Father’s Day, parties, and Hollywood

6/15—Father’s Day!  These boys did a good job pampering Darrin for the short time he was home.  We got a new counselor in the bishopric, so Darrin was at church extra long to help train him.  After his pancakes and a nap, we went to Chad and Julie’s to play games and eat dinner and dessert. 

 

Josh made this cute card. 

I’m especially thankful this Father’s Day for my own dad.  His quite example of always doing what’s right has influenced my life. 

Happy Father’s Day Dad!

6/16—Ella’s hair is finally long enough to put in a ponytail.  I love the hair style, but not how old it makes her look!

For the FHE activity we took the kids to the park to play soccer and walk around the pond.  I love the long summer nights and beautiful weather!

6/17—Ella was invited to Katie’s birthday party.  She was so excited to walk over, wear princess dresses, and even make up.  She talks about it even a week later.  My little baby is growing up!

Luke’s spring soccer team was finally able to get together for a end of the season party. 

The older brother’s table…

Coach and Luke

Such a fun little team:  Gabe, Sam, Ethan, Luke, Cameron, and Cason.  BJ wasn’t there.

6/18—We took a break from packing and cleaning and went to the library to get a stash of books and look at the ducks. 

 

6/19—Got word that our current house’s sale finally closed.  It was 3 days late, but it finally went through.  Kinda weird to live in a house you don’t own anymore.  Such a great first house.  I know we will miss lots of things about it. 

6/20—We went to the Hough’s good bye party at the McCullough's.  Our kids loved playing basketball, launching potatoes, and jumping on the trampoline.  We will definitely miss having the Hough’s in our ward. 

9:30pm and still this light outside.  Love how light it is because of how far north we are. 

6/21—We worked all day on the garage.  Most of the loose stuff is all packed now, and it’s just boxes.  Now if I could only say the same thing about the inside of the house.  We have a long week ahead of us.   

6/22—All evening we worked on the our family movie for our upcoming family reunion.  It’s pretty gruesome.  Even Ella was a good actress. lol. 

First kiss, graduation, and the dance festival

6/4—Ella went to Katie’s to play while I volunteered for the last time this school year.  They were complete with princess costumes when I came back to pick her up.  She loved it and threw the biggest fit when I made her take it off.  Guess I know what she’s getting for her birthday. 

6/5—Hudson and Bennett came over to play this morning.  After they left, Ella and I went visiting teaching and then came home to over see the last of the repairs to be done on our house.  Whew! So glad they are finally done.  After school the boys had a lemonade stand and earned about $7.  They thought it was pretty awesome. 

Ella has really grown to love Danielle.  Most of the time, she wants her over me.  Danielle is way more fun and cool than I am, so I really don’t blame her.  She even has dance parties at the park. 

Ella’s first kiss. 

6/6—I made 3 batches of freezer jam.  Yum!

In the evening we went to the school talent show which was as painful as most talent shows lol.  Then we had Amy and Laurie’s kids over for a movie night while the missionaries met with Terry and Laurie.  I started to come down with a cold, and I felt pretty miserable by the end of the night. 

6/7—Megan T. and I went on the RS Temple Trip at 8:30am.  There was a small group of us, but it’s always great to be in the temple.  Then we went to the mall and ate lunch.  I had taken some cold meds before I left for the temple in hopes to keep my stuffy nose at bay.  I realized when I got home, I had taken Nyquil on accident which explains why I couldn’t stay awake during the temple session and felt very strange afterwards.  Haha. 

6/8—Sunday afternoon the kids got crazy and ran around with diapers on their heads.  lol. 

6/9—We watched Hudson again this morning.  Him and Ella had fun doing puzzles, playing with cars and the batman toys.  Then we went to the bus to pick up Ethan.  Rocks are always entertaining!

6/10—Kindergarten graduation!  It’s been a great first year of school for Luke!  The kids sang a song in Spanish and English and then each child was given a certificate.  As the kids were coming up, the teacher shared what each kindergartner wants to be when they grow up.  Luke wants to be a forest ranger.  No idea where that came from.  lol. 

Tuesday night, I took the boys to the school fundraiser at McMenamins.  Darrin’s not a fan of the restaurant, so he stayed home with Ella.  It was a great evening and the school raised over $5,000.  The kids loved the restaurant and keep begging to go back, and Darrin just shakes his head. 

We got home, and Josh and Andrew worked on their rockets for the rocket derby at pack meeting the next night. 

6/11—Pack meeting.  We had a BBQ with yummy food.  Josh and Andrew both got awards. 

Andrew received his wolf badge. 

Then it was time for the rocket derby!  We’ve never done it before, so there was definitely a learning curve.  I think both boys had fun though. 

Then we set off real rockets.  The kids always love those.  Luke especially got into it and has been begging to do them again ever since. 

Ella loved hanging out with Sammy all evening.  It was cute to watch. 

6/12—We discovered a birds nest as the base of one of the bushes in our backyard.  It’s been fun to watch the mother bird sit there and watch over her nest.  If she got scared away, she would sit on the fence and wait for things to be safe again before she flew back to the nest.  Unfortunately yesterday the nest was attacked and something ate the eggs.  :( 

Yay finally the last day of school!!!! 

Don’t you just love all the stuff that comes home from school with the kids at the end of the year?  I’ve learned only to save very little and take pictures of the rest.  These are pictures of a couple of Luke’s journal entries. 

6/15—I took the boys to the 5 stake dance festival.  It was such a fun thing to go to.  They’ve been preparing for it for months.  Several times during the program my heart filled with gratitude and my eyes filled with tears in awe of the inspired youth programs our youth have the opportunity to participate in to help them stay valiant in today’s wicked world. 

Later the buyers of our home came over, and we showed them the ins and outs of our house.  Ahh!!  It is definately becoming more real.  Hopefully this house will close on Wed!