Avalee's Surgery

Avalee's surgery went really well. Her tonsil were infected as suspected and the doctor thinks she will have a much better life without them.

We did have to stay at the surgery center an extra hour because Avalee threw up 10 minutes after she woke up. They got medicine in her fast to stop this. She also threw up on the way home which I was prepared for in the car by myself. She came home and has had three scoops of ice cream and a half of yogurt.

Avalee has been very pleasant and is being very faithful at drinking lots of water.

Summer Fun--Secret Wish

I secretly hope our summer fun in Idaho is not over. There are a couple of fun things I would like to take the kids to at the library, the fair, and a stake activity. Let's hope that Avalee recovers quickly so we can have more fun before our summer in Idaho ends. Stay tuned for more updates in the next month.

Summer Fun--With Dad at Lunch

Avalee wanted to meet Nathan for lunch and feed the ducks. The kids did not expect the ducks to be so large in number or so aggressive. One actually nipped at Lincoln. So we the kids watching Nathan feed the ducks. These ducks were not scared of anything and would not wait for you to throw the bread they would just attack you.


This is my favorite pictures because Avalee is screaming. Mom unlock the door so we can get in. The duck just kept getting closer and closer to her.

Summer Fun-At Settler's Park

This park is amazing. I don't know we have never been there. The kids had a great time and we will go make a couple of times next year because it is free. The pictures below are the things you can do there...play musical instruments, play in the water, climb the rocks, and other things.

Summer Fun--In the Backyard

Avalee got to make a wish list of things to she wanted to do before her summer in Idaho ends on Tuesday. We have done swimming lessons, been to parks, visited the library, had friends over, played with friends, and many other things. I did not get a picture of everything but we have been busy and fulfilled her wish list.

This is a picture of backyard fun. The kids actually understand how to slide this summer.

Merdian 5k Dairy Run

Why we forgot the camera I do not know?

I ran my 2nd 5k this summer. I made it in a time of 32:59 minutes. I would have probably gone faster but there were two hills that I had not expected that slowed me down. I cut a minute of my time and hope to cut another minute off my time in September at the 3rd 5k of the summer.

Avalee and Lincoln ran in the 1/4 mile run. They did very well and got a shirt and cow bell for running and finish the race. I was equally impressed because the next week I found out Lincoln was not breathing and had to go on a dose of steriods for a week.

5-mile run

I accidentally ran five miles on Monday night. Here is how:

On Friday, I went out running and got rained on because I got to far away from the house. So on Monday, I decided to run around our subdivision until I hit four miles. Mapmyrun.com told me our subdivision was .7 miles. So off I went for six laps. When I got home I looked at the clock and thought I had gotten really slow. Then I decided to get in the car and clock it. I found out the subdivision is .8 miles and with six laps. I had ran .2 miles shy of five miles.

This is an amazing accomplishment for me because my foot still hurts at times. With another 5k down on Saturday, I only have one more to go to reach my goal of three this summer.

Tonsillectomy and Adenoid Surgery

After a winter of antibotics and a sinus infection and a six week wait, Avalee finally got into see a Pediatric ENT doctor today. Only to find out the the antibotics had cleared her sinuses but she needs her tonsils and adenoids taken out as they are 50% swollen. The earliest day they could do it is July 14. She cannot leave the area for 14 days. I asked them to please notify me if they have a cancellation because we are going to be pushing it close for leaving for Virginia.

I also guess Lincoln and I are going to my family reunion my ourselves and Avalee and Nathan will be staying home.

I can now say that our summer break will be over in exactly 3 1/2 weeks. The kids and I are going to make a list of the things they want to do and we are going to be very busy.

Avalee's 1st violin recital

As a first year student, Avalee did not go to festival but got to play in the end of the year recital at her teacher's house. She was one of 20 or so students that we got to listen to that evening. Avalee did a very good job. She stood in front of 50 people and played her song the best she ever had.

For the last song of the evening, the teacher and a couple of students played a song together. The teacher encouraged the parents to enjoy dancing. Lincoln was the only one that took her up on that challenge. He is a pretty funny dancer. After the recital, we enjoyed dinner and a swim in the pool. I can honestly say not many students have this much fun after a recital.

Last Days of School

Here is pictures of the last days of school for Avalee and Lincoln. Avalee came home and cried because she did not want to get a new 1st grade teacher. She wants to stay with Mrs. Williams forever. I admit that I cried with her because she has had an awesome teacher this year. I can only hope that 1st grade brings another good teacher.



Lincoln on the other hand is not very proud of his preschool certificate because he doesn't think it is fair that he has to go to preschool again for another year when all the rest of his class passed and got to go on to Kindergarten.

Wednesday's Fun

After three years, we had to buy a new pool. The kids had to check it out today. It started with just simple fun.
Then Lincoln got brave and started cannon balling off the slide. I told him I was not taking him to the hospital if he got hurt.

So then he grabbed the bucket and said "Now I have a helmet and will be safe." Then he jumped again. He seriously has no fear of jumping and water unless he is in a bigger pool.


In Rockland, they make a huge deal out of Kindergarten graduation. So today Avalee got a card from her grandma. This is her expression when she found a couple of $1 in the mail today. Dollars are pretty cool to a six-year old. We are proud of Avalee for making it through Kindergarten.

Week of Avalee

The last week of school has been busy with one Kindergartener. I can't imagine what two kids in high school will be like.

This week Avalee got invited to an awards ceremony for her elementary. When we got there I started looking through the program and saw that she had earned two awards. The music award which was picked out of 100 kindergarteners and the Merit Award which was picked out of her class of 21. We are proud of her.

Avalee after she received her music award.
Avalee with her certificates and medals.
The next day we were off to the classroom music program. This is a fun picture they were suppose to do clap, clap, hit, hit. Her partner took a couple of times to get the rhythm so in the meantime, this picture looks like she is trying to push him over.
We also got to go the on a field trip to the zoo and Planet Kids. The Boise Zoo is not very exciting compared to the other zoos we will see this year. Little brothers are not suppose to go on field trips but Avalee's teacher always says just drive and come. The other teachers will never know that Lincoln is not in Kindergarten.
Posing on a tiger at the zoo.
The kids had a blast at Planet Kids. There were sixty kids and enough room for all of them. They were very tired after we left. This is definitely a place we will go back and visit. Lincoln is standing up in the orange shirt. Avalee is in the pink shirt in the balls.
This is a picture of Lincoln in the many tunnels. It was hard to take picture because the kids were moving so fast.

5k Race

Today I ran a 5k race. This is a huge accomplishment in my life. Two years ago I broke my foot and it has taken so much effort to get to the point of running again. For those of you that don't know I was scheduled to run a trialthon 10 days after I broke my foot.

I ran the entire time and did not allow myself to walk. I finished in 34 minutes and I was thrilled. The minute I crossed the finish line I stopped running and they helped me sit down because I couldn't feel my foot. I have been limping ever since but I did it and I will do it again and try to finish faster.

Now I need to find my next race so I can always have a goal in mind.

Camera problems

It has taken me a while to get all of these pictures up on the blog because my computer no longer likes to transfer pictures. So I had to wait for Nathan to give me a lesson to get them from the Mac to the blog. Now I need to figure out how to get the pictures turned on the Mac.

I guess I need to spend more time on the Mac.

Easter

For Easter the kids got a tiny bit of candy and a scooter. They have had a lot of fun on the scooters. It was cold and rainy on Easter but that didn't stop them from having fun.

Arizona

I didn't get any picture of the Organ Pizza Stop. I guess I was so fascinated I forgot about the camera. Here are the last of the pictures of the Arizona. It was a lot of fun and it makes me excited for the fun in DC this summer.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Nevada we found Lincoln's bighorn sheep.

Reason we went to AZ

We went to AZ to see this cute family sealed.
At the Mesa Temple. The other five kids were with a babysitter.

Bahama Bucks

How many Bahama Bucks did we eat in AZ? I truly have no idea but I know it was a lot. They are the best snow cones you have ever eaten.

Dinosaur Museum

Panning for gold. This was Lincoln's favorite part.
Searching for bones.
One of many displays.

The Zoo

We ran out of batteries in our camera but we got some pictures and had an awesome time. The zoo was huge and the kids were tired at the end.