End of School Days 2012

Brennan had a party to celebrate the end of his pre-school days. This little boy is heading to reception(kindergarten). I can hardly believe he is old enough to begin his adventures in school. Brennan you are such a sweet, fun, and cheeky monkey!

Taylor's class has been learning about pirates for the last 6 weeks, so she had a pirate day to celebrate and party together.

Between 'Leavers BBQ's', concerts, assemblies, and 3 day trips from home this boy did it all! Carter is moving to English middle school and that meant a lot of last fun times in primary school. He took a 3 day trip with his class to a place called Kingswood. He loved every second of that time with his friends. We also got to have a BBQ--it is amazing how quickly the English can clear an area when the rain starts pouring. I have never seen any dinner party cleaned up and moved inside quicker than this. That would be Carter under the table during the rain.

Carter with all the boys(two are missing that were in the class for quite some time) Those 8 boys took on having 22/23 girls in their class for the last 4 years--talk about patience! Carter with his good friend Mimi. During the Leavers Assembly Carter received the award for greatest Olympian. When they did a small Olympics Carter was quite awesome at all the events and wouldn't stop talking about it for days--so he was thrilled to get his award.

Carter with one of his best friends, Danny. Danny transferred schools last January, so it was great to be able to get a picture with these two together.

Carter with his headteacher, Mrs. Rees and also his Year 4 teacher, Miss Pizzy. He also needed a picture with Mr. & Mrs. Stringer who have been caretakers at the school for years. They are the sweetest couple and were retiring this at the end of this school year. Yes, that is Cameron that Mrs. Stringer was giving a nice cuddle to as well.

Mason's Birthday

Happy Birthday Mighty Mouse!! Mason turned 11 years old on July 17th and enjoyed every second of the day. He was lucky enough to have a bit of summer school and share some ice cream sandwiches with his friends at school. We then opened a few presents and had ice cream sandwiches on his actual birthday so that we could sing and have a treat. Mason wouldn't allow us to go without having something that day!

If you remember back at Christmas time Mason got a plasma ball and loved it to death! There was an accident with said plasma ball and he got a new one for his birthday. This time there was no question as to what it did and he was thrilled! He tried to share with Cameron and was perplexed as to why Cameron didn't like it so much.

 Why blow out make shift candles when I could play with the fire instead??

 Cameron sampling the ice cream.

 For the real party mom built a lovely ice cream cake for our Mighty Mouse.

 He wanted to watch his new movies from some friends immediately--Arthur and the Invisible's.

 The joy that this kid brings us is immeasurable. Look at this face and tell me you don't agree. He challenges us, adds new routines and complications to just go on one day out, but I couldn't trade that for anything!! Mason loves being loved and loves showing his love--and what more could you ask for.

Torch Relay

 Our local town had the Olympic Torch run through and the hype and excitement in the air was not to be missed. The crowds were huge, but it was a fun time to go out and support the London Olympics.

Most photos were courtesy of Carter who stood in the front with Taylor--he did a great job!

Cuteness is a problem

 Cuteness is contagious in this house and a serious problem that I don't think we will ever get rid of.

4th of July

Red Arrows Air Show=AMAZING!!!

 American Idol tour--I don't know any of these people, but some of you might :)

Family, Fun, Fireworks, Food, and Festival=Successful 4th of July!!