We're studying astronomy all this year for our science curriculum, so when Maca asked if she could make the boys spacesuits for Christmas, it was perfect. Well Maca has outdone herself and the boys have the neatest spacesuits ever! Thanks Maca!!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Asher's Christmas Concert
In years past, the teachers are always having to tell the kids to sing louder during concerts. I think it's safe to say this is a different group of kids. As an added bonus, Asher wasn't doing somersaults and other "entertainment" on the front center of the stage this year. He stood nicely and sang very well this year. That was a relief!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sunflower Farm
We first discovered Sunflower Farm when Seth and Heather were out visiting in July. Since Jeremiah, Isaac, and Spencer weren't with us then, we've been anxious to share this great place with them. On Friday, Jeremiah took the morning off and we headed up to explore with the whole family.
The zipline was definitely a favorite again.
Samuel turned 6!
Samuel turned 6 on Sept 17th. First thing in the morning, we let him open a gift, his own scooter, which we promptly took to the skate park to let him try out.
It was exciting for another reason too!
That evening, we had small group, which turned into a little party for Samuel and Rowan, whose birthday was the next day.
Small group spoiled him!
Rowan and Samuel with their cakes. Rowan's was made to his liking, about half of it was frosting. Samuel's had Star Wars characters with actual light-up swords!
It was a great birthday for our Samuel!
Labor Day Camping
I realized I had some pictures on my camera that I should put up, so here goes. We camped with the Mackeys on their property again over Labor Day and one afternoon we headed out to visit Bishop's Castle. It has been entirely built by one man over the last 30-odd years out of what began as a cottage that made of stones native to the area. Someone commented to him that his cottage looked like a little castle and his vision was born. The man is a metal worker by day. He is what you'd call a conspiracy theorist and pauses from his work to shout his thoughts on government, religion, you name it, to whomever will listen. As you can see, the place is incredible. However between some of the safety concerns and the man ranting, I found it to be rather creepy and wouldn't be sad not to visit again.
Again, all done himself, these very cool windows have one crank that open them all.
This is the first balcony level, the grating there was fastened in not as many places as I would have liked, and I couldn't make myself step out onto it.
You can see the really incredible work here.
Though I did eventually get up to the first level, I initially was very happy to stay Spencer and Samuel who also were not happy about the winding, steep, open staircase to get up there. You can see us waiting outside for everyone at this point. Yes, that's me literally hiding behind Spencer, fighting tears actually seeing the rest of my family up there. You can also see where there is a section of railing missing and there is a ladder in its place. This is about 10-15 ft off the ground.
Back at camp, the kids discovered they had seemingly superhuman strength when it came to knocking over the dead trees with their bare hands.
Samuel, who was content to bang on dead trees all weekend with the tent mallet.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Happy Birthday Samuel!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Asher's first day of school.
He was a very excited boy!
The proud big brother sends off his brother with a hug.
Friday, July 30, 2010
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