our household

is on the move today. It started off very quiet and not much activity. Then we went

to the park and played around the house, outside, had dinner, a little ice cream and as we where to go inside for the night Olivia asked if she could ride her bike on two wheels. Francois thought lets try it if she wants to. She had try about a month ago and did not have much interest. Francois took her out and came back saying that she was doing pretty well and almost had it. then I went out with her and barely held on then let her take off on her on, she looked back at me and smiled. She was on her from then on.

Julien seeing that, I think he felt the pressure to try and within minutes he was also riding his bike on his own. The look of pride on his face was priceless.

So we did that for about 45 minutes then came in for clean up time, story time and as we are all sitting Xavier starts to crawl. So we have a lot of motion around the house now!!!

end of the day at the park

that was our outing of the day. The kids had a good time plaing in the sand, going down the slide, swinging, and running up and down the dune. I took time to take a few pictures of the kids. julien also took a picure of me that was decent and one of Xavier and I, the other of Xavier and I where self-portrait.

It was nice weather until we had to go there a few sprinkles.

another page

this week, as my friend again challenged me to make a page again. This is helping a lot as I am done with Olivia's first year! I am so behind but still enjoying my hobby, thats what matters the most I guess, and preserving the memories.

camping with friends

We had a fun weekend with our church friends camping at the Ludington State Park. It was our firt time going on a group camping, and we had a great time. The kids had a blast being with friends all the time. A few glitches but nothing serious. Just wish we could of had warmer weather. For July we reached a high of 68 degrees during the day! So you would think mid July would be swealtering hot, but not that weekend, oh well maybe next year. Still we had a great time, good food and enjoyable company. We are ready for a repeat next year!

2 pages

A friend and I gave each other a challenge to make at least one page this week! I did so last night and had a great time working and playing with my papers and embellishments. It was fun to spend some time doing something I very much enjoy by myself! I had been wanting to work on this series of 3 pictures for a long time and everything came together so quickly and easily, most of all I like the finish result.

The other page is just a funny one for me about my kids doing crazy things. Last summer I was about to light up the grill, fortunately I opened it first and this is what I found. It would of been a stick mess otherwise.

4

is the age of our little Olivia today! she was so excited to have a little party with her friends she had chosen to have., all from her sabbath school class!

She wanted spaghetti and meatballs and ice cream so she had an ice cream cake from our local shop Captain Sundae.

She had fun playing, eating, unwrapping presents and eating all with her friends. It was a great little party and the weather was georgous.