I went to Scentsy convention, in Salt Lake City UT!! That is me with my Director Ali in front of the Salt Palace with the Scentsy bling bling!!!

Days like these

I love every part of motherhood, even the part that is not just about my own children.
I love the simple joy of adding dish soap to the sand and water table, and watching what came next.. I love watching Dylan try and pull Zoe in the wagon, and I love days like these!

Where has the summer gone

A trip to Long Beach...

Peddle faster Daddy!

Middle of August we followed the Jeffries family to Benson lake in northern WA for our camping trip...

All of the little guys gathering around uncle mike!

Dylan chillin in his little chair!

"practicing" camping in the garage....

New sandbox

Aric had the holiday weekend off, plus a few at home vacation days. WE made great use of the time and re-did the office.. I will post pics soon.. as well as he built the boys a sandbox outside! The sandbox was the hit of the year.. they played for 4 hours on Monday, again Tuesday, more on Wed, and the only reason they missed today is because we went to the children's museum and the weather was icky!
Great Job Dad!!

Clayton chillin with the bubbles

Half the kids...

Courtney's little guy jack.. trying to eat the bubble rocket

Zoe.. the newest addition to my days... our newest daycare kiddo

The "babies"

Hunter, Abby, and Clayton digging in the barkdust

Zoe chillin with a ball.. in the new outfit I bought her from gymboree.. I couldn't help myself!

Just a quick note to say that summer is off to a fantastic start in the Clapp home! Monday had me shaking a bit when I finally got in the shower during nap time to hear the thudding rumble of 2 sets of 4 year old feet through my hallway, than through my bedroom, enter my bathroom to boldly announce that they needed to pee! While doing so Clayton and Beck managed to wake up the 3 other children under the age of 2.. napping. Leaving me wet to exit the shower to wrangle 3 sleep deprived kiddos... the afternoon carried on that same tune from there. Lucky for me..............
Tuesday rocked!! Super impromptu play date with Courtney and Holly and the kids... making it 8 total! Played in the yard a ton, and way too much fun!

Our first craft-show

Aric has been doing vinyl work for years now, as his side gig. He prefers cars and business work, but I have him talked into home decor as the major mover or projects. We finally decided that between scentsy and his signs we should do a craft show. Well one fell into our lap at a local church, so he worked late into the night for a few weekends to fill a small booth. We fared well, and enjoyed the chat time with one another. We have many more shows lined up... I am so proud of my husbands work!! Just a few pics of our little booth!!

Abby and Clayton hanging out by the pool!

Dylan and Jack showing me their great sun-safe hats and playing in the water table!!

The sun has been shining brightly, thus bringing out the swimwear and water toys. And our first summer play-date! We finally made friends with a 'gym-friend', Courtney and her little guy Jack. The boys love Jack, making it easy to have him over to play!!