Shooting fun!

Two weekends ago (yes, I am a bit behind in my blogging) we went out to visit our old neighbor. They moved about 25 minutes from here to a place with lots of property. We had dinner and did some target shooting. At first Kirk (neighbor Kirk) brought out his pellet gun and the kids had fun shooting a ball. Then he brought out a 22 caliber and Justin and Avery got to shoot that. Devin didn't want to even be near. So grateful he has gunaphobia. :) We had such a nice time. We will miss them!

Lori and Haley. I'm bummed that I forgot to get a picture of their dog, Abby and Haley playing. They had a blast!
Mr. Kirk showing Devin how to shoot.

My first pellet hit. Yay me!
These two had a great time swinging on the fence.
Now it's time for the 22 caliber. Fun!
Kirk couldn't resist.
Avery was a bit leery to begin with, but then let loose!

Weekend away

2 weekends ago my amazing friend, Natalie, took our kids for the entire weekend! They went to school Friday morning, I had another friend pick them up after school and then Nat came and picked them up from there and she kept them until Sunday at 11:00! We were going to leave for the weekend, but then decided just to hang out around here. It was weird not having any kids around. We ran lots of errands, got a lot accomplished and went out to dinner both nights. It was an awesome weekend!

The kids missed us, but they survived and had a good time. The below picture is Avery with Malory on Saturday morning.

They did face painting on each other. I love Devin's!

And they enjoyed their hot tub, which wasn't quite hot, I hear. :)
Kirk and I finished up Avery's birthday gift, which was a room makeover. I love how it turned out and she is thrilled!

Thanks for your amazing gift, Nat! Now it's your turn.

Field Day

Avery and Devin's school had field day last week. I had planned on going to both of theirs, but ended up just going to Avery's. Thus, just the pictures of Avery. They had many fun stations.

This one was a dress-up relay race. Go Avery!
3 legged race...
This is Avery with her good friend, Gabby.
The obstacle course. Those tires were heavy!
Then after I went and got McDonald's for each of them. I had lunch with Devin first.
This is Devin with his best buddy, Trent. Trent comes over every day after school for about 35 minutes until his mom gets off work. They are so cute together! We call them the stooges. Aren't we nice? :)
Then it was time for lunch with Avery and her friends.
Fun day! I like to have lunch with them this one time every year.

Avery's 9!

Avery turned 9 this past week, so to celebrate we had a little family gathering on the Saturday before. She got 2 Webkinz, Justice gift card, some cash and from us she is getting a room makeover. It was a nice day and she was a happy girl. Happy birthday, Avery! xoxoxo

With her money and gift card she bought this fun and fuzzy chair to use as part of her room makeover. She got that a couple of other things.

Devin's first lost tooth

So, Devin lost his first TWO teeth this past weekend. His permanent teeth were already well on their way and I was wondering how it was going to play out. On Friday morning he was brushing his teeth and the first one popped right out. He was a happy boy! Then Saturday morning he was fiddling around with the other one and it came out too. The Tooth Fairy made a visit 2 times and Devin is now $2 richer. :)

The above picture was taken right when his second tooth came out.

This picture is only 5 days later and it looks like the teeth are moving forward. Kind of amazing!

Go Avery!

Avery received an award for the first semester for "Academic Achievement in all areas". Way to go, Avery! We are so proud of you! XXXOOO

Wicked

Last weekend Kirk and I got to go to LA and see Wicked at the Pantages Theater. I've wanted to see that play since it first came out however many years ago and so when I heard it was coming to LA for a short time I grabbed the tickets. 3 months later we finally got to see it and I loved it! It was a bit long, but still great and well worth the wait. This is the one picture I took of Kirk. :)

Fun Hike

On the last Saturday of Christmas Break we went up to Santa Rose Plateau for a little 2 mile hike. We weren't able to go to the preservation part because we brought Haley, so we went on another hike. It was fun (when Devin wasn't complaining about it taking so long :)). We had perfect weather for it too!