Last Week of School 2015

With baseball for Eli and Jonah and end of the year projects and concerts it has been pretty hectic! What a great year for Eli, Jonah, and Janie. They all had teachers who saw the best in each of them. We are getting to know 'Hale the Jail' better and feeling invested in what is happening. It's a good feeling especially because we have been the new family at so many schools! Ethan had a good year at Stapley, really enjoyed choir and woodshop. Ethan is learning how to study and work hard in new environments. He has moved schools the most and has learned lots of different ways of doing things. I think that will be valuable for him. Love these cute kids.

 Jonah and his teacher, Julie Hagar, on the lat day of school. Jonah said that Mrs. Hagar was his favourite teacher. Pretty sweet.

 Boys had a piano recital. All 3 of them did a great job performing. Camille Green is their teacher and we enjoy her alot.

 Ethan played soccer for Stapley this spring. It was a short season, fun to watch him play.

 The Kindergarten concert was absolutely the best! Janie learned so much this year!

At Miramar Ward's Court of Honor. Ethan got his star. He is moving quickly with Curtis' help!

 Spent alot of time at the baseball fields watching Eli and Jonah. They both progressed alot. They had excellent coaches and really loved it. I hope they'll do it again next year.

 Eli was Walt Disney for 5th grade Wax Museum. He got 100% across the board on his paper.

 Mrs. Knoles class was so fun. I did treasure box every other week so got to know the kids.

 Yes it was panama day.

 This is perfect wedding video material. Navy socks completed this ensemble.

 Eli got a triple at one of his last games. I was late and missed it! He felt really good about it.

 And got the game ball! He had alot to learn, the last time he played baseball was 1st grade. He did great and got alot more comfortable with it. Proud of him for sticking it out.

 The Mariners (Eli's team) went to the Final game. They played the Tigers two games in a row. Won the first game, lost the second. Had a snow ball fight afterward. It was disappointing but a good season. So happy Eli had this opportunity.

 Paul turned 30! And we ate chocolate cupcakes!

Friday at Lake Roosevelt

Somehow CJL has been able to take off several Fridays in June and July, and we have been out on the boat! We will be taking it up to Idaho next week and saying goodbye for awhile, so we'll call it taking advantage of our time together. We have been to Saguaro Lake, Canyon Lake, and this weekend we drove up to Roosevelt. It was about a 2 hour drive, but the Lion King kept the kids happy. It was cute to hear giggles coming from the back row of boys who are sometimes not into watching a Disney movie! We really enjoyed the wide open water- Roosevelt is HUGE, and there were only a few boats out. The water was really low, and as we were exploring, we saw several large, unused boat ramps. This place has really been built up for picnics and recreation, but it is so far away from the Phoenix metro that we wondered it if gets very much use. 

Cute puffs (buns) are common on the boat!

 As well as wet drippy smiles.

 Am I right or am I right?!

Hot.

 Boat Hair!

A dam good day :)

A regular old summer's day

The last two weeks have been pretty relaxed- the kids didn't want to do another session of swim or diving, and I didn't want to fight them everyday. So we have been doing a small list of jobs each day, practicing piano and violin for a few minutes, and then… usually an iPad gets a code, or someone turns on the tv, or Eli and Jonah go to the park and play football until they get to hot and come home. Tuesday we went to Petsmart to get Surrey a claw scratcher thingy. And then we were right next to Winco so we ALL went to the grocery store together. It wasn't too bad. I only was severely embarrassed about 4 times, so actually I would call it a success! I think bribery with the bulk candy probably accounts for much of that. But I will take it!  

Movie's over. Time for a swim!

These boys swim in their undies 98% of the time.

I hope everyone brushed and flossed that night! Fun Day.