Fathers Day Printables

Ben 10 and his Omnitrix

HI

Did some Ben10 baking! I made 50 Ben 10 cookies, 1 Ben 10 cake and 1 Omnitrix cake for a customer. I made all the faces for the cookies out of royal icing and handpainted the rest on.

Here is the Ben 10 cake...

Close up of omnitrix on Ben 10's arm.

And then the Omnitrix cake.

I enjoyed everything a lot!

What do you get when you add........

7 kids + 9 nights + 10 days + the pool + video games + football + darts + movies + cards + a whole lot of food = A Very Messy House and ONE TIRED MAMA!

But a very blessed and happy mama, too. My sister's boys came in last Thursday and we've spent every waking moment together for actually 11 days, but the first day was at my mom's house. Then they all came and stayed with us for the next 10 days. We've packed alot in, and at times it's been a little difficult to make everyone (ages 3 -15) happy, but it was truly fun to get to see them for so long. Living 6 hours away, it's been hard as the kids have gotten older to visit as much as we used to do.

The house was busy with activity all the time.... usually 7:00am til at least midnight...... yes, EVERY NIGHT! And man, those boys can EAT!! We usually went through at least 4 trash bags a day..... 4 dishwasher loads a day..... and every chance I got I was washing, drying and folding clothes. Did I mention the 2 gallons of milk a day? Homemade ice cream and desserts every day, too. Oh well, forget the beach body I guess..... but it was all worth it. The boys really had a good time, and we enjoyed having them so much we're all talking about 2 weeks next summer!

I didn't take that many pictures this week..... I was a little busy and it sort of skipped my mind..... but here are a few.

My three in the back row, and Connor (15), Cooper (9), Jack (10), and Ben (14) in the front

Playing some ball in the yard

And here's one of the four boys

Ben & me.... Ben actually turned out to be quite a good bowler

Ben and Jacob -- my how Jacob LOVED having all those big boys around

Ben, Macy, Connor, Jacob & Cooper watching Jack bowl

Jacob was a trooper..... bowled 2 full games..... albeit a little sllooooooooowwwww. His balls took so long to get to the pins they'd all take a seat and watch it. Didn't really matter though.... Jacob actually beat Connor on the first game.

Connor's turn

Jack, Cooper and me

Macy getting her first ever STRIKE!

Madison posing for her Mama

Macy, Jack, Cooper, Jacob & Maddie

One silly shot before they left to go home

Thanks boys for keeping us entertained this week.... you guys were so good and we really enjoyed having you!

The 4th at the Lake

This 4th of July was a really special one. My sister and her boys came up from Savannah and we all spent the day at the lake boating and intertubing. Well, and jet skiing for all of an hour or so...... that is until my oldest nephew accidentally ran over the ski rope.... it got tangled up in the motor..... and we had to tow it into the shop..... all the way across the lake..... for an ALL DAY repair..... an expensive one! But other than that little fiasco, we had a great day.

Haley and the boys have had quite a year.... lots of changes for their family including a new business for Haley, and she's been extremely busy. So it was so nice to be able to have a little fun and see them longer than the normal 2 day visit. In fact, the boys have decided since Haley has to work every day this week they are just going to stay with us for another week. It will be more than a little crazy.... (I'm starting to feel a little Jon & Kate coming on!).... with 7 kids in the house..... 5 boys and 2 girls..... from ages 15 to 3, but I'm really happy to see them for so long. It's always made me a little sad that they are 6 hours away from us, and the cousins don't really get to spent a lot of time together. This week will be memorable for everyone.... that is if I can just ever get out of the kitchen cooking for all those boys!

Connor & Ben on the intertubes

Jack, Connor, Madison & Macy

Ben and the gang on the boat (notice the towing action in the background)

Macy, Jacob & Cooper enjoying the ride

Jack taking a little break from the tubes

We had quite a packed house on that boat

And a close up view of the tow.... Jonathan just decided to kick back
and relax for the long ride across the lake

Fiasco #2..... just after we towed the jet ski across the lake and we were back on our way to having a little fun..... I decided to take picture of the kids tubing.... climbed up on the back of the boat and propped my foot up over the side (you know, to get the closest possible shot) and what do you know but my shoe flew off into the water. Ooops! I told them not to go back, but they did anyway.... with 2 tubes and all the kids riding them..... sorry guys!