Our Family: August 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

School workday #2

On Saturday we volunteered again at Alexis new school.While Jason(cleaned, vacuumed, weeded the garden and tended to the kids and others)

I worked at getting

all these books logged into the computer. I think there were about 700 between the two of us typing them in. (They are looking for more if anyone has any books to donate let me know:))

I asked Alexis to walk around and take pictures:) Here is what we got:

Brayden and daddy cleaning out the windows

Daddy(I'm not sure what he is doing here?)

A view out one of her classroom windows towards the playground

Ladybugs up on the second floor which will be the teachers area for their desks. I think they will be doing some cleaning after everything else downstairs is done.

Also after the workday was done and we went walking around I saw a bat hanging upside down in a doorway next to this(the kids never saw it during the day)(there are no pictures of it because I ventured back downstairs after I showed J and the kids:):

After Alexis took the pictures her and Brayden did a little marker testing

This building is the home of the 6th grade classroom(and 7th grade next year) along with a gymnasium that has a stage and an overlook area.

There is also a football field and sand volleyball court along with a basketball hoop area and 4 square.

This is the back of the main building.

We are very excited for her to start 1st grade this year and Brayden will be going next year:) Next Monday will be a big night, they will have a ribbon cutting and are inviting the community to come see the grounds. I can't wait to see the school all put together!:):)

Monday, August 24, 2009

Saturday the 15th...

We went on a little getaway with my mom and dad. My mom had to make an exchange at a store in Stillwater and we told them we would tag along with them. I had never been to Stillwater, it is a really neat little town. Its your basic tourist area by the river, which has a lot of little boutique shops down main street.

While making the exchange the lady at the shop had asked us if we had been to...

We hadn't, so she gave us directions to go down the street and up the hill and we found a really nice play area:) With a BIG teddy bear...

The view overlooks the downtown and the Stillwater lift bridge...

Grandma had her camera and took a few pictures of the kids playing

I talked Alexis into climbing this wall

to get on top of it... Grandpa tried to get Brayden to go up but his legs are still a bit short!:)

And here are mom, dad and Jason hanging out in the humid weather, watching the kids...

We wandered back down the hill and walked down to see the river

We walked down just in time to see the bridge up, to let a few boats through...

Then the kids(and adults) were getting hungry so we found a restaurant by the river to eat at.

It was a fun day!

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Goodbye...

After our family left I sent my camera lens off to be fixed:( It had not been working right for a month or so. Which means I really haven't taken many pictures. My backup lens is a standard 50mm, which means I can't zoom! Zooming is my friend. And it being 50mm I have to stand far away from what I want to take a picture of. I did hear that Nikon received the lens and it is logged into their computers(whatever that means?) They gave me no estimation of when I will have it back. I did use my old camera this weekend, but need to catch you up on the weekend before this last weekend first!

OK thay probably didn't make any sense:) So, in simple terms I will be posting again very soon!!:)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Rainy Day

Friday was a rainy day. The night before Kayla, Mitch and Luke went to Valleyfair. They spent the night at Aunt Kelly's and came out to our house mid morning. When the rain was in between downpours they brought in the prized monkey that Kayla won!

Brayden jumped on it

Aunt Kelly and Tyler

There was pretty much no way that Monkey was getting back to California so guess where that monkey is! Yes, its keeping the huge pony company but guess what, the pony is no longer huge!!!:) Thank you Kayla!

The End(of the pictures):) We had such a fun time with Jen and the family that we recently booked some very reasonable tickets to visit them this winter in San Diego! We can't wait:) But, shhh the kids don't know yet!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Firetrucks and Birthdays

Tuesday night we went to Aunt Amy's house. When we were there a firetruck pulled into their neighborhood for family night out(or something like that?) The kids had fun getting into the firetruck

Baby Michael didn't know what to think of the boots:)

Then later in the week we celebrated a few birthdays. Aunt Kelly

Oops this picture is out of order! Sydney and Alexis spent the night at Aunt Amys on Friday and they went to the Mall of America. They did a few rides and Sydney did a little shopping and then they ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Later when they went home they made bracelets and Rice Krispy Bars. Oh yes and the girls stayed up way past their bedtime!:) Saturday when they came to the lake they took a self portrait:)