D Q Baby!

One of our favorite places for dessert is Dairy Queen - for several reasons.

Number 1 - it has ice cream, lots of it; Number 2 - we can walk there; and Number 3 - "Uncle" Jim owns it. Timothy thinks it is beyond cool that Dairy Queen belongs to Jim!!

Savannah got her very own cone. Everything went well until she started eating it from the middle of the cone.....

Timothy wanted a blue smoothie. Apparently this is Blue Raspberry Icee mixed with soft serve vanilla. The last picture sums up his opinion of it.

Track Day

Fort Caspar Academy held its annual Track Day on May 12. In past years, we've had sunshine, wind, rain, wind, snow, wind...you get the idea. This year we were blessed with mostly warm weather even if we did have to anchor down the chairs. The gusts never exceeded 60 mph, we think, and the kids seemed to have a good time in spite of the rushing winds.


Cassie and Sarah are warmed up and ready for their field events.



For the long race option, Allie picked the 800. That's 2 laps around the track -- 1/2 mile!! Here she is after finishing one and starting her second lap.


Special thanks to Brenda and Teresa (aka the lovelies) for manning the finish line all day.



Allie is quite glad to be done with that race!

Allie chose the high jump as her field event.

Lindsay's ultra cheesy grin.

Jump, Lindsay, jump!

The softball throw.

Timothy had fun hanging out with Logan . They munched on snacks as they watched their older siblings run fast.

Lindsay's race.

Sarah's race.

Allie's hurdle event.

Let's Go Fly a Kite.

Timothy recently joined an AWANA club meeting to learn what it will be like to be a Cubbie next year. To his delight, AWANA store was that night, and he bought his very own kite. A Spiderman one. So the first windy day, he was begging to get it out.

As soon as it floated up into the air, he exclaimed with a huge grin, "I am SO excited!

Watch him fly it ALL BY HIMSELF.

Oh my goodness, Grammy takes a lot of pictures!!

So.............if a picture is worth a 1000 words, here's a 23,000+ word post for you. This may be the longest post ever, so I'll keep the captions brief.


Savannah's new favorite snack - pretzel sticks.



Timothy shows Grammy his clean room.



A beautiful day.

Handsome boys and pretty Savannah

Don't leave Grammy out.

Savannah has hijacked Timothy's tricycle.

So Tim hijacked Sarah's scooter.

Umm, good, kisses from Sarge

Sweet Sarah and Savannah.....

Whee!

Hmm, not sure what Savannah is trying to convey to Grandpa - Not sure Grandpa knows either!

Yep - Timothy made Grammy do all 6 different puzzles on these blocks.

Apparently Timothy bonked his head while in Grandpa's care. I need to tell Grandpa where the small band aids are! Ha ha

Ready for a roller coaster ride?

...or an ice cream sandwich?

...or reading a book with Grandpa?

Now that's my boy!! (You should here him try to say Caramel Macchiato)

Sarah's best friend.

New swimsuits - thanks Grammy!

Lindsay likes to read to Savannah also.

No shortage of story tellers here.

You put that bow back in your hair, little Missy.

Sarah showing off her new summer haircut.

Yellowstone Expedition

It's early...... 4:50 a.m. to be exact.

Allie's bags are packed.....

Her friends are ready with smiles....

The food is ready to be loaded on the bus.....

Allie's 5th grade class spent 4 days in Yellowstone National Park as part of a school field trip. They did a lot of learning and exploring and also had a lot of fun at the same time. The weather was chilly, but clear. Allie actually came back with pink cheeks from all the time in the sun.

Some very large furry friends wander around their cabins.


A picture of the beautiful view.

Learning and journal time in the wilderness.

The kids had a GREAT expedition to Yellowstone!!

Mothers, mothers, everywhere!

My mom, Susan, and Phil's mom, Jeannine, were both here to celebrate Mother's Day this year. My 5 kiddos also gave me a great reason to feel loved and appreciated.

Sunday was great. We had a wonderful sermon at church on the book of Ruth, a nice Italian roast dinner, some rest time and finished the evening with Allie performing in the annual Mother's Day concert by the Casper Children's Chorale.

As always, trying to get the perfect picture is, um.... always interesting.

Take #1 - Savannah screaming.

Take #2 - remembering to take the sunglasses off. Savannah still screaming.

Take #3 - Sunglasses put away, Savannah not screaming, 4 out of 6 looking at the camera - GOOD ENOUGH!

Grammy joins in on the fun.

Taking this photo was not near as stressful as the earlier ones......


Allie is very proud of her roses and her Children's Chorale Certificate. There is one more group performance in June as part of the State Honor Coir. Allie was also selected to represent the Chorale in one of the six honor trios selected by the conductor, Marcia Patton. She will continue to practice in anticipation of this special event.