Kali's first day of 1st Grade

Kali's first day of school was today (yesterday she met with her teacher). She is super excited to start but isn't quite sure of this all day school. She has lots of friends from our neighborhood in her class and she has a great teacher as well, Miss Wilcox. Kali will do great in school!

First Day of School - Makena

Today is Makena's first day of school. She is excited and nervous to start. This year she is in a class where she doesn't know a lot of kids, but she is confident she will meet knew friends (I think she is right!). She has a great teacher, Miss Pettey. Can't believe she is in the 3rd grade already.

Annual Camping Trip

Catching critters. Tyler sat for hours during the time we were camping catching these little guys. He loved it and was so patient. So a story: Tyler caught a chipmunk but it was starting to get away, so I told Tyler to hurry and run over and hold the bucket down. He ran over and pushed the bucket down and the poor chipmunk's head, so his body was under the bucket and his head was out of the bucket, which ment the bucket was on his neck. We hurried and lifted the bucket off his neck and the little chipmunk just laid there. Tyler looked up and asked if he was dead. It was sad and I hoped he wasn't dead, but he laid there for quite a while. Finally he got up and tried running off but was stumbling down the path. We watched him and he was twitching, but finally ran off. We felt bad and we hoped he survived.

Good Times

Playing cards

Throwing rocks into the river

Loved hot chocolate before breakfast

catching little critters

watching a chipmunk

setting up peanut butter for the critters to eat

cleaning up camp!

loved climbing on rocks

a baby fawn. we saw quite a few deers on this camping trip

took many walks around the camp ground

trying to make a mustache with a piece of licorice

Grandma put together a "follow the string" game and at the end was a surprise for the kids. Tyler was on Grandpa's team

Grandma and Makena on a team

Jarel and Kali working together to find the end of the string

was not too impressed when Jarel put the string on her head

many hikes into "the woods" to look for deer

a bird laid eggs right in the window seal to the bathrooms

the kids love the hammock and are glad Grandpa brings it up each year

Roasting marshmallows for smores

Braxton loved chasing the critters

having Grandma/Tyler talk