Camp Half Blood

This week Gavin has been taking some summer fun classes at the college. He has done "Survivor", greek mythology, and his favorite Camp Half Blood. They even had a half blood hill. The teacher was really nice and did lots of fun stuff, like capture the flag, bow and arrow practice, making a Medusa mask, and talking about the Percy Jackson books.

More Fun!

More beach fun (still cold). We went to a cool park with a castle and ate at Rain Forest Cafe. A long trip, but fun.

We are glad to be home again.

More Fun in Cali

We tried to have some more beach fun, but it was way cold. I was wrapped up watching the kids play in the ocean. They seemed oblivious to the cold until they got out. Later after clean up we went to the Spaghetti Factory in Newport for dinner, painted a bowl at Color Me Mine and went to see the new Toy Story movie. A long day and

we were all pooped!

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Grandpa goes home!

Grandpa has become antsy being idle. He said he was ready to go home and be by himself, so we reluctently let him. He promised to take care of himself and remember his medicine. We drove him home to Idyllwild and the kids enjoyed exploring in the woods behind grandpa's house to make some weapons and climb trees. We visited and had lunch with dad and then left him alone. I think he was happy to have quiet. We will be checking on him everyday.

Outing for Grandpa

Gavin and I came to Cali to visit and help Grandpa with his recovery from heart surgery. He has been doing pretty well (better than I expected), which is great. So we took him on a walk to the end of Huntington Beach pier, to one of our favorite fun spots, Ruby's. Afterward we let the kids play in the ocean, while Grandpa was recovering from his walk.

Ahh, summer

Summer brings gardening and ducks to visit from across the street. Love it!

Scout Camp

This week Gavin and I have been at scout camp. It was really hot, but fun. The scouts got to pass off a lot of requirements, which was great. They had the life chopper from the hospital come visit. They did archery, fishing, rafting, leather making, learned about handcarts, played games of old and much more. Their theme was the Wild West Adventures. I am glad it is over and we can sit in the modern air conditioning.

Wedding Shower

Yesterday we had the privilege of helping with a wedding shower for our cousin, Megan. Katie planned the whole thing.(And as usually it was really great) Melissa and I made the cupcakes with a few tips from our recent cake decorating class we took. It was a great time to relax, have fun and eat. I mostly ate.

School is out for summer!

Gavin is done with 3rd grade. He is happy and sad. He will miss his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Phillips, but he is happy for no more homework and sleeping in. They had a blast these last few days of school. They went to the library, played all sorts of games at field day, and went bowling. I loved his teacher too and am sad she won't have him again. Yay summer!

Piano Recital

Last night Gavin played two songs he has been working on with his teacher, Sis. Moeller. I thought he did an excellent job, but I may be biased. No more lessons for the summer, but he has to keep practicing. (Don't know if he knows that yet)

Dinner for Moms

Today at scouts they had a special dinner for mother's. They asked you to bring a favorite family recipe to share with the other scouts and moms. It was really nice. At the end, the scouts gave their moms a rose and told them why they were thankful for them.

Grandpa

We love when Grandpa comes to visit. We didn't do any outings, but stayed around the house. Grandpa did some fix its(thanks dad), and we lounged around. We are grateful that grandpa can still come visit.