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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Kindergarten

Well Hunter is now in Kindergarten!! I can't belive time has went by so fast. On Monday they had a open house so the kids could come and see the room and bring their supplies. Hunter loved it and didn't want to leave. Below are some of the pictures from that night.

Hunter in front of the ROWVA grade school. (wow this makes me feel old)

some of his room

putting his shoes on the PE cart

his cubbie with supplies

When we walked in we told him to find his name and seat and he found it!

at his classroom door pointing to his apple.

Sitting in his new seat! He is super excited in this picture.

more classroom

Daddy getting ready to help Hunter put his supplies where they go.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

He was dressed and ready to go to the bus!

Waiting for the bus at Gretchen's house, Lexi was wanting to ride the bus also. She didn't want her bubba to leave her!

Hunter and Karleigh walking to get on the bus

My baby boy getting on the bus for the first time! I cried all the way to work after this.

When I got home from work I asked how his day went. He said "ok". I asked if he made any friends and he said "yes, but I don't know their names". He then said to me "oh and Mom I didn't talk to strangers". It made me smile because he listened to all of the talks we had about going with strangers and talking to them. I was very proud of my big boy today!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Johnson Reunion

This past Sunday we had the Johnson reunion (which is my mother-in-laws side of the family)at the Galva park. I have a few pictures I took with my phone before the battery died, but will post more pictures later when I can get copies from Cheryl. We have great group shots of everyone.

Hunter at the park

Lexi at the park

Lexi, Hunter, and Morgan posing for me. Caleb wanted nothing to do with taking a picture at this moment. He was hot and was ready to go back to the tables and rest...oh and ready for the pool!

Air Force Academy

Most of you know that my younger brother Ben is at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The Air Force has a website that they post pictures of training so the families can see what is going on. The blogger is known as Webguy and he and his team do a great job. This is where we get the picutres from. I usually post pictures to Facebook but some of you that look at this may not be on there. I have put some of the pictures on here for you to see. I didn't post them all because I have too many and it would take forever to upload them, but you will get the idea from the ones I did post. I am so proud of him! This past week was his last week of BCT (Basic Cadet Training). August 4th they have a ceremony to get their shoulder boards then they start school. He will go to the Academy for 4 years then he will be 5 years active. I'm not sure if he has is mind set on what field he wants to be in but he is leaning towards a pilot. I'm hoping for something halfway safe..if he does choose to be a pilot I would like him to fly cargo planes!! During the 2nd week of basic training they went to "Jacks Valley" which is where they do all of the physical/ combat training stuff. Like you see in the movies, climbing over walls and under barb wire...etc. The pictures that say "Jacks Valley" are from that training area. Oh and they can't wear their contacts so they all have standard issue glasses..very ugly. We did get some pictures without them because I belive he broke his near the end of BCT.

So handsome in his uniform!

Finally a smile. BCT is over and they are getting their computers before school starts! (he is in the middle)

Tents being setup at "Jacks Valley"

"Jacks Valley"...he is on the right of the picture

"Jacks Valley"...again he is on the right of the picture

These next pictures show him crawling out of some stuff at "Jacks Valley"

Pic #1 "Jacks Valley"

Pic #2 "Jacks Valley"

Pic #3 "Jacks Valley"

Haircut time

"Jacks Valley"

During basic they had to eat at attention. He said this was very hard so he didn't eat much during this time.

"Jacks Valley"

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Rod n Gun Club picnic day

It was that time of year again for the Rod n Gun Club picnic day. We got to see Aunt Kathy for the first time after her surgery and she looked great! Dirk and Ryan were in charge of the kids games and prizes this year. They did a good job and each kid left with at least 3 different toys. After eating and games we let the kids get in the lake. Hunter and Lexi loved it and had so much fun that we went back on Monday and swam for most of the day. Mommy even got in the water with them! Enjoy some of the picture from our fun weekend at the Club.

Peanut playing with the sand.

Lexi being a big girl and jumping off of the dock!

Hunter fearless as he jumps into the water from the dock.

Hunter and Emma playing in the sand.

Grandpa took Lexi for a ride on the 4-wheeler. She loved it.

Grandpa took Hunter for a ride on the 4-wheeler.

Grandma and Lexi in the water.

Daddy and his two fish.

Aunt Erin and Lexi

Food time. See Aunt Kathy on the left. Doesn't she look great!

FIREWORKS

We went to 3 different fireworks shows this year. We had Altona Fireworks, Oak Run fireworks, and then Galva fireworks. We were very busy! I have just posted a few random photos from all of those shows.

The kids waiting for the show to start in Galva.

Lexi and Great Grandpa watching the Galva fireworks. We sat in their back yard and could see them at the park. Lexi kept telling Great Grandpa he needed to cut a tree down that was blocking some of them. She loves Blaze the dog and wanted to sit and pet him during the fireworks.

Hunter ready for the Altona fireworks to start. The blue thing on him is a bug repellent fan. He swells really bad and gets red with mosquito bites, so before we went to the fireworks he had to have several doses of Benedryl and lots of bug spray. Uncle Ryan calls the blue fan is portable bubble.

Peanut ready for the show to start.

some shots from the Altona show.

We had fun at the shows but by the 3rd one I was ready for them to be done with for the year. Hope everyone else had a great 4th of July weekend!!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Fishing with the Kids

We took the kids fishing at the cabin this Sunday. They loved it. We didn't really fish too long because it was so hot out and because of that we were not catching very many. Hunter did a really good job casting his pole and Lexi was super cute waiting to reel hers in. We can't wait to go again.