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Kali . . . Really!?

So yesterday Meg was playing with a 9yr old neighbor friend who is visiting, while Kali was at school. Apparently Meg had told her a secret of Kali's that NO ONE was supposed to EVER know. Meg told this girl that Kali has a BOYFRIEND!!! So when Kali came home from school, off she went to ride scooters with them.

NOT EVEN five minutes later, Meg comes storming mad into the house and yells "LOOK AT WHAT KALI DID TO ME!!!!!" "AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE DRESS!!!"

Come to find out, the girl immediately said to Kali in a dramatic voice "YOU have a boyfriend?!" Kali immediately looks at Meg and says "you promised NOT to tell anyone" . . . and PUNCHED MEG IN THE NOSE . . . so hard that she was bleeding!!!! (it was all over her dress, an Meg insists that Kali punched her TWICE)

I guess this was a secret from two years ago, that ONLY a sister was supposed to keep! We sure had a LOT to talk about and cover with the girls after this happened!

After the girls went to bed, Jason filled me in on the WHOLE story and we LAUGHED so hard for SO long!! See, this kind of behavior we would completely expect from Meg to punch someone in the nose, but Kali on the other hand, she floored us with that one!!! I'm sure this is a memory that they will NEVER forget!!

***NOTE***

This is a VERY sensitive subject in our house, so if you read this . . . DO NOT TALK TO THE GIRLS ABOUT IT!!!!!!! Mum's the word!

Shutterfly

If any of you saw the book I made for my dad for his birthday, Shutterfly is where I created it. I just got this promo in the mail and thought I'd share it with anyone who was interested. I LOVE these books!!!

mmmmm . . .

I am ♥LOVING♥ my garden!! This year is SO much better . . . AND NO SLUGS . . . (so far)! My strawberries are HUGE and keep coming, and the bees are back in town so I don't have to make my zucchini do 'you know what'. Now I just am waiting on my tomatoes and carrots.

Salmon

We took a trip this weekend down to Soldotna, about a three hour drive south, to catch some fish. We stayed with some friends that spoiled us and let us drop in last minute. While Jason dipnetted from the beach, the kids and I went to the local parade and played with friends. On our way home, we stopped in Hope to fish for Pink Salmon. We don't like to eat pinks, so it was strictly catch and release and let the kids get the feel for fishing with a pole. It was too cute! They each caught a few, and would've stayed longer, but daddy was famished, so off we went. It was a great weekend, and the kids were so glad their dad took them fishing!!!

Raspberry Panthers

Kali & Meg played on the same team this year, and Jason was their coach. It was quite the season. It's funny to see the difference between the 6 yr olds and the 7 yr olds. The 6 yr olds half the time would be in La-La-Land, and the first three games Meg was playing on the field and ran off the field to pick me some flowers, delivered them to me, then returned to play in the game. The 7 yr olds were much more determined to get goals and to win the game. Kali & Meg got thier first goal this year! They were so excited about that!! I know that they don't keep track of winning/losing at the U8 level, but for us soccer players (Jas & I) we just couldn't resist not keeping track of how the girls did and who made goals. We were ALMOST undefeated! ESPECIALLY when U8's aren't supposed to have goalies. We were the ONLY team that NEVER used a goalie!!! Here is our record for the year!

5-0 WIN

2-4 LOSE

{It was 80 that day though, so they were exhausted}

4-3 WIN

7-2 WIN

1-0 WIN

3-0 WIN

3-3 TIE

7-4 WIN

Scentsy

So in addition to marketing Artisty Cosmetics, I decided last week to be a Scentsy Consultant. If you don't know what Scentsy is, they make wick-less candles. They make ceramic warmers that melt jam packed scented wax. They are considered the 'new' Salt City Candle and are very popular!! Everyone who looks at them seems to really like them.

So if any of you want to Host an Open House for free products, need to order new scents, or just curious of what they are . . . Let me know. Here's my website.

www.scentsy.com/lisasmedley

Cabin on the 4th

The kids LOVE going to my parents cabin! That is an understatement to say the least! Owen for about a year now has been thanking Heavenly Father for "the cabin" in his prayers . . . seriously! They love jumping off the dock and swimming in the lake. Owen LOVES boat rides! This year was especially nice with the 78 degree weather . . . wish we could be there all week with the forecast looking the same. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! Here's some cute pix of the weekend . . .

Owen and his fishing pole!

Meg & I giving everyone waves while they were in their tubes

The warm weather couldn't keep them on the dock!

Canoeing in the trees before my parents burn this sucker!

Incentive

This is Owens incentive to go potty. It doesn't look like much, but it is working!! For the girls it was a sticker chart. I bought a lot of stickers and put them in a bag and every time they went, they were excited to add a new sticker to their piece of paper hanging in the bathroom.

But for Owen, stickers are not the way to go. I laminated this gum ball machine and used it originally for the girls when they clean their room or finish their homework . . . and the reward for filling it up . . . CHUCK E. CHEESE! Owen was on board for the original use of this, and so I figured it was worth a try to use it for potty-training.

This is how he's doing so far. I don't tell him this, but every time he has an accident, I take one off {to kind of prolong the reward}.

I don't have any more diapers, and I refuse to buy more. So we'll see how much more of this potty training I can handle. So far so good!

Owen

Owen is now the BIG 3! It's crazy how fast he is growing up! He cracks me up ALL the time. Jason says that I'm a 'softy' when it comes to Owen. If he asks me for anything in the cute little polite voice of his . . . he's most likely to get it. I just LOVE it when he says things like "I want to go to YOURS house" . . . "you coming to OURS house" . . . and "Cow-ie" for Kali, and "Hewo" for Hello. He just melts me! And he's such a BOY too! I LOVE IT!! Of course he's my first boy, and I'm bias, but I swear he's gonna be all sports! He's good at anything he tries . . . and I love that he looks like a little surfer boy!

Gull Rock

Last week some friends and I went on a 10 mile RT backpacking trip. We drove to Hope and hiked along the inlet to camp at Gull Rock. Gull Rock is almost directly across Turnagain Arm from Anchorage. About a half hour into the hike we spotted a black bear up in a tree just 10 feet off the trail. He was only about 15 ft up the tree just staring at us. It was pretty cool!

I was so excited to go on this trip so much that I didn't care that I was 6 months pregnant, I just REALLY wanted to use our backpacking gear that we got last year at REI's $.83 sale!! I had EVERYTHING I needed in my 25 lb pack, except a stove. I carried a two-man tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, extra pair of clothes, rain coat, Mountain House meals, water purifier, water, leatherman, a gun, and some misc things in the top pouch. Surprisingly the strap around my waste was very comfy and supported my protruding belly. I didn't get any braxton hicks till we got back to the car the next day. On our way home we ate at the yummy Coast Pizza place in Girdwood, and saw Mountain Goats off the Seward Hwy. I told Jason that I want to go again somewhere before I get really uncomfortable in the next coming months!