Summer fun!

We've been busy filling our days this summer with lots of fun outings and trips. Some of them include...





A day at the park with cousins...









Local outing to an old train depot...



Late nights in ND with cousin Brielle...






Lots of rides...






Fishing...



Kayak ride with Nana..






Pretending to ride...






Sand....



Naps on the boat...






Catching up with family...



Floating...









Being silly...



Lewis and Clark Museum...



Knife River Indian Village...



A stop on the way home from ND to FINALLY meet new baby cousin Leatie...



A visit from MO friends....

I'm sure I'm forgetting something!
We've had such a great summer with a lot of great family time. Sad to see it come to an end- but fall is my favorite season so I look forward to many more outings!!

Cantigny

On Saturday we spent the day at Cantigny park in Wheaton. We had never gone before and had a blast! It was only $5 to park and no admission fee. We love finding cheap entertainment!!









There were probably 10 tanks at the park that the kids LOVED climbing on! There is also a war museum that we took them through. We'll definitely be returning for a homes-school field trip when the kids get older.







The park is filled with many different beautiful gardens.













This was Glen's attempt at creative photography. Think we better stick with my sister Maddie for photos!



We had a little watermelon snack while we were there too.








Yum!!
Such a fun day!!

Corinne's Dance Recital

Here are a few photos and video from Corinne's latest dance recital. She did a great job, and really enjoyed her outfit. Her dance was called Fireflies, and the music is by Faith Hill.












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No more training wheels!

Glen decided to do away with Corinne and Caleb's training wheels one afternoon several weeks ago. The kids LOVE that they can ride fast now and family bike rides are much more fun!









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School

We've been having school at our house on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this year. Next year Caleb will be in kindergarten and Corinne 1st grade so we'll do school everyday. Caleb will be doing the My Father's World Curriculum and we haven't decided on Corinne's yet. We've chosen our top choices, but I'm going to the christian homeschool
convention in June and will be able to actually look at the material which will help us decide.




Caleb is getting good at reading 3 letter words! In this game I say a word, he finds it and parks his truck beside it.



Working on vowels.



Matching rhyming words.




Corinne is doing lots of reading these days!




And so is Cal (on the potti!)




We got an any hill and have had fun watching them makes tunnels.
We love our school time!