Summer...Making it SaWeet

Yes it is Summer! And although I love love love the summer, my little brain needs a lot of prepping, organizing and lots of planning.

The last few summers, I have created a book for my kids to help their summer go a little smoothly and productively. 

I had a little fun with this one this year.  Okay I'm a little happy...proud...of my book. Perhaps over the top, but hey I had fun with it and I think deep down the kids will too. Well, they have to, they have no choice.:)

Our official Minor candy is M&M's. In fact I have my command center themed as m&m's.  We had an  official M&M frame from M&M world in New York. And as I sat pondering what to put in that special frame, I came up with this:

Carpe Diem&m. Yep. Inspiration at it's finest.:)

Well I digress. A lot.  Back to the book. It is themed m&m and each color represents a different goal that we will work on this Summer. Here is the link to the 11 (yes 11) page book. SaWeet summer


I do hope that it will be a SaWeet Summer filled with service, activity, working, educating (learning) exercising and having our testimonies increase.

Come August we shall see.

Memories...March

March service project:  Providing activities for the children at the Road Home

Alyssa's current collection of journals

Alyssa's current collection of mugs

A sweet surprise from Ruby Dee to brighten my day

Mikaela's playdoh creation

Jaycie's play-doh creation

Mikaela's Harry Potter birthday cake created by Chelsie with help from Alyssa and Jaycie

We all seem to be a little picture shy in March...no pics of us just what we did:)

Memories...February

Braden's Lego creation

February Service Project:  Working at Community Action

Updating our 72 hour kits with encouragement from Alyssa and her FCCLA project

Alyssa getting to ready to go to the Sweethearts dance

Jaycie and Aspen posing in front of the Christus after a special mother/daughter of the new Provo temple.

Memories...January 2016

Alyssa's beautiful chalk art to start off the new year

Jaycie lounging around with Koda

January tradition we resurrected:  Making Sunshine cookies and giving them to someone

January display

I suppose this post reflects the slow-down, back to routine January was for was after a crazy, hectic albeit, fun December.

Memories...December

A whirlwind! Band concerts, Dance concerts, Choir concerts at Temple Square, Service opportunities, Dicken's Festival. 

Not pictured: Massive chocolate pizza production and delivery, Cookie making day with cute aprons (oops forgot the pic again), shopping, decorating, wrapping, school concerts, Fondue Party with the Slades, parties, movie nights, game nights, temple trip, and a snow day up the mountains that lasted about 15 minutes, because it was beautifully, and amazingly freezing. 

December Service Opportunity:  Our family served at the Candy Cane Corner. A store created by donations for the homeless to be able Christmas shop.

Our Lovely snowman friend the kids made .#YesIstillcanttakepictures

Braden's Christmas Concert playing the trumpet

Smiling between songs

The kids posing at the Dicken's Festival

Jaycie losing her head at the Dickens' Festival

Dicken's Festival

Jaycie finishing her dance concert with her teacher and Aspen

Again with Aspen. Jaycie was a mouse in "The Nutcracker" hip hop style.

Visiting City Creek

Alyssa performing in the Assembly Hall at Temple Square. She is behind the arm of the instructor. #TheotherpictureItookhasaguysheadinstead.# Icanttakepictures

Our ChristmasTree

Christmas Morning

Memories....November

A Dance, A Fair and Service Project

Alyssa and her date for the Sadies dance. The Theme was Disney.

Jaycie doing her Consumer Fair...Which poporn pops the most?

For our November Service Project, we went to the Road Home and did activities with the children there.  We read A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and had a "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" snack, had a "turkey race", play dough and bingo games.

Memories...October

Halloween and Fall Break Fun

Braden being a "Serious" Nerd for Halloween 

Jaycie as cute Minnie

Close-up

The Fruits of their labors on Halloween Night

We did our traditional Fall Break Scavenger Hunt. One stop Frisbee Golf!

Also for the Scavenger Hunt, we visited the Red Barn