Yummy Recipe to Share

Mmmm.... Cinnamon Bun Popcorn. A bit different, but terribly yummy!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend was last week, but better late than never, right?

On Friday, we went to see Ben's brother, Daniel, play football. He was awesome!

Here's Jayne and Charlie with the infamous cowbells:

Action Shot:

The Coin Toss

We also spent time with my family at the campground.

The guys had fun playing mini-guitars.

What a ripoff! Plastic pizza:).


Beckett loved watching his dad play guitar.

Bethany feeding herself. She was so smiley all weekend!

Don brought us treats from Dairy Queen, so we had an ice cream party.

Paul was such a mess:). He was banned to the deck to finish his dilly bar.

Isaac and Don played Settlers of Catan with us.

Dad and Paul playing tug of war.

Autumn learned how to catch a ball.

On Monday, we visited Grandpa and Grandma and took them for a walk.

They were so cute, because they wanted to hold hands.

The crew (minus Mom and me):

Bethany played ball with us. It was so funny, because when we would roll the ball to her, she would kick it back to us.

Team Kenya at ATP!!

Check out the videos below featuring Team Kenya and Elegant Fare!!

It was great to serve the Lord in this fun and exciting way with our church family!!

Groundspass.net Video



WLWT Video (Cincinniati Channel 5 News Story)

Bunco!

Some of the ladies from our church play Bunco once a month. We take turns hosting at our homes. August was my month to host. I had a picnic theme.

The centerpieces also served as the prizes for the evening. My mom had received one as a teacher's gift from one of her students. There's a recipe attached for Old-Fashioned Lemonade.

This was the drink table:

Oh no! Invading ants! (My mom found them here.)

This is a picture of the food table, before the food:

And after:

Another hit from Bakerella - cupcake buns with brownie hamburgers and sugar cookie fries:

Yum!!

Weekend Project: Cleaning the Basement

We're so excited to have finally cleaned/organized the basement!! It was becoming this black hole that sucked in everything we didn't want to store upstairs (which was a lot:) ). Just a few more things to finish, but it's close enough to call it good...

Ben hung a shelf at the bottom of the stairs:

This is a wreath that I had made for my grandparents' apartment they didn't need anymore. I thought it fit perfectly here (and reminds me of them) :) .

This is what you see as you go through the door (our pile of dumpster stuff is at the left - we're hoping to get rid of it soon!):

From the other side of the basement, this is what it looks like:

Ben did a great job organizing his electronics:

Here's where we're hoping to play lots of games!!

Our storage area:

New Favorite Craft

Our friends Brandon and Sarah and Kyle and Heather recently had baby girls (Hannah and Alaina). My cousin Michelle and aunt Joyce had told me how much babies enjoy "Taggie blankets". So, I found a website with instructions and decided to try them for myself. It was so much fun! I hope the girls like them!

Fourth of July Fun!

We had a few friends over for the Fourth of July. It was so much fun! And I got introduced to our new favorite game (pictured at bottom right): The Settlers of Catan.

Ben and Alaina (Kyle and Heather's baby) didn't make this picture, but here's the rest of the crew:

Our table decorations: