A surprise for me!

I got home from the grocery store the other day,

and what a delicious surprise awaited me!

Cameron had made this wonderful coffee cake 

from scratch!

Needless to say, after we unloaded all the groceries,

 I made some coffee and I sat down and enjoyed a 

piece of my son's coffee cake.

The Verdugo Kids

 James and Megan's family

Julia, Jackson, Josefina, Christopher, and Kendra

 We had such a good time with James and Megan.

It had been at least 7 years since they had been out.

We made some wonderful memories!

Elyse and Josefina

I think they enjoyed this very much!

Megan and I had fun making these poke- a -dotted skirts!

They are super easy to make!

 My kind of skirt!

Elyse had the wonderful surprise 

to celebrate her birthday with her cousins

this year.

Elyse had asked for icecream pops!

So again I made the cake inside the icecream cones and the 

kids decorated them!

Matthew thinks it's always...

"my boatday"

Elyse, Jackson and Josefina are 2 weeks apart.

The California Verdugos

surprised us!

(sort of)

Kendra, Jackson, Josefina and Elyse

These are Pedro and Ceci's Grandkids except for 

Jordyn and Matthew who  

 was taking a nap.

This is one of the days they cooked hotdogs

and roasted marshmallows in the 

backyard. 

Julia, Cameron and Kendra

Matthew's 2nd birthday!

I thought it would be fun and try to make cakepops! 

So I made the cake balls and 

the kids had a blast decorating them!

Chili Cookoff 2012!

Theme: Storybook Characters

Matthew as "Go Dog, Go"

Jack and Annie from "The Magic Treehouse"

Cameron as Wyatt Earp and Michael as Encyclopedia Brown

This year was my first Girls' Camp EVER!

We didn't have them when I was growing up, and 

Eric and Elyse usually go together while I stay home with ALL 

the boys!

Carleen Bishop and Matthew

The Bike Ride

I really don't mind staying home with all my boys, 

knowing that Elyse will have some wonderful memories with just 

her and her daddy!  

What a lovely thought!=)

More School Projects!

This year I am using "The Prairie Primer" with Jeremy and Elyse

 for literature, writing and Home Economics!

It's too much fun!  

SOOOO we HAD to learn to knit!

The top one is mine and Elyse's. The bottom one is Jeremy's

 Cameron and Michael didn't want to be left out, but I didn't have anymore needles.

This is what they came up with....

Yes... Tent stakes!

This one is Cameron's

I think Michael undid his. =(

Some school projects!

There are many ways to use milk! 

This year we learned how to make butter!  

We didn't have a churner so we cheated a little by using a 

mason jar!

We still had fun!

This other project was learning the different densities of liquids!

It was fun seeing how many liquids we could get "piled up".

I think we did come up with 6 in the end.  

And yet the one on the right didn't come out too well.  

Michael's 13 1/2 yr. photo shoot!

Finally!!! =)

I am kind of late taking and posting pictures.

I know you will understand...=)