Summer Camps

Second week into summer break. Kallie and Jaron head off to camp.

 Kallie gets to go to her first year of girls camp. This picture was taken right as she was leaving to go to camp.She had a great week at camp. The sweatshirt that she is wearing is her camp sweatshirt that she made. Kyle was able to go up for two days to be a camp dad. And they both enjoyed it, they were able to enjoy the hike together.

 Jaron was picked to be in a week long golf camp, called "Hook a Kid on Golf". They gave him a set of clubs, balls, hat & shirt, and a week long being taught by professional golfers. He loved it.

 After the week long camp, on the last day the had family BBQ. The girls and I loved it.

Here are the golf camper and their instructors.

Jaron is the first one in the front row on left.

After having such a fun time the first week at golf camp.

 He signed up to take another week of golf camp with his good friend Colton.

Last Day of School

Today was the kids last day of school...

 This is inserting picture of the kids as they left for their last day of school. 

The kids had awesome teachers that welcomed them in to class and help them adjust and grow to all Alaska has to offer them.

 Kelsie and her 1st grade teacher, Miss Jamison

 Kallie and her 6th grade teacher, Miss Edwards

Jaron and his 3rd grade teacher, Miss Buben

Third Day

On the third day that they were here:

 We went to the award ceremonary /sixth grade graduations at the kids school. Kallie got awards for the Geographic Bee, graduation from sixth grade, and for her band participation and for passing off the whole book. Then there was a slide show of all the six graders that were leaving. The above picture is the best one we have of Kallie she is in the orange.

After the assembly we headed over to the park to meet up with Jaron's class for a picnic. The above pictures are while we waited in the car.

 Then we got out and played at the park. It was beautiful day.

Mother's Day

It was a great mother's day. I was treated as a queen. Kyle made me breakfast in bed with this new recipe. And the kids gave me cute handmade items, Jaron gave me a frame picture of his head and told me it was titled the floating head with a sweet card that went along with it. Kelsie made me this cute card at school with a very colorful bouquet of flowers on the front. Kallie made me an armful if friendship bracelets. They all helped out around the house and wished me Happy Mother's Day all day long.

In Primary Karlee's teacher  helped her fill out this form for me, it was funny to see what Karlee thinks of me;

The color of my Mother's hair is Brown.

My Mother is 2 years old.

My Mother's shoe size is 4.

My Mother like's to wash clothes.

My Mother is happy when flowers are bright.

My Mother is sad when she sees dogs.

The funniest think I ever saw my Mother do was fish.

The funniest thing I ever did with my Mother was fishing.

I like when my Mother cooks bacon for me.

I like to help my Mother.

My Mother's favorite food is frosting.

My Mother does not like to eat cupcakes.

If I could give my Mother anything, I'd give her cupcakes.

My Mother works at home.

The first thing my Mother does when she wakes up is make her bed.

I love when my mother cooks.

I love my Mother because she cooks fish.

The color my Mother likes best is blue.

By: Karlee age 4

For Mother's Day we got the kids bikes, the plan was also to get me one too. But we have not found the right one for me yet. But the kids are having a blast with the bikes. There are many bike paths around town and we are excited to explore them this summer.

We hope that everyone had a Happy Mother's Day. We are so grateful for the mom's in our lives and all they do for us and the great example they are to me. We love you Ma2, Grandma Kenner, and G3!!

Water Safety and Sport Show

This weekend they had a water safety workshop. I guess they have done it for the last couple years. It is very well put together, Kyle and I were really impressed and the kids had a great time.

 When we first got there they had the kids color a t-shirt iron on and got it ironed on a shirt, while they waited for their group to be called.

 There was five kids in our group (one other girl beside our kids). And four stations/classes in the cafeteria. First one talking about always making a plan, and telling someone of your plan when you go on your outdoor activities. Second one talking about not polluting the water where the fish live. Third one is a pictured above, talked wearing life jackets and make sure they are the right ones and that they fit. Kallie and Jaron are giving examples of the wrong life jackets to wear.

 The last class in the cafeteria was talking about how Alaska waters are very cold and that you can get Hypothermia very quickly in them. The kids are putting their hands in buckets of ice trying to get out coins before their hand gets to cold.

 The kids then got in their swimsuits, and fitted into life jackets that are their size. And they are all ready to get in the water. Each part of the pool had different stations. 

 At the first station they once again talked about Hypothermia ...

 got into the water...

 learn how to float if you are alone to stay warm...

 and if you are in a group to stay warm you do the huddle.

 Rode on a banana boat and learn how use it.

  They also had fun being flip in the banana boat.

 In this station they were learning how to fall in the water from a boat. Grabbing your neck with one hand and the back of your thigh with the other hand, curling in a ball and falling into the water. Jaron and Kelsie had pretty good belly flops when trying, Kallie was able to make a ball.

 This is after the event by the rescue boat.

 After the Water Safety Workshop we headed over to the local sport show, to see all the fun things to do in Alaska. Lots of FISHING!!

And the wildlife.

 The kids were enthralled with the helicopter.

 Can you see it?

Checking out the vehicle that everyone seems to have here in Alaska.

It was a fun family day

80's Dress Day

Today the kids had a dress up day at school: The 80's.

When I found out that they had this dress up day, I was excited. It was the decade that I was in their ages. So I tried to remember all the things I wore in the 80's and what the boys would wear in my class. We did the peg jeans, knot in the skirt on the side w/ a tank top underneath, leg warmers, double layer socks, side ponytails ratted up, the look of an exercise girl in neon colors. For Jaron we spiked his hair with lots of mouse, wore two polos with the collar up and pegged jeans. To bad we didn't penny loafers :0) It was so much fun to dress them up.

Kallie's Project Runway Party

This year Kallie asked if she could do a Project Runway party for her birthday.

 She likes to sew and create and wanted that to be part of her party.

 This is the invitation for the party:

You have been chosen to compete in Kallie's project runway birthday party.

 "Are you IN or are you OUT?'

We had a good turn out for the party which I was excited for. I wonder where we would hold the party, I wanted a big space where the girls would be able to create and I wouldn't have to worry about our rental. We have a two car garage on the property where we are at and thought that would be the perfect large space to use. The night before the whole got together and cleaned up the garage made it a great space to have the party.

The girls arrived and we got the party under way. We divide the girls into teams of two, each team was given one package of tissue paper, a roll of toilet paper, and a roll of masking tape. They were to design a outfit out of it.

The girls did a great job on creating their outfits. They had come up with headbands and necklaces. I was very impressed. The girls really got into it and was enjoy doing it. I gave them an allotted time to get it done and they kept asking for more time to finish.

Here are the teams with their finished outfits. 

I was very impressed with what they created.

Their prize for their creations were a black t-shirt with the project runway logo on it.

 We then moved to the main part of the party. Each girl had their own work station where they had a sketch pad, pencil, and measuring tape. They were supposed to design a dress for there model (a barbie doll). They were given twenty minutes to draw their design.

The girls busy at work drawing their designs.

We had our own Mood fabric store

Once the girls had drawn their dresses they came to Mood fabric store and get the fabric they needed to make their dresses. Here Kallie is measuring her model for her dress, to see how much she needed.

 Her picking out the fabric.

 I love how she has her pencil behind her ear.

 She really got into fun of the party.

And then the girl went onto working on their dresses. Cutting, pinning, sewing, and more pinning. Some girls knew how to sew and others didn't. The girls that did helped the others on the sewing.

           

In the middle of the creating, the girls took a break to enjoy something to eat.

 Then back to work on finishing their models.  

Dressing and doing the models hair to go on the runway.

 Here are the models on the runway. Jaron, Kelsie, and Karlee came out and judged the models. I had numbers next to each model and they wrote down which one they liked the best. They chose number one. Which won a amazing prize package as like what they have on the show.

The Grand Prize package:

Cover of Teen Vogue magazine (it was the whole magazine), line of make up (nail polish and lip gloss), a trial sample of Treseme hair care, and 100 Grand (candy bar).

Here are the designers with their models and drawings:

 We sang Happy Birthday and had cake and open presents.