We Love Camping!

We always have several camping trips on our schedules for the summer. It is so much fun! We are hoping to fit in one or two more before it gets too cold, and then maybe one down south in the fall (Goblin Valley, anyone?).  Until then, here is the highlight reel!

We camped without a bathroom for the first time ever and it went well. Whew! So many more camping options now.  This time we spent 3 days at Dry Bread pond...three lovely days camping, eating, playing games, shooting, riding toys, throwing boomerangs, catching bugs, digging in the dirt, and not sleeping (dang that cute Baby Ben. Ended up in the car both nights with that one. Lame.)

Camping with the Cravens is always one of my favorite parts of summer!

In Summer!!

We got out of school earlier than most schools, and we wasted no time celebrating!  We enjoyed a lot of time outside, before it got swelteringly hot, and did far too little reading! ;)

Our summer has had a great schedule that we have *mostly* kept.  Highlights have included:

Make a Smile Monday: 

 Making letters for Uncle Kyron. Helping Uncle Ben and Aunt Marilyn do their kitchen. Visiting Grandpa at work. Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Great-Watson's gravestone. 

Theater Tuesday:

 We have gone to the theater and seen Ice Age, Epic, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Lego Movie, and Rio 2.

Wet-Wet-Wednesday:

 Water party at the splashpad, at friends houses, in the rain, and at the Beach.

Thinking Thursday:

 Trips to the Library, practicing our spelling, learning how to sew, mega bubbles, & science projects.

Field Trip Friday :

Our Field Trips have been SO awesome!  We will most certainly doing this one again next summer!  Rockport for fishing, hiking the old Temple Quarry trail, visiting the top of the church office building, hiking Adams canyon, slurpees, visiting the new Bean Museum and having ice cream on campus, the zoo (many times!), baseball games, visiting the Brigham Young house, visiting the State Capitol, visiting the Tracy Aviary, and riding Trax.   

We've still got a few days left of summer--let's see what else we can fit in! :)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Man, I love summer!!

End of School.

I'm super behind--but we have had SUCH a great summer I can't just skip over it.  So, here we go!!

Katelyn finished school. First grade.  Can you believe it? I can't. I have memories from first grade--even more from second.  And now my little darling is all done with first grade and headed to second.  It's crazy to my brain!

Katelyn loved school and did so well.  She mastered reading, is just like her Daddy at math (read, awesome!), and really needs help on spelling.  I hope that she is kind and helpful and obedient, and teachers tell me she is.  We are working on learning how to resolve friend drama and girl stress--but I guess that's all par for the course!

Mrs. Noyce (Homeroom Teacher  and Math)

Mrs. Cawley (Science and Writing)

Mrs. Stringham (Reading and Social Studies)