2019 Blue Jeans Week 30

Enjoying our last few weeks of summer.  School starts in just 2 weeks!  Miss E was gone all week for student council camp, so Mr J just had us to hang out with.  He enjoyed some Nana time and then when Miss E got back we enjoyed the county fair.  We have had some beautiful, mild summer weather and have been loving it!  Take a look at our week!

Summer is the perfect time for the kids to learn to cook and bake better. Mr J working on a new recipe this week.

Mr J and Nana--bike ride day!  They had a great morning biking together.

Happy birthday to Nana!  We sure love her and loved her birthday strawberry pie!  Yum!

I made it a goal this last month of summer that we were going to play a game (card game, board game, etc) every day until school starts.  Today were played Play Nine.  It was fun.  We haven't missed a day yet!

Picture from my college girls who went hiking together this week!  Sure love and miss these two!

Our favorite summer breakfast--Kodiak cakes waffles.  We make a big batch and freeze them so we can pull them out every morning to top with jam or yogurt or syrup.  Yummy!  We tried their dark chocolate ones and loved them!

Enjoyed an evening at the county fair with these two!  Seeing all the animals is always fun!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you also had a great week!

2019 Blue Jeans Week 29

We had one HOT summer week this past week.  Heat indexes in the 105 to 115.  Ugh....you don't even want to leave the house, but we had to a few times.  Mr J experimented with a cool cake this week, had his last swim team meet of the season, and we enjoyed celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.  Take a look at our week...

With it so hot outside, Mr J came up with things to do inside.  He experimented with making a marbled cake.  This is the "before" picture

He and Miss E decorated it the next day, so this is the 'after" picture

And then this is the inside picture :)  it was a pretty cool looking cake! and it tasted good too!

Mr J getting ready to jump in at a race in his last swim meet for the season.

Mr J rockin' the butterfly. 

Backstroke in the IM where he also got first.  He ended the season with a bang getting first in all 5 of his individual races and a 1st and a 2nd in his two relays.  A great way to end a season!

Happy 50th anniversary of the Moon landing!  We celebrated by staying home in the cool and watching the new Apollo 11 documentary film made from all the original films done during the original mission.  It was good.  We also watched Hidden Figures, which I love, and ate these yummy oreos to celebrate the amazing achievement!  It was a good weekend!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great week!!!

2019 Blue Jeans Week 28

So at the beginning of the week I was in Utah with my girls, and loved being with them and other family!  But it is always nice to get home, and I missed my Ben and kids at home.  Nice to come home and be appreciate.  I got lots of "Mom/Jen,  so glad you are home!"  It was a good week, take a look...

Miss O and I spent an afternoon together, went to lunch and to a cool exhibit in the art museum.  Awesome stuff!  Sure loved being with her!

Miss A got all moved in and unpacked in her new place which was good to see!  Senior year of college here she comes!!

I got to visit with my amazing DeeDee (grandma) who is 93!  Sure love her!

Then I got home and we helped some dear friends move to a new house in town.  Mr J and their daughter got to walk the garden over from one house to the other.  That was pretty fun to see :)

What is summer without smores?  And I love them.  They are one of my favorite things, so this weekend, we had a bonfire and made smores.  Love it.  

The beautiful girl is going to be a senior!  Getting some of her senior pictures taken this week!  So pretty!

And my magnolias are so pretty right now too!  Love them!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you have a great week!

2019 Blue Jeans Week 27

We sure enjoyed having Miss A home last week, and we love celebrating the 4th of July!  We are so blessed to live in this great country, and we are so grateful for the men and women who have given all and continue to give all so we can be free.  Thank you to them and to their families!  It was a fun week, take a look....

Mr J was asked to play a piano duet for another church's service, and so Miss A joined us to hear him play.  She got a cute new haircut after she got home.  So fun!

Mr J and his friend playing their amazing duet at the church service.

It was our turn to help at the soup kitchen this week, and it was fun to have Miss A there to help us!  She was given the job of writing the menu up.

We got us some amazing BBQ for dinner one day last week. Yummy! 

We found a field of sunflowers!  I have always wanted a picture in a field of sunflowers!  It was awesome!

So cute!  Wish we had everyone, but Miss E was in Texas and Miss O was still at school, but glad we had these two!

Happy 4th of July!  We celebrated with this yummy dessert fruit pizza.  So good!  It was a great day!

The day after the 4th, Miss A and I took a road trip to get her back to school.  We stopped the first day in Ft. Collins, CO and stayed with some friends, and we stopped and walked around the temple there.  So pretty!

And we made it to Utah and got to see Miss O who I hadn't seen since Christmas!  Got these cute girls all stocked up at Costco.  Found out Miss A's new car can hold a lot of stuff!

Hope you had a great week!  Thanks for visiting!

2019 Blue Jeans Week 26

This week has been awesome because we have had Miss A home, and she hasn't been home since Christmas!  She has been hiking across England, Ireland, and Scotland for the last two months with a 2 day stop over in Iceland on her way home, and we were so glad to have her back for a little bit!  Really missing Miss O, though!!!  We will get all 4 home for a week end of August, so we are excited for that.  So take a look at our week... 

Yeah!  3 of my 4 kids are home!  We picked up Miss A from the airport Sunday and were so glad she is home!!!!  Just really missing Miss O!!

Mr J has LOVED having his big sister home and really enjoyed hanging out with her.  They did some awesome jumps on the trampoline.

And this girl bought a car!  She has been saving her money and we had been investigating while she was across the pond as to what would be best for her.  We found this one, and she loved it and bought it this week.  Woohoo!  Her first car that is totally her own that she bought and paid for!

Swim meet this week--Mr J jumping in during one of the relays and Ben is in the red shirt timing a few lanes down.  It was a hot one!  But Mr J did awesome!  And it was fun for him to have Miss A there to see it.

And the lifeguard for the night was Miss E which was fun too!

Mr J showing Miss A some of his new games he got while she was gone.  Lots of fun!

Miss A brought back these awesome shirts from Scotland

And we have been missing Miss E most of this week as she was in San Antonio for the National FBLA conference and competition. Her and these other two cute girls made it from our school, and they enjoyed a few days down in Texas.  This is at the Alamo. 

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great week!