Toy Run

We just finished with soccer and I saw people lined up on the side of the road.  I had totally forgotten it was the Toy Run today and guess who would be riding in it?  Grandpa!  30 minutes of all shapes and sizes of motorcycles = Thousands of bikes for a great cause!

Woah! What a ...FROG!

This big guy came into the garage one night and has been visiting regularly since!  I thought it was the birds eating the dogs leavings, but maybe this guy has?  Tanner was brave enough to touch him, but even he wasn't so sure!

Grandpa and his girl

A Van Milestone

The van has hit 100,000 miles!  We bought the van with less than 300 on it, so you can tell we have been going, going, going with it!

Lunches, Lunches, Lunches!

The kids are participating in a gymnastics camp this week and everyday they are to bring a lunch.  This will be what it is like once Tapanga starts going to school!

A Walk in the Park

It was just Tapanga and I tonight, the boys were away in a boyscout camp out. After going out to dinner with my parents I asked Tapanga if she wanted to go to the greenway where I can walk and she can ride her bike. We had a nice time walking even seeing deer along the way. The deer was so close we could almost reach out and touch it! As we were walking I kept looking for markers that would tell us how far we had gone but I didn't see any. We turned around on the bridge and on the way back Tapangas bike broke! The chain came off. I tried to fix it with no luck. Of course this is when I notice a marker. We had gone over a mile! Which now means... I will be carrying her bike for a mile to get back to the car! All in all it was a beautiful walk with nice weather and scenery!

Muddy boy

We spent the afternoon at Susan's house. The big kids played in the pool which created a small mud pit that baby Jax found!

Girls Day Out

After taking students to Holiday World, Sheila said she wanted to go back just adults and do the water park.  So we did!  Five of us went and had a great day, we rode rides, ate junk food and stayed out late!

Love me some rolls!

After our weekend camping trip we wanted to stop for lunch at Lamberts. This is actually part of the reason we chose our camping location! Lamberts is a restaurant that throws rolls around to its customers. Look at moms big salad! If you plan to go make sure you are willing to wait, the line forms fast!

Sleepy girl

Tapanga feel asleep on the way to Missouri. She looks a little uncomfortable.

Legos!

Tanner loves Legos! When we went to Oprymills with Liz and Marijka we had to go in the Lego store because all the kids wanted to check it out. Tanner loved this pirate ship and (he doesn't know this) but I just found it on clearance for CHEAP he will flip when he gets it for Christmas!

Notes from my students

It's the end of another school year and I am ready for a break! Every year there are some students you will miss and some you will not! This has been a long year and I didn't feel a huge connection to many students, but when you see notes like these you start to realize what you meant to some students. Best of luck to all of them!

We got a new catcher!

Tanner got to play catcher today. He is so cute in all that gear, which is almost bigger than he is!

What a cute boy!

Tyler wanted his picture taken!  Look at those freckles!

We won!

My 8th graders pulled in a win today at the middle school math contest! I was very excited as were they, many of them had been with me since the 6th grade so this was a great way to finish out the middle school years! (Not a great picture, but the best we have!)

What happened here?

What in the world happened here?  I heard this big thump and found Tanner flopping around!  It seems he didn't tie his shoes and got caught in the door!

75 points!

Tanner really got into earning the AR points this year. He got up to 75 points right at the end of the school year. His class had over a thousand points just by themselves. (If your wondering, Tyler did not get into this. As a matter of fact he didn't get 10 points all year.)

A ballpark treat.

Dancing Fun

Tonight is the 8th grade dance at school and this year I am bringing a guest...Tapanga!  Of course, we had to dress up.  Tapanga had a blast, she loved all the pretty dresses and dancing!

Kindergarten Round Up

Tapanga is ready for Kindergarten!  Kindergarten round up tonight...she is enrolled!