Camping trip 1

Summer began right after the last day of school.  Olivia was tearful due to her last year at this school so we started summer off with a bang.  3 days camping with a school friends. 

Jon brought his fishing rod, this is his new thing, and each of the girls tried too.

 Even the poodle came on the trip and snuggles to keep warm.  It rained the first evening around 730 pm so we all went to bed early.  The next day was on and off again but turned out great, due to it poured after 9 pm.  We all stayed tried and slept well.

 Jon testing scooter stuff before the girls think about doing it...

 Funny photo 

Claire's mother backed the girls with a fun camping bag of cool goodies.  

 And of course lots of smores', they ate a whole bag of marshmallows.

What a great three day get away, relaxing run, and cool weather.

Painted Mines Family day

 Olivia's last half day of school at TCA.  After school we headed for a family hike.  You might recognize this place!  Jon and Olivia loved it.  Unfortunate the family photos did not turn out at all, which means we have to go back again.  

 We had a good time climbing around all over the rocks!

Family Triathlon

Three Months ago Olivia asked out of the blue if she could do a triathlon.  

I love google and checked it out for kids triathlons.

I found several and the one sounded pretty interesting.  

Ordinary mortals Triathlon

 Jon and I signed up and did a sprint triathlon : Run 3.1 mile, Bike 12 mile, Swim 300 yds
Olivia did Run 1 mile, Bike 4.4 mile, Swim 150 yrds.  We could not ask for a better sunny 75 degree day to do this!

Jon finished in 1:49:59 : his run time was 33:42, bike 56:27, swim 12:07  what a great time for him!

Amy finished in 1:23:00, run 27:11, bike 47:36, swim 5:45.

Olivia's finished times was 48:05:20, her run was 9:09, bike was 30:21, swim was 5:53.

We had a wonderful family day, hope to do this next year too.

Odd things

 This picture above has been in the works for almost a year.  Before springs break Jon and I finally agreed upon picture frame we both likes with the kitchen.  Then when mum was out here she helped me pick the clock hands.  Mum and I attempted to get this all done before Jon got home but did not work out.  Today after three hours working with Jon we finally got the clock all lined up and working great.  Lastly I need to order family pictures to hand inside and then paint a quote in the circle.  Yeah

So Olivia had a fever for three days and last Friday we took her to the doctors.  Doctor said she had Epstein Barr Virus and she might have mono.  We turned down the mono test and just assumed the worse.  After 6 days of 102.5 the fever finally broke free!!! yeah....She was fever free for 36 hours before returning back to school.  She had a great day at school today and came home with a paper set of lungs.  She is studying the lungs now in science.  What fun.  We did have her tested for mono on Tuesday and it came back clear, mono free.  Happy camper feeling better. 

Painting with a Twist

 Mum's Last Saturday in the springs I had to work and Jon just got home so I set up a Grandma/Granddaughter day. 

Nana never told Olivia were they were going until they pulled up.

Olivia was thrilled.

 They sat together and painted turtles going back into the water.

 What a wonderful day together, hope the memories last forever.

Yea it was like pulling teeth to convince mum that she was going to paint with out numbers.
And see she did a great job with no numbers. 

Friday Family night

Homestead Park

Every friday we try to do something as a family.

Even through Jon was still in California for training we still did our family time and mum filled in.

We walked 3.5 miles in the wood tree's near our house,

played on the bars where they ty up the horses,

and even had a little fun on the play ground.

On our way home we enjoyed Wendy's frosty.

 

Paint Mines

After dropping Olivia off at school mum and I went for a new adventure to the Paint Mines. 

 It was amazing 4 mile walk and climb through some wonderful color rocks.

Mum being a kid at heart, I think she jumped 6 inch's, LOL

Then on the way home she spotted a nest with somthing in it and we needed to go back and investigate what she saw.  Can you make out what is in the nest?  Yes Mother Owl with three baby Owlets, this was pretty cool thing to see since it was my first time. 

Art Work and New hair duo

 Olivia Aspen Tree picture above her head she did earlier in the year.  The school displayed it for Art Fair night. 

 And Punky's new Duo, his puddle hair cut.  He is a poodle so why not try the hair cut out.  LOL

I think he lost his pants!

Mom's Trip 1

 Our rec center had an egg hunt and bounce house the saturday before Easter.  Mom took Olivia there while I was at the fire station hiding eggs for the fire house egg hunt.  Mom brought Olivia by so she could hunt some eggs in the field with some friends.  Then we got our picture with the really pink bunny.  Then mom tool Olivia back to the bounce house for another hour while I cleaned up.  What a great day to celibrate no on Easter. 

Easter Day I had to work.  Mom and Olivia went to church and then came to the FIre house for a Easter dinner.  What a great day to celibrate with family.

Report

This is Olivia's first types writing paper.  She is so proud and she did this all by her self!  I am so proud as well.

Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross maker of our flag made great contributions to our country.  She doubted her gift of sewing, even though she was the most amazing sewer in Philadelphia.  She clearly preformed her best and it paid off.                          

Betsy Ross had an amazing and wonderful life story.  She was born in 1752. She had 1 brother and 7 sisters that intensely loved her. She loved school because she good at all the stuff involved with it.  She got married twice and had three children.  She past away in 1898, when she died she didn’t die poor she died proud.                                                Betsy Ross, who is the maker of our flag, was a very strong person.   Her loving mother taught her to sew at the age of 5 years old, and she loved it automatically.  There was a sewing contest at the fair, in Philadelphia.  In her project she had stars but the six pointed stars never looked right.  Her mother taught her how to make 5 pointed stars.   When she grew up, she started a sewing shop sense she loved to sew.  George Washington came to her shop and kindly requested her to make the American flag.  On the picture they had 6 pointed stars then she showed him the 5 pointed stars.  He liked her idea so he decided to change it.  She made the American flag and became famous.       

Betsy Ross had very strong character traits. She had a lot of perseverance. She never gave up, she thoroughly worked hard and did not complain.  She was a hard worker. She worked hard and did her best, because she new it would pay off. Betsy Ross had many others such as courage, love, faith, and grace.                                                                     Betsy Ross was a wonderful person who made great contributions to our country. She worked intensely and let nothing distract her.  She did her best and succeeded in many things.  Betsy Ross brightly preformed great strength, she was brave and never gave up.                                                                                   

Quinn's

The weather is warming up and the daylight is longer.  We are back in the swing of Jack Quinn's runs on Tuesday.  This was Olivia's 12 run, and she wants 100!!

Update on Cabo

 While in Cabo, Jonathan and Kristen took us snorkeling.  They took amazing video and I was able to get a picture of Olivia First time Snorkeling.  She was a little scared but Kristen was there to talk her through it with great patience.  Thank you Kristen!

Jon's Birthday celebration

 Jon's birthday os over spring break so I decided to celebrate it before our trip out of the country and after.  He opened his presents the night before leaving and took him out to his favorite dinner, Sushi.
Olivia gave him trekking poles for hiking and I got him a football jersey.

 While in Cabo, my parents got a sunset dinner cruise for all 5 of us.  We ate, drank and danced the night away.  We sang him happy birthday and he got birthday spanks from most.

 When we got home I bought red velvet cupcakes with trick candles.  We sang again and he blow out the candles.  He has had two weeks of birthday fun.  Happy 48th Birthday.

St. Patrick's Day

 I had to work this year on St. Patrick's day so green cookies were made at the fire house and then delivered while no body was home.  Make the house look like a leaparcon came in and made cookies but he was too small to clean up all the mess.  He even kissed the milk green in the frig. 

Olivia thought it was cute, I think she is starting to catch on there is no fairy tale people.  lol