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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

School Happenings

May always promises a busy month full of events, recitals, and happenings.
Here are a few from school:

The Renaissance Fair: 
An annual tradition for 6th graders. Such a pain in the behind...but such a fun day for the kids. It involves an extensive amount of time and energy - for both the students and the parents. Sam's group made a booth called "The Swaggin' Dragon" and sold stuff like Flaming Cheetos (Dragon's tongue), Dragon Balls (Atomic Fire balls), Smokies (Dragon's toenails), and Dragon eyeballs (meatballs). This was a whole different experience from when Millie was in 6th grade. Girls are WAY more into this kind of thing and have more fun with it. But these boys did a pretty great job on their own.
And most importantly, they had fun at the festival sold all of their loot.
Seth, Ethan, Tristan, Jacob, Sam, Cade, Breckon


The Ridgeline Run
This year it was called "Run the Ridge" and the kids got to ran around the neighborhood instead of just behind the school. BS and I had fun volunteering at the stations and cheering on the kids. Sambo finished in the top 5 of the whole school. Way to go!
Here he is running with Addison. She might be his girlfriend ;)



Will and his buddies Kalob, Issac, Matthew after the run.

And Quin just ran her little guts out and did it with a smile. She is not the quickest but she didn't give up and kept going until the bell rang. Good job Q!



Dads and Donuts:
BS couldn't make it this time so I was the substitute Dad. But Will didn't seem to mind.  I know I didn't! It was fun to see what it was all about.


The Dance Festival:
Such a fun yearly tradition. BS and I went early to save good seats and always have fun sitting by friends watching our kids out there dancing.


.4th grade went first and danced to "I get a good feeling"
This is a costume gone bad. The tinfoil is supposed to be covering his hat like a gangster or something. I guess I should have helped him with that.
But look how cute he is anyway! And he danced so well!


6th grade did a medley of popular songs in neon shirts. He's got good rhythm and looked good. I love that even the 6th graders aren't too cool to dance.


2nd Grade did a fun four-square number. She was absolutely darling and of course didn't miss a step!




6th Grade Celebration:
After the Dance Festival, it was time to party! At least for Sambo and the rest of 6th grade. We as parents helped put on a fun graduation party since this is their last year of elementary school. My job was to make cotton candy, grill hot dogs, and take some snapshots. Of course I volunteered BS to help me since he is the one with cotton candy making skills.  And my friend Kari too. She's always so nice to help me.








His teacher Mrs. Rose

Timberline Dance Recital:
For Millie's "Dance 2" class, they performed a couple of dances at the recital. 
Of course she danced awesome and looked great.


McKenna, Livy, Chloe, Jessica, Millie, Liv, Sydney
Darling girls and even more darling friends

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Spring break continues in Las Vegas!



After spending 5 days in California, we drove back to Las Vegas to meet up with the Clarks and spend 4 more days! All but Candice and Doug were able to come so there were lots of cousins! 

We stayed at The Mayan Resort which has an awesome pool with waterslides! 
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! It was so fun having baby Sunny, Nixon, and Jace there too!
   

Here the kids are messing around at the outdoor shopping on the South end of the Boulevard: 
 The last day we hiked up Red Rock Canyon and the kids were troopers!





































Everyone had a blast and it was so fun to be together with this crew!  It is getting harder and harder to go on trips because there are so many family members. Good times!

Monday, April 14, 2014

Spring break in California!


For spring break we completely SURPRISED the kids with a trip to California...more specifically...Disneyland!

We picked up the kids from school, they thought we were going to Las Vegas, and just kept on driving! I have a great video that captures their response when we told them we were going to Disneyland - but I can't get it to load on blogger :(

Of all the many trips our family has been on, this is one for the books!  It was pretty much as good as it gets - because this time we could ride the big rides all together, the 6 of us!
Quin was tall and brave enough. So fun and priceless! 
And, I'm happy to say that the kids are still pleasant and happy to be with each other. Mostly ;)


We spent 3 days split between Disney and California Adventures.  The only characters that Quincy really cared to meet was Elsa and Ana from "Frozen," so we didn't have to spend a lot of time chasing characters and waiting in big lines.  

The big frenzy this year was the new "Cars Radiator Springs" ride. And rightly so - that ride is absolutely fantastic! We were all laughing so hard the first time we rode, not knowing that it entailed a car race!  Luckily we are Disney pros by now so we didn't wait long for even that ride. 



I have a ton of pictures from this trip but I will just post some of my favorite moments:

Madd Tea Party


The Matterhorn
Elsa and Ana
Jungle Cruise
Parades!
Tower of Terror
One time was enough for Quinny
Meeting Minnie
Space Mountain
Dumbo
Big Thunder Mountain
Toy Story 2
Splash Mountain

Tom Sawyer Island. Not a favorite but right in front of Pirates of the Carribean - which we love. And this trip we actually had time to go to the island
Just cute
Q trying to decide between the many, many stuffed animals. Settled on a baby Pluto
And of course the famous Mickey picture
And I can't leave out these action ride shots. 
Anybody see a pattern in these pics? 





Oh, Dad!