It's All About Making Memories: May 2011

May 27, 2011

Justin's moving on

Well, it's official. Justin is no longer in elementary school. Makes me so sad! He's growing up. Yesterday was his 5th grade promotion and some awards were also given out. We are proud to say that he met his goal that he's had since 2nd grade and got the Presidents Award. That means he has made honor roll every trimester in 4th and 5th grade. Way to go, Justin, our smart boy! And I have to say I am also proud that he even had that goal at such a young age. I love that he has that in him! Great year, Justin! We are so very proud of the boy you are and your wonderful example to those around you! I put a very short clip of Justin getting his certificate at the end.

Devin's 1st year is done

Before Devin even started kindergarten we knew we would have him repeat it. School just isn't an easy thing for him and so we want to give him a great start and allow him to be a little older in his grade rather than younger. He did a great job this year, though. He has come a long way and it isn't the school district retaining him, it's us. That's great news! On Wednesday he had his kindergarten end of the year program and BBQ. It was so cute and he did such a good job! I'm putting a very short clip at the end of this post just to show you Devin getting his groove on. So cute! Congrats on a great first year of kindergarten, Devin! We are so proud of you!

Bye Bye Baseball

Baseball is officially over and we are sad. It was a lot of fun having 2 kids playing this season. Sometimes it was hectic, but more often than not it was fun! Both teams had a great run during the playoffs. Avery's team came in third and Justin's I believe was fourth. Here are a bunch of pictures taken over the course of the season. Good memories!

May 26, 2011

Serious about camping and baseball

A couple of weeks ago our friends called us to invite us camping with them. It's the same family we camped with during Spring Break. Avery and their son are on the same baseball team and their older son plays and Justin plays. We all assumed baseball season would be over for our teams by then as the playoffs would be going on and we were all banking on all the teams not making it that far. We sure know how to make things interesting! All 3 teams continued to win through the playoffs. Great for baseball, bad for camping. It got to the point that we would lose our money if we canceled, so we just kept waiting. Thursday evening Avery's team and Justin's team both played at the same time. Although Justin's team did a great job, they couldn't quite deliver and their season ended that night. Avery's team, however, won again making it so she had to play Friday night - the night we were supposed to leave camping. Kirk was determined to still go regardless of what happened. We met our friends at the game Friday evening and we both had our trailers ready to go. The Mariners won AGAIN!!! So, our friends, feeling it would be too much to go camping AND make it to the game the next morning at 8am, took their trailer and headed home. We, however, drove to our campsite only to set up camp, eat dinner, shower and go to bed. We had to wake up at 5:45 to leave by 6:30 so we could get to the ballpark by 7:30 am for our 8:00 game.

That is where the season ended for the Mariners. They ended up being the third team in their division! Way to go! What a season!

So, the Forrest's headed to our campground at that point. Made for an interesting start to our camping weekend.

Saturday ended up being very warm and the place we stayed at (Rancho Jurupa, the same one we stayed at during Spring Break) has a really fun water park that the kids got to enjoy after lunch