School's Out for Summer!!!!!!

Last week about the time I usually start to blog...I fell asleep.  I had a 10 minute nap or so, then felt like I could write a post, but decided to go to bed.  So this week I have to catch up.

On Monday Molly (Alan's sister) and some of her kids came into town for a visit.  We went and met them at Discovery Park and watched part of Quin's baseball game and played on the playground.  It was a fun visit.

This is a picture from astro fest the Saturday before.  It was published with the story for The Universe.
http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2012/05/20/astrofest-educated-inspired-and-amazed-children-and-adults/

 

Tuesday we went and helped out at Jared's class store.  It was fun to see what the kids choose to spend their money on....they had been able to earn money in their classroom.  Then at the store they had needs that they had to fill before their wants.  They all had a buy a drink and snack and a school supply to help them over the summer.  Then they could spend the rest of their money on whatever they wanted or save it.  They had a sweet shop, toy store, and school supply store.  We worked at the school supply store.  Lauren got to help me take their money and put it in the 'cash register' and Brad just played.  Tuesday night I went to book club.  The book we read last month was The Giver.  I had never read it before...and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

Bradley loving a mango pit

We bought the Pass of All Passes on Tuesday night, so on Wednesday we went to Trafalga to pick them up.  It was a pretty cold day so we decided that we would mini golf inside.  It was tons of fun....it took longer than I thought it would, but was fun.  Wednesday Jared got to go on a class picnic.

Thursday was Jared's last real day of school!!!  That night we got together with some friends for a dinner in quad 2.  The Frosts were moving and the Browns came from Spanish Fork for it too.  It was fun to have one last barbecue with everyone.  We made ice cream which was super yummy.

Friday was the all school dance festival.  Each grade had a different dance that they learned and then performed for the rest of the school and parents.  They did it outside in front of the school and it was a rainy cold day...we got a little wet and it was hard to see around umbrellas at times, but Jared did a great job in the jello dance.  It was over by 10:30 and the official start to our summer had begun!!!!  The night before Lauren had told me that her eye was hurting and it was pretty red so we stopped at the health center on the way home from school (we had walked)  The doctor gave her a prescription for eye drops for pink eye...she had to have them for 5 days...and she preferred Alan to put them in.

Jared has a blue J...

Jared and Mrs. Porter

 

Friday night we went ice skating.  Jared has been wanting do all winter and we finally went.  We had a ton of fun.  The ice arena here has little walkers to help them skate and once they got a hold of them they were doing great and by the end Jared was zipping around the rink without one.  We stayed until 9:30 when we had to go...and no one was ready except maybe me.

Brad (after 1 lap) was not very excited about spending his evening ice skating...but he warmed up to the idea. (and Lauren's pink eye)

I don't know if I've ever tried a picture like this before...

The oldies out for an evening stroll 

Saturday was another wet cold day.  We went swimming at the city pool and to winco.  Connor got in too and wet all the way up to his shoulders.  He got cold pretty fast, but he loved it.


Last Sunday was a nice restful day.  Jared helped make a strawberry pie...he did almost the whole crust by himself and putting the strawberries in.

 Jared and Bradley peeling potatoes getting ready for dinner with Jeff.  (Elizabeth was gone)