June 2014 Activities

Princess and Little Guy petting a bunny rabbit at a Summer library event

June was mostly spent packing and preparing for a move at the end of the month! But Trainboy had cubscout camp to attend and Dinoguy received his first pair of glasses. Princess took swim lessons for the first time officially and did awesome. Little Guy was upset he didn't get swim lessons also.  Baby learned to crawl forward and sat independently. Both older boys had swim meets and we tried to make decluttering and packing as fun as possible. We also went blueberry picking and baked up a storm of blueberry goodness. Oh, and just to make the month as busy as possible, I had a genealogy based trip planned so Dinoguy and Baby went with me to Oklahoma for the Chenoweth Bi-annual reunion. Faster than we wanted, the move arrived and we transported all our belongings 12 miles up the road to our new home.

Happy baby on a walk

Having fun pushing baby at the park

Little Guy made "dragons" out of his duplos

Trainboy getting sorted for a race at a swim meet

Dinoguy up on the blocks at a meet

Get ready to swim!

Handsome boy who can buckle himself up (with a little bit of help)

Trainboy waiting for his race

Getting ready for backstroke!

We decided not to take Princess' cardboard castle. But instead of throwing it out, her dad filled it with fireworks and we had a fun burning party.

We took pictures of some art work before letting it go.  What a nice elephant!

Trainboy became pretty good at Indexing names in Family History

Picking delicious blueberries!

Yum!

Baby discovered the joy of pizza crust

The only picture I can find from the Chenoweth reunion trip. We had a great time.

Fixitman and his handsome red tinted beard

Father's day breakfast and Baby trying to grab some food

This guy was able to sit up and crawl forward this month!

Dinoguy prepares to eat his delicious banana bread

The handsome new glasses

He believes all water bottles belong to him.

Dinoguy at the regional swim meet

Baby pictures while we wait at the swim meet

Trainboy preparing to swim

An old clay creation picture before we left it behind. It is a Garfield sculpture that he carefully created many details and painted. But it is broken and wasn't going to make the move well. So a picture before saying goodbye.

Tape hair! We purged some old cassette tapes

Princess had a blast at swim lessons. She learned all the skills they teach 5 year olds.

Before moving out we let them hit the walls with hammers a bit since the house was being demolished. They had too much fun and did way more demolition than I wanted.

Helpful missionaries who helped us move.

Goodbye old house. But the baby in the basket is coming with me!

Photos from May 2014

May 5 is the day we learned we'd have to move away from our country house that summer. It was not a planned or desired move. However when you rent, unexpected things like your home being sold out from under you happen. As a result, I spent many hours in May searching for a new place for us to live. We did have some other fun activities though.

I ran in another 5Kwith a friend. It was my first trail race and I was worried most of the time that I was going to fall and twist my ankle. I managed to finish without that happening. I even got a faster time than the last race!

Dinoguy came with me to the race. He passed out water cups and cheered for me. That was fun!

We ordered more butterfly caterpillers. Princess requested them but we all really enjoyed watching the butterflies grow, make chrysalises, and hatch. We learned lots about nature from it. I love seeing their tongue uncurl to drink juice!

Trainboy had a few more soccer games to play in at the beginning of the month.

Baby started cutting his first teeth! Trying to take a picture of it was not easy.

Little Guy wearing a bow tie for church "just like dad"

I had fun on a cub scout cooking project with this sweet boy.

Dinoguy earned ranks and merit badges at a court of honor.

Trainboy got new glasses.

He picked them out and when we got home they were similar to Dad's new glasses!

Baby started moving backwards. This means he got stuck under the couches!

Swim meet season arrived. Both older boys participated.

Trainboy participated in a piano recital. His piano playing skills are progressing nicely.

This kid kept me laughing. He's a sweet one.

And I took lots of pictures of this sweet baby.

That's a quick summary of May!