coffecake

Since Monday night the kids have been asking me to bake coffeecake, blueberry to be more precise.

So today since it was a wet and gray day for the most of it I decided to use our leftover blueberries from our last picking. I am not sure what it will taste like since this is my first ever. We are patiently waiting, but it sure smells good.

just peachy!

that was our day today. As we got up I was wondering what we could do besides unpacking, laundry, cleaning to have fun today. So I decided to go peach picking.

It was nice and warm. The kids had a great time picking and Xavier had a taste of fuzzy peach, he was not sure of it but then when came lunch time and that I cut it up for him he was eagerly eating it, or devouring it!

my page of the week

here is what I came up with this week. I thinking a page a week is not bad at all. I am enjoying this challenge so far. I used my last photos of 2005 finally, now I have a new set of pictures of 2006 waiting for me at Sam's that I need to pick u p this week, and on to a new page. We'll see what this coming week brings since we have to much to do beside getting ready for our family camp vacation!

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!