Independence Day

Tonight we headed to a BBQ and get together with some of our church family and friends.

After arriving we took a walk around the pond, while we waited for others to arrive and dinner to be served.

After dinner Isabel went off with 2 girls that were around her age. We found them later playing volleyball in the front yard.

We sat over by the pond for the fireworks, which were going to launched in the far left area of the yard.

After dessert Isabel came back and hung out with Grandma and I while we waited for the fireworks to begin.

Snuggling down with Grandpa and Grandma as the fireworks begin.

Started out small…

a bit bigger…

bigger still!

It got cool after the sun went down but that doesn’t matter when you’re enjoying the show!

Almost to dark to get a photo.

As the sun gets further away the fireworks get brighter!

Starburst.

What a great show.

It was getting harder to capture the fireworks, so I stopped trying and sat back to enjoy the show!

 

Happy Independence Day America!


My Parents Arrive

My parents arrived this evening. They will be visiting us for about 2 weeks!!

Early in the day Isabel made Grandma a necklace out of flowers however in the heat of the day it didn’t last for long…

Isabel has been counting the days down until they have arrived. We are hoping the weather is warmer and not so cool as it has been. So glad they are here! Looking forward to getting out and seeing some new stuff!

We took them out to eat after they arrived. Grandma is deciding what to order while Isabel is drawing on the table.

While waiting for the food to arrive, Isabel and Grandma drew together on the table.

A group shot of us at the table taken by our waiter. We ordered a Pepperoni pizza and Chop! Chop! Salad to share with Grandpa and Grandma had something with chicken and a salad. It was yummy!

Happy Birthday To Me

Today we celebrated my birthday. Gino and Isabel surprised me with an ice cream cake and a new bike. Isabel even made me a homemade birthday card all by herself!

My cake, which was chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. Isabel picked it out, she said that I needed an ice cream cake.

They were singing to me here… you can see my new bike in the background. I’m excited for this gift because now I can ride with Isabel when she goes riding on her bike. Looking forward to riding when my parents get here as well since my Dad said he’s bringing his bike along.

Blowing out the candles.

Finished Room

So we finally got her room all done, it took a bit longer then we were expecting but it turned out great. However there are a few more little things that I need to do but otherwise her room is complete…

Welcome to Isabel’s new room…

We took the risers off her bed which took away the storage underneath but I was able to find a container to fit under the bed for all her babies.

With the risers gone she doesn’t really need the steps but she likes climbing up them and the top step opens for storage for her pj’s during the day.

Need to get the decor back up on the walls but need to purchase a few new things.

Tumbling Tykes: Day 20

Today was our last tumbling/gymnastics class. 🙁

The class was set up with the usual obstacle course. Each area was given to working on exercises that the kids have learned in class. Forward rolls, log rolls, monkey roll, dismount, keeping feet together, airplane arms, and just having fun with Ms. Mo!

Working on the trampoline and dismount.

Ms. Mo brought her box of stuffed animals and each of the kids got to pick an animal to keep with them throughout the day. In some of areas, Ms. Mo had the kids act like the animal that they had chosen.  Isabel chose a turtle and later she chose a jellyfish.

Tip-toe straddle over the mat.

Log jumping keeping feet together.

 

The kids got a ribbon for completing the class.

The Closet Gets Organized

Yesterday Gino worked on getting the closet organizer in, while the paint dried on the baseboards.

The closet beforehand was just a simple shelf and rod to hang the clothes. However it really wasn’t that practical since the rod was divided with spacers, causing the clothes to be spaced apart. The new organizer has a “floating” rod which makes room for more clothes to be hung. Also, the whole closet space is used rather then the upper half. Love it! Love it! Love it!

Anchor mounts mounted.

While Daddy’s working on that, Isabel plays with the plastic wrappers from the mounting hardware.

She’s more the happy with her new room… she’s all smiles!

The top shelf needed a trim and then was placed into position.

The rod was trimmed down too and the rest of the organizer was easy to add.
So much space!

Now there is a upper rod and a lower half rod with shelves for clothes.
We ditched the dresser and are just using the closet!
I love this organizer so much that I told Gino we needed something like this in our “master” rinky-dink closet.

In With The Wood

Gino began the flooring today.

I like it already and it’s not even done.

That looks so good!

Daddy’s little helper, at least she has all the right tools.

Tapping boards into place.

Close up of her new flooring. So different from the den floor, which has more red in it .

Looking north into the closet.

Finished flooring… well almost. We had to order 1 box because we ran out. So we wait…