Today, Angela took Kirstyn, Zach, and Ben to the Denver Mint on a field trip. They had a great time and learned a lot! Zach especially likes these kinds of historical/social studies types of trips. He really eats up the knowledge that can be gained. 🙂
Ben’s favorite part was that he got a penny rolled out and stamped from the mint. 🙂
Yesterday we got Kirstyn all packed up and ready to go to girl’s camp. For the 4th year hike, everything they bring has to be packed on their backs. Since it is such a rigorous and demanding experience (hiking and living on the trail), they take it very seriously. Tonight we had to take all of her stuff over to the church and do a check-in where their packs would be unpacked by leaders, checked to make sure they had all the right stuff (including food) and that they didn’t have any of the wrong stuff (too much of some things).
Kirstyn passed with flying colors. That made her feel better and a little less nervous. She’s going to do a GREAT job and have a blast!
Zach and Ben are in swimming lessons now, as normal, love them. They are just two fish out of water we think. The recreation center teachers are good and the boys like them. Zach especially likes going off the diving board. 🙂
They both passed their classes with flying colors and can’t wait to get into swimming lessons again! 🙂 Great job boys!
Ben started t-ball and is SO excited to be playing! He had his first game today and loved it! He did quite well considering he’s never played before. He may just turn into being one of the best hitters on the team. He sure has an eye for the ball!
He has a great set of coaches, and all the kids on his team are from Aspen View so he knows all of them. It’s really fun to watch them play and we all as parents have a great laugh seeing them try and figure out how to play the game, where to run after they hit the ball, etc.
Great job, Ben!
Happy BIG 18th Birthday Brittany! When Brittany woke up this morning, she let us know that she was now an adult and was fully responsible and could do whatever she wanted now. 🙂 Not sure what the life-changing event was between 11:59pm last night and 12:01am this morning that would make such a difference. We got a good laugh about it (although we don’t think Brittany thought it was that funny). 🙂
We celebrated and she opened her presents. Sarah gave her some leggings she found at a store there in CA and Brittany was really excited as you can tell!
Kirstyn also had a practice hike for girl’s camp today. She’s really excited (but a little nervous) about her 4th year hike. She’ll do great!
Today we inherited a new friend for the summer. Brittany’s best friend here, Sierra, just moved (which was VERY sad for Brittany), but she had a pet gecko that she couldn’t take with her. That said, she decided to give the gecko to the biology teacher at the school when classes start up again. Brittany volunteered keep her pet until school started again.
Needless to say, the boys love it and they think it’s really fun to play with! As long as it doesn’t get out, stuck in a heater vent and die, I’m OK. 🙂
Today we had our annual teacher appreciation dinner. Unfortunately, this year, there were some last-minute conflicts, so some of the teachers couldn’t come, but we did have most of the seminary teachers (Eisele, Hermann, and Dawson), and the girls’ choir director at CVHS, Heath Walter. We had a fun time eating, recognizing the teachers, and getting to know them better.
Not sure why we didn’t take a picture…. Strange!
Teachers, we appreciate you and all you do for our kids! 🙂
This last week was a crazy but fun week! I decided to lump all o f the craziness into one post… On Sunday after church, Angela packed Kirstyn, the boys, and Josh Ahlstrom (a friend of ours) into the van and drove out to Utah. The whole week Kirstyn and Ashley Smith, her best friend from Illinois went to EFY at BYU in Provo (reason we took Josh out too). They had a blast and could not stop talking about it, even after they came home. 🙂
While Kirstyn was at EFY, Angela and the boys met Carla and most of her kids in Park City where they stayed the week at Brian’s (Angela’s brother) vacation home there. They went to see Grandma Burns, Auntie Carla, Mark and Jocelyn, played outside, went to a couple temples to visit, and of course, they went shopping too. 🙂
Where were Brittany and I? We were at home working. 🙁 We had some fun though and it was actually quite relaxing! 🙂
Today we had a graduation open house/party for Brittany (along with a partial 18th birthday party for her as well). We had a lot of people come over and congratulate her on a job well done and have some food from our build-your-own nacho bar!
We had a great time chatting with everyone and Brittany was excited to see a bunch of her friends there.
After the open house was officially over, we pulled out the fire pit and Brittany and her friends roasted marshmallows and hung out for awhile.
Congratulations Brittany! We’re so proud of you and love you!
Ben and Zach had their last day of school at AVA today! They both had parties in their rooms and Angela went to help. Ben was pretty funny! I wish I could have been there.
He really loved Miss Kalaveshi, his teacher, and he said that he really wants to have her again next year! 🙂 I’m sure he’ll love whoever he gets. 🙂
We only got one picture of Zach, doing one of the things he does best… eating ice cream!
He’s really excited for summer but also can’t wait to be in the 5th grade next year! Great job boys! Way to finish up the school year with a bang!
Today, while Grandma and Grandpa Halliday were in town, we took them for a drive up into the mountains to enjoy the scenery. Unfortunately, Brittany had to work so she couldn’t come. 🙁 We drove up and around near Mount Evans and got some pretty pictures and enjoyed the cool weather. We thought about driving up Mount Evans but the weather didn’t look too good and at 12,000 feet, Zach started to feel a little light-headed.
After Mount Evans, we drove over to Buffalo Bill’s grave. The views there are great also!
It’s SO great to live in an area of the country that’s so beautiful wherever you go! 🙂
Today Zach had has AVA Field Day! He had a blast playing games and enjoying being with his friends!
Angela (as usual) went over to help out where she could and also to enjoy watching Zach have fun! 🙂
