A few photos from last week. Kendal and Alice chilling on the swing. Play dough girl. And . . . . After weeks of a wiggly tooth crusade I told Peter one night that if he pulled his tooth he got to stay up for 1/2 hr. Within two minutes he let Casey pull his tooth and he was thrilled to stay up with us watching a show.
Kendal got to have a "late night" with some friends last Wednesday. We are against sleep overs but have agreed to late nights when appropriate / earned. She got to go to her friend Adi's house and watch Scooby-do out in the back yard with a few friends. We let Peter stay up a bit and play video games with Daddy.
Kendal has worked hard over quarantine and earned enough money to buy a ukulele. It came last Wednesday and she's been picking up things here and there from Dad and online videos.
My parents and Katherine came late Friday evening to celebrate Peter's baptism the next day! On Saturday, July 11th Peter was baptized a member of the church. I got minimal pictures from the day because we were ushered out of the church after the baptism and I was enjoying family afterwards when we ate dinner at Brett and Vanessa's. Aunt Katherine played the piano for the baptism. Grandpa Loosle gave a talk on Baptism. He emphasized the path to the tree of life and how it begins with baptism. Kendal got to play "When I Am Baptized" on the piano; she did a wonderful job. Grandma Darrington and Grandma Loosle got to be witnesses for Peter's baptism. (So neat they could do that!) Peter said he had a wonderful day and enjoyed everything. (Casey said Peter jabbered non-stop after he got out of the water about how warm it was. Casey had to shush him a bit because there was another baptism going on.) We were able to do a Zoom and have David, Anica, Elliot, Issac, Andy, Cody, Mia, Max, and Madi watch Peter get baptized and confirmed. At the baptism we had Grandma and Grandpa Loosle, Katherine, Grandma and Grandpa Darrington, Brett, Vanessa, and their kids, Nicole, Jordan, and their kids, Terry, Bryker, and Grady.
We are so very proud of Peter he is such a wonderful little man and we love him so very much!
Bonus pic - Grandpa in Short Sleeves ;)
Sunday afternoon we went out to Mermaid Cove Falls and then made our way through some farm land in the Jerome / Eden area. It was a nice and relaxing afternoon with my parents and Katherine.
The kids have been reading this summer and working towards earning prizes at the Twin Falls Library. They finished their goal and we got to go Monday to gather their prizes. Each kid got to pick out a new book, a treat certificate, and a parks pass. Kendal got a book called Smiles. Peter picked Dog Man, and Alice chose Fancy Nancy. Afterwards we took the kids to redeem their coupons at Culver's for kids meals. It's the first time in many months we've let the kids "eat out". We ordered and ate at the tables outside. I'm proud of my readers. Kendal devours books like their sugar. Peter is our reluctant reader, who vocally opposes books yet still finds books he loves and enjoys. Alice is happy to be read anything - especially if it involves princesses, or Fancy Nancy. We're over half way on our family reading goal of 100 chapter books this year!
We have Jemma a couple of times every week. I usually try to take Jem and Alice to the school playground or park to get some energy out. (Sometimes it's a lot of energy and noise for an apartment, and needs to be released elsewhere ; ) The first picture is a BIG deal. I've never gotten Alice to go down the slide on her own. One day she just decided to go and went over and over again!
Thursday we went camping up in Heglar Canyon with Brett and Vanessa. We left Thursday afternoon. Nicole and Jordan went earlier in the week and saved us a nice spot. We set up camp and the kids immediately found a hill to climb and get messy on. (Which they spent the rest of the weekend climbing.) It was such a steep hill we were worried every time they slid / skid / tumbled down it. They ended up covered in scrapes, bruises, and dirt, but mostly smiles and laughs. Kenny joined us that evening as well and camped with us. Friday morning after pancakes and eggs we went over the Sublette Reservoir to fish. Kenny lasted a little while then went home to clean up and take Cheryl out for birthday dinner. Casey caught two out of the three fish! The kids fished / played around. Peter was so excited to watch Brett clean the fish and had to poke and investigate it's insides. (Yuck) We headed back to camp afterwards. They boys cooked the fish and the kids played the afternoon away. Climbing hills, and getting dirty. Nicole and Jordan joined us that evening. They took the kids on a couple short four wheeler rides and we had a nice evening together.
Saturday after we cleaned up camp we headed down to Casey's parent's house. We were all getting together and to put up a basketball hoop. We cleaned up from camping and had some lunch then Casey got right to work digging a big hole and mixing cement for the post. I helped here and there where I could. Kenny and Terry put the backboard together. Jordan and Brett helped Casey. The kids played around, watched TV. Peter and Bryker helped a bit with the hoop but mostly it was a job for the big boys. We celebrated Cheryl's birthday (note the birthday cake frosting that Alice seemed to get everywhere!) and went home late last night.
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