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For Joey’s birthday, I planned a surprise for him.  After a lot of guessing and dreading on his part, I told him that he was scheduled to get a massage, then out for some hang gliding followed by an interpretive dance class.  (all things he would hate.)  He was relieved and excited when we pulled into the PSE archery facility!

We had a private archery lesson!

Righty

Lefty

While we were there we found out about archery classes for kids.  Only $7 per hour and a half lesson and that includes the equipment rental.  With a deal like that, Luke and Isabel will be learning how to shoot some arrows on Wednesday night whether they like it or not!

For Joey’s birthday, I planned a surprise for him.  After a lot of guessing and dreading on his part, I told him that he was scheduled to get a massage, then out for some hang gliding followed by an interpretive dance class.  (all things he would hate.)  He was relieved and excited when we pulled into the PSE archery facility!

We had a private archery lesson!

Righty

Lefty

While we were there we found out about archery classes for kids.  Only $7 per hour and a half lesson and that includes the equipment rental.  With a deal like that, Luke and Isabel will be learning how to shoot some arrows on Wednesday night whether they like it or not!

Yesterday we had our history lesson at the park.  We started the second book in the Story of the World series.

For Luke’s Late Night Up, we went swimming!

For Sylvia’s Late Night Up, we made snickerdoodles. Then we watched Caillou.

I found Hazel like this the other day.  Sylvia taped her up so that she could be ready to go into the “baby army.”

Yesterday a tiny birdie hit our window and this lizard took advantage of the situation.  He sat with the bird in his mouth for a very long time, I am sure wondering if he had taken on a little bit more than he could handle.

Boy Peeing in Ant Hill by Luke Vincent

Today (in the afternoon when I knew we weren’t going anywhere) I let Sylvia pick out my outfit.  Of course she picked my wedding dress, the hugest earrings I have and my birdie necklace.  She chose the hairstyle and lipstick too.  Sylvia was the photographer as well.

Here is the bonny bride talking on her cell phone trying to get new renters in the LV house.

Here the blushing bride is watching her kids swim.

Bridal texting.

For Isabel’s Late Night Up, we made peanut butter & honey cookies…and they were glorious.

Tonight Luke and Isabel performed in a piano recital for the summer students.  Since there aren’t as many students in the summer, it was more casual.  They each played a couple of songs and then played a duet together.

In the summertime, we still have our children do their math, piano lessons, history, or whatever else we are into.  It sounds like I am a cruel task master, but seriously, we play so much that we have to be doing school all year round!

A more entertaining picture from tonight would have been Sylvia in her pink tutu at the recital trying with all her might to not chase after the dogs, hide under the piano or spin on the stool (of course the devil on her shoulder won on all three accounts).  Unfortunately, I was so in the moment just trying to get her to not be a distraction that I didn’t think to snap a picture.

Buying supplies for the annual trip where three generations go out for a weekend of trickin’ and killin’.  Joey, Luke and Grandpa Joe’s fishing trip!

Once we got rid of the boys in Saint George, Utah, us girls drove north to Salt Lake City to have a girl weekend with Aunt Natalie!  (Baby Jack was allowed to attend the girl weekend.)  Here we are making a stop in Nephi, Utah at a Burger King.  Love their veggie burger.

Love their “Twilight” crowns!

When we arrived, we each got a, specially handmade by Natalie, bag.

Thanks Natalie, the girls loved it!  And my orangie bag is now my art pencil and pen holder!

We visited a neighbors garden.

Hazel kissing Jack’s head.

Eating garden tomatoes.

Hazel dancing.

more dance moves.

The girls each had a turn in the hammock.

Goofy.

Natalie helped the girls sew their own little pillows with their initial on it.

Sylvia calls her pillow her headache pillow and only uses it if she bonks her head.

Visited Gardener’s Village.

Each shop was too cute.

Here I am after purchasing these cute dolls from the Doll Shop.

downtime.

The little girls got baby dolls from great grandmother Kay.

Isabel got some handmade by Kay Little Women dolls.  She loves them and I am trying to figure out a way that I could somehow frame/display them that would allow Isabel to still get them out and touch them if she wanted to.  Any ideas?

Hazel was very cuddly with Kay.

Natalie and Jack!

What the?

Party at Kay’s house.

Kay and Isabel.