A Day At The Water Park And A Massive Bike Wreck

Yesterday we spent the day at the water park. We have a small (but fun) waterpark about an hour away. We went with my dad's church group. We had too much fun.

Jack wanted to hang out with the big boys. But he got tired fast. He did ride the slide 2 times. There are only 2 water slides there. And only one for children that are under 48 inches.

Maci Clare enjoyed the kids play area. There were lots of things shooting out water. But she stayed right in the edge and had a great time. She tried to drink a little bit but we told her it was nasty.

I saw Gabe a few times. We did get to ride the slide together so that was kinda cool.

Zane, on the other hand, was all over the place and I only saw him twice the whole afternoon. I caught him trying to warm up in the shower. That was the only warm water in the whole park.

We thought the kids would be tired on the way home but this is what they looked like on the bus.

And now for the Massive Bike Wreck!
Every night, Jim and I ride the 4 wheeler with the two younger kids and the two older ones follow along behind (as best they can) on their bikes. Tonight as we were waiting at the bottom of the hill, there was a tremendous crash. Gabe was riding down the hill and Zane shouted at him to move over. Gabe moved over and Zane crashed into the back of him. Oh, the screams! We stopped and ran back to see what happened. This is the result.

Zane's knee was pretty bad but that was the only thing wrong with him.
But look at that face!
Gabe's face is pretty beat up. He will have a black eye tomorrow.
He also had a pretty good strawberry!
And we thought his finger might be broken but I think it is just bruised and beat up!

I asked Zane if he had learned anything from this wreck and he said, "Yeah, I need to learn to use my brakes."
This wreck could have been a lot worse but we are thankful that it wasn't. And we didn't have to make a trip to the ER. Thank goodness!

5 Ingredients or Less

Rocks In My Dryer is hosting another Works for Me Wednesday. This week has a theme. Recipes with 5 ingredients or less. So here is mine. And it's a favorite that is requested over and over around here.

Hamburger and Tater Tot Casserole

1 lb. ground beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small onion
1 bag tater tots
2 cups of shredded cheese (whatever you like)

Brown beef with chopped onion and drain. Place in the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish. Layer tater tots on top of beef. Then pour can of soup on tater tots and spread evenly. Bake covered at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until middle is bubbly. Sprinkle cheese on top and recover until cheese melts. This is a easy meal and very tasty.

What a Good Mother I Am!

Today was the church softball tournament. They started at 8:15am and finished around 8:15pm. It was hot but fun. I didn't take very many pictures because I had to monitor the two little ones most of the day. We came in third place. BTW, Jim is the one playing not me. They did a really good job. They lost two players in the middle of the day. One was scheduled to work. The other was called in.

I kept a safe distance behind the fence...
with my dirty kids...
who were eating ice off the ground.

Can't you see what a good mother I am? I monitor them so well. At least we knew whose cup the ice came out of.

Look!

One of the pictures I made from art canvas is posted over at Rocks in My Dryer. You need to go look at all the creative things that everyone made. I think mine is by far not the best but it held its own. I love the tree collage. Just go look and see for yourself.

Falling in to a Routine (Finally)

When summer started, I thought "OMG, what am I going to do?" I had all these plans of crafts, swimming, picnicing, swimming, movies, swimming, You get the picture! Anyway, the first couple of weeks, it seemed like madness had set in. We did swim a little but I was a nervous wreck trying to keep Maci Clare from falling in the pool and monitoring the chicken fighting. It seemed we had places to be almost everyday with endless appointments and obligations. So now here it is in the 3rd week of our summer vacation and things are finally settling down. We finally are getting into the groove. Our daily routine doesn't consist of much but it is glorious to have just a little (for a change.)

We sleep late. We never get up before 9am. Even Maci Clare is learning to go back to sleep after waking up at 7am. Then we hang out and do chores or run errands in the morning. Our errands usually consists of things like this. Who can resist Ronald McDonald?

Maci Clare liked him until she had to get close. Oh well, it was only for a minute.

Then after lunch, we all head for the pool.Zane and Jack clean out the skimmer basket because there are always "treasures" to be found (treasures that say "ribbit").

They love to put the tree frogs on heads and arms and bellies.


Jack loves to play ball!

While, Zane jumps!

while trying new flips and turns!
And making giant splashes everytime.
Gabe is just happy to be in and watch all the action.

And, me? I usually take several magazines and wait to rescue Maci Clare. She falls in about once a day. She has to wear her life jacket at all times. At least she floats when she falls in . (She will be taking a few swim lessons starting the week after July 4th.)
Anyway, summer is here and in full swing. And I am enjoying every minute I have with my children because before you know it, they'll be at school again.

A Good Shopping Trip

I had to go finish up shopping for VBS so I thought I would make a quick stop at Publix. Look at all I got.

My total before coupons was $39.18

What I bought:
2 bags of Friskies cat food
2 5lb. bags of Domino Sugar
2 bags of Eight O'clock Coffee
2 bottles of Hunt's ketchup
4 boxes of Zatarain's rice mix
2 bottles of Ocean Spray Diet Juice
6 cans of Chef Boyardee
2 bottles of Wishbone dressing
2 cans of Redi whip
3 bottles of SoBe Life water(I had to throw those in to be able to use my $5/$35coupon)

When all my coupons went through, I paid out of pocket $17.13
A total savings of $22.05
What a successful trip! I heart Publix!

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