Final roundup of camping pictures

Jason relaxing by the pool

 Ryan, Riley and Abigail

 The guys and the kids taking a swim

 Tami and I took the kids on a hay wagon ride

 Playing kick ball

 Doing a little gymnastics while playing kick ball

 so much fun

 Ryan, friend and kids

We all had such a fun  time camping together.  I wish I would have gotten family pictures of everyone but forgot that one little thing.  We also had an adventure getting home.  We followed both ryans home.  We noticed ryan o's camper tire was looking funny so we stopped on the side of the road.  They changed the tire and we were on our way.  Then while back on the freeway, ryan o's back hatch flew open on his camper.  So we called him back up and he stopped and shut it.  About mile down the road it happened again.  So we stopped again and he tied it up better this time.  Then about 15 minutes later we hear this huge boom and see rubber flying.  His other tire blew.  Luckily we were right by Jason's work and he knew where a tire place was.  We sent the Bauers on there way and we helped Ryan O.  Even with all the drama at the end, we had a great long weekend.

Fishing on Mille lac while camping #2

We all went fishing at various different times on our trip.  The guys took the kids out in Deans boat one night for bobber fishing.  Alexis caught her first Walleye(Jason took the picture of his thumb:))

 Brayden caught his first rock bass

 Our friend Ryan and his family

 Tami, Dean and I went out fishing one morning.  This is her idea of fishing... in her defense she had a headache/migraine.

 Us girls

 Jason and I went out fishing with dean the next morning.  I caught a nice walleye

 Ryan and his daughters first walleye

More fun to come...

Camping #1

Right after school got out June 1st we took the kids up camping by mille lac lake at a resort called Pete's retreat.  We went with a few different friends and had a fun time with the kids.

Snack Time

 They had a swimming pool

 and the kids loved it!

 Tami and Ryans new camper

 Ryan and Abby

 Alexis reading...of course

 We brought the kids bikes and they rode all over the place.  They had two different huge playground areas, a fishing pond, and a bmx bike course which wasn't quite as big as we expected

 We roasted many marshmallows

 Yummy

I had a hard time putting my camera down so there are many more pictures to come...

Oreo

On Monday morning Alexis noticed Oreo's eye was all goopy and he wasn't able to get it open.  We were all just getting in the car so when we got home that night we noticed it was looking pretty bad.  Jason brought her into our friend Tami who is a Veterinarian, on his way to Volleyball that night.  

She said that it looked like it had been cut by something and the eye would possibly need to be removed.

On Tuesday she brought him in to have surgery and they decided they were going to try to save the eye and stitch it up.  Just as they were finishing the surgery, Oreo's heart stopped working.  The two doctors did everything they could to get his heart back working again.

However it just wasn't strong enough to start pumping again.  Our sweet little boy is climbing lots of trees and chasing lots of mice in heaven:(

As soon as I picked up the kids from school on Tuesday Alexis asked how he was.  I somehow managed to get her to gymnastics(a mile away) without telling her.  Once there I got out of the car and my little animal lover was in tears in seconds.  I felt so bad for her.  To make it worse she had gymnastics so I had to leave her in tears and send her in.  I worked that night so Jason was on burial duty.  After Jason picked her up from gymnastics they went to pick up Oreo and brought him home.  Alexis picked a tree by our bird feeders so that he could watch the birds:(

Then they decorated a stone with his name and the date, and cut a peony from the bush and laid him to rest. We are very sad that he had to go but know he is having fun where he is.  The next morning Alexis told me that he got his wings because she saw the sun shinning on him.

Feed My Starving Children Field Trip

Last Tuesday Jason took the day off and went on a field trip with Alexis class and the 4th and 5th graders.  They went to feed my starving children and filled bags of powdered food for kids.  Here are Alexis and her friend Kennedy waiting to start

 Alexis holding the bag under the filler with her teacher Mr. Johnson watching

 still holding the bags

 After they were done filling bags, they drove the kids to a nice park in Burnsville.  They brought a picnic lunch and played at the park for a few hours

 They had a ton of fun.  They even bought these containers of m&m's to fill with quarters and bring back next year when they go.

Alexis 2nd Gymnastics Competition

Alexis had her 2nd Gymnstics competition a few weeks ago.  It was at our home gym.  She improved on almost every event and did so well.  This time they gave out individual ribbons for each event in their age group.  She got a 7.0 on Vault and placed 3rd, She scored a 3.9 on Bars and placed 3rd, She scored 4.6 on Beam and placed 4th, Floor she scored 5.5 and placed 3rd. All Around she placed 3rd with a total of 21.0 .

 Her team placed second

 They all did really well 

 Grandpa and Grandma came to watch

 Along with Aunt Kelly

 and Mom, Dad and Brayden

She has been working hard at practice and continues to improve each time I see her.  It so fun to watch her.

Eye Fun

One Night I had to work Jason took the kids with him to the eye doctor.  It sounded like they had fun trying to pick up the bug with the special glasses.

Airport Field Trip

The same day as grandparents day, Alexis had a field trip to the local airport.  Jason took the day off to go with them.  It sounded like the kids were very excited to see and learn about all they had to say.

 They even got to learn about and see a glider take off and land.

 Her class hanging out at the airport

Grandparents Day

The day after the kids concert was Grandparents Day at school.  Grandpa wasn't feeling well so Grandma went to both kids classes.  Braydens class met the grandparents outside and did some dancing and singing for them.  

 After the singing and dancing they did some fun things outside and also went to the book fair.

 Alexis did an interview with grandma and then spoke about her to the class.  They also went to the book fair.

It sounded like all three of them had a lot of fun.  And the weather was gorgeous.

STEM school concert

The kids came home singing songs in English and Chinese for weeks.  They both worked very hard getting ready for their concert.  About a week and a half ago we were able to go listen to them.  They both did very good singing.

Here is Braydens class along with the other 1st grade class.  Brayden is right in the middle on the bottom.    

 Both kids were selected to sing the Chinese songs, there were 5 or 6 from each class chosen.  They sang quite a few songs in Chinese in between a small skit performed by four kids.

 Alexis 3rd grade class on the top row and then the two 2nd grade classes below them. Alexis is in the top right corner.

Front Pass

I forgot to post this video with the rest of the pictures from the last post.  Here is her front tumbling pass that she did in warm ups.