June

OK.  I am just about caught up again on this blog.  Until last January I had been pretty good at staying on top of my goal of posting once a month.  Then, I don't know what happened but I let almost five months get by without posting.  Ugh.

June was a pretty busy month.  Sadie was finishing up fifth grade (sniff) and got to go visit the middle school she'll be attending.  I was finishing up my last term of classes at WOU... I still have one term left of student teaching in the fall.  The kids attended a car wash to raise money for camp.  We attended a 50's theme wedding.  And, last but not least, we all went to Wi-Ne-Ma for a week of summer camp.

50 Car Pile-Up

Curtis have a wonderful time washing my car!

Sadie spraying down a VERY dirty truck!

50'S WEDDING

We attended a wedding for Bob Friend and his new wife Jan.  They had a 50's themed wedding.  Not everyone was dressed up for the wedding but there were quite a few people in poodle skirts or rolled up jeans and white t-shirts.  The bride wore her mother's wedding dress which was from the 50's.  

Bob and Jan

SADIE'S GRADUATION

Yikes!  Sadie graduated from elementary school.  I can't believe how fast the years have flown.  She has mixed feelings about middle school, mostly because many of her friends will be attending a different middle school than Sadie.  FYI... I made it through most of the graduation ceremony without crying... until I saw another fifth grader (that I didn't even know) that was emotional and then I lost it.  

Waiting for it all to begin.

Getting her diploma

All the fifth graders

Mrs. Burton-3rd grade

Mrs. Karabinis - 4th grade

Mr. Widmer-5th grade

                    

WI-NE-MA

As usual, I had my camera at camp but was so busy that I forgot to use it.  Fortunately, I also knew that there would be many other people taking pictures and posting them on facebook as well as our camp videographer who would be posting the camp video on-line.  If you would like to see the video it's at this website (or will be at the website soon)   CAMP VIDEO

Sadie, her cousins and friends at camp

Sadie and Ellie

Sliding!  At the beginning of the week the slide was sooooo slick... I think someone must have waxed it.  Our poor nurse had a lot of kiddos in her office patching up slide burns.

Curtis chose to run down the slide.

Erik and I have great mothers!  My mom helped keep all the kids working in the kitchen on task.  Erik's mom was a cabin mom and had all three of her granddaughters in her cabin.

Curtis, working in the kitchen

The kitchen staff this year was a bunch of giants... Curtis is not short by any means but these guys had many inches and pounds on Curtis.  The guy on the far left (not looking at the camera)just turned 15, and is 6'3"!

Luke literally picked up Curtis by the waist and lifted him onto his shoulders so that Curtis could get whatever had been thrown onto the roof of this cabin.