We Went to the Mountain

The mountain is such a pretty place this time of year! We decided to take a quick trip up with Mand while Daddy was on a motorcycle ride with Grandpa.

We went on walks.

We smelled the "Caco Shells" as Mandy called them.

We threw rocks into the pond.

Andlie pointed at something very important across the lake. (Me & Mandy never figured out what it was. Unless she was very interested in meeting the strangers across the lake.)

We played with sticks in the water, but we were very careful not to get mud on our hands. (That freaks Andlie out. She hates dirty hands. Dorito orange fuzz, milk, juice, mud - doesn't matter. It needs to come off immediately.)

And we smiled for a picture with mud on our clothes, shoes, and faces!

What a fun trip! Yay for living so close to something so beautiful and peaceful! (Minus Mandy smacking her legs and arms every ten seconds due to her thinking there were bugs on her.)

Look What I Did!

Step 1: Outgrow the bow holder you made before your daughter was born.

Step 2: Cut wood to the correct size.

Step 3: Put wood together in the shape of a frame.

Step 4: Paint!

Step 5: Get chicken wire from your farm and staple to the back of the frame. (Maybe it wasn't my farm, but thanks to the Benson fam!)

Step 6: Trim the excess wire.

Step 7: Add picture hanger mounter things.

Step 8: Sand the edges so it looks cute.

Step 9: Transfer bows!

Step 10: Take cheesy pic with finished project!

Thanks to Bryan for performing steps 2-3 & 5-7. I'm so happy with how it turned out! I love it! Bryan says he's surprised it wasn't in our bed with us last night. I might have stared at it for a good while and bragged about how great of a job we did last night.

Someone Got a Pool

And she loved it before we even went outside.

Andlie was so excited!

And she LOVED every second. She was going crazy jumping into the pool and plopping down and spinning around on her bum and "eating" the water and sliding off the chair and giggling.

This pool was a good purchase. Worth every one of the 700 pennies. And we love summer.

"Smile!"

This is what Andlie does when you ask her to smile.

She's so cute.

Allen Sibling Night

We played Settlers of Cattan. Fun game. I messed it all up when we were done. I couldn't help it.

Tony's organized mind didn't like that.

Yay for game night!

Us girls are the most mature of everyone.

What a fun night! Horray for all of the Allen sibs being together!

Paul & Jenny Got Married!

Congratulations, Paul & Jenny! We love you both!