Q & A:

What is the last book you read?*

Christian: J. R. R. Tolkien
The Children of Hurin


Kendal: K. A. Applegate
Remnants

( Remnants is a 4th grade level book, but before you judge me please know that the book that I read before that was the Diary of Anne Frank and that's a 7th grader book, so who's the smart one now? Hey, and I read the Old Testament this year too, so...)

Josh: Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid


Nicholas: J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince


Audrey: Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind


Preston: D. J. MacHale
Raven Rise


(*not including scriptures)

Q & A:

What was your favorite childhood toy?

Christian: Green Machine


Josh: Spiderman toy


Kendal: E.T. doll


Audrey: Razor Scooter


Preston: Sly the Fox


Nick: Basketball Hoop

All-Star Game #1

was a win.

All-Star game #2 was a win.

Well done, Sno-Valley North!

Why our 4th of July was the best:

We went to a party at a lake house with an island and a dock.

2 words: Paddle boats! Or is it pedal boats, who cares.

I'm a sucka for Fourth of July color coordinated outfits.

Girls vs. Boys volleyball! (Boys won. Barely.)

Gotta give your friends some love.

Fireworks round 1!

For the little kids:

For the big kids:

Is it okay to purchase illegal fireworks if it's for sale on an Indian Reservation? Apparently.

A Secret About People Who Live in Washington

Summer Day 11: we went to the beach
Summer Day 12: we went to the river
Summer Day 13: we went back to the beach
Tommorow's plan: river
Coming soon: play date at the dermatologist*

Today we went back to the beach where we got BURNT on Monday. This time we had 50 spf sunsblock. Time to talk about skin cancer.
We discussed how dermatologists check all of your cracks and hiding places for skin cancer.

"Oh, we don't want to do that."

"Put sunblock on ONLY to the already burnt parts. But not my face. Not my face."
They played despite their nacreous pink skin.

Okay, time for the secret...

...something I noticed about beach kids in Washington...
...something is missing...

...one absolutely necessary beach item...

...if you're thinking "bathing suit" you are correct.
Several children were swimming in their clothes or underpants.
It was gross.
COME ON buy a swimming suit.

*Not kidding about the group summer outing to the dermatologist. It really is one of our planned summer activities. What kid wouldn't want to use up one of their summer vacation days getting their freckles & moles checked?

Audrey and Preston are back from Trek! Audrey's face is BURNT.

Yesterday Preston was wondering why the men were passing the sacrament instead of the deacons. He was thinking that the deacon's weren't allowed to pass this week because their fingernails were so dirty from trek.

Yesterday we went to a beach with Michal and cousins. We all got BURNT. I even got burned and I am the Queen of the Shade and was so confident of that fact that I didn't use sunscreen. Today my burn is itchy.

This is not the actual beach we went to. I forgot to bring my camera. The actual beach we went to was kinda gravelly, there weren't clouds, there weren't any palm trees and there were people everywhere.

Oh, My Darlin's!

Auds & Preston left this morning for a 3 day pioneer trek. I'm so glad it's you guys going and not me. Ha ha, wait what?