We are still here!

Well, our last post was right before a big birthday weekend for my eldest son. He turned 13! We had out-of-town friends come for a few days to help celebrate and a big surprise party planned for the weekend. Erik arranged for a Father-Son camping trip with some of Sander's friends and their dads (most from our church) where a number of the fathers presented a short talk on some aspect of Christian Manhood. Then Erik presented our son with a replica of a Viking sword! It is really impressive!

After that we had to buckle back down to school and try to finish up. I'm not sure we really did, but Tuesday we determined that it was time to start summer. We'll keep reading, together and independently, and playing educational games. Welcome SUMMER!

Here are some pictures from our first day of summer:













Baby L enjoying her "cruising" abilities.













S says he's "dressed for every occassion". Dress-ups don't get boring, do they?











The boys found an old stash of Dixie cups, which were perfect for biulding a great wall. This is about as high as it got before it toppled over.











Every year we celebrate the first and last day of school with an "ice cream dinner". Of course they are all hungry for "real food" within an hour, so we came home to burgers, too.














Not one to skip out on a little something sweet.














Baby L was a bit unsure about the whole thing. She did eventually give it a try and LOVED it, but she looks quite uniterested here. (Although from the look of those legs, you'd think we feed her ice cream all day long!)

So, welcome summer. I'm so glad you are here!