Closing out the school year...

Photos from this last week...

I had to take the end of the year photo.  Kit thought I was silly to have them get in their uniforms, but it's tradition and I just couldn't help myself...

Driving by for the kiddos to get their things and drop off library books.  This was Eden's drive by:

 We love our principal.. She is the BEST!

Ryder's pictures and drive by:

We LOVE his teacher!

We now have a 3rd and 5th grader... I just can't believe it!

Summer, we are SO glad that you are here!

We made it!!!

Today is the last day of school!  This week has been spent closing out the year, returning library books and school items saying goodbye to our amazing teachers!  I just can't believe after 10 weeks of distance learning, we made it... 

("You guys, show me with your face how happy you are that summer is here...")

I got this:

We finished strong and I am so proud of my kids for the effort and endurance they have shown over these last several months!

Our School's {Virtual} End of the Year Field Day!

This last Friday was supposed to be our school's end of the year field day.  The kids look forward to it every year and with no surprise, they were bummed that it wasn't going to happen tis year.  Our amazing PE teacher sent us videos and a supply list so that we could participate in a "virtual" field day at home with our families.  Kit, being the fun parent and always up for making things amazing for the kiddos, took it and ran with it.

We happen to have balloons on hand.  We also used buckets, sponges, a baseball bat and sponges.

We did limbo with the hose and pretty much laughed the entire time watching the kids think they were doing it right...

We had a relay race where the kids had to fill each of their buckets with water filled sponges:

We had a ballon toss and then we played baseball:

Then we just had a full out water ballon fight, where I was reminded of the strength and accuracy of my son's arm...

 And in classic field day tradition, we ate popsicles!

We laughed SO MUCH and such a great time together making these memories...

It was so good for all of us... 

I love this family of mine so darn MUCH!

Memorial Day Weekend 2020

These holiday weekends are so interesting while you are in quarantine.  As we remember the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for our country and our freedom, we usually get to to that with people that we love, sharing meals together and just enjoying our friends and family.  It is different, but we are determined onjj making memories regardless...

On Saturday, we took a bike ride around the Back Bay...

 Taking a snack break at the Newport Dunes!

 Afterward, we had a treat of fun drinks at Sonic...

 Strawberry limeade for the win!

That night, we had some fun baking pretzels for the first time...

 They might not have looked like the prettiest pretzels:

 We did salt, everything bagel seasoning, and cinnamon and sugar...

 And kit made a cheese dipping sauce...

 They tasted SO good!

 Also, Kit replenished our bread supply.  

They are just amazing!

On Sunday after live streaming church, we went to have some social distancing with family in Redlands:
Swimming and pizza were the chosen activities...

On Monday, we got up early and headed out to the beach to explore...

But first doughnuts...

Then we headed down to Crystal Cove:

 We love this tunnel...

We went tide pooling and had THE BEST TIME!

The tide was so low and we saw so many creatures... 

Then we headed to Castaways Park to see the memorial flags:

Our hearts are incredibly grateful that we had these moments to remember and honor those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for this life that my family and I get to live...

It was such a great day together as we look forward to summer and head into our last official week of school!