Summer 2009: Update

Our latest adventures: Battle Creek Falls. On a whim we decided to take a family Sunday hike. Jer found this waterfall online and decided to check it out. It was a short hike (1 mile round trip), perfect weather (hot), and really cool. There was a ton of water splashing down. I guess the 3 weeks of rain did something good...



13th Anniversary: Here is some pictures of the first fire of the season. Perfect that we did it on our 13th anniversary (June 12th) and got to celebrate with our little family. It is the day we started that family after all. The kids love doing this...and so do I. Thanks to Jeremy for all his hard work so we can enjoy great quality family time.

Gallivan Center Field Trip: The kids went down a blow up waterslide, got sprayed with a fire hose, jumped in a bounce house, make a art craft, ate 2 creamies, got a fake tattoo, and took a train ride. And it was perfect weather...unlike the last 3 weeks of rain we've had!

Cabela's Field Trip
Well, our second field trip to write about was quite cheap but very fun. We rode our bikes down to Cabela's, ate lunch in their restaurant, looked at all the animals and toys and treats, played the shooting game then rode home. It was a great time!! Here are some pics:

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I'm trying something new. I want to write about everything we do this summer in one blog post. So I'll start it now and when a Summer 2009 blog worthy idea comes up I'll just edit the existing post. We'll see how it works.

I'll start with our calendar of events. A couple years back I decided to dedicate a certain activity to a certain day so we can get in all the fun we need in a 3 month span. One year I didn't do half of the stuff I wanted to with the kids before summer was over. That's when I decided to get organized and map out our plans before hand. This year looks like this:

• Monday: cleaning day (yes, it's not all fun and games)
• Tuesday: Gymnastics lessons and field trip
• Wednesday: craft day and friends
• Thursday: swim day
• Friday: 'Kids in the Kitchen' (where I let the kids make a recipe from their cookbook)
• Saturday: friends day
• Sunday: family day (Both Jer and I are home and we spend the day as a family. Sometimes just doing nothing together is fun.)

So the start of the summer is turning out just fine. We've cleaned, organized and rearranged the playroom and we de-junked their rooms for a "fresh" start.

First Sleepover: At Nana's and Papa's with Azzie

Azzie wanted Papa to read her a bedtime story, but Belle wanted to do it instead. She is our little reader. She is so good and loves to do it. Papa said she "blew him away" with her reading skills. I'd like to take credit, but I can't. She just picked it up on her own.

Hill AFB Air Show

First field trip: The movie Up at Jordan Commons

Up was such a good movie. I cried (of course) because it was touching but funny. After we played on the concrete snakes outside of the Mayan.

First craft: Cork Sailboats