End of Summer 2015

I'm trying to catch up on posting. I love having this blog because I can find any picture since 2009 with a simple search and it is easy to share with friends and family, but it is the first to go when things get busy!

Lizzy had her Girl Scout Bridging Ceremony. They graduated from Brownies to Juniors!

So one day, Lizzy saw a youtube video on how to make soap cupcakes. Of course, we had to try it. It was fun, but difficult because the soap kept getting solid inside the cupcake decorator. Hmmm... it's almost as if cupcake frosting things were not meant for soap. Who knew? 

I love these Texas Sage in our yard that bloom when they think it's going to rain. 

For Labor Day, we were supposed to be camping, but the campground we had reservations in was still closed due to the spring flooding and then we couldn't get reservations elsewhere so we just took a day trip to Lake Louisville. It was a nice beach and a beautiful day. Our best friends joined us and taught us how to stand up paddle board. Lizzy and Katie were naturals. Theo and I couldn't stand up for more than a few seconds and kept falling in, but we all had fun trying something new. 

The next weekend we went to the Plano Balloon Fest. It was beautiful weather but it was too windy for them to go up except Sunday morning. None landed close to our house this year. Katie missed because she was at a band event.

And a pretty picture of our Jackie.

Craft Room and Women of Faith

This weekend was the balloon festival. Theo and the girls were home watching for them, but they only flew over the house once and they didn't get any pictures. I think they were going the wrong direction to fly over our house. 

I was at Women of Faith with friends and had a wonderful time! We were totally spoiled by our friend and mentor who gifts us this experience every year. We loved sitting in a suite at the arena, and were pampered at the W hotel. The messages were very inspirational. One of my recent favorite songs is Hello my name is, and Matthew West was there performing it! We all had a great time. 

Then today, since I needed something to do to procrastinate doing my homework, I organized our craft room. At Staples, I had found these track desks. They were originally $250 on clearance for only $20! I grabbed two. They were a pain in the butt to put in but I think they look great! Now I just need to padlock the door so it stays tidy. The gravity is thick in there and all of our crap just whooshes in!

Balloon Festival 2013

This year, no balloons landed near us, but we still enjoyed watching them in the sky. 

After watching the balloons, it was cool enough finally that we went for a bike ride on the bike trails they just finished near our house. We should now be able to ride across most of Plano and Allen on the trails. 

 They were done really nicely - The picnic tables were a nice addition.

We also found this nice historical marker - it would seem there was a small Indian massacre very close to our house. Wonder if the woods are haunted?

The creek bed was completely dry because of the drought. Hopefully we'll get some rain soon!

2012 Balloon Festival

This year, the balloon festival and women of faith fell on the same weekend. So Theo took the girls to the festival while I was gone. I don't have any pictures of the festival itself because Katie had the camera and all I got were a bunch of heiney level videos. 

However, they also fly near our house and we got to see some land Friday morning on our way to school. 

This is the field near our school.

Friday morning

Worth being late to school? Hopefully! 

Two balloons landed in these folk's yard and they weren't even home!

Sunday Evening