June's Adventures

Happy June - oh, wait - June is long over.  We'd better play some catch up.

 

June started with the end . . . the end of another year of school.

It was a great year and that was proven at our annual Merit Assembly.  Both Sam and I earned lots of awards this year - awards for academic achievement, physical fitness, and good comportment.

In addition, we both earned scholarships this year.  That is a H U G E deal!  That's what hard work and strong effort gets you!

 

 

I had another performance with my Honors Chorale.  I sure enjoyed singing this year!

 

Mom was off traveling most of the month and while mom's away, the boy's will play.  The few pictures we have to show include:

 

Another trip to see our local baseball team.  We loves the Bees!

 

And dad took us fishing a couple of times.  The fish were biting and we had a ton of fun!  Here's Sam.

 

 And here's me.

 

 

Right after mom got back in town, we had our Horse Show.  Here we are earning our ribbons.

 

 

Then it was my birthday - the long awaited for day that comes every year!

My day started with a yummy breakfast prepared by dad.  He makes the coolest, most colorful pancakes.

 

For my family birthday activity, I chose mini golfing.  

 

We played the haunted house course.

Sorry - some of the pictures didn't rotate - please turn your heads to enjoy . . . it's too late at night to correct. 

 

Sam - the bridge.

 

After a lunch of ice cream . . . .

 

. . . .we had a yummy birthday dinner at my favorite yummy roll place.

 

Then it was birthday cake time.  Mom and dad made me this cool football cake this year.

 

And now I'm 11 years old!

 

We ended the day running through the sprinklers  

 

Wet bums all around.

 

And there was the usual measuring on the growth chart.  I'm nearly 5 feet tall.  

 

That's it for June.  More to come in July's update.

 

Sam Alert:  Hey everyone - this is how I spent lots of my time in June.  We always take part in some summer reading programs.  This is my "reading nook" and I have been loving reading this summer!  Countless trips to the library - we have our own library cards now! 

Ok - see you for July's update!  Sam out!

May Happenings

May was a good month - so. much. fun!

We started with Sam's birthday.  He turned nine this year.  How is that possible?

He's growing taller every year.

He chose his birthday dinner - sushi!

Then his birthday cake was chocolate chip with chocolate frosting.

Yum!

His birthday family activity was mini golf with Uncle Noley.

Then we hit a Bees baseball game.  It was a lot of fun!

Here we are on Mother's day taking flowers to Grandma June's grave. 

 Spring programs at school were next in the month.  Here is Sam with his 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Abbott.

And here he is with one of his very best friends, Charlotte.

Sam with his Computer Fair project - top row.

Sam with his art project - top row.

And Sam with his Young Author project.

Then it was my turn for the spring program.

I won a silver medal for my Young Author project - a thrilling tale about a knight and a dragon.

And this is me with my fabulous 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson.

 I finished up football season.  It was a tough season but we had lots of fun!

 I loved having dad as one of my coaches again this season. 

Memorial weekend came next.  We headed out for Star Valley Wyoming for the weekend. 

One of our favorite things to do is to stop by our ancestor's cemeteries and bring flowers.

Stop #1 - Sandy Utah for Grandma June.

Stop #2 - Murray Utah for Grandpa L.

His grave is near these cool rocks - we love to jump off of them.

Stop #3 - Syracuse Utah for Grandpa G's family.

Stop #4 - Woodruff Utah for Grandpa L's family.

 

Stop #5 - Afton Wyoming for the Cassity's. Sorry, no picture.

When we hit Wyoming, we get to drive the car.  Here's Sam driving us to . . . . .

. . . . .stop #6 - Etna Wyoming for Grandpa and Grandma G and Grandma G's family.

We met up with lots of family in Etna.  It's always a big party with everyone there.

We played some football with our cousins.

Sam enjoyed the super giant bubbles.  He's in the bright orange shirt.

And more football. 

 I got to drive us from the cemetery back to the main road - such a serious driver!

We stayed at a fabulous cabin at the south end of Afton.  It's one of our new favorite places.

We tried driving up to Cottonwood Lake but there was still too much snow on the road right near the top of the canyon.  So we stopped and threw rocks into the river.

We hiked to Intermittent Springs.

 We stopped at the log bridge to cross it.  I got a bit wet as I was coming back across but Sam made it across dry.

It was a beautiful day!

We found a nice shady spot in a quiet spot of the river for a picnic lunch. 

Ah - Wyoming, how we love you!

We ended the month with a Broadway play in downtown Salt Lake - Cinderella.  It was excellent!

I'm about ready to graduate from Cub Scouts - in a few more weeks.  Here I am receiving my religious knot and some other awards.

And last but not least - we're still going strong with horse lessons.  We did some street riding last week.  Here I am on my trusty steed Duke.

And here's Sam riding Big Jake.

Thanks for making it all the way to the end of May.  We'll be back for a June wrap up in a few weeks.