Father's Day

Following the best Mother's Day ever, was the best Father's Day! Jon got the day off, and got a lunch (breakfast) in bed. Then hours of uninterrupted, quiet video game playing. Then time with the kids, dinner (steak, baked potatoes, green bean casserole and German chocolate cake), bedtime for kids and some fun (yes, fun!) time with the wife. I think he really enjoyed it. And I know that I did!

Nature Photography Day

For lack of any other ideas for summer vacation, I looked up online this National Holiday calendar. There are TONS of National Holidays that I have never heard of. So, using that, I have planned out things to do (for free!) every day this summer. Yesterday was Nature Photography Day. We took a walk around the neighborhood and the girls took pictures of flowers and trees.

Grace's picture

Emma's picture

Yosemite

We went to Yosemite this week! I had my hands so full, that I didn't take all of the pictures that I wanted to. But here are some of them!

We ALL climbed Vernal Falls, about a 3 mile round trip hike. I carried Seth about half the way too! It was so wet, partly because it always is, but it had also really rained the day before. But we made it all the way up safely!

This is Vernal Falls from the bridge, about half the way up.

The girls at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls.


Inspiration Point

Bridalveil Falls from Inspiration Point

The giant sequoias were giant compared to Grace

Only Emma could make a burned out sequoia look good.

Grace with her namesake trees, "The Bachelor and the Three Graces". The Bachelor is to the far left, and the Grace's are right behind Grace.

Emma looking tiny.

Upper Yosemite Falls.

Half Dome

I love going in June cause these informal waterfalls spring up with the snow melting

A deer in the campground

Seth eating strawberry marshmallows

We went out bear searching. And only found a raccoon.

Tball is over!!!!!

Tball officially ended this week. Emma had her party on Thursday and her final game on Saturday. For the party, we went to Shanghai Bend Park. There was pizza and soda and the water park was turned on!

Emma and her teammate wondering when the bucket of water is gonna drop!

I took this picture of Grace to show her hesitency with the cold water. But now that I'm looking at it, you see Emma jumping a foot and a half off the ground!

The coach handed out the trophies and certificates. Emma won the "fastest runner on the team" award for running around the bases in 10.9 seconds.

Emma and Grace, the honorary teammate, way proud of the trophy.

Seth covered in frosting.


There was even a baseball pinata!

Since we missed picture day, we got a shot of all the kids and coaches! Yea! We're done!

Fine Arts Festival

Emma had her final field trip to the Fine arts Festival at Yuba City High School yesterday. The high schoolers in the arts programs put on this arts and crafts kind of fair for all the elementaryy students.

The first thing we did was make newspaper hats.

There was face painting...

...and chalk drawing.


Auntie Leah's final year in school was the first year she took an arts class. We saw her one handedly trying to make newspaper hats.

Refrigerator magnets

A LONG one and a half hours!!!!

Emma had a great time! I can't believe that first grade is almost over!!!!!

Mother's Day

I hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day!! For the first year EVER mine was actually pretty good! I have been waking up pretty early lately (totally unintentionally), so when I got up Jon was getting up and starting to clean the kitchen and make breakfast. When Seth got up, I got to just sit and hold him. I didn't have to do anything else. Then I got to eat breakfast, FIRST and ALONE. After that, I won't tell you about. But later on the kids and I got ready for church, had a great time at church, went to my parents for dinner (steak and chicken fajitas) and ate cherry cheesecake for dessert. Then we got to talk to my brother Cole who is on his mission in Chile. And then, we just hung out, talking about our camping trip coming up. My parents got me a new camping chair for Mother's Day. And then I came home, watched Iron Chef and went to bed. It was a fantastic day!!!!!!!

Seth's New Obsession

Seth has decided that he is old enough to watch TV. Not by himself, but in order to be just like his sisters!!! All you have to do is set him down in the Dora chair, and he just snuggles right in and really watches whatever cartoon is on. None of the other kids did this, and I gotta admit, despite the Pediatric warning that no child under the age of 2 should watch TV, it gives me a few more non-stress moments in the day!