Firework Shirts

This year for the 4th of July we made Firework shirts! It was really fun and sparkly! Laurie and Heidi and their girls came over and we covered my house in glitter. I saw the idea for the shirts in Family Fun magazine and we decided to try it out. We glued different shapes and sizes of pasta to cardboard to make "stamps". The we stamped fabric glue onto the shirts and covered that in fabric glitter. I think they turned out pretty cute and the kids loved them!

Allred night!

We are so blessed to live next to such good friends! The Allred's have been so awesome!! Laurie and I get in to plenty of trouble together..... and so do Reghan and Savannah. Robbie loves loves loves Charlotte and she has taken to him too. They have been over every Wednesday evening for dinner. We call it "video game night"!! With Jared gone Logan has really needed some guy time, not to mention, I can barely turn on the video games let alone play them. The boys spend hours playing and sometimes break to eat dinner. Last week we let the kids have strawberries and chocolate for dessert. Tasty... Messy... and so Fun!!

In the Army Now!!

Jared joined the Army National Guard! He left in June to begin basic training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. After that he will attend job training at Fort Lee in Virginia. He should return home in the middle of December. Before he left we had a great BBQ with the Richardson Family, one of Jared's favorite things. He was able to e mail me a few photos from basic. Any day I should be getting information on his mailing address, a website where we can see uploaded video and pictures from basic training, and more information on his family day and graduation. I am excited to get to go out to Oklahoma and see him!