Memorial Day at Scofield

 The last day of school arrived! Kasen didn't cry, but Tai sure did. Twice.

But we headed to Scofield to camp for Memorial Day weekend. And we were so happy that the curse was broken! Last year we missed Memorial Day camping cause Tai and Kohen were throwing up and the year before that we missed it cause Kyle and I had COVID. So we went camping for Memorial Day for the first time in a very long time. We almost didn't make it though cause Tai and Kolt are throwing up today!!

We stayed 4 nights and the first 2 days were raining, but the last couple were perfect.

Kolt loved putting pine cones in the tail pipe of both Kyle and Grandpa's trucks.

Roy and Kristi Banks came camping with us and Kristi had all sorts of beads for the kids to make lots and lots of bracelets!

Kolt also spent quite a bit of time taking this jump rope with him and just watching it follow behind him!

When Kohen wasn't fishing with dad, he was pretending he was fishing. He has a good arm to throw a frisbee too! He tried putting cups on his hands to put his hands down inside the gopher holes, but mostly he sat on the hill with Wayne and pet him. And made some "chocolate milk"

We played Bocce Ball on the last day and the white ball went all the way down a gopher hole! We had to dig pretty deep with a shovel to find it.

Sunday night Lyndsey had their pizza oven up there so we all got to make homemade pizzas! It was Kasen's favorite part.

Kohen loved playing with Oakley and would go knock on their trailer to tell Oakley to come out. The morning after they left he rushed back inside and said, "Mom! Oakley's trailer is gone!!" He was not happy that I wouldn't let him sleep in it the first night either.

On Saturday we ran back down to attend Ethan's baptism. He's one of Kyle's friends from work and Kyle's been going to the missionary lessons with him and also got to confirm him.

While we were gone Kyley did crafts with the kids at camp while it rained.

Kennedy pained Tai's nails and even painted little avocados on them! That was their hand clapping game all trip, "This is the game of avo-ca-do. Don't mess up or I'll change your name!"

My favorite game of the trip was Taboo. I love that game. Except when I accidentally offended all midgets and dwarves by saying they aren't actual people when I was trying to get everyone to guess toddler... I meant to say AVERAGE person.

Happy Memorial Day!

May Days

Every day during May, Tai's class had a new theme for the day. For the entire month! Why do they do that to parents? Tai had fun though and she also got to go on her first ever field trip to Tracy Aviary.

Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you! Insect Day, Pirate Day and Western Day. On Pirate Day she came home and made me a scavenger hunt to find the treasure, which was a hug!

Kasen finished reading the 7th Harry Potter book so instead of watching Star Wars that day, we watched the last Harry Potter movie.

Kohen finished all the breastmilk I had stored in the freezer and is drinking cows milk now. He was NOT a fan at first. He screamed for a couple hours after swatting the bottle away all morning. I finally just put him in bed with it and once he was asleep I saw that he drank it.

Tai and Kohen made a rocket ship with his fort building things and we've been going for morning walks. When it's not STILL snowing! Yes it snowed this week.

Kasen got braces! And still has his expander in, but we don't have to turn the key anymore.

He got them the same day he was chosen as Student of the Month also!

Kasen and Daisy finished writing their first Banana Nut Babies book together and gave the first printed copy to Mz. G. It's pretty funny too!

Kohen loves picnics in the backyard, so we've already had a couple when friends and cousins have been over this month.

Not only does Tai help teach Kolt how to go down the stairs, she's also been trying to teach Kohen how to read! She has a handwriting book that she makes him do with her and made letter sound cards with pictures that she has pinned up in her room. She finished another 300 piece puzzle and is working on painting her 3rd paint by number poster!

Kohen got to go fishing for a whole day with dad on Grandma Melanie and Jack's boat. He loved it the whole time too.

Kyle and I did a fun little date box at home. We made homemade macaroons and did a solved an escape puzzle together. It was fun trying to figure it out.

We also took the kids up to the Layton Temple open house! I really like the ceiling in the Celestial Room. It is blue stained glass that looks like stars up there too. This was the 6th temple that our kids have been able to go in.

We went to Kasen's parent party yesterday where we walked on eggs and watched a slideshow of the year. Kasen brought home a picture book of his top 10 favorite things this year and a huge portfolio of all the things he's done also.

He loved Reflections, Birthdays, Battle of the Books and Break Outs. He loved all the field trips, his AMAZING class program, making fraction pizzas and maps, rollercoasters, the pumpkin carriages and much more. He was never bored.

The last day of school is tomorrow and he let me know that when he gets home, he will be "weeping into his pillow until it is soaking wet."

Tai has loved her teacher, Ms. Lasson as well. She made good friends with Brynlee and they got to do both the cheer camp and the Luxelles drill camp together this year. Tai is going to miss her.