Interviews with Three Entrepreneurs

Yesterday the kids got to fulfill a lifelong (well, at least couple of year-long anyway) dream and set-up a lemonade stand. We weren't sure how it would go but decided to try while Gabriella and Aunt Shannon were here to help. The girls and I baked cookie bars and got them ready to sell and all 3 kids helped make the lemonade. The girls worked hard on the sign and did a great job!


Aunt Shannon helped man the table (in 97 degree weather! Bless her!!) and they were out for just under an hour. According to Shannon, the first 15 minutes were pretty sad. No customers and the kids were all very upset. But once customers started rolling in the kids were all smiles. Here is the experience according to them:

Did you have fun selling cookies and lemonade?
Seth: Yes!
Katey: Yeah but it was a little hot.
Gabriella: Yes. But actually we didn't have fun at the first part but then we did.

What was the best part?
S: Holding out the cookie bars and showing them
K: Hmmm. I say it was hmmm giving cookie bars and lemonade to people and pouring lemonade and receiving money.
G: Hmmm. Giving it to people and (getting) the money.

Was it hot?
S: YES!
K: BURNING!! At least 1000 degrees!
G: YES!

How much money did you make?
S: $15
K: I made $5
G: $5
(Note, the kids made $15 total - so $5 each!)

What are you going to do with your part of the earnings?
S: I might buy some stuff at Target with it.
K: Only keep $.25 and donate the rest for an orphanage in Mexico
G: I don't know

Do you think you'll do another sale?
S: Yeah.
K: Yup. Next time maybe we can make donuts and sell them in the morning for breakfast.
G: Yup.

Summer Fun

We have been enjoying summer way too much to post here often, which is a wonderful thing!! But, it is time for an update, so here it is:

We'll start off with fun that Mommy has been enjoying:


The kids are old enough to help with chores and one day I asked them to wipe down the bathroom floor, knowing that when given a squirt bottle this would be a fun activity. At first there were arguments (over which one GETS to clean around the toilet - they both wanted to. Ewwww!), but once they got started they had so much fun that they asked to clean the sink and toilet as well!! If that wasn't fun for Mommy, I don't know what is! I know this stage won't last long, but I will enjoy it while we are here and send them to the upstairs bathroom next!

Katey and Seth's favorite activity this summer has been swimming. I haven't gotten many pictures of them in action, but we are usually at one pool or another two or more times a week. In this shot we joined some friends at their neighborhood pool and played with them - This is Katey, Abby and Tori enjoying some girl time. Seth, Gabe and Sam were on the other end of the pool doing boy stuff (you know, squirting each other with water and doing cannon balls!)

Jen and the kids made a very quick trip to Ohio to visit family. We went to the park one day and to a great water park (Zoombezi Bay) with Jen's dad and sister another day. At Zoombezi Bay the kids loved playing in the kids area, floating down the lazy river, swimming in the wave pool and doing the crazy tube rides. Thanks Papa Dana for a super fun day together and for wearing the kids out nicely before our trip home the next day!

Katey at the park

Zoombezi Bay

Papa Dana with the grand kids

There is much more to post about but I will save that for another day. Shannon and the girls are spending the week with us and who knows what kind of fun we will all get into!