Summertime adventures!

 Summertime Adventures- Working on some things on our summer bucket list! Most of the time we have been swimming and doing some summertime chores, but we also wanted to do a few fun activities.

#1 Treasure Hunt! We went to a nearby Goodwill and had a contest to see who could find the weirdest item in 20 minutes. The kids had a lot of fun and Ethan won with these orange shoes! 

#2. Homemade donuts for breakfast! We took the easy way out by making these using the rolls of refrigerated dough that come in a can. You make a hole with your fingers and then fry them. Pretty easy and quite yummy! (Josh did these).

 #3 Make icecream. This recipe was pretty simple- 1/4 milk or half and half or cream (we used heavy cream- pretty rich), 1 Tablespoon Sugar, 1 tsp vanilla. Put in a small bag and put that bag into a bag with 2 cups ice and 6 Tablespoons salt. Shake for 5 minutes. The kids loved it! Although, I would use 1/2 milk, 1/2 cream next time!

And of course, we've been spending time with this little dude! He has started making more cooing noises and recognizing the kids more. I often come back into the room to find the kids trying to get Declan to smile while he's in his chair. He thinks the camera is interesting, so he usually doesn't smile for it.

Oh, and a little World Cup action to. Josh loves watching the games and he has gotten the kids excited too! Josh served in Brazil on his mission so he's been loving it. He especially like the game where the US played against Germany in Recife (his mission). So fun!

 

This wasn't on our bucket list, but Jonah likes to do quiet crafts by himself and is often found looking up origami projects online and doing them. Here he is doing a newspaper hat! He must have his Grandma Hulihan's talent for folding paper! (She always knows how to make a good paper cup!).

Happy Summer Adventuring!