Red, White and Blue

The other Red, White and Blue
I LOVE to see this time of year.

Blue Water and Skies,
White Clouds,
Red Rock.

It doesn't get much better than this!

Adventures

Lately, we have been adventuring in...

- Hiking -

Where the weather was perfect
but there were a few too many dogs on the trail
for my cynophobia kids.

- Being a Princess -

Where who doesn't want to dress up and
be treated like Royalty all day
and then have fun splashing around in the water!


- Friend Gatherings -

Where the name of the game was
Minute To Win It
and they had a lot of fun
just being together.

- Water Sports -

Where they are lucky enough to have an Uncle
with a boat so they can conquer
the water and the waves.

That Computer Is So Old

On this,
our official first day of summer vacation,
we were cleaning out a storage room
and found the first computer,
that as a newly married couple,
my husband and I had bought.

I heard at least 3 times.
WOW - that computer is sooooo old.
Really.

Sure it is not as fast,
nor does it hold as much memory,
and it is quite larger,
and has a lot more equipment than our Mac,
but it is NOT ancient.

So Mr. T took the honor of hooking it up
to see if it would run.
Then he found some old CD-Rom computer games
and this is what I found them doing
for most of the morning.

The Last Few Weeks

The last few weeks of school = craziness.

I feel like I spend as much time at school as the kids do.

For our second oldest young man
events included-

Attending his DARE graduation,

The 5th Grade Patriotic Program,

an oral presentation of President Carter-
the President he researched and reported on,

and while we were there guess who showed up to give a speech,
yep, President Bush.

His last day of school
lead right into a scout camp
where he was delighted to have caught 4 fish.

Besides the spelling bee attended on behalf of our 3rd Grader,
I spent time playing a parents vs kids kickball game
and watching a movie his class wrote, produced and acted in.

It was called "The Five Little Nerds"
and I am proud to say he was one of the little nerds-
I never knew he had the acting bug.

He also tried out and was chosen to play
on a competitive premier team for Forza.
His/our soccer schedule just got super crazy!!


Our youngest two
had a Preschool Family Party
to celebrate the time they spent with friends
and the BEST preschool teacher in the World.
Miss C.

And between all the school events-


Our oldest performed well in his piano recital,

we had extended family pictures taken-
I love this one of Grandma and Grandpa
with all their Grandkids.

Oh, and we found seven baby skunks just across the street
and spent a good few hours tracking them.

Never saw the mom or dad skunk
and didn't get too close to get sprayed
but they sure were cute.

Now it is time for summer!