Making It Work, Together!

Well it has been quite a bit since I have last written and we have had some fun so I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and write about it. About two weeks ago on the 11th we did some errands to get some of the important things we needed. While we were out we decided to have some lunch and since it is so close to Andy leaving us and we knew that he wanted to go to a Chinese Buffet before he left, we took the kids to No.1 Buffet! They loved it, especially the bananas and marshmallows that could be put under the awesome chocolate in the chocolate fountain! We all filled our bellies quite full then went to the Poulsbo Aquarium and had a blast touching seastars, and other various underwater creatures. The kids were able to leave their "mark" on a white board in the arts and crafts room and we watched a video about some of the undersea life in our area. It was a pretty good day.

Andy's mark!

Kenzee left her mark!

I just think these are cool!

Watching and learning!

He's looking at us!

Posing

Caught!

10 legged Seastar

On Sunday the 14th we went out for breakfast with the kids and then DJ and I had two different afternoons! He took all the boys in the house to the movies and Mckenzee and I had a girls day here at home! First we played with the piano for a little bit....

Then we made some brownies for the brownie sundaes we decided to have after dinner when all the guys got home!

She helped measure, pour and mix!

She loved the taste testing!

We did some yummy work and had it done in no time!

When the guys got home we had some awesome pizza and watched Disney's "Brave"! Then it was time to have our delicious sundaes and since it was such a nice night out....

We ate them outside!

Everyone had theirs in a different way....Andy had some brownie, vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup...

Mckenzee had brownie, vanilla ice cream and strawberry syrup....

I had all of the above as you can see in my yummy sundae picture!

And DJ had his brownie with fudge brownie ice cream!

We all really liked them and they were gone very quickly!

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That following Wednesday the 17th the extended family showed up for their visit! We filled the time they were here with trips to Poulsbo, and Seattle plus the High Steel Bridge and a farm! It was a lot of fun but a shame to see them go. They also had to take my Andy with them so that he could be brought to his father back in CT. It hurt quite a bit to see him go but it had to happen since his father wouldn't let me have the whole summer with him. On the Sunday before he left (the 21st) we had a great picnic at a lake and did some BBQing and boating on the water! When we got home we had the birthday party for Andy, he was so surprised because he had thought the cakes that were made were for his great-grandma and not him! Until we put the sparkler candles on the cake in front of him of course!