First day of 5th grade

Today was Hayden's first day of 5th grade! He woke up bright and early and was ready to go by 7:10. Of course school doesn't start until 8:25. We rode our bikes though so we got to leave a little bit earlier than usual. He has Mrs. Peisley this year. McKinley and Sawyer have both had her and we love her, so we're excited for the year!

Pioneer Day

Today we visited my grandmother in North Ogden. My mom and aunts and uncle were at the table writing the obituary while we visited with my grandma. My cousin Danielle and her husband were there while we were too. My grandma talked about how nice it must be for Grandpa to be reunited with the mother he never knew as well as all his siblings. She received some visiting neighbors too who came to pay their respects. She was serene and gracious and as always so sweet and comforting to us all.

Later that night we lit some sparklers and then watched in the front yard as some neighbors did their Wyoming fireworks.

Last day of school!

Today is finally our last day of school. Kind of. McKinley is doing a summer science class and PE class to free up her school schedule next year. She still has school.

But these guys are out of school! Wahoo!


Here are the first day vs. last day side-by-side pictures:

It was Sawyer's last day of Elementary school! I can't believe it!

After school we got a snow cone from Lani's to celebrate.

                          

Birthday table

We got to take lunch to Hayden at school while he sat at the June birthday table. He wanted Arby's roast beef and curly fries. He got a shake to go with it.

                                               

The rest of the birthday session pics

These are the rest of the pictures from the birthday session we did on Sunday. I wanted to include them in the family book though because they were just too fun not to include. They are heavy on the the girl because she actually likes to get her pictures taken whereas the boy child was forced to come.

Double digits

Birthday interview:

What's your favorite color?  sea green
What's your favorite food?  Meat
What's your least favorite food?  egg toast
What is your favorite breakfast food? French toast
What is your favorite animal?  pegasus
What's your favorite thing to do?  play minecraft
What's your favorite thing to play?  Legend of Zelda
What's your favorite toy?  fidget spinner
What's your favorite book?  Percy Jackson
What's your favorite movie?  Jurassic Park
What's your favorite subject in school?  Reading
What do you want to be when you grow up?  video game engineer
Where is your favorite place to go?  Outback Steakhouse
Where do you want to go on vacation?  Hawaii
What makes you happy?  listening to a certain song in Legend of Zelda Windwaker
What was the funnest thing about being 9? buying my phone
What will be the best thing about being 10? Being double digit
What do you really like about yourself right now? I read a lot

day 7 Friday

Our last day in California. Our Go Card included a whale watching tour. We tried the Newport Landing tour. They had an earlier tour when we arrived to check in, so we were on the boat by 9:30. No whale sightings today. We saw some dolphins and sea lions. The captain gave us $7 return trip vouchers to come back again another time and try again for a better sighting day.

It was still fun seeing the common dolphins and being on a boat on the calm ocean. It was perfect weather and sea conditions.

After lunch the kids wanted to swim in the hotel pool. So we hung out there for a few hours. We got some ice cream at Hans Homemade Ice Cream shop in Santa Ana and then went to Corona Del Mar beach to watch the sunset on our last day. It was a pretty beach with rocks and tide pools, but it was high tide so we didn't see any tide pools while we were there.

on Saturday, day 8, we drove all the way home. We got to our house around 9:30 and ready for our beds! Now back to real life.