Riding bikes (two weeks ago)
Check out that sweet helmet…oh I mean bucket!
Sterling 11 months old (one week ago) at David and Heidi’s house. He loved the yummy watermelon and cheetos.
Happy Father’s day Dad! Ammon and Calvin on the water trampoline.
Backyard swimming
Sterling has a great farmer’s tan!
Greetings! This is one of my favorite photos from the month of June! So, Bridget can greet all who read this post about boating yesterday!
We finally had a truely warm day with lots of sun and no rain. We took our dinner and headed for the lake. We picniced on the shore and then launched the boat. We had a really fun evening. Too bad I forgot the camera. Bridget and Logan both felt comfortable to let go of the boat to “swim” with mom. Sterling even splashed his feet in the water. Kimball and Calvin were back and forth between the boat and the hotdog. Just when we thought we were done, Logan wanted more time riding the hotdog…so he took some wild rides all by himself! I was surprised he didn’t fall off, he just kept grinning and whenever we stopped he would say “no, I’m not done.”
Truly Fun Times!
Do I have to wear this life jacket?
Bridget says “slower daddy”
The boys are brave this year…”faster!” and trying no hands or standing!
We have had lots of rain and stormy days…but still have found ourselves at the lake twice. The water was quite choppy last Saturday morning, but we had a successful boat trip to test out the work Ammon had done on the engine and battery switch.
On May 30th we were “stuck” on the lake. The boat would not start back up after we had stopped for swimming. Ammon found the problem, the battery switch had melted. Ammon got us fixed up to get home and then fixed the connection with lots of help from Sterling. Playing on the boat is wonderful (for all the kids).
It was a busy week. Last Sunday I was sustained in a new calling, Young Woman Miamaid advisor…and I have not been released as a cubscout den leader…so I get to go to mutual on Tuesdays and cubscouts on Wednesdays.
There was quite the line up of events this week. Pictures say it best!
Calvin’s kindergarton class program.
Sterling playing in water Monday eve.
The last week of Preschool Pals. Logan already to “graduate.” He is excited to start Kindergarton in the fall.
The preschool kids. See it on driel’s blog
Logan and Bridget watching the school Dance Festival.
Calvin’s class danced to “The Ball and The Jack.”
Kimball’s class danced to “It’s Hip To Be Square.”
Sterling (10 months old) enjoying a little shade.
After the dancing we stayed and had a picnic lunch with the elementary school kids. Kimball and Calvin are quite excited to have only 4 days of school left!
We made our first lake trip! Monday, for family home evening, we had an outing to the lake. The boat did great, the suburban worked fabulous, and the family had lots of fun. We attempted fishing for the first time (with no success), we took bread to feed the ducks (and never got any ducks close enough to eat the bread we threw), and we enjoyed good times riding around. Sterling was not fond of the life jacket, but LOVED the anchor down and playing on the boat. It was a fantabulous time!
Calvin lost his tooth earlier in the day.
Kimball was willing to smile for the camera!
Bridget calling the ducks…Sterling pinching the cover snap.
Logan and Bridget climbing.
The water was too cold to swim…I was sure someone would slip in…but with all the climbing around nobody fell in! The kids did manage to get their hands or feet wet off the back of the boat.
Kimball fishing. The kids each got a turn to fish.
Ammon took Kimball, Calvin, Logan and Bridget fishing again on Saturday. They tried fishing at the dock, again no success (that is ok by me) but lots of fun and an early start to Saturday morning. They were gone one hour and came home for breakfast and a Primary activity. It was a busy day.
Sterling is starting to pull himself up to a standing position! His favorite place to stand is the dishwasher…he wants to help unload it…even when they are dirty 
Kimball did a book report on George Washington. As part of the project, he got to step through the “time machine” and tell about himself. He did a great job memorizing his part and telling the audience about George Washington.
Happy to be done!
Logan had a fun birthday with his preschool friends and later with the family. We had a “time” theme, hence the clock cake, which was super cool to Logan because it had the “tick tock part” like on grandfather clocks. Present time, cake time, and the game fox at midnight were probably the favorite “times.”
Happy Birthday Logan!
Kimball learned to mow the lawn. With Ammon’s help, he mowed half of the front yard, it was hard work and he did a great job.
Bridget admiring the pretty tulips.
We have been working on the yard…mostly Ammon, but the kids help too. Logan finds great satisfaction in helping his Dad! Ammon has been pulling out dead and overgrown lilacs. We made space for a new peach tree.
Sterling getting in on the tree planting action.
Ta Da!
Sterling went to his nine month doctor visit…he is huge and perfectly plump…but according to the “charts” his head is in the 25th percent and his height and weight are both on the small side reaching the 5th percent. Who would have guessed that our chunkalicious cutie was so “little”???
stats:
length 26 1/2 inches
weight 17 lbs 4 oz
head circ 44.5 cm
This week was spring break for the kids. We had lots of fun days, even with the surprising weather.
Monday we spent lots of time at the park and we went back to the park for a picnic dinner. Very fun day to be outside!
Tuesday we were thinking of going to the zoo, but due to rain and the kids were at the tail end of a cold/cough we headed to Kangaroo Zoo, an indoor place to run, jump and play! Rachel and Cameron joined in the fun.
Sterling discovered crawling thru the tunnel…oh so exciting!
Calvin up to bat.
Thursday we woke up to quite a surprise…with all the snow it felt more like Christmas than spring break! What a bizzare storm.
Logan helping Ammon shovel all the snow…at least 6 inches.
A back yard view, oh the poor trees. We only lost a few branches.
Calvin shoveling paths through the snow.
We spent most of the day inside. Sterling and Bridget had a great time discovering under the table. What fun to play peek a boo.
After dinner we did venture out and had a snow ball fight! Dad versus everybody.
Friday was finally a spring like day. We spent the afternoon at Hogle Zoo. Sterling enjoyed being outside and Bridget really enjoyed seeing the animals. I think the penguins were here favorite.
I got one picture before the giraffe stood back up…never knew how a giraffe “bent” down!
Our family.
It was fun to spend the afternoon at the zoo. Fun to have Rachel, Brian, and Cameron there with us.
Happy times, fun memories!