Homeschool PE We just started homeschooling this year for all 3 kids. We are tying it out for a year a least and so far it is going well. I heard about a homeschool PE class at an athletic facility about a half an hour (everything is about half an hour away)
Great Waves We ventured out to a water park a few days ago, they had a really fun wave pool and waterslides, a dry play structure, and kiddie pools.
carson Mt Bethel Elementary Fun Run The boys wanted to participate in the Mount Bethel Elementary Fun Run. We're not the most athletic family, but they did pretty well on the one mile run. After the race, I asked the kids if they'd like to stay and look at the booths and
Handstands Savannah took a gymnastics class this summer and found her inner strength Even in the heat of summer, she'll go and put on a sweater and button it all the way up
Tucker's 7th birthday Tucker wanted a similar birthday party, so we invited a few friends and did the same thing!
Carson's 10th birthday Carson had a few friends over and we all went swimming at the Club, then went home for cake and ice cream
Thanksgiving Baseball To finish off Thanksgiving weekend, the kids and I decided to burn off our delicious homemade pies playing baseball in the backyard. Savannah uses the T-ball tee, but I pitch the ball to the boys.
Oh yeah, it was a FUN RUN Mt. Bethel Elementary had a Fun Run a couple of weeks ago. There were half-mile, 1-mile and 5K runs, and Carson and Tucker ran the 1-mile. They each got a medal for participation, along with their Fun Run t-shirts. They did a good job running and
Fishing and playing in our neighborhood Our neighborhood had a couple of nice large ponds / lakes. The kids and I went out fishing and playing by our association club house. All of the kids had their fishing poles, but Tucker and Savannah lost interest after a while and started searching for colorful rocks on the path.
Trying out our new little boat Since we have our good sized ponds near our house, we decided to get a small inflatable boat for some family boating time (and possibly some fishing). We tried it out yesterday. It was fun, but a little too hot this time of year. Comments Yo' Mama (Jul 28,
Family Fishing In Our Neighborhood While Angela was out of town, the kids and I decided to go fishing. We have two good size ponds in our neighborhood that are supposed to have some decent fish in them. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see them.
Swimming We were invited to our community pool on the 4th of July (ordinarily renters aren't allowed) Savannah was brave and jumped off the diving board multiple times Carson jumped a lot too! The crew
Camping at Jonika Gap Keith took the kids camping on a Friday, and they came back on Saturday evening. Can you see the tree face? Savannah caught a fish! Can you see it??? putting together a pizza for dinner Tucker caught a fish too, a little bigger than Savannah's fish. eating homemade
keith Cycling to work I rode my bicycle to work today. It is so nice to live that close, but wow, I am out of shape. I was exhausted after the 1.5 mile ride of ups and downs -- some pretty steep. Then I had to ride home to get lunch. I wimped out
carson Archery Time I really enjoy archery and with the nice large backyard and no immediate neighbors behind our home, we've had some opportunity to practice. Carson earned rights to half of a Mathew's Mini-Genesis bow when he passed one of his karate tests, so we pull it
carson Braves Carson's friend was going to the Brave's game with his Grandma, so he invited Carson and another friend. Carson had a lot of fun and the Brave's won!
Swimming and Birthday cake! More pictures from Traver, feeding the chickens. Inside a cool old milk delivery truck. Cool shooting gallery worthy of being at Disneyland! Tucker's first birthday cake in Visalia. One of Tucker's birthday gifts: a plasma ball. Beauty.
Summer trip to Visalia We went to Visalia for Traver and swimming! The boys swim with Grandpa Gene. Both Tucker and Carson got in some good practice and improved their swimming skills while having fun! Tucker is 4 years old now! This was his second ice cream cake for the occasion! The first one
carson Celebration Bowl To celebrate Tucker and Carson passing their Karate tests (in February), the boys and Keith went bowling.
tucker Tucker's Karate Test In February, Tucker passed his karate test for a second stripe on his white belt. Congratulations Tucker!
Variety Show and Tooth Our Variety show at church a couple of weeks ago. We did a karate routine as a family, and I sang "Colors of the Wind" with my pocahontas headband. Carson lost his first tooth a few weeks ago!
Think Kindness Golf Tournament To celebrate some recent software releases at work and to take a break, the company treated the developers to a day of golf. We entered the Think Kindness Charity Golf Tournament (http://www.thinkkindness.org/) at Lakeridge golf course. Other than driving ranges, I don't think that I&
family Reno Aces So it was time to redeem those free seats at an Aces game that Carson got at the end of his kindergarten year. Keith, Carson and Grandpa Knight went to the Aces game last night, against the Nashville Sounds. To complete the experience, Carson got a hotdog. This really cool
