Summer is officially here at our house

It's been 2 days of summer at our house

And so begins our bucket list check off.
We kind of cheated and started before the summer officially began but whatcha gonna do.
Disneyland (check)

We are lucky to have friends in California 25 minutes to Disneyland to stay with.   We do stay at hotels there and back.
We've been asked how we sleep 7 people in 1 queen room.  Well, we bring a queen blow up and always make sure we have a pull out.   It looks like this.

Which allowed us to experience 4 different swimming pools in 3 days (check)  and that was no way added to the list because we hit 4 different swimming pools in 3 days.

Seeing the water show at the Bellagio (check)

I've only dreamed of doing this a few times...for the most part they've been nice.  enough.  :-)

since then we've only done more of this....

and of course not pictured....riding bikes, watching TV, eating everything in sight and begging for "just one more popsicle mom...just ONE more !?" (not pictured)

We have also checked off re-build a lego day and get a fire pit and roast s'mores. Still to come is - draw a name sleep in someone else's bed, go to our first rodeo and go to Indiana (still on the bucket list even though it was accomplished last year....but it's SUCH an accomplishment, it needs to be written down every time)
more to come.....

The end of another Year

I will officially have a house full of elementary students next year.
Sydney moves on to the 5th grade.   The big boys move on to 2nd and the littles start kindergarten.
It's surreal to think about really.   I don't feel like it was just yesterday that they were little.   It's been a long time coming...but wow.   just wow.

Sydney's teacher still adored her.   Wished she could have a class full of her.  She actually told Sydney that Sydney couldn't help her anymore because the other kids were getting jealous, such a helper.   She also completed 33 or the 34 math assignments and averaged 98%.

Ms. Soffe

Spencer jumped 9 levels in reading this year, he got an end of the year reader award.   We went to the library today.  He picked 3 books out and read 2 of them as soon as we got home.

Ms. Orgill 

Cameron's teacher gave him the helper award.   She said that he was practically perfect in every way. He jumped 7 levels in reading and he too came home from the library and started reading.

Mrs. Price

It's been a houseful of reading this year.  Both little boys learned how to read and would come home with new books excited to pass them off.



Another school year over and I couldn't be more proud of my group.