The Best

Well, another week has come and gone. It has been a good week. I thought I would tell you the best things I did this week.
1. The best 10 dollars I spent-----Phineas and Ferb 2nd Dimension CD!!!! The songs on there are just as good as their first CD.
2. The best weather we have had all summer----we went to the beach after school on Friday (It has been over 70 degrees all week)
3. The best late night read----Well, I haven't stayed up this late for a long time but I really wanted to finish this book so after stake conference I stayed up til 1:00am and finish The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest. It was a great series. It even ended well.
4. The best family scripture we read this week---". . . .for there is nothing good save it comes from the Lord: and that which is evil cometh from the devil." Omni 1:25 I love this scripture because it reminds me how much the Lord does for us. There is so much good in the world.
5. The best Webelo den meeting so far---well actually it was the first. We took Nerf dart guns and put pins in the darts and shoot at balloons. We also started our Athlete activity pin. YES---I bet all the boys in a race around the church.
6. The best service someone did for me (or at least Lizzy). Thomas accidentally smashed Lizzy in a door. She was so sad and cried. The guy at subway give her a cookie to cheer her up. She took the cookie and bit it and felt much better. Every time she bit the cookie she felt better that night. It was wonderful.

Sunday afternoon

Yeah, my children may not survive morning church (not church itself but what they are doing after church).

I found Thomas on top of the ledge.
Isn't he crazy (sorry fuzzy picture)

So, I told Thomas he couldn't play on the ledge so the next thing I see---- Thomas and Henry repelling off the deck. They had tied up the rope on top of the upper deck and the other side of the rope to the tether ball rod. They were not brave enough to start at the top of the rope but they would climb up as far as possible and then they slide down.

It is only 3pm. Who knows what they are going to think of next.

Good luck Jill!!!

First Day of School

Thomas was the first one up (thinking he slept in)!!!!

He was excited to see all of his friends he hadn't during the summer
Henry wasn't far behind Thomas.
Henry was able to pick his favorite breakfast (German Pancakes)

Can you believe I have a 3rd grader and a 4th grader.

Lizzy finally woke up just in time to take the boys to school.

Lizzy smiled all the way home after dropping the boys off at school!!!

We went for a walk (she talked the whole way).

Then we went out to breakfast with a bunch of other Mom's and preschoolers.

Then we went shopping and got these cute shoes. (I tried to get them with the lights blinking but it didn't work. But they are still pink and glitterly.)

After school they came home and sat at the table for two hours doing homework.

We went to soccer practice for the first time (the boys are on the same team this year).

They were very tired after soccer!!!!! It was great. They came home and had a snack and went to bed. I love the first day and the last day of school. We are going to have a great year.

Last Week of Summer

Well, it was the last full week of summer vacation (and it actually felt like summer. I think it hit 75 degrees 3 days in a row). We had a great week playing with neighbor friends, going on a hike and playing at the beach.

We went hiking up at Hurricane Hill (just past Hurricane Ridge). On the way up to the hike we almost ran over a black bear. I haven't seen one this close before and was glad I was in the car. The bear looked back at us after he cross the street and was glad we didn't run him over.

Hurricane Hill is one of my favorite easy hikes because the views are so beautiful. It was a great day because there were no clouds covering the views. (The mosquitoes were awful but the views were great).

Here is a view of the south side of our hike (we could see a lot of the peaks from Mt. Olympus to Fritzhenry).
Here is the view from the east

Here is the view from the North. There is Port Angeles down there with the spit and Victoria a little farther away

Lizzy loved the lake

The boys climb the rocks

Here is the hiking picture of the three kids.

We hung out at East Beach for two days. The first day Thomas and Henry built a dam (I think that spent 4 hours on it). The dam was really cool. When they broke the dam, the creek went a different direction for awhile. I also finally convinced Lizzy to jump off the log. She went out and jumped off and wouldn't go again. She told everyone she was still sick from jumping off the log. It was pretty awesome she went out so far and jumped. Henry also got brave and dived off the log. He said he touched the bottom (which is pretty good since it is so deep there) The second day we played on rafts with our friends. (I will really miss this beach----I love sitting on the beach watching the children play, bald eagles fly, just looking at the mountains and be able to tell you which peak is which and talking to my friends about life).

Vacation

Well, after downloading all the pictures I think I should have posted the pictures in the opposite direction. You will have to see what we did from the end to the beginning.

We had a wonderful time and we are totally exhausted from our vacation.

It was really fun to see everyone and see what they were up to.

We also looked for houses and saw lots of them and kind-of figured out what we would like.

Now we just have to wait for our house to be sold. Keep praying!!!!!

On the way home from Sarah's we decided to go to the Jelly Belly factory. We had a great time eating Jelly Belly all the way home.
This is what Henry and Lizzy looked liked in the car. Lizzy slept most of the day while Henry slept for the last couple of hours!!!! She was so tired. She played and played and played while we were away and hopefully she will sleep and sleep and sleep for the next couple of days.

Crazy Sunday

After church this is what you have to do. GO CRAZY!!!

The kids took the camera and took over 75 pictures so here some.

The California's Damstedt

Thomas jumping out of a tree


Aren't they cute

The park is always fun

Great America was fun. All the kids had a great time.

The kids love each other even after all day

Isn't she cute. She can pose really good!!!!

Reading with Ben and Sarah was always awesome!!!!