End of Birthday Season

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Whew.. it’s been a great birthday season and it’s nice to be done.  All of our birthdays happen between march and June.  Levi’s is the last on our list.   This one was a big one.  He turned 8!!!  He wanted to have a bowling party like his brother did last year.  He invited some friends and they had a great time bowling and hanging out.  The rest of the day he spent it with us and playing with his birthday gifts.  At the end of the day I asked him what his favorite part of the day was and he said “spending time with my friends and family”.  How cute is that?  He is such a sweet boy.  Next week is another big week for him.  He is going to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  He is really excited and can’t wait to see his grandparents.  Boy we really lucked out having this little guy in our life.  Love him so much.

Levi and his Friends

Levi and his Friends

Watching his ball hit the pins.

Watching his ball hit the pins.

 

 

 

 

 

Opening presents

Opening presents

Goofing off and eating cupcakes and ice cream.

Goofing off and eating cupcakes and ice cream.


A hiking we will go

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We have gone on a couple of hikes this season.  We did Hell’s half acre again but this time we hiked a little further along the red line.  Sophia walked about 2 miles but Corey had to carry her for a mile in between. It was a fun first hike.

What a cute group of people

What a cute group of people

Eating lunch

Eating lunch

 

 

 

 

 

Family Photo

Family Photo

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Corey Hiking with Sophia

Preston Shooting his new BB gun

Preston Shooting his new BB gun

 

 

 

 

 

Another hike that we went on was Palisades creek trail.  It is actually a pretty easy hike just really long.  In total we hiked about 5 miles (Sophia 4 miles).  If you went about 1.5 miles more then we would have made it to the lake.  The kids kept complaining all the way hiking in but on the way out they were just fine. On the way back we sang songs to take their minds off of hiking.  I wish I had thought of that on the way in.  Corey and I are hoping that we can make it to the lake next time.   It was a very pretty hike.

The creek that goes along the trail.

The creek that goes along the trail.

Pretty wild flowers

Pretty wild flowers

Hiking the trail

Hiking the trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

More trail

More traill

More wild flowers

More wild flowers

Corey's sneeky bouquet.  He put flowers in my backpack while I was hiking.

Corey’s sneeky bouquet. He put flowers in my backpack while I was hiking.

 

 

 

 

 

Mid point over look.

Mid point over look.


Recitals

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I’m playing catch up again.  So much has happened in the last month.  Right before school ended we had to recitals to go to.  We actually would have had three but Preston’s violin recital was the same night as his piano recital so he had to pick which one to participate in.  Since he just had a performance in Orchestra a couple of months before he decided to participate in his piano recital.  He did a very good job and loves playing the piano.  This is his first year and he has picked it up pretty quickly.  I have a recording of one of the songs he did with his dad for his recital but I can’t figure out how to download it.  So maybe if I can figure it out I’ll share.

Preston's Solo

Preston’s Solo

Duet with dad.

Duet with dad.

All the students and there teacher Mrs. Smith.

All the students and there teacher Mrs. Smith.

 

 

 

 

 

Another recital we had was for Sophia.  She has participated in the Let’s play music program.  This program teaches the basics of music theory through songs and play.  This is a program that gets the little kids a head start on playing the piano.  It’s a three year program and Sophia just completed her first year.  She had a lot of fun with this and she can’t wait to start again in the fall.

Teacher with all the students

Teacher with all the students

During one of the songs

Cute kids

Getting her certificate

Getting her certificate