today is the LAST day of school!

Little tyke is riding a BIG bike!

 And he's up!

Uh oh a little wobbly!

Nope he got it..he's going and going and.......

 Going!

 Genna was there to cheer him on and make sure he didn't fall.  So crazy but Jacob took his training wheels off all by himself and decided he wanted to ride it without them.  He can go the whole block all by himself.  He has a little bit of a hard time at the initial go but once he's off he is OFF!!! The best part is all of his big sisters were the ones helping him and SO excited for him.  Way to go Jakey!

Superhero experiment's!

Jacob has hit the "WHY:" stage! You know where a child asks: Why do we wear pants? Where did the pants come from?  Why do I have hair? Why do I have a belly button? why does daddy go to work?  Why is the sky blue? Where does the water come from? Where do the pipes go? Where do those pipes underground go? What about the water in the tub where does that go? What about the water in the toilet go? Those last few questions about the pipes are Jacob's on going questions. He asks me multiple times sometimes in one day.  I tell him where they go but he wants to see it in action.  So he found this unused tubing that goes to a dryer and was very excited to play with it. He's done lots of creative things but this one I found the tag team doing was my favorite.  Jacob tried to hook one end of the tube up to the water from the fridge to a cup and have it fill up but he couldn't do it alone. Have no fear..>SuperGiselle to the rescue.  She was happy to help..even if only for a minute or two.  Luckily it wasn't too much of a mess and I enjoy their curiosity. Let's hope he doesn't get into fire stuff next!

School carnival fun!

Jacob's preschool had an ice cream carnival on the last day of school.  So that night we headed over and was super excited to see a clown doing face paintings. I was not surprised the girls got fun butterflies and stuff like that but I was surprised that Jacob got his whole face painted as Spider-man.  He was so proud and told everyone he was Spider-man.  He hasn't even watched the show. I guess maybe I should get some more movies of super hero's.  He really does seem to like that stuff.  The kids had a blast and it was fun to watch them so happy. Giselle did not get her face painted but she did LOVE playing at the water table and the giant sand table.  Ice cream wasn't too bad either!