Saturday, July 25, 2009
Way tooo much...
I have been such a slacker this summer. I need to catch-up before the next school year begins. You ready? It'll probably be all backwards...but here we go...
Lego Master in the House!
Josh is soooo into Legos. Lego Pirates, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Star Wars and definitely Bionicles. I think he is so diligent in doing his chores this summer because he knows he gets paid at the end of the month and that means he has enough for a new Bionicle. Yesterday, he was on the Lego website and found that he can create something Lego or Bionicle that is original and post it and then other kids can vote on it and you can see if yours wins. So here is his creation of a few Bionicles combined together that I'll be posting when I am done here. It's all he thinks about these days!
Our next to last fun summer event was going to the Demi Lovato and David Archuletta concert. I thought Sydney was going to have a heart attack!!! She was DYING! She is sooooo convinced he looked right at her and waved! It really did look like it though! So, whether it happened or not, we are saying it happened! So, Sydney just walked in and read this post and said, "Mom! What do you mean 'convinced'???? He did! He really did! Erase that!" Oops! Here's the new favorite shirt of the summer she saved her money to buy, that was actually $15 more than she had that I had to kick in. When did concert shirts get so expensive? Remember the good 'ol days when they were only $20??Help me out people!
I already posted about Sydney going on the Trek. She'll post about her Girl's Camp adventures on her blog. We had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Jordan which is always an adventure. When we are not talking politics or health, we are playing Josh's favorite game called Who Said. It's just like Charades, just LDS style!
June 28th was Jessie's birthday. We have had the dog for 9 years and have never celebrated his birthday. How shameful. You all celebrate your animals birthdays, don't you?! The kids weren't going to let us get away with it this year, after all he is 63! So I did a search for a doggie treat that is both good for human and dog consumption. The treats were actually pretty good! I may make them again! It had honey, oatmeal, wheat germ, and egg...I can't remember what else. So here are a few pictures of the festivities!
We went to Slide Rock the Saturday the kids got out of school. It's always fun. Sydney brought her friend Erica and they people watched all day, laughing at all the people falling. Josh had other plans. He had to complete "missions" and by the end of they day, he dragged Kallie into it. Only Jason and Kallie were the brave ones to actually go down the slide. The water was FREEZING!
Next, I think was our wonderful chore chart creation! Each kid gets a chart each week plus their "Daily" stuff. They have their assigned chores for the week so there is no confusion (at least I can only hope they won't fight about it) At the end of the week, we rotate the charts and they have a new chart for the week. This way if one person doesn't do a great job, hopefully it'll get done better the next week, if I haven't done it already! So far, so good. Hopefully it'll continue it once school starts with minimal murmurings from the kids! Everyone has their own system, this works for us.
Way tooo much...
Kallie and one of her best friend's Samantha went to Ridemakerz at Westgate for her 11th birthday. It was sooo fun! Have you ever gone? You need to! It's just like Build-A-Bear but for cars. It can come complete with remote control, lights, and sound. Design it anyway you like.
Kallie ended the year with being nominated "Student of the Year" for 5th grade! She was unanimously voted once they narrowed the voting down. She was SOOO excited. This girl is a HARD worker- tears night after night and all- and we were soo proud of her!
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