Mud Monsters

These two decided that they needed to have a mudbath today. I guess I should be glad they left their clothes on the deck.
She is not such a pretty princess today.

Of course, I just cleaned the bath tub this morning also.

First Day of Summer Vacation

So much for summer, we woke up to this.At least Shadow liked it.

Mayday Dance

At the end of each school year, they have the Mayday dance. Each class puts on a dance for the audience and the sixth grade class does the maypole dance. Ty's class (front row) waiting for the program to start.
Here are the sixth graders wrapping the maypole.
The kindergartners getting ready to dance.

They did a really cute dance.
It was really windy that night.
The last dance was audience participation. The kids came and got the parents to dance to the Hokey Pokey. Ty and I are out in the middle.

Kindergarten Graduation

I can't believe that kindergarten is over all ready. It seems like it just started. Ty has done so well in school this year. We are so proud of him. They sang the songs that they learned this year and

each child got to lead the song of their choice.

Here is Ty leading the class in the snowman song.

Ty getting his diploma.

We had treats in the classroom after the program.

Way to go Ty!

Field Trip to the Bean Museum

I went with Ty's class on a field trip to the Bean Museum. Ty kept telling me it was the BYU museum. I even got the privilege of riding on the bus with 70 kindergartners. Two other classes from the school district went on the bus with us. The bus was packed with three kids to a seat. Two kids threw-up, one on the way and one on the way back. It was a lovely ride. Once at the museum, we had a good time. I got to have four kids in my group and was responsible to keep track of them. A couple of the kids in my group were naughty ones.




The kids had a great time seeing all the different animals, but they were starving for lunch by 10:30. We ate lunch at the park and they got to play on the playground for awhile before the ride home.

T-Ball

Ty is playing T-ball this year. He looks good in his uniform. It's so fun to watch the kids play T-ball, whenever the ball is hit, there is a swarm of kids in red shirts going after it. It doesn't matter what position you play, just get the ball.
Here he is, getting ready to hit.
In the field.

Giving the other team a cheer after the game.

Spring Day

All dressed for spring, McKinlee had to go out and check out the snow...in her bare feet.
She had to try a little too.
It makes me cold just looking at her.

Tumbling Recital

Ty had his end of the year tumbling recital. The kids put on a little show of what they learned this year. Ty did a great job!


Good job Ty!

Stitches

We had a little "incident" with a metal object and McKinlee ended up with five stitches in her forehead. We went to the Instacare and they were just closing and ended up at the emergency room instead. They sedated her and put the stitches in. It was pretty funny when she came out of the sedation. She was pretty loopy! She was wearing Ty's shirt at the time it happened, so it pretty much got ruined.

When someone you love becomes a memory,

The memory becomes a treasure.

Northern Nevada Railroad

We rode the train in Ely, it's a lot like the Heber Valley Railroad. The train we went on was a special train to commerate the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express. The mail was taken from the post office in Ely and put aboard the train. The postmaster was locked in the mail car like they would have been in the old days. When the train returned to the depot, the mail was delivered to the post office by horseback by the Pony Express re-riders. This is how the Pony Express was started:

April 3,1860, Johnny Fry (first eastbound rider) arose from his bed in St. Joseph, Mo. That same morning in San Francisco, Calif., James Randall (first westbound rider) did the same. No doubt, both were excited to be riding the first legs of the new Central California & Pikes Peak Express Company. Later it became known as the "PONY EXPRESS." Johnny Fry left St. Joseph at 7 p.m., while James Randall left the Alta Telegraph office at 4 p.m., headed for the Sacramento Steamer titled the "New World." The mail pouch (mochila) from St. Joseph contained 49 letters and five telegrams. The mochila leaving San Francisco contained 85 letters, each letter and telegram costing $5 to send. In Sacramento, William (Sam) Hamilton waited for the mochila to arrive. On April 4,1860, at 2:45 a.m., William Hamilton mounted his horse and rode out of Sacramento on his way to Pollock Pines, Calif. Warren (Boston) Upson, carried the mail over the Sierras to Friday's station near Lake Tahoe. Pony "Bob" Haslem, carried the mail to Fort Churchill.

Waiting at the train yard.
Here comes the steam engine 40.


They brought the old cars out for the event.
This car was built in 1885, the conductor told us that it only comes out for very special occasions. It's usually kept under lock and key.
The conductor punched our tickets for us.

The train car had stained glass all through it. It was really pretty.
It also had two different sections for travelers. The front was for the 1st class and the seats were red velvet. The back was just brown leather, of course that's where we ended up.