Flashback Friday

Flash back to 2006 and the filming of the PBS documentary "Sweetwater Rescue." I made Rebecca this pioneer costume for the movie. Now my little Lizzie Lu fits in it -- actually, it's a little small on her now. I should have put it on her a couple months ago.

A Successful Year of T-ball

Rebecca's first summer of t-ball has come to an end. I was afraid she wouldn't enjoy it - that she would be like me -- uncoordinated and scared of the ball. But she did great! It probably helped that she had Kaykay, Olivia, and Jelly all on her team. That turned t-ball in to social hour!
For their last practice they got to have a slip 'n' slide and play games. It was a little chilly, but they didn't seem to mind.

I do believe in fairies, I do believe in fairies, I do, I do, I do believe in fairies...

No big surprise that I couldn't get the video to upload again. The pictures will have to do, again. This is Rebecca's Tinkerbell Dance class. She was in the young class again for this one, but Tricia decided to move her up to the 6-7 year old class because she seemed bored with the 3-5 year olds. She did a great job, and she was excited to be with the "old girls."

Take Me Out To the Ball Game!

Rebecca sure enjoys t-ball. Here are some photos of her hitting the ball and running to home. Below are photos of Ian & Jamey at one of their baseball games. I am going to miss baseball when it has all ended.

Barbie & The Diamond Castle

Last week was Rebecca's Barbie & The Diamond Castle dance class. Her friends Kaykay, Rebecca B, and Annie (her violin lesson partner) were also in the class, so that was fun. She seemed to really enjoy it and her ballet improved even during these past 2 dance classes this summer. She has another one this week. She seems to really enjoy ballet with Tricia, and that makes me happy because I want her to be more graceful and coordinated than I am. I tried to upload the video of her performance and, once again, it would not work. I am not sure what the deal is with that, but you'll just have to imagine the performance.

Barbie Island Princess Dance

Here are photos from Rebecca's "Island Princess" dance class last week. I tried to post the video I took of the performance, but something was wrong with the file so it wouldn't upload. Rebecca was the oldest one in the class and I think she enjoyed that.

Rebecca's Birthday Party

This is pretty late, but 2 Saturdays ago was Rebecca's birthday party. It was a "slumber party." The girls wore their pajamas and brought their pillows. We ate dinner, watched a Barbie movie while painting finger nails, had a pillow fight on the tramp, opened presents, and had cake & ice cream. The girls went home with a new pillow case, made out of fabric that Rebecca had picked out. My mom had arrived in town just in time to help with the party. It was chaos for a while, but it was fun.

Field Day

Micah has been looking forward to field day all year long! It was supposed to be held on June 2nd, but it was rained out, so it was rescheduled for June 4th. All of the 5th and 6th graders get together and compete against each other in track & field events. Unfortunately, since it was rescheduled, North was unable to attend. Still, it seemed like there were a million kids there.





Micah got 1st place in the mile. He came within 20 seconds of beating the school record. He has run the mile several times trying to beat the school record and didn't quite do it. If he keeps running, though, he's bound to be super fast by high school. His relay team placed first, and he was 4th place in both the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash. The girls and I camped out at the high school all day, watching the events. I came prepared for cold weather, which we had at first, but when the sun came out we got a little bit cooked. Look at poor little Lizzie's sunburn. I should have come prepared for sun too! I did have an umbrella, but she didn't stay under it for long. There was too much else to do! I got pretty burnt too.


Rebecca and Kaykay had a fun time playing. They pretended to be pregnant and deliver their multiple babies without an ounce of pain -- they would just say "wah, wah!" and pull the baby out. If only it were really like that...


Here is Micah running the mile. He stayed in the lead most of the last 3 laps, but Ellis passed him at one point and he had to gain his lead back.

He and Ellis walked the track and cooled down after their race.

Crazy girls

3 crazy girls. Lizzie was sooooo tired, but I couldn't get her to take a nap. There was too much to see.

After a full day at the high school, the girls packed up and headed home.

Here is a video of the end of Micah's mile race. He redeemed himself from Hersey Track, which was the day before. Since he has an October birthday, he had to compete against junior high kids instead of the kids in his grade, and one of them was about twice his height (and won the races by a long shot). So he didn't do as well as he'd hoped in Hershey Track. He did get 2nd place in the long jump, but there were only 2 that competed. :)