Pimp My Room: 1st Grader Edition

Aidyn has been asking about redecorating her room over the summer. Since I love a good project and love to paint and decorate...well, she got her wish!
Here she is in her 'old' room. I guess it's not horrible, but it's not really decorated, per se. It was kind of a mishmash of furniture and "inventory".

Not a very cohesive design...

So the giant old 80's style dresser got a fresh coat (or 5) of white paint.

The drawers got pretty new handles that Aidyn picked out.
Here's how I jazzed up the mirrors. I made them into memory boards so she had a place to put her pictures and postcards.

And here is the finished product...

Aidyn picked out the paint color and bedding. She has pretty darn good taste!

The finished dresser! Not too shabby!

The reading corner and desk area.

Here is the big reveal to Aidyn. It was a total HGTV moment. She had her eyes closed and when she opened them she said "Is this my room?!?!" And started to cry.

She cried for about 5 minutes. She kept saying "I love it! It's so pretty! I love it!"

And finally...that sweet smile!

That adorable smiling face made all the work (and sore muscles and trip to the chiropractor) worth it. She couldn't be any happier and is thrilled with her new room. Which makes her mommy thrilled too!

Lemonade Stand: Round 2

Our neighbors across the street had a huge garage sale one day and Aidyn thought it would be the perfect time to set up the lemonade stand again. Well, she was right. She made a killing. College is becoming a reality one cup at a time.

Wisconsin, here we come!

We headed to WI earlier this summer to visit our awesome friends Ryan & Danette. We get to see them once a year so we really look forward to our visit. The kids (big and little) had so much fun playing with each other.
Sawyer, Riley, Sydney, Aidyn & Nolan

The kids enjoyed s'mores. "Um Nolan? Are you going to eat ALL of that?"

3 beautiful girls...

Jeff & Ryan with their lovely ladies.

Apparently in WI, when you plant like 1 raspberry bush, it turns into 20. They have more raspberries than you can shake a stick at! Well the kids thought picking raspberries was a fabulous activity.

Notice the similar expression on Sawyer & Nolan's faces? The boys ate more than they picked, but hey that's part of the fun of picking! We toured a gorgeous brewery near their home. Here is our attempt at a family picture.

Thank you so much Ryan, Danette & kiddos. We had a great time (as we always do)! Even the pinochle wasn't too bad. (I can't believe I just said that.)

Camping!!

We went camping this summer with our friends the Petersons.
Aidyn and Julia had their very own tent which they thought was VERY cool! Redneck senior picture...

Our campfire entertainment was provided by Jeff.

Here are all the kids in our group enjoying their breakfast.
Ashlyn, Julia, Aidyn, Megan & Nolan (That Nolan is quite the ladies man.)

We had time to hang out and relax...

Time for swimming (and jumping like maniacs)...

Some baseball...

And 'tennis'!

After all of that activity, everyone was very tired. And had really dirty feet.

4th of July

Over the 4th of July we took in some of the local festivities. The kiddos got to ride a camel! Not an everyday occurrence.

They went on a few rides. This mini roller coaster was their favorite.

The also participated in the kiddie parade. They both decorated their bikes in red, white & blue and rode the parade route.

Here they are lining up for the parade. Nolan is with his friend Hudson.

Here are Aidyn & Hadley after the parade.

On the 4th, Aidyn requested a special patriotic hairdo. This is what we came up with.

They got to spend some quality time with their cousin Brodie.

We took in the local parade. Where we got way more candy then we needed, so being the good mother I am, I helped them get rid of it. :)

Lisa, Cody & Brodie hanging out watching our amazing fireworks show.

Which pretty much consisted of sparklers and snakes. Ahhhh, the thrill of MN fireworks!

Brenne Family

I know this picture is a bit on the late side so please excuse me. But our friends the Brenne's were in our area in June and we were fortunate enough to get to spend a day with them. The kids had such a fun time playing together, it's amazing how well they get along only seeing each other once a year,!
Here is Campbelle, Beckett, Aidyn, Nolan & Christian. Cute, cute!

T-ball

Both kids played t-ball this summer. They were on a team with lots of their friends so they had a fabulous time!
Nolan getting some batting instruction.

Waiting for the ball...

The whole team! (coaches included)
Brand new t-ball medals. How awesome is that?!?! They both did a great job and had so much fun.