Summer fun part 4... the park...

When all else fails and the girls have cabin fever..we hit the park. There are nicer parks around but this one has shade...so the girls prefer it here! The others are too sunny so they usually ask to come here! So we had a lot of fun hitting up the sand park first...



As you can see, the sun/heat doesn't bother Avyree too much...


But where is Haylee? Oh yeah, over in the shade. She can't hang in the direct sun for long...


These little guys are sneaky & you gotta watch them. Once they stole Avyree's bar and was trying to drink the juice from her sippy cup. I had bars in my bag, so I had my eye on this little one. I was waiting for the little bugger drop into my bag to get them..


Then we headed over to the "Shady Park" as Haylee calls it. And of course Avyree was off running...


And Haylee was chillin! My beautiful girl...


I love her eyes and her freckles and am so glad she's letting me put some of her hair back! Now I can actually see her beautiful face....


This is one of my favorite shots I've ever taken of her...


Then we headed over to check out the free lunch program. It's actually VERY cool. Monday thru Friday during summer they give away free lunches at 11:30 am. It's a great healthy lunch and the girls really enjoyed it. And it was FREE..so of course my wallet liked it too...


This kid....and her expressions...kill.me.every.time!!! The top right expression is my very FAVORITE that she does!


And of course in true Nugget fashion...talking with her mouth full...


See I told you I always do this series of shots! I just can't help myself...


The excitement after eating...a big.huge.nasty.scary bug that was also kinda pretty!


And that was our day at the park! Thanks for looking! :O)

Summer fun part 3 ~ McDonalds...

But of course! This one is probably the best gem in my pocket! It's close, cheap, fun for them, nice light for me and of course...the A/C. We had Destiny this day, so she got to join in on the fun...

Nuggets for my Nugget...cheesy...I know...



The big girls...


The best french fries out there...yep...salty goodness...


I even ate which I don't normally...and I PIGGED out! Sometimes McDonald's is just what you need...




The big girls up in the jungle gym...


This seems to be a signature shot of mine. I don't know if it's good..but I always always do it! Lol! I actually did it again today when I took pics at the park. While the girls were eating rice crispy treats. Man...too much junk food in the last week! Hey they also had a healthy sandwich in wheat bread, carrots and an orange...so there! Lol! But that's for another post...


My beautiful girls. Haylee was ssshhh'ing me so she could sneak up on Des and scare her. But while she was so busy sssshhh'ing me, Des came out of the slide and scared her! Ha...that's what she gets..


Avyree has a love/hate relationship with the slides. She loves them but still gets a bit scared...


And I now have a much better way to read. I got a Kindle and I.LOVE.IT!!!!! Like...it's my new best friend. Isn't it so pretty?!?!? Books load in seconds and it's so light and small. And I'm saving trees. If you love to read, I highly highly suggest it and you can read it in full sun!


So of course the first thing I did was get the Twilight Saga! I know...I'm too old but I don't care. This is the 3rd time I've read them and I still love them just as much as the first time. And I WILL read them again...


I went through Amazon's free books and downloaded this Dark Fever book. It's a 5 part book with just the first that is free. But they others are like six bucks...CHEAP! It's was okay until about 1/2 through and then I got hooked. So now I'm on book 3 already as of today! I could go broke buying books tho! I have about 40 on my wish list! :O)


It's so cute I can't get over it. I love the skin on it too. It's not slippery now and it makes it even cuter!


So that's it for now. I'll have some more park pics with the FREE lunch from the park which ROCKS! And just like here at McDonald's...the light there was BEAUTIFUL . Man I love nice light! Then we'll be hittin the zoo soon as well. And possibly one more Idaho trip at the end of summer before school starts! YAY! So there are more posts coming up. Not that anyway really cares...lol. But I feel better that I'm documenting the girls childhoods and I hate to just have them sit. So I share them here! :O)

Hope ya'll are having a fun summer! :O)

Summer fun part 2 ~ Under the Sea....

The other fail safe plan and place to go {which also has A/C whoot whoot} is Under the Sea. It's cool and fun but the lighting SUCKS! Oh well, they had a blast and next time I'm trying my external flash to see if it helps.







Yummy lunch...


Haylee wanted me to get her going down the slide. It was hilarious in person...


Avyree's snack...YUM...


Rarely do I get to read when I take the girls somewhere...for safety reasons of course. This is the one place I can and I love that. It's one big room, so I can see them at all times and the lady at the door that owns the place is awesome and keeps the gate locked. So I brought my trusty Twilight Saga book. This one was New Moon....for the 3rd time! :O) Oh...eventho I'm WAY too old...I'm team Edward. Love Jacob but Edward ROCKS! Lol!


Yes, another snack. I always bring extra stuff here for some reason! It's a special day out so they get to eat a bit more junk. And the mess was FUN!




And that's it! If you live in my area, hit this place up! It's great for the smaller kids but the bigger kids have fun too! You can bring lunch, relax and let them play and it's only $8 a kid! Just remember socks...ALL people MUST wear socks and leave your shoes behind the gate...even the adults!

Summer fun part 1 ~ Chuck E Cheese...

It's been a slow quiet summer for us so far. It snuck up on me this year so I didn't have much planned. So I've been keeping the girls busy with small things a couple times a week.

Chuck E Cheese is always at the top of their list and they could go there each and every week and not tire of it. So of course that's one of the first places I took them. In hopes of tiring.them.OUT!

I can't way that worked but they did have fun and I enjoyed following them around with my camera. Haylee's gotten a bit camera shy...or camera annoyed I should say. So you won't see as many of her and when you do see her she will look annoyed. D.R.A.M.A. Girls...lord help me!


















Instead of me tiring them out..they tired me out! Oh well...at least they had fun! :O) More summer posts to come!