Eagle Scout Project

 

Tanner has been working on his Eagle Scout Project. He is raising money to buy recess and PE equipment/supplies for George Washington Academy. He decided to have a yard-sale to raise the money. He asked for donations form our ward and those we knew. He had a lot of support as the donations poured in late into the night of the day before the yard-sale. The yard-sale was held at a warehouse our bishop owned and the donations literally filled the whole thing. He ended up meeting his goal plus donating about 4 truck fulls to the DI of leftovers when it was all over with. Now he just needs to do go shopping to purchase the items for the school and finish all the paperwork to make it official.

4th of July Weekend

We were so excited for the 4th of July Weekend for several reasons-1st off Landon had three days off, 2nd off we had no ball games, practices, or sports events of any kind for  five days, and Lastly my Mom and Jeff were going to be in town. We planned lots of fun activities.

The Schedule for Friday (July 3rd)

10:00am-swimming and water balloons @ Great Grandmas

12:00-lunch time sponsored by Daisy Sour cream (I had a House Party from them)

2:00-Jurrassic World @ the movie theatre

5:00-dinner @ buffalo wild wings

dusk-ice cream bar followed by fireworks

It was such a fun filled day. We were busy all day but having lots and lots of fun. I thought it was perfectly planned.

Things got a little redneck at the party cause the kids kept trying to ramp up the level of fun with the swimming pool.

Saturday (July 4th)

We did a lot of just hanging out. We had to put up and take down flags for scouts so that took up time in the morning and evening. That night we went up the hill to some of the people in our wards house to watch the fireworks. Most of the kids swam while the fireworks were going off.

I took a picture of the kids in their cute 4th of July tie dye shirts we made.

 

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

Take 4 (finally got it)-perfect!

Sunday (July 5th)

We went to church and just hung out. We had a great weekend. So grateful for the freedoms we enjoy on a daily basis and of course my family.

Snapshots of Summer Part 2

A few more picts from summer...

Chloe finally convinced me to let her ride her bike to swim team in the mornings.

 swimming, swimming, and more swimming

The kids think they are going to die if they don't get to swim on a daily basis; luckily there are several pools around here. Grandma set up her pool and every morning Bryce asks if we can go swimming at Grandma's. He is not scared of water at all-looks like we have another fish in the family.

 

Craft Time

Usually in the summer's I try to have the kids do things to keep up on their schooling-but this summer I have totally slacked off on everything but the reading. I have however made and effort to have Chloe work on some cooking and crafting skills instead. Usually her BFF Brydee is involved since they are usually together. She has successfully, without my help, made several different kinds of cookies.

There were lots of opportunities to make stuff to correspond with the 4th of July.

Pretzel Rod firecrackers-dipped in chocolate and sprinkles. They were yummy!

Cute flag door hanger made out of paint stirrer sticks.

Festive ribbon flip flops

And my favorite tie dye shirts. I let each kid choose the design they wanted of course each chose something different. I loved how these turned out I think they are my favorite fourth of July shirts we have ever had.

Fredonia Swim Meet 6-27-15

We woke up early to travel to Fredonia for Chloe's swim meet. Luckily Chloe and Bryce were both able to go back to sleep and slept most of the way.

 The pool was right by the city park so we set up a nice little camp spot on the grass.

 Bryce was happy as a clam as long as he had this personal mister in his hands that sprays out water.

 Although we had fun and made the most of the day-it just wasn't a good day for Chloe in the water. She was in tears a few times. To start with the pool wasn't regulation size it was smaller also there were no starting blocks. Every time she dove into the water her goggles came off and were in her face on the IM she messed up pretty bad from her back stroke to her breast stroke turn and lost lots of seconds. It was a big meet with 4 teams and despite all that adversity Chloe managed to come in 6th-8th in every race which is pretty good considering. (to qualify for the Championships in a few weeks she need to come in 6th in that meet-so she is actually in pretty good standing right now).

Hopefully the next few weeks will be better though and run a lot smoother for her.

Here are her times-though since the pool really wasn't the right size we can't really call them PR's

50 Meter Breast stroke 7th place 33.12

100 Meter IM-6th place 1:11.72

50 Meter Freestyle 8th place 26.44

 Team picture