Annual Family Yard Sale

This year we had our Annual Family Yard Sale at Brinton & Amber's home.

I didn't think I had anything to contribute, until we did a MAJOR de-clutter and organization job on Taylee and Abree's room. I also found a few things in the garage and had several NEW costumes that didn't sell on Craigslist or in the children's consignment sales.

The weather was a little cool, but not too cool and the kids were good, except for the constant begging for food... Abree and Treyson!

The money we earned will be going toward buying a new trampoline.

Our poor trampoline is slowly, but SURLY deteriorating.
In total we have about $120.00 to date. I think the kids want to do neighborhood lemonade stands and bakes sales this summer to earn more.

As is also tradition, we swapped some junk with one another. Someone suggested we call it the, "Annual Family Junk Swap", instead of yard sale.

It's not junk.... it's treasure, right?

Micaela's Baptism

On June 5, 2010

Micaela Jo Waite

was baptized & confirmed a member of

The church of

Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints.

Micaela was baptized by her dad.
Lots of cousins and family came to support.

Yummy fruit pizza was served after the baptism.

Grandpa Waite & Uncle Grant were the witnesses.

Congratulations Micaela!!!

Memorial Day

A fairly cool, but nice Memorial Day picnic at Demeyer Park.

Grandma Ison joined us.
Dean on the grill. Thanks!

Audrey & Katelyn

Kyrick

Highlights: yummy food, good company, swinging on swings and feeding the ducks.

Grandpa Waite & Kyrick Visit

When the Clawson's moved to Arizona, so did Grandpa Waite. With Micaela's 8th birthday and baptism approaching, Grandpa Waite decided to come visit.... and Kyrick got to come too.

They had a LONG day of delays and lay-overs at the airport, but finally made it here safe and sound.
Kyrick stayed with cousins, friends and Grandma McKinley most of the first week, then got to hang out with us for the remaining week. Two weeks was a long time for a 4 year old, but he was a trooper.

Abree and Kyrick played and played and played (the older kids were still in school). They are good buddies and play well together. I think it's a matter of Abree likes to give direction and Kyrick doesn't mind taking it.

Musical Evening

Rylee came home, the day of her choir concert, telling me she needed to dress like a hippie. This would have been nice to know WAY before the day of. Not having any tie-dye shirts on hand, we had to come up with the next best thing. I was told looking like she was from the 1960's would also be acceptable.

Luckily, being the forward thinker I am, I had picked up a dress (brand new) from the .25 cent sale at "Other Mother's" thinking that someone could use it as a costume.... some day. My girls didn't act excited about it and told me they didn't think they'd ever use it, but I bought it any way.

Here's her 1960's style....

We did her hair and make-up to add to the 60's style.

The concert was great.

Three different school orchestras performed, as well as the choir.

One of their pieces they played was from "Pirates of the Caribbean".... notice the costumes.

The choir ran in from hall and performed a choreographed dance number as they sang their first song from the Broadway play "HAIR".

Taylee and Grandpa Waite made Rylee's HUGE peace sign necklace.

Rylee's choir teacher was a One-Woman-Show she was not only the choir director, but the orchestra conductor.

It was a nice musical evening.

Dr. Seuss Homework

More homework......

Treyson was assigned to do a report on a famous person. Dr. Seuss was his choice. When asked why he chose Dr. Seuss he said that it was because he liked drawing the characters in his books. (I did not know that.)

He was required to do a written report, as well as make this cube. Each side of the cube had pictures and information from his report. He was to use it as a visual aid while giving the oral report also required.

Most cubes weren't this large, but I thought that this rice box (from the cannery) worked well.... considering that the teacher wanted us to create our own cube without a pattern.

He said his oral report went well and that
"people were like 'WHOA!' when they saw how big my cube was".