4-H Style Review 2010

Here are some pictures of the 4-H Style Review.  Jacob won in his category and is going to the state fair to compete with his outfit.  Doug took 3rd and Maggie took 3rd.  Other family news...my niece Rachel won her category and Champion of Champions.  My other niece Caroline won her category, my nephews Jack and Garrett won their categories.  So they are all going to the State Fair too.  So exciting!

All the winners!

Close up of Jacob's outfit.

Jacob in the line up!

Doug modeling...needs to look up...

Maggie..so cute!

announcement of winners.  She took 3rd.

Garrett my nephew.  Took 1st.

Rachel my niece took 1st and Champion of Champions!

Caroline my niece is in the pokadot shirt and Jack my nephew is the one with the camo shirt.  Everyone did quite well. 

Time to start planning next year!!!

blueberries and dinner

Here is one picking of our blueberry bushes.  I am sure they are ready for picking again...we are working on freezing them for now.  We will probably make some blueberry jam or jelly in the fall.  They are so yummy.

Here is Yummy squash for dinner...Curt was a great help.  Everyone likes it except Maggie...no surprise there.

MMMMMMmmmmmmm Summer Foods

Here is Steve's yummy macaroni salad...it was mmm mmm good!  He wanted me to take a picture. :) It tasted as good as it looked.

Sewing has begun.

Sorry I haven't posted much in the last month.  Summer is picking up steam and we have survived 3 camps, vacation to my mom's house, 4 doctors appointments, swimming every day for a week, beginning our 4 H projects, church activities, library reading programs,  piano lessons ( sometimes), boy scouts, activity girls, rearranging bedrooms so each can have "their own space"..... I'm tired...and the laundry has been neglected for too long,  so has family dinners, bed times, cleaning, and all around rules.  Yet to do...meet with our financial guy...who we don't know because the guy we liked left...YUUUUgggghhhh!  Class reunion, swimming with the cubs at pack meeting, more doctor appointments, 4 H judging (after we actually finish), more library programs...and I don't even know what is happening in Aug.  I do know that is when soccer starts :(  3 kids in 3 different levels...saturdays filled with games at different times.  Oh I don't look forward to any of that!  I can't even go there, it makes me want to cry.

Here are some pictures of sewing.  One day at a time...one day at a time...I keep telling myself.

More Vacation Pictures

The Gang

The gang and Grandma and Grandpa

Maggie and Grandpa

Vacation to Mayberry

Last Day of School Picture

HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Here are the 3 youngest ones on the last day of school.  The last day was the 8th of June.  So exciting!!!  As you can see I have neglected haircuts for  a while.  Oh well.  I might have convinced Curt to see how curly and long his hair will get before next school year. 

Maggie Before and After....

Before...what a messsy mess mess!!! Take note of the pink glow!!!  Grandma made her bright pink curtains!

After is much much much better!

Of course they have been playing in there all day.  I suspect until they mess it up and then they will move on!  I wish I was more on top of things and would have taken pictures of the spa that was in the boys room.  I procrastinated and now the spa is destroyed...along with the cleanliness of the bedroom.  I did however get an awesome foot rub and hairdo!

Garden Time

.Steve tilling the garden beds.

Some beds planted...

Strawberries...Yum

Kids working on the sand box...

Stocking up...

I love having a stocked cupboard.  These are things we use in the bathroom all the time.  Shampoo, soap, papertowels, toliet paper and toothpaste.  I love having a stocked pantry too, but true love is not running out of toliet paper.

Curtism

"It is really awkward when someone you know can't draw, asks to draw in your notebook."

Service Project

The kids got to participate in a service project at church.  They packaged food for children in Haiti.  They helped package meals for children with the group No More Hungry Kids.  It didn't take long to package quite a few meals.  It was a wonderful experience.

The Girls are getting bigger...

Aren't they cuties?

Pictures of my new star for the front porch...so excited I got it for $7. 

Have a great night!