Field Day at School

School has been out for almost a month!  Can you believe it?  Time is slipping by way too fast.  Our school has a field day where the children go out to the playground and play different games.  Although I saw all three of my children Lexie, Peter, and I hung out with Evan.  Lexie even got to participate.

For this game the kids had to run down the field pick up a soft ball with sticks and run back to place it in a hula hoop on the ground.  This was a team relay race.

Then there was the sack race

Go Lexie, Go!

And hula hooping

Poor kid has to live with this shot I got of him.  Looks like he needs to use the bathroom.

And not to forget, Chris' class did a stick puppet play.

Peter's 1st love

Not sure why, but Peter loves this little girl.  I'm not sure what is going to happen when they move, but for now he is in heaven every time he sees his little cousin Addison.

Progress

This is me one year ago

This is me now.

I think I've made progress.

Rainbows after the rain

We've had some really icky weather this past June.  However, after the rain we saw these beautiful rainbows.

King of the Hill

Adorable Peter climbed on Ben and took a seat

Peter thinks he is soooo smart to get up there and stay.

Daddy Daughter Campout

Every year our ward has a daddy daughter campout.  Lexie really looks forward to going especially since the father son campout is about a month before.  She was pumped and ready for this weekend to come and I was ready for her to have time with daddy.  The boys and I were going to go to town, do some shopping and then come home and watch a movie. 

We woke up and Chris threw up.  Not a good start to the day.  However, by noon he was doing much better.  Lexie started to go downhill.  At first she wanted a nap.  Not unheard of but definitely not common.  She slept and slept.  I left with the boys and Doug finished getting ready.  Finally she awoke and they headed out.  On the way to pick up our niece (who Doug was taking because her daddy is in the Air Force and not here) Lexie puked.  Turn around time and home they went.  I received a call that they would be home for the evening and plans changed, but we made it.  Poor little girl was sick until bedtime.  There is always next year, but she was so ready for this year.

Here she is with her camping backpack and all ready to go.  I even did her hair so she would still look decent come morning.

Elk Days

Our little spot of earth has an annual parade/celebration day.  I love going even if it is small town.  The parade participants still throw candy and I don't have to worry too much about my kids because there isn't a huge crowd.  The kids look forward to the candy of course, but I think they like the tradition of going as a family too. 

Waiting for the parade to begin with Wal Mart bags just waiting to be filled with candy

We watch the flag go by, the firetrucks blowing their horns and sirens going off and don't forget all the horses and mules and the dutiful pooper scoopers behind.  We like seeing the old hot rod cars mixed with the John Deeres.

A couple of the hot rods.  I should have got the tractor too but didn't.  Hindsight is always 20/20

Fun time and then I took the day off to just be lazy while Doug watched the kids.  Really was a win win in my opinion.