Andrew's hurdles

A mom sent me this cool shot of Andrew doing the hurdles at field day today. In his words "it was awesome!"

Getting ready for summer!

Things have been busy at our house...School is out in one week and the kids can't wait! We just spent a fun Memorial Day weekend camping at New Brighton Beach with old Fair Oaks friends. Eve and I ran in her "Girls on the Run" 5k two weekends ago. She had been praticing for two months- it is a really great program that encourages confidence and heathly attitudes for 3rd- 6th graders. The practice was 21 laps around their school track in the cold rain- she did it and I was so proud of her. Her class did and marionette puppet show last night and she is looking forward to the third grade beach bbq the day before the last day of school. She is excited for fourth grade (I can't believe it!) Andrew is counting down for summer and has been for quite a while. He does everything with numbers and all his friends come up and tell me what math test he passed when I am at the school. We are constantly amazed at his interest- he will figure out how to do all kinds of stuff. Our garden in growing like crazy (thanks to farmer Nate) and we are just starting to get blueberries and raspberries. We got an above the ground pool which the kids love even when it is foggy and cold. Nate is finishing up his firefighting training in the next two weekends- he has been doing Hazmat and wildfire trainings. I am just getting over laryngitis which has given me a great guilt free excuse to sit around, read, take naps and not talk very much. I highly recommend it every once in a while! One of my good friends got baptized on Sunday night, she is a Kloepfer. It was one of the coolest things ever! It has bee great to see how things have happened over the past few years and I am thankful to have her as a friend. As we gear up for summer we are looking forward to visiting family and friends and hanging out at the beach. Eve is having surgery on June 17th. Assuming that everything happens as it is supposed to she will be staying overnight and recovering for the following two weeks. Right now we are praying that she doesn't get sick (otherwise it is resceduled) and that she actually has the surgery this time. We would all like to move on for her sake. Please keep her in your prayers. We will be busy packing our summer/June into two weeks since she will be on "reduced" physical stuff for a month but we will be ready to live it up in Idaho!!