Other events

This is a blog about a few other things that we did this week.  As you can see we had a ball at the Pie Town Park playing in water.  The only problem is that we didn't last very long because wet and cold doesn't mix.  So we loaded up in my truck and drove around the campground playing spaceship and finding old things to look at.

Tessa got to come too.

The old wagon that an old timer left.  He knew EVERYTHING about survival.

Blazen...."Mom, come and look at what I made.....it is so toooooool(cool)!"

What do you think?  Super cool hu!

 Other events: 

*Grannie came home from Phoenix and the kids had a sleepover with her.  They had missed her a lot and it was nice for them to have some special time.

*Brandy Lynn got to ride home with us on Saturday and we went to Kasara's birthday party.  It was lots of fun.  They had a bounce house rented and did the theme Tangled.  Blazen slept half the time because he was so tired.

Playday

Blazen, Levi, Hailey, Denim, Brandy Lynn, Jack, & Hannah.

This week we went to Albuquerque with friends and had a play day.  We have been planning to go since last fall, but we finally got it together.  We went to the Natural History Museum and Explora.  It was SUPER DUPER fun.  We brought pack lunches and shared in between.  We loved the planetarium, but 3/4 the way through the kids had seen enough Stars, "When is this movie going to be over."

Blazen & Levi

We gave every kid a buddy.  It was fun that way.  Denim took her buddy responsibilities very serious.  She was with Hailey Whitney.

The girls climbed into the dinosaur nest and pretended to take care of the eggs almost ready to hatch.

Making animal prints in the sand was so fun, until the sand went straight to the mouth, obviously.

Toot & Jack

Brandy Lynn & Denim

Explora was way fun.  The kids absolutely loved all of the hands on learning.  There are different stations that teach them.  Gravity, Water, Air, Building, Sound, Bubbles, Ect.

We were ready for an outside break.  We loved these jumbo lincoln logs.  I think Sarah liked them as much as the kids.

Blazen is being so sweet and helping Hailey out.

After the museums we got rooms to share with a pool.  We had a major problem as the rooms we had booked had their pool closed.  We ended up switching hotels, but it was worth it because the kids had a ball swimming for two hours.  We ordered in pizza and the kids zonked for the night.  It was such a wonderful time with these lovely ladies and their kids.

Happy Birthday Denim Bleu

Today is Denim's birthday and I really can't believe that I have a daughter that is 6 years old.  It seems like just yesterday that she was born and now look at her......she is so big.  She is such a special little girl with her own little mind.  She is really understanding everything and it is wonderful to carry a conversation with her. Denim is 6.

Hang over, hang over, thy poor head, whatcha gonna do with a bonk on your head.  Eat it, sleep with it, play with it, or wear it?

Denim chose crepes with Nutella for breakfast......her absolute favorite.

This past weekend with threw a little party for Denim.  She asked this year if she could have a party and invite friends.  I agreed, so party party here we come.  We used a great idea from a friend for our party theme.

Denim saw this balloon in Party City when we were getting a few other things.  I agreed to let her have it.  She loves unicorn.  We used it in our decorating.

Sarah came over with Hannah and Hailey and helped me finish getting the party ready.  Actually she pretty much did all the decorating for me......so a great big thank you to her.

Denim loved the fruit dip as you can see.  Shortly after I showed her where the plates were.

Let the party begin.  I am ohhhhhh so ready.

Tawana and Tessa came over with Ike and helped out.  Tawana helped Denim serve the Ice Cream.

Here is my little six year old.

Gift time.  Denim got so many nice things.  She gave lots of hugs.  Thanks everyone for all of your gifts.

We just love homemade gifts.  This was one that Hannah and Hailey made that Denim put up on her wall.  It is to pin hair bows on. 

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Game time.  We did bowling, pin the nose on the clown, and a pinata.  We also had sidewalk chalk and bubbles.  Rylan Carver helped me with the pinata.  The kids had fun playing with the broken ice cream cone pinata.

  Ace had a special gift for Denim that we ordered.  He was very excited to give it to her and when she opened it up she let out a huge scream.

WONDERWOMAN!!

 Denim played Wonder Woman all day.  Lucky she didn't break her leg jumping off the bed.  I asked her to smile in the picture and she quickly informed me that, "Wonder Woman does NOT smile."

Happy Birthday Denim.  You make my life SUPER exciting.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE being your mom.

playing

Sometimes it is just so beautiful here, especially in the evening when the sun is going down and the rays beam off the land and make it almost magical.  This was the setting we had when we drove down to the shop, jumped out of the truck and Ace started playing with the kids. 

Blazen is playing Indian here and scalping his dad.

After the Indians had had their fun I had my fam do a mini photo shoot to practice with my camera. 

Denim Bleu McPhaul

This is all I could get from Blazen.  He is not really my picture happy model....in fact he usually runs when I get the camera out.

Ace played along and I loved it.  What a sexy beast.

I loved this picture of Blazen and Dad.  Blazen just adores his daddy.  

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, glad as I can be.   I clap my hands and shout for joy and climb up on his knee.  I put my arms around his neck and hug him tight like this.  I pat his cheeks and give him what?  ..........A great big kiss!

Ace found his old stilts and brought them out for the kids to play with.  They loved them.

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We just love these small moments in life that make up a big chunk of our happy memories.......playtime with DAD!