ANOTHER HAIRCUT

As if the haircut I gave Ben back in April wasn't bad enough.....today Ben was in the bathroom with me while I was getting ready for church. All I heard was, "Look mom! I'm Daddy!" and when I glanced over, Ben had found Chris' mini electric shaver and was pretending to shave his head. Yep, Just like Daddy. Only the shaver wasn't pretending:

Are you kidding me??? I honestly didn't have time to even clean up the hair. Just grabbed the kids and off we went to church...

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Hurray! The last day of school is finally here! We had over a week of snow days during the year so our school year was made a week longer to make up the days. These two are more than ready to get their summer started! Great job this year! You both did awesome!

First late night bbq, kicking off the start of summer!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Today is the last day of school for these two rugrats....I honestly can't believe how fast it went. It feels like we were just moving in and buying school supplies! They have both had a GREAT year and I am so thankful. I was worried how they would do, new school and new neighborhood and new friends and all, but it's like they have lived here forever. They  loved their teachers, and all the fun programs and things they did in the classroom. I loved seeing them walk into school together, sometimes with their arms around each other but always glued together. My little Nick looked so small walking into that big school, it was sweet to see Olivia taking him under her wing. 


Have a great last day, guys. I cna't wait to have you home for the summer!

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

This weekend was a fun one for the Smiths! We got a fire going on Friday night and roasted ourselves a few hundred marshmallows! We found these super jumbo regular and strawberry flavored marshmallows that we just had to try. The kids were impressed!

Saturday morning we were up and ready for an adventure. After wanting to try geocaching for over a year, today was going to be our first attempt. (Geocaching is basically treasure hunting using a GPS. Thousands and thousands of hunts have been set up by people all over the country and the coordinates needed to find the treasure (a.k.a. trinkets) can be found online.) We were all pretty excited, not sure what to expect from the whole experience. We headed out to the first "test" location and ended up on the side of a deserted road. We knew we were close, but the small bit of land between us and the jackpot was covered in poison ivy. See previous post for details, but no one in my family was going to go anywhere near that stuff! We jumped back into the car, ready to get to the "real" hunt!

The coordinates for this one took us to a large park on the edge of town with trails and paths that run deep into a wooded area. Oooh, this is going to be fun! Chris was our official leader. Nick declared the two of them Lewis and Clark and we were to call them by their appropriate explorer names. On our way:

Fast forward an hour and we had been "almost there" and "right on top of it" about 27 times. Our fearless leader had us cover the same trail multiple times. Nothing. It was hot and muggy down in the trees, we were all sweating, and still nothing. Finally, something....

Yeah, that's right. Nothin' but the butt end of a deer. We were treasureless! The underbrush was just so thick that it was nearly impossible to see anything. And the possibility that we were using the wrong kind of GPS could have played a part in our problems, too. We were a little bummed but vowed to try again in the fall, once the trees were bare, the air was cooler, and we had done a little more research into how to properly geocache! The next day I  headed to the library and checked out "Geocaching for Dummies"....