Letters

During fifth grade Kyleigh's teacher encouraged the class to write letters to all types of establishments.  He himself had written to colleges over the summer before they started fifth grade and had banners hung all around his room from the colleges that sent them to him.  Kyleigh had written to the US Olympic team and they sent a few things to her.  Once school ended she decided to write letters to candy companies.  She got letters back from most of them but the Albanese candy company sent her not only a letter but a box full of candy.  She was SOOOO excited.  It came just before we left on a road trip so we had extra treats.  The Albanese candy company is my new favorite.

Fathers Day weekend was the weekend we went to City of Rocks with the Giles.  After we got home we cleaned up and celebrated Fathers Day.  Here are the details in Rusty's words from his journal...

We opened some father’s day presents (water guns) and had a water fight.  That was very fun too.  When we finished we all took a shower.  Mandie made some dinner and we ate.  It was awesome.  It was crab legs, corn on the cob and potatoes.  Then we played the ice cream game.  Ridge won.  It was so cute.  He was jumping up and down.  He was so excited.  Then we opened some more father’s day presents.  I got some Kern’s and some shorts.  The kids got ready for bed and watched a scripture movie.  It was very fun.  I had a great father’s day.  My family is so special and good to me. 

Back to me....

The water fight he wrote about was a blast.  We got the big syringe like water guns from the dollar store and two 5 gallon buckets of water.  We split up in teams and had a huge water fight.  It was a blast and perfect timing.  We were cleaned up from camping but hadn't showered yet so it was no big deal to get all wet.  The ice cream game is now a classic.  No going back, but who would want to?

Happy Fathers Day to a really great Dad!  

City of Rocks with the Giles

 The Giles proposed a meet in the middle camping trip for the City of Rocks.  We scheduled it months in advance on several weekends in hopes that one of them would work when the time rolled around.  We were able to make it work and met on a Friday in June.  We set up tents, arranged who was actually sleeping in which tent (more work than one might think), and went to bed with visions of rock climbing dancing in our heads.  We spent the day hiking and climbing.  I think everyone got a turn and everyone improved in the short time we were there.  The pollen was terrible and Wendi's allergies were raging.  We also had a mishap with the dogs when Tank's leash wrapped around poor little Macy's leg and pulled her over.  She was traumatized.  Note to self- don't bring the dogs on a camping trip with the Giles. Despite the mishaps we had a great time, so... Another note to self- go camping with the Giles again!

A Walk in the Park

 So many reasons to love Boise.  A spring walk in Ann Morrison Park is it's own kind of adventure.  We found lots of reasons to appreciate a walk in the park on this particular night.

Miss Laura'a Advantage Preschool Graduation

Ridge spent a year at Miss Laura's preschool and made amazing strides academically.  She took him from partial alphabet knowledge to reading in a year.  She was amazing and Ridge loved his year with Miss Laura and Amy (Larson, Holly's sister).  His graduation was at an assisted living facility so not only did the parents get to watch the cute graduation but the residents as well.  Congrats to our little graduate.

Spring Chicks

Chicks are so cute when they are little.

Mother's Day in Pictures