Summer slideshow

Here are just a few highlights from the summer. Enjoy!

Back on the blogging wagon!

It has been pointed out to me that I have forsaken the blog world. Yes, I repent it is true. No great excuses, just the busyness of life I guess. I thought that the kids being out of school would provide more time for such things, but no. I think that I enjoyed the vacation just as much if not more than they did. School is back in session now and we are starting to get into a routine. Kaya started Preschool and it is going well(she hasn't even need to use the "emergency clothes" that are at school). I was worried after the first day, she didn't seem too eager to go back. The apple that we made with all of her favorite things on it was just too much fun. She didn't want to leave it at school. Her teacher let her make another one, because she couldn't part with this piece of art that represented her. The name tag was for my window, until they learned what kid went with what car. When I ask her what her favorite part of the day was she usually says "Playing outside and finding treasures in the sandbox." Which is interesting because that was Canaan's favorite part too. He still has a yellow cup in his room full of sequins, and holiday shapes that he found in there daily. Classes at the charter school for Kira, Ethan and Canaan start this week. Then we'll really be on track! Thanks for bugging me to get on this...you know who you are!

Back after so many years...

Eli was invited to speak for the Church in Chico. They were having a family retreat at Sierra Bible Camp. We thought it would be fun to all go and show the kids where we met. Ethan said "So if there was no Sierra Bible Camp, we(meaning the 4 kids) wouldn't be here? Thank goodness for Bible Camp!" I guess that is one way of looking at things. We had a great weekend. The girls and I stayed in girls cabin 3 and Eli and the boys stayed in Boys cabin 7. It was pretty funny to be chasing my kids around on the logs up there. Who knew?! Ethan got quite good at Ping Pong while we were there. He was always trying to get someone to play him. Eli asked Kira on the "midnight hike", but she turned him down, so he went with Ethan. It got so cold on Sunday night that I took the little ones to bed before the devotional. In their class on Sunday, they were talking about helping one another and they went all over the camp "feeding the hungry, giving clothes to people, untying people from trees..." Kaya and Canaan loved the costumes and wore the mustaches almost all day.