What's On My Happy List?

The summer fun continues....

We had a Backyard Camp Out for FHE... 

            

Here is Dad trying to escape the mayhem as fast as he could....actually he opted to sleep IN the house with Kate so I could sleep out with the girls. I got the better end of the deal. What fun! The girls and I had some good laughs. 

                           
What's a camp out without s'mores? We made BBQ'd Chocolate Chip Cookie ones. THESE ARE TO DIE FOR !!!! Seriously so good.

 This is a Paula Deen recipe. She is one of my favorites on the Food Network. {on a random side note...I so want her gorgeous gray hair when I'm her age}.
Gotta share the recipe because you are going to want to try these. Perfect summer treat! This will make 5 s'more sandwiches.

Ingredients:
10 store-bought chocolate chip cookies (the larger the better)
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup small marshmallows
1 cup chocolate chips
{she puts cut up banana on hers, but we didn't}

On a piece of aluminum foil, place 1 cookie. Top evenly with banana slices, marshmallows, chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs and top with another cookie.  Wrap foil around the sandwich and place on the grill until warmed through and melted. 
                                
I love doing campfire s'mores but they do not compare to these!

The family talent show

If this wasn't a hoot! Emma, Hannah and B. Olivia have been working on this for three weeks!!!!...

  They performed out on the backyard deck for me, dad, Kyleigh, Grandma and Uncle Braden...

Emma choreographed the opening number....Tonight, Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae

Kate loves this song...the instant she hears it she is dancing!

Hannah played "Merrily We Roll Along" on her recorder....

Brie played the drums to One Republic's "Good Life"....

There was even an intermission...

For the second act....they sang the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"...to appease Kate..one of her favorites. She even does the knee to toe actions but she was being poopy and wouldn't come out on stage.

             until she changed her mind...and made a grand entrance....{a girl can do that you know}

especially when you rock the booty shorts with thunder thighs so well...love it!

Emma played a flute solo...As the Eagle Flies...Our musically inclined next door neighbor heard her playing and came and told Grandma the next day that she sounded so good and that she should perform with the choir at church. haha..that would be an absolute "NO WAY" from Emma! 

Hannah performed a looonnggg song/poem called "Fifty Nifty"...a song about the fifty states...the memorization alone was impressive! Love the patriotic prop there, Nana Bella.  

They danced the finale to the Tangled theme song.."What Something That I Want". That baby of ours can shake a groove just like her older sisters. So fun to watch.

If we haven't had enough sugar this week...it was also National Ice Cream Soda Day. Whipped one up for Brie and Kate....

                                Kate was in heaven..she went to town on that thing.

Other goings on this week....

*Kyleigh at Youth Conference up in Wyoming at Kingfisher Bend Ranch. {miss her}

*Breakfast out with my Visiting Teachers and all the sisters they visit. I'll be visit taught that way anytime! 

*Our attempts at summer exercising is becoming comical. We've managed three times {is all} this summer to get ALL of us out on a morning walk before the morning slips away. {what a production}. One day this week we resorted to just turning on the music, doing jumping jacks, running up and down the hall numerous of times, throwing in some crunches and we called it good...  

* I was brave and watched "I Am Number 4" with Jaren and the girls. Do not like Si-Fi shows {at all}. Had to at least attempt to watch it as it is currently Kyleigh's favorite show. Was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it... 

*attending a Paparazzi Jewelry party where everything is $5 dolla...

*Slurpee run on the {so far} hottest day of the year with B. Olivia and Kate...

*updated younger threes 72 hr emergency kits...

*dads trip to Scofield to retrieve totaled ATV from the mountains with the forest ranger. Took 4 1/2 hrs to get it out of there...

*Sleepovers with mom since Dad was out of town...One night I had three girls in my bed! Needless to say, some got a better sleep than others...

*night swimming at the neighbors...

*our obsession with LarkRise to Candleford continues...when I realized that the local library had ALL of season 2 available on DVD to view at our leisurely pleasure and not have to wait for the two days in between returning and receiving the next DVD through Netflix, Emma and I did a Happy Dance.

*my chauffeuring and juggling skills are continuously being put to the test...One day this week, in a half a days time, I managed a run to the grocery store, the UPS store, a drive downtown to pick up Kyleigh from work at hospital, a drive to Immigration Canyon to drop her off for Youth Conf., back home to rush Emma off to a friends, which included a pick up at the mall and take to movie, and then pick up from movie, then take friend home, add a trip to the library, pharmacy, another store and attend a wedding reception. Once my older girls can drive for real I won't know what to do with myself. :)

*the girls playing "Miss America". They design dresses from cloth and fabrics that we have on hand or use old dance costumes. They have three different categories that they compete in. Kyleigh is the judge.

One day Emma went all out and did hair and makeup on Brie and then put her through a photo shoot. haha! 

Can't wait to see what summer fun this upcoming week brings...