Play house update

The roof is now finished and the primer coat on the outside. Karen and her friend were even able to stay the night.

71st Anniversary ~ trip to Ontario

This weekend we made a trip to Ontario to visit the grandparents ... all 4 of them. It's Chauncy and Lucile's 71st anniversary on Tuesday. Karen dressed up like Gramma Jessie. On our walk, Curtis got upset because I wasn't right beside him.

Instead of going out to eat, we made dinner. Jessie made sourdough bread, Paul made salad, I made lasagna and Kim made dessert.
Here Grandma and Grandpa are gifted with titanium sporks. Grandma apparently has a strong dislike for a certain restaurant's sporks, so now they have indestructable ones to call their very own.

Curtis likes to play with his great grandparents. In fact, when we drove up to their house, he cheered and yelled 'Papa!'.

Playhouse update

Walls are up, roof is almost done (just shingles to go) and a door to go.

Relay For Life

Thanks to everyone who sponsored me and helped me pass my fundraising goal. We had a great time.

When I grow up I want to be two.

Camping!

Fishing in our own puddle.
View of Snake River on a calm day.

Karen's first fish; a perch.

I saw a bald eagle... actually 2!... in the wild. I was so excited!!

Karen played "Little House" with the dominoes for about 4 hours one day. See the stove (in front of her), the desks, and the teacher (by sunscreen)? She refuses to play with dolls, but dominoes work better!
Going to Idaho! (long trip! lol. took 3 minutes!)
Frowin' rots at the wawa.
Owie! Curtis fell and had to get two staples. He has healed very well, although he remembers and will tell people about his 'bonk'.

having fun at the campsite.

the only picture of me, taken on pack-up day, courtesy of Curtis.

Pooped!

Last Day of School

First day

Curtis' POV

Summer Cut

Now I'm sad.... Curtis has lovely hair, but it's so thick he'd sweat so badly. Paul talked me in to cutting it all short. He's not really upset at his haircut... but that I forced him outside to brush off.

It'll grow.... it'll grow....

Play House

My babysitting money going to good use:

Yet another new outfit

Shortly after the first pictures of me in the 'orange' blouse and white skirt, I realized that the blouse was a bit big. So I exchanged it for this dress, plus $6.

Sunday Flight

Yesterday, the town just across the border had Free Flights for Kids. My friend was taking his daughter and foster boy and invited Karen and I to go. I thought the line would be huge, but by 2:30 it was a short line. And they had several planes going. So we signed them up and all 3 got to go at once. Karen had a lot of fun. They give a certificate and a picture. Here are my pictures:

Thursday

Nothing new going on.... no new pictures to post. But today is my day to go volunteer in Karen's class room. I have so much fun in there. I usually just run the class store, but I do get to help the kids with their math homework. When I walk in, several kids will call out "hi Karen's mom" to me. Some actually remember my real name. I hope that even when Karen is out of Mrs. McKinney's class next year that I can still help her out. She's a great teacher and has been wonderful for Karen.

Next year, since our town can't pass a successful bond measure, our schools will be reconfigured. Instead of K's school being K-2, it'll be K-5, as will the current 3-5 gr school. Both will be K-5. The other K-5 school in town will also be included and the whole town will have new boundaries made. That should mean Karen will continue to go to the same school since we are only 6 blocks away. We don't know what teachers will be here or there.

Did you know both of our TV remotes have rubber bands around the battery cover to keep the batteries in? They've been dropped and fiddled with too many times.