Hello, Summer?

A busy week with Amy away for work, cub scouts, no school for the kiddos on Friday, and friends over for a play date Friday night!  We are definitely in the mode of "we must go outside" when it is not raining because it has felt like it is ALWAYS raining!  We hope everyone is doing well AND enjoying time this weekend with family and friends :)

Quick, look!  They are playing nicely :)  The kids DO get along pretty well - about 80% of the time but mostly out of necessity as their friends do not live next door.


Tuesday: Ayson picking up trash at the park for his cub scout "community service" badge :)


Game time while waiting for the bus!


Mikhan and Addie played Rubik's Race while the boys were busy planting flowers for the fire department (more community service :)


As you can see, the big boys did most of the work ;)


On Friday we had friends over for dinner and play time
Minecraft:




and S'mores!




Too cute!


BOOM, an explosion of FUN in the playroom :)




While the kiddos played, the kittens napped :)


Sunday was warm enough for Addie to jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler!




LOVE this picture!  Wonder if she thought she could fly here...


We played Operation on the back porch after a day of yard work/gardening and a yummy dinner of baby back ribs, two kinds of home made salsa, home made coleslaw, AND homemade hummus :)  Yum!

Fun Filled Weekend

An uneventful week and an action packed weekend!  Friday was Grandparents Day at school, we rode bikes Friday evening, Adam and Ayson camped out on Saturday while Amy and Addie went for a hike, and we had a play date on Sunday.  We hope everyone is getting outside to enjoy the spring flowers and sunshine!

A little dramatic BUT she did it:)


Crazy Shadow!


Working on a word search with Adam.  The kids love doing word searches!




Shadow wants to be where Ayson is - too cute!


Game night - Go Fish!


Hi Thunder and Shadow!


Friday was Grandparents Day at school and Grandma Collene and Grandpa Chuck were able to participate this year.  Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!!!


Addie working on a butterfly


Addie standing next to her snow person


Grandpa and the kiddos


Grandma and the kiddos


On Friday evening, we went to the big park so that Addie could ride her new bike.  She fell down a few times but got right back up and on her bike.  Good Girl!!


Addie and Adam on the path


Ayson and Grant


Balance challenge!


There were tons of people at the park Friday night.  The kids had SO much fun!!!




Friday's weather was perfect (no rain and low 60s) so we had the first S'mores of the season :)


Pretty Lilacs


New bee hives are getting started in the orchard.  The bees were very active around the hives on Saturday.




Addie giving the buttercups water.


Looking for crayfish but instead we found water bugs and drift wood..at least the water is no longer an alarming blue color!


Pretty blue sky!


Hi Addie!


Looking at the thousands of tadpoles in the puddle


Tully Valley looking east.


Adam was up crazy early Saturday morning and burned our pile of brush - this picture was taken at 5:20 am!


On Saturday, the boys went camping at Highland Forest with the Cub and Boy Scouts


Getting ready to launch bottle rockets


BIG bonfire


It started to rain just as the boys were packing up on Sunday morning- so they skipped a camp breakfast and went to Elm Street Cafe instead :)


On Sunday, Addie had a play date with her classmate Lena.  Lena's Mom just happens to be Ayson's 3rd grade teacher, Mrs Kolbeck :)  Lena's little sister, Mackenzie, also came over and we all had a blast at the park, playing inside and outside, AND on the trampoline.




It was crazy hot (high 80s) for mid May so we broke out the swimsuits and sprinkler so the girls could cool off.


Lena requested that we set up the tunnels - so we did!


Hi Kiddos!