Learning to Can

 Design kit: Farmhouse Kitchen and Saturday Market by As You Wish Designs

Template: Silkstone Common 3 by Little Green Frog Designs

 Journalling:
Our garden is doing really well this year and we have lots of tomatoes, along with other vegetables. The tomatoes are usually ready to pick and can in early June. Allie is old enough to help me do the canning this year! It was so fun to work side by side in the kitchen with her and teach her about canning. She said it was lots of fun but lots of work and she is so right! We love canning our produce but we especially love eating it!

In The Summertime

The kids love this song:

and it is very fitting for the time of year!

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We are loving Summertime so far.
I put this scrapbook page together today from our swimming adventures this morning.

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Design kit: Beach Babe by Megan Turnidge
Template: Double Album Templates II by Scrapping with Liz

Journalling reads:
We love spending hot afternoons in the pool! The kids jump, dive and splash. Mark is much more confident in the water this year and will probably be swimming on his own by the end of the summer. Luke and Johnny are content to swim in the kiddie pool on the deck, while Allie and Estefan are virtually fish! Dad loves to sneak up behind the kids and throw them in the pool. They don’t get mad, but squeal with delight! We’ll probably have many more swimming days ahead of us as the temperature continues to rise!

Spring Violin Recital

Design Kit: Springtime Blooms by GG Digital

Template: Week 45 FREEBIE by Megan Turnidge

Jounralling reads:

For Allie’s spring violin recital she worked really hard to memorize and play Allegretto. She was accompanied by Grandma Gaye Nelson.

Allie has been taking violin lessons from Aunt Jill for two years now. Jill is a wonderful teacher and Allie has learned so much!

Muddy Buddies

Design kit: Boys and Their Toys by GG Digital

Temple: Silkstone Common by Little Green Frog Designs

Journal reads:

We get to play with my cousin’s (Marianne Zaug) son, Barrett every Monday! We love having him over. He and Mark are like twins when they get together. Since the summer is approaching quickly, it’s getting hotter and we have to think of creative ways to keep cool. This day the boys decided to make mud pies. Barrett kept saying “muddy buddies” while they played! It was so cute!