Munchkin Sleepover

Before Katelyn arrives we wanted to have our niece and nephew-Kaylee and Eli-over for a sleepover on August 13 and 14. We all four had a fantastic time!

Kevin grilled some burgers and hot dogs for dinner. After dinner Kaylee and I baked a cake and Kev and Eli played the wii! Here's some pics of our cake baking!

Actually, Kaylee baked the cake while I supervised. She's pretty good at cracking eggs, but one egg got away!

She is also good at mixing.

And pouring the batter...

It is now oven-ready! She almost put it in the oven all by herself, but Aunt Lollie was a little concerned about her getting burned.

After the cake was finished baking and cooled off. Kaylee iced and decorated the cake. Here is the finished product...it was YUMMY!

Kaylee also made us some Kool-Aid, which we later used to make Kool-Aid pops the next day!

Kevin and Eli played a lot of sword fighting and enemy shooting (with nerf guns)! They had lots of boy fun and sometimes Kaylee joined in. It was so much fun to watch! Here is a pic of Kaylee and Eli being held hostage by their enemy-Uncle Kevin!

We built a tent in the living room and watched Monsters vs Aliens. The kiddos fell asleep under the tent.

Kaylee and I did a craft that she brought over. Not sure what it is called, but you use beads and plastic design templates.

Kaylee's butterfly

 My flower

After a lunch of chicken strips and mac-n-cheese, we got ready and played a little longer. Then it was time to go home. We had such a great time! Thanks Jen and Travis for letting us spend some time with your babies!

A Life Well Lived

Are you wondering what the name is all about? A life well lived is not to say that we, the Kilgore's, have lived life well. This is only a desire of our's that as we live our lives-let it be well lived. A well lived life does not mean it is a perfect life. I would not dare ask for a perfect life. A well lived life is more like a house that you can tell has been lived in. A house that because of its imperfections has character. It has many stories to tell. There are stories of happiness when a newly married couple comes home for the first time, stories of new life being born and brought home to be raised, stories of celebrating letting life go to find a home of their own. There are stories of testing, growth and maturing as when strong storms blow in and the house stands still, stories of dents, scratches, spills, clogs and burns that brought lessons learned. There are stories of remodeling as time goes by and life calls for change. A house that a well lived life is like is one that has been through all that life can bring, but has been well cared for by it's owner-the one the house is entrusted with. We are all given one life and are entrusted to care for it well, to live it well. Sometimes a life is not well cared for, not well lived. Sometimes a life is abandoned just as some houses are abandoned to never become what it was built to be. Sometimes a life never welcomes change just like houses that still hold the same appearance as it did when it was first built and it just doesn't work like it used to. Sometimes a life tries so hard to reach perfection like a house that is so immaculate the occupants are afraid to even breathe. Sometimes a life is destroyed by self, like a house that burns down because of faulty wiring. At the end of the day, at the end of my life, I do not want my life like these houses. I want to be a responsible owner of my life. I want to care for it well by living it well. I want a life that still stands for years to come in legacy. This is about our life, the ups and the downs, the exciting and the mundane. So come with us on our journey of living life well! However you live your's, let us learn and grow together.