Pictures from Trey's 40th birthday party

The White Party Pictures...

First and Last Days of 2012-2013 School Year

I forgot to get this documented.

First day of School was August 5, 2012 and the Last Day of School was May 31, 2013.

This is what Ava learned in Mrs. Ramirez's second grade class:

• adding double digits together and starting triple digits
• stopped reversing b and d, p and q
• how to deal with a retainer
• habitats
• blogging
• making iMovies
• multiplication
• fractions
• division
• famous Americans

 This is what Quinn learned in Mrs. Bledsoe's first grade class:

• monkey bars
• addition
• subtraction
• some multiplication
• some fractions
• time
• money
• to be at school for a full day
• his lunch number
• songs/games in PE

Neighborhood Camping June 2013

We had two other families join us for camping at Spruce Grove this time (Brooks and Gomez's. Welcome to Glamping...

flowers outside Site #11 with its own steam in the background

Baker says "Don't forget the traditional chocolate milk and doughnuts in the morning"

Quinn using his scouting techniques

Baker taking a snooze in the Kelty 

Lynn and Luis enjoying the view after our 5 mile hike

Leighton and Baker holding hands

washing our feet after our long hike

Andrea filled a bin full of activities that kept the little ones busy. We had target practice, we made animals out of pinecones, colored etc.

all the animals are taking a nap in the tent

Baker doing what boys do best...play in the dirt

 Quinn and Liam climbing trees. This is awesome since our trees are not big enough to climb.

 The biggest part of the glamping was the food. Kabobs, tin foil dinners, breakfast burritos, cheesy smores etc.

 Andrea made a peach dump cake in the dutch oven

the ladies

Brent practicing his photography

Baker wanted proof of his scraped up knees

 Brent took the older kids scrambling up the boulders. Baker did not like this so he has his finger out telling them, "I told you to come down from there. And you no listen to me..."

 Baker after his first hike. He did great. Fell a couple of times  but no crying.

Swim lessons

We started the first week of summer vacation with swim lessons at The Grange. SwimTLC is the company that supplies the instructors and they are fantastic. The Brooks kids were there too so it made the morning very fun. Since the pool is heated, they never close due to weather. One morning it was 47 degrees and the kids still went in. They loved the steam pouring off the water. Most of the mornings they drank hot chocolate while waiting for the pool to open.

Baker can now jump off the edge of the pool without anyone catching him (that is mostly because of Nanee Lu). He also kicks all around the pool by himself with just his floaty. He went down the slide 4 times, two of those all by himself.

Quinn can now do a back stroke as well as freestyle.

Ava has now passed level 5. She can freestyle, back stroke, side stroke, almost everything but the butterfly. She loves it!

Quinn also passed his slide test. This means he can go down the slide all by himself. He was not able to do it last summer so this is a milestone for him.