More birthday fun

Kelsey got a little excited when she was able to open her birthday box from my dad (Great-Papa.) Not sure if it was the gifts or the fun boxes and paper that she liked.

If you know Kelsey at all, then you can just hear her screaming in the picture above.

playtime!

Ellyn

"Mom, can I PLEASE wash the dishes."

"Of course you can Sweetie! Have fun."

who is going to turn down that sweet face?

Happy Birtday Kelsey Anne

On September 5th (Labor Day!) Kelsey Anne turned one! We celebrated her day on Sunday with a family dinner, cupcakes, and great gifts.

We are so blessed to have Kelsey in our life, this last year has been fun. She loves her socks, her kitty and play with her bro-bro and sissy. She is walking all around and trying to run. She is a great kid and doesn't get into too much trouble. We are looking forward to seeing what the next year hold for us.

Ellyn helped me with the cupcakes. They were so yummy!

We had the family over for a BBQ in the back yard.

Just some of the cousins.

Grandma Snyder and Great Grandma Cannon. Kelsey is already on her phone, wonder who she is calling.

I think that she liked her b'day card just as much as she liked her gifts.

I know she liked her cupcake best of all.

"All Done!"

Make your own Picasso

With school in full swing in the Snyder house, things have gotten a little busy and some what crazy. But God is good, and I am able to get all the things done in the day that He needs me to do. The family gets to eat, the laundry get done and the house gets cleaned (for the most part.)

One of the subjects that seems to get forgotten for many homeschoolers is art. This year I am wanting to make sure we include more art projects and learning about different artists.

I found a great website that is helping with this goal. They take one artist and lay out a lesson for teaching about them and then doing a project to help the kids remember what they have learned. For our first lesson we learned about Picasso. I found some fun books with great pictures and the lesson began. We finished with making our own Picasso type picture.

I think the best part was telling dad all about what they learned and showing off their project.

1)We began our own Picasso with 3 pieces of construction paper. 2 small one large.

2)Then the kids drew a face on each of their small papers.
3 ) Then cut out each piece of the face. They ended up with 2 noses, 4 eyes, 2 mouths and so on.
4)Then it was time to put it all together. There was only one rule for putting the faces together, it had to be silly.
5)Last, but not least...pose for pictures!
Next time in art class, Andy Warhol.

deal of the day

Today's deal of the day was getting these RockStar drinks for $.67 each. They are normally $1.78 at Walmart and I was able to price match a local grocery store (that is 20 minutes away) and get them during my regular shopping trip.

Steve drinks these while he works, so hopefully this will last him a few weeks.

More deals today...

2 liter Pespi for $.88 (normally $1.25)

12 pack Coke for $2.50 (normally$4)

Yes we are a family divided. He likes Pespi, I like Coke. I am afraid that Andy has gone to the dark side. He will pick Pespi any day.

Swimming

This summer, just like last summer, we had "Pool Group". Pool Group was just a few moms and kids hanging out at the pool. It was great to have the same day every week and know that the kids and me, will have friends to hang with. One of the other great things about pool group is everyone, including mom sleeps good that night. We normally go to the Spanish Fork pool. It is close and not too crowded. But on this hot day we decided to head out to the Provo pool. Kelsey seem to like this one better. It had a more shallow part where she could crawl in the water and keep her face out of the water.

Pool check being over, I think Kelsey was ready to get in again.

camping

We were finally able to go camping this year! The one thing we did different was I got us all packed. Steve had worked the night shift and had to nap, so I was incharge of getting it all packed and in the van. Steve said to think of it like a puzzle, and if the pieces didn't all fit I would have to start over. I have to say for my first time I got it all in. Including the kiddos!

We headed up Spanish Fork Canyon to a new spot. One of the many wonderful things about living in Utah is we are so close to so many great camping spots. This one was just ten minutes from our house, which would come in handy Friday night when the baby wasn't sleeping just crying and I made the executive decision to take her home. After 40 minutes of crying I woke Steve up and said I was taking Kelsey home. He asked why. Have I mentioned he is a sound sleeper?

Kelsey and I both slept better at home (both nights). I don't expect this to be the norm for my camping, but it was sure nice to sleep in my own bed and get a coke from McDonalds on the way back to the campsite.

We had so much fun over the weekend, there were many things we did...

hang out in the hammock...

play in the tent...

have tin foil dinners...

(take chicken, potatoes and carrots, wrap in foil, place on hot coals and cook. super yummy)

eat smores...

roast and catch on fire marshmallows...

play games by lantern...

more hammock time...

have a game of horseshoes...

more hammock time...

(see the stick Ellyn has? that is because we got tired of hearing her yell "come push me!)

hanging out at the site...

collecting rocks down by the creek...

Kelsey loved the rocks. She would pick them up and look at them and then find more to look at.

play at the playground...

make mud pies...

and watch a movie. (?) I think Ellyn was ready to go home.