FHE

For Family Home Evening last night we took Nate and went to the Westmorelands to ride horses. We had so much fun and Ashlee was really able to shine and show her awesome "cowgirl" skills. All the kids loved it. Carl's horse started to run and it made Ashlee's horse run, she stayed calm and did great I think we are in big trouble because she really wants her own horse now. Sydney refused to get off her horse. So thanks to the Westmorelands for the fun night.

Crazy Week and a Super Fun DAD

We had a CRAZY week last week. Caleb had Basketball camp and both the older kiddos had Sports camp, then the girls had Swim lessons. Add scouts and princess ballet to the mix and it was busy. To finish the week, Carl decided he wanted to go camping to Pinecrest for Father's Day. It was a lot of work to get ready, but way worth it by the time we got there. I am pretty convinced that roasting marshmellows is one of my kids FAVORITE things to do. Camping is especially fun because Carl does all the cooking too. He made a yummy dutch oven dinner for us. On Saturday morning Syd got up before the other kids and wanted to go for a hike, so Carl was awesome and took her on her own little hike. Then he made pancakes, bacon and sausage. Did I mention that we were there to celebrate "Father's Day" ? I am pretty lucky. We had to leave the campground by noon so we parked the truck and trailer then hiked around the lake and tried to hike to Strawberry. The kids did so good but luckily Syd got tired and asked to ride on Carls shoulders. They were walking ahead of us when Carl yelled at us to STOP!!! There was a Rattlesnake on the trail. Carl almost stepped on it, but heard the rattle in time. It was pretty freakin scary because 5 minutes before we saw the snake Ashlee had been running ahead of us pretty far. We were only able to stay 1 night because I had sharing time on Sunday, but it was a lot of fun.



The water was FREEZING and the only way to get Caleb to go in was for Carl to challenge our super competitive kid to a race to the buoys.

Carl taught Caleb Chess for his Chess beltloop for scouts.

The super gourmet and yummy stew.

Syd set this pose up herself and asked Caleb to take her picture.

Having a snack by the river.

The "Rattler"

Friday Fieldtrips........

Since it's officially summer now that equals boredom for my kids. Misty came up with a great plan to go do fun, inexpensive activities each week so they have something to look forward to. We decided to call it "Friday Field trips" except next week it is on Wednesday. Whatever, we are cool. So last Friday we took the kids minus Caleb to Pixie Woods. Caleb was a little too cool to go with us so he hung out with his friend Philip. The girls had so much fun. We had a picnic and rode the train and carousel. The weather was perfect too because it has been unseasonably cool here. Good times. Thanks Mist for the great idea.

Cute Dylen lounging on her lilly pad.

Playing follow the leader........

Funny Faces

Sunshine to Star.........

Syd had her musical and graduation last night. She gets to move up from a Sunshine to a Star. One more year of Pre-school before she gets to go to Kindergarten. She did so good singing and is really excited to be a STAR. We are so proud of you baby girl.

2 out of 3 looking at the camera is pretty good. There was such a long line to get pictures with the teachers that I only had one try.

Swim Lessons

The girls started swim lessons this week. Our little friend Dylen is taking them with Syd so she loves it. They are doing so much better than last year. It has been unseasonably cool this week though so I feel bad for them getting in and out of that cold water with the wind blowing.

Please take note of the bandaids all over Ashlee's legs. We had to end her swim lesson early because the water hurting her legs. She got roller skates for getting good grades and we are still learning how to use them. I just needed to explain why there are only 3 pics of Ashlee.