Our Memorial Day and Catch Up on the Blog!

Here are some pictures of some going ons around our home:

One day the 3 younger boyz were outside and I heard the biggests squeal and "GET MOM! GET MOM!"



We found a lizard! Poor little guy! They chased him all the way to the back 40 (that is what we call the back part of our property.) Anyhow, he lives under the bay window in our bedroom.

Nathan got hurt. This is the conversation I heard between Daniel and Nathan:

N- "I need a bandaid"
D - "I get it!" (he then ran thru the house and made a mess in teh bathroom getting a single bandaid out!) Once outside again with Nathan:
D - "I be Dr. Daniel. Gimme your leg."



N - "Thanks Dr. Daniel!"
Daniel then giggles!
It was pretty cute!

Yesterday for Memorial Day we decided to go up to Lake Tahoe and hike some of the trails around there. We drove to one and discovered it was closed still due to snow. That still didnt' stop us! The kids had a blast playing in the snow, for about 3 or 4 fall downs! Then the twins had had it! They were cold. So they held hands the whole time so as not to fall!




Sammy had his "noculars" so he could see things!

Comptyn found a dead tree to climb into.


We then drove to the Mt. Rose Summit trail to have a picnic and try hiking that trail. It was a lot harder, but the kids did really well! Daniel got tired, but everyone else did incredible! We were able to hike a lot farther before we hit snow!

And the view was BEAUTIFUL! Lake Tahoe:

We then drove down and stopped at Scheel's that just opened in Reno. (big sporting goods store) We all rode the ferris wheel in the middle of the store. That was the kid's highlight of the whole day. My least favorite....as I DON'T like ferris wheels!

Anyhow, it was a fun day! The kids were exhausted and crashed into bed! I think we found a new family fun!

Sad News in little Fallon

A draw back to living in a small town is when something really sad happens and it somehow touches everyone's lives. Everyone seems to know someone involved. Last night a plane crash happened here. A father and his 3 daughters were on board. No survivors. His wife is a teacher at one of the elementary schools here and her mother is the librarian at Kevin's school. Our prayers go out to their families. It's times like these I am ever more grateful for the Gospel and the doctrine taught that families have the potential of being forever and not 'til death do us part'.

Bryce-ism

Last night Ryan and Bryce and I went to Reno to do our grocery shopping. As we were driving home there were MAJOR thunderstorms. The lightening was absolutely amazing and the boys had a great time watching it! I remember thunderstorms growing up and have missed them, as we dont' get too many of them here in Nevada. Anyhow, at one point we were driving beside it and I made the comment of seeing the lighting out of the corner of my eye. A few seconds later, Ryan said the same thing about another bolt of lightening. Then there was another one and Bryce said, "I saw that one out of the pimple of my eye." I was confused. I said, "Bryce, do you know what a pimple is?" He said, "Yes! It's the middle of your eye." I still didn't understand, but my smart 3rd grader, Ryan, said, "THAT'S YOUR PUPIL!" So there you have it! If you can't see something for some reason, it might be the pimple in your eye isn't working!

Maybe something fun to do.......

I have always wanted to take my kids to some orchards or farms and have them pick their own fruits and veggies. Not only is it cheaper, but I think it would be fun! As we drive back and forth and back and forth to Palo Alto, we see all kind of farms and wondered where we could do it! We are going to southern California next month (thanks to a wonderful friend of ours!) and thought it would be fun on the drive back to do that. I then received a magazine in the mail about a week later with the following website:
www.pickyourown.org
You pick the state you want to research and it lists a bunch of places! It's a fun website! You'll have to try it out! Might be something fun to do this summer when kids are out of school! Plus I might be able to get some canning done! Prices or pre-picked just aren't economical!

A Sammy-ism

The other day Kevin came home from work and changed his clothes. It is in the upper 80's low 90's already and so he decided to not wear socks. Apparently it doesn't happen too often because when Sammy noticed he said, "Daddy! You're wearing your feet!"

Never Say Never!

I use to think it would funny and pretty cute to have my daughter (obviously I thought this BEFORE I had 6 boys!) get into my makeup and smear lipstick on her face, eye shadow and mascara. Well, it's not so cute on you SON! Especially when the lipstick gets destroyed! I am, however, impressed he TOTALLY missed his white shirt....this happened about 5 minutes before we were walking out the door. During "final inspection".


It was kind of funny, though!

Nathan is done with school! YEAH! And for those of you that knew this year, we are VERY happy! Nathan's teacher and I didn't see eye to eye on things. She thought I should expose Daniel to all kinds of germs by volunteering in the class room, and I didn't! About half way thru the year, a compromise was made and we are fine. However, I don't think she likes me still! OH WELL! We are on to kindergarden and we LOVE our teacher....Mrs. Malnack! The other 3 kids had her.


So back to Nathan. They had a party at the park and receive 'official' promotion to kindergarden certificates. (I laugh at the whole promotion from grade to grade. To quote Mr. Incredible, "They keep creating ways to celebrate mediocrity." That is what I feel with pre-school, kindergarden, 6th grade and 8th grade promotions. Kevin actually eliminated 8th grade! ) OK, so off my soap box....

Here are a few pictures of him during the park fun!




Sack Races

Singing songs

Breaking pinatas

Picture with teacher and 'diploma'.

Daniel update

We don't have any more blood in the urine! By last night there wasn't any in the urine. He still likes peeing in the cup, however! YEAH!