July Summer: Fun Pottery Paining with the Scharpfs

ttFirst of all, April gave me a gift card to paint potery with her at Georgias Arts here in Broken Arrow.   The first time we went, it was just the two of us.  Sommer choose a decorative measuring cup set.

The second time we went to finish up our creations, we took the kids.  We had a lot of fun being creative together.

For Elijah and Papa, the creativity extended into wood carving.  They went to a carving club on Thursday evenings.

Trip to Texas

Mommie and Daddy have taken a trip to the Holy Land. 

We had a flood in the house.  It took 7 days to dry everything out. 

Victory! 

One night we went to Top That Pizza. 

Nana's pizza had pesto sauce with italian sausage, mushrooms and black olives. 

Papa's had all kinds of meet on his. 

Blakely's was cheese and extra cheese. 

And Sydney's was cheese and peperoni. 

Then we had banana splits at story time. 

And we played silly games at bath time.   

We took Rosie and Lily with us to the International Bazar on Saturday morning. 

Sydney had to work table duty part of the time.  She was selling necklaces and cupcakes. 

Sydney has a IPad 1 and the cousins loved playing the games. 

Then Elijah figured out the xBox and we played some games. 

Saturday afternoon, Papa heated up the hot tub and we took a swim. 

That night we decided to celebrate Papa's 75th Birthday just a few days early. 

The Hair Do game was a favorite. 

Art Class

Lily and Rosie are taking Art History in their Homeschooling Co-op classes.  But on Friday evening, they took a multi-medium art class at the Tulsa Art Center at 6800 S Memorial.  Their Mommie and I went with them.   Here is what happened in the 2 1/2 hour class.

We started with a canvas and newspaper.  The teacher said to tear up the newspaper and scrunch it up so that it makes some definition and layers on the canvas.  None of us had any idea what we were doing. 

Then the teacher said to paint the background a color that we like.  Look at the colors Rosie and Lily chose--even though they still had no idea what their art was going to become. 

Funny thing, they choose colors that also go along with what they were wearing.

Rosie's Modern Art or is this Abstract Art?

Mine turned out to be nothing.   I did not really like mine but I loved Rosie and Lily's art. 

I will take a photo of April's for you.  They now have their work hanging on their wall at home.

A Spring Vacation Trip



Lily and Rosie and Elijah are coming on Wednesday

It was an exciting day when we headed in the car for Texas.  Sydney had been so excited we were coming.  We had a lot of fun even though she had been pretty sick.

Blakely was happy to see us.

Even though the pool was cold, we loved the water.

Nigel and Sophie loved having Lily there.

Rosie was very brave in the cold water.

Blakely jumped on the 'ping'

Elijah was such a big help with all of the crafts.    Sydney had Christmas gifts she had not yet put together.  Elijah had a ton of fun.

Blakely  has a Kevin Puzzle

Barbie and Ken have fun together.

And Kevin was part of the fun.

Sydney is having a blast.



What's in your mouth Papa?

 Then we visited Lego land at Grapevine Mall.

There was an entire village built with Legos

It is the city of  Dallas.

We had lunch at the Mall.

Then we visited Sea Life.

Manta Ray Pools.

We also celebrated an early 14th birthday with Elijah.

We loved Sydney's little poem:  1-2, buckle my shooe, 3-4-shut the door, 5-6, pick up sticks, 7-8 lay them straight, 9-10, big gat hen!

 Aunt Jennifer gave the girls haircuts.  This was Lily's first real, real haircut.

 Papa got in on the fun with Lily's hair ends.

 Rosie got a new hairdo also.  She loved her easy to brush new hair style.

 On Friday evening we were invited to a friends Farm.

 Blakely loved the cows.

 And we went on a hayride.  It was so much fun.  Later we had dinner.

 For breakfast, Blakely shared her milk with Kevin.

 On Saturday we drove h om.   Back to Oklahoma.

Thank you Blakely, Sydney, Uncle Joel and Aunt Jennifer for such a wonder Spring Break.  We had a wonderful  three days.