Camping Part 2....

Camping fun continued....

splashing in the pool...

 

Mia and Alexis enjoying some cool ice cream... 

 she's really checking it out....and making a little bit of a mess...

 on the hike back to the camp site...don't know what she was doing here....

 according to Alexis, these help her to see better {in the sun}....

 playing at the camp site....again at the tree....

 the chef is at work {this is my favorite part about camping, usually the men do the cooking}...menu tonight...fries and wings

 not sure what this is on her cheek....some kind of allergic reaction?...not sure, but it did go away

 the three stooges....but they are cooking for us

 the kids right before we got on the road to head home

 strike a pose.... 

and we are all ready to go again...

SunValley Camping Part 1.....

A awesome four day weekend getaway.....
With our hectic family schedule it is so hard to getaway, but this was a nice relaxing weekend.

A phone in a tree?....why not?... The kids played on this tree all weekend....love to see them using their imagination!
I took three of the girls to the kids craft session....they made some make believe bug catchers...cute...

not sure what this look was for....but I sure do love this cutie!

of course we have playing in the stones....

Joe caught a tiny, tiny snake....like the size of a worm...the girls were in awe, but no one was afraid {that's good}

how about a rooster in the camp store?...HaHa....Oh, it's just Ron acting crazy...

kids cooling off at the pool....

lots of pool photos....

the water was too chilly for Sam....

our little floater....{she is in a tube}....

Mia and Alexis just hanging out...

and what goes with relaxing by the pool....ice cream!

these two played nicely in the pool {very unusual}....they competed in some pool games and then played with some of the new kids they met....very cool watching them have fun as sisters

The 6th grader....

With only two grades in her building, she's now the upper class...
she seemed to have lost some motivation to get the high grades last year, but hopefully this year will get those grades higher again....

It's going to be an exciting year {aren't they all?...}

she is an extremely fast reader....

possible wallet to share with friends....

this is her final year before the move to the middle school...

and the 2nd option for wallets...

The big 8th grader....

Joe's oldest heads off to 8th grade! {wow....he's getting old...haha}

She wasn't too excited about getting back to school, but she did miss seeing her friends.

I'm thinking this would make a nice school picture to share with family and friends....

Sam seems to be happy with all her teachers....she only had negative comments about one....we think she'll come around in a few weeks and it will be fine

we hope she can keep the "honor roll" title throughout the entire year...that's her challenge

She really likes her English teacher so she said she's going to Ace English...we shall see

This wallet might work great for Sam to share with her friends...little more "teen" style...