Summer Vacation Begins!

Guess who we saw on the way to Wibaux?  I'm not surprised, smart celebs do tend to flock to Montana when they're not making movies.

First stop after making it to Billings....splash park!

 

 

We stayed in Billngs a few days then headed to Wibaux.  We went to Dickinson to check another Dino Museum off our Dinosaur Trail list.

We also took in the Pioneer Museum next door.  The kids were most interested in these ancient office machines.  Haha, the City of Anacortes just stopped using a check stamper like this about 8 years ago!

The typewriter was a big hit too.  Luckily Grandma Patti still has one at work that they can use when they aren't at a museum.

And she still has the phone on the top and a rotary dial one as well that looks about the same!  There was lots more stuff in the museum, mostly farm equipment, but I thought this stuff was super funny because my Mom still has it all and it is a major attraction for the kids when we are there.  They can't make enough phone calls while they are there!

Kya crashed on the bike jumps after 2 successful runs.  She got a fat lip and a lot of scrapes.

Ryker kissed all her boo boos and doctored her up a bit.  For those of you that think my Mom is smiling because this is so cute.  I almost guarantee she's not.  She's really laughing at them for being so dramatic.  She probably told Kya to rub some dirt on it and get over it...haha.

Daily Fish Pond run for old Cosmos to get some swimming in.  He can't make it on our walks around town anymore so we load him up in Grandma's pick up at least once a day and drive him around to his old hangouts!

This might have been our favorite place this summer.  I'm happy to say that I no longer have to get in the water with them.  I don't want to sound like a grumpy old Mom that doesn't want to play with her kids, but every day for 3-5 hours in the pool is a little too much for me.  The bigger problem is that when you are the only adult in the pool, you become referee for every little kid that has a problem and all the kids want you to play with them when they see you doing fun stuff with your own kids.  I can only throw kids across the pool for so long....haha.  I'm dreaming of the days I will drop them off and go home to take a nap!

Camping in Ty and Nikki's backyard.

Fresh squeezed juice is always better in a copper cup!

Happy Birthday Ty!

Happy Baptism Keaton!

 

Yeah!  This is the way all churches should do it.  None of the oil on the head stuff like my kids got.  Dunk those little buggers!

 

Woo hoo naked little man!

 

Godparents, parents, and the Man of the Hour.

 

 

 

 

 

Time to party

 Happy Birthday Uncle Ty and Happy Baptism Keaton!

Wrapping up the school year

Last day of school pictures 6/14/14......Last day together at preschool.

 

 

Riding the ferry to Guemes Island with the SJM class.

They had the whole class to play with on this field trip, but kept talking about how it was their last field trip to Guemes Island together and spent most of the time playing with each other.  I hope they remember this time that they LIKED each other and got along most of the time.

Bowman Bay class picnic.  Kya and Mara. 

Besties!

 

Wrapping up May, Kicking off June

The kid's buddies, Larkin and Mara came over to play on the slide.

Princess snack time

Putting the finishing touches on the landscaping.

Ryker at swim lessons

After swim lesson water out of ears shake.

Soooooo, Kya planned this wedding.  When Seth and I (the guests) arrived everything was ready.  Look at that decorated walkway!

Ryker was the groom.  He was on board, but not exactly falling into line with Kya's perfect wedding plans.

He did kiss the bride when he was told to.

Once the reception was over, the dance began!

Seth was assigned to be the photographer, but he had to pass the camera off to me to restrain the groom who was being unruly and harassing the bride!  I don't even think he got to finish his pretend grape juice and tomato he was served.

Jay birds!

Splash pad opened June 1st.  Guess what day we were there?  Yep, June 1st!

Since Seth was leaving before Father's day, the kids had a whole day planned to celebrate with him before he left.  Of course, it included all fun things they like to do, but he did get strawberry shortcake after dinner!

Softball toss

We only got to do 2 track meets before leaving for Montana.  Ryker is to the age where he only gets a ribbon for first, second, or third.  He got a second and a couple 3rds over the course of both meets.  He wasn't thrilled because he used to win a lot last year.  I explained to him that he is in the 5-6 year old category so next year he'll be one of the older kids and have a better chance of getting first.  I also explained to him that he could walk really early and was coordinated as a little kid so while a lot of the little kids were falling over the hurdles, he was running to the finish line.  The kids are catching up to him now and there are some super fast 5 and 6 year olds out there.  I stopped short of telling him to work on his softball toss and shot put, because may he'll get Cam's speed, but I'm guessing he's not going to be sprinting to too many more 1st place finishes.

This girl, however, is still more coordinated than most kids her age so she still thinks of herself as quite the trackster.  She's more into looking at and talking to the other runners though than actually running.  Also, they aren't letting the little ones run the hurdles anymore because too many kids were falling so she was pissed about that.

I asked her if she wanted to bring running shoes.  Nope, she'll wear her sequined dress shoes, but she would like to grab her running headband.  I didn't have the heart to tell her that running headbands do not have a giant pink flower hanging off them!

Super worried about where the other competitors are.  I am glad he wants to win, but I think he might be a little over the top for his age.

Getting in the zone for the long jump....hahah.

 

Go!

1 foot, 3 inches!