My Tote Bag

I made this reversible tote. I want to be a crafty person and I always find these little projects that I think I might be able to make, but I don't make them. Well, I finally did, I saw these cute tote bags online and I thought to myself "I could make that." And I rummaged through my fabric and I started sewing and I did it, I made something crafty. I'm so happy. I think it turned out pretty good. Now I just can't wait to use it.

Kiddie Kandids

We took the girls to Kiddie Kandids today, for their birthday photos. Avalyn, "Little Miss Photogenic," of course did great, almost all of her shots were usable. Briley, on the other hand, didn't want anything to do with getting her picture taken.

Here are the good shots that we decided to use.

And here are the goofy shots.

Avalyn couldn't help playing with her hair in between shots.

And Briley, very sternly, kept telling me that she didn't want to sit down, as I tried to persuade her to do so.

playtime

Just playing at the park.

Pacific Science Center

Our outing to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle...


As soon as we walked into the butterfly exhibit, a butterfly landed on my stomach.

Our little family.

Olympic Party

While we are in Washington, we went to my cousin Madison's birthday party. She had an Olympic theme party. So there were some fun games to play.

There was a bubblegum blowing contest.

There was this great, big tree near our picnic area that the kids liked to play on. Here's Avalyn playing on the climbing tree.

And here's Greg climbing the same tree, after he got a ball stuck up in the branches. ALL the kids liked to play on the tree.

And then there's Briley pigging out on anything she can get her hands on.

Steele Family Reunion

It has been more than 6 years since my whole family, on my mom's side, has been all together.

Swinging...

Grumps

Here are some shots of the girls snuggling with Grumps.

Cousins

Avalyn and Briley on the 4th of July, with their cousin Carson.

New Quad

Our friends, the Sproul's, gave this quad to the girls yesterday. As you can see by their perma-grins, the girls couldn't have been happier.

More 1st of July celebrating...

Happy 1st of July!

So most everyone in America, will be celebrating the 4th of July on Wednesday the 4th, but not Pahrump, NV. Nope, we do things a little different here, we are celebrating the 4th of July today, the 1st of July. I have thought, since we moved here, that Pahrump was a little different, maybe even a little backwards, and now I have proof. So tonight we will be heading down to the park to watch the firework show. Which if it's anything like last year (Pahrump celebrated on the 2nd last year), it will be a pretty amazing show.