Kiana and her friends playing with the horses
Here is a picture of our noodle horses
Our Cowboy village
Kiana, Desmond, and Karston
So I am doing my best to keep my 3 little guys busy this summer! I have come up with some fun, creative, and cheap ways to have fun while at home. Yesterday we had cowboy day and we made stick ponies out of swimming noodles. Each pony cost a grand total of $2.00 but, the time we spent together making them was priceless.
The idea for the noodle horse was actually all Karston's he said he saw them at school and gave me the run down on how they were made. So trusting my Karston we attempted making one and it turned out great! It was fun simple and hours and hours of entertainment.
We built a little village in the backyard out of boxes and played cowboys. It was a fun filled day. When I look back I am surprised at how much we accomplished! In fact I'm really surprised.
This is for Jeremy: (Here is the run down of the day)
Desmond woke me up at 5am I put on Elmo's world for him and jumped on the treadmill. I ran 3 miles then Karston and Kiana woke up. We had family prayer and scripture. We made pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast the kids colored some pictures for their Grandparents in AZ, and made some Birthday cards for thier Uncle (remember Rit's and Lori's Birthdays are coming up.) Then we all made our beds and got ready for the day. Then we all came down and made our noodle horses. While the horses dried we went to the park for about a hour. Then the kids got hungry for lunch. We came home and I made turkey wraps for lunch. I cleaned up the kitchen put, Desmond down for his nap. Then came downstairs and made Karston, Kiki and I root beer floats. We went outside and ate our snack. Then the 2 of them headed off to their friends house. We had someone walk through our house around 1pm that afternoon while the kids were out playing and Desmond was napping. They commented on the cleanliness of the house (yes!), then after that all the kids and their friends came back to the house and I made 3 more ponies and the girls went into the backyard to play ponie land and the boys went upstairs to watch a cartoon. Soon the boys came downstairs and wanted to play with the girls and that turned into a Rodeo to say the least. By this time Desmond was up trying to keep up with all the big kids. After everyone had a snack they traded houses again and gave me a chance to put my house back together I cleaned everything back up then called the kids home. I gave them each a bath and got them all cleaned up to go with Romney and Kirstin. Romney came over around 5:15 to pick up the kids. They left I made some brownies for the neighbors. Another couple walked through the house around 6pm that night. I came home and the sweet Bishop and his amazing family came over to check on me. After they left I ran another 2 miles on the treadmill. Then I came in my room and laid on the floor and fell asleep. Around 2 am I woke up and realized I was laying in middle of the floor and I got ready for bed and actually got into bed and went to sleep.
So there is the rundown of our day.
Monday we read Bunnicula. Yes, we read the entire book! 
Karston turned into a vampire boy
We had Vampire snacks
Desmond loved his Vampire snacks!!!
The next day it rained all day the kids all came over and played in the living room
Wednesday it rained again so we took advantage and played in the rain
Desmond really enjoyed playing in the rain
Thursday night we had a girl party at my house with some of Kiki's friends
Here are all the girls (and Desmond)
Friday we made comic books
Saturday we went to the Orem Summerfest Parade (we got rained out but, we did get this picture)
We waited in the car for the fireworks and we had a great time doing so. Almost my entire family was there all piled into our cars waiting for the fireworks. When they started the rain stopped and we all got out of the car. Karston wanted to stick his head out the sun roof and watch the amazing fireworks.
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