Kyleigh passed hunter safety this summer. Rusty told her over a year before that if she saved enough money to pay for half of a gun we would pay for the other half. She worked so hard to pass the class and had her money ready to go. Great Job Kyleigh!
We took the kids on an early fall hike one warm Saturday. It was a long drive, but only about a mile hike down to the lake. We found and caught baby frogs and went fishing. Ridge looks pretty cute fishing with his dog. Kyleigh was sure that she could swim from the end a pile of rocks to an island without any help. She was full of confidence from swim team. We had to hold her back keep her from taking off without Russ. I think she forgot to factor in the temperature of the lake. She made it about halfway to the island. She was screaming and sucking her breath in the whole way. We laughed and laughed. Poor little Katelyn was not feeling well at all. She lay down on the rocks and slept until we were ready to leave. We love Saturday adventures.
Added bonus of our house...irrigation. It is fun for the kids to play in, easy to water the trees and grass, and when it is lake-like on a late summer morning the geese and ducks come to visit. They honk their arrival to let us know they are coming and honk their goodbye when they leave.
My magnetic white board was sitting on the counter. Ridge noticed it and sat down. He wrote his first letter and was quite proud of himself. He showed me how he had made it just like mine (the J in PB and J). This was a few months ago. He frequently asks me to help him write his name now, but always wants to use the same white board to write on.
