First Day of School - Virtual

Well, school started, ugh. At home on computers all of us. Rhett started Connections Academy on Monday and everyone else start on Thursday at Kent School District. Not only to the 4 kids have school in the house but Anthony and Grammy work from home. And we have Lizzie roaming around too. 

Cami has Mrs. Wilson for 1st grade. Myles had her last year; she is a super fun teacher that has been at Fairwood for many years. Cami is excited for school and is able to stay on the computer. We can't wait until school can be back at a school, but I am pretty sure that is what all my kids feel. 

Caramel is in 8th grade, her last year at Northwood Middle School. Caramel only has online class meetings in the mornings 8:30 to 12:30. Afternoons are for assignments. I hope she has the motivation to complete them, fingers crossed. 

Myles is in Mrs. Lui's class. It will be an interesting year! Myles loves to move around and explore which is hard to do focusing on a computer from 8:45am to 1:45pm. 

Rhett is in 5th grade and doing an online school called Connections Academy. His teachers are Mrs. McCloskey and Mrs. Gress. It is harder than KSD but I enjoy helping Rhett with his lessons. We will try it for a semester and see if Rhett wants to switch back to KSD.

Here is little Lizzie getting bigger each day.

 

PTSA Art Kits

I wanted to keep the art program going for the Fairwood Elementary so will the help of some other volunteers with made art kits for each student. It has watercolors, markers, and crayons for creating. And 2 pieces of paper to make 6 projects twice. I was super happy we were able to pass these out. I have taught live lessons for Cami's class and made videos for other classes. 

 

Snoqualmie Tunnel

Snoqualmie Tunnel, I finally got to bike through the tunnel. Every summer this is something I think about doing. Well, this summer it happened. The boys and my dad went with me in the van. From the parking lot for Hyak Sno-Park, you get on the Iron Horse State Park - Hyak trailhead for just a minute then the tunnel is there. We were ready with head flash lights and coats. It is cold and dark and super fun! It is just over 2 miles long and took us about 30 minutes one way. Grandpa was in the lead and I was the caboose. 

 

Lizzie

We picked up a new furry friend. Her name is Lizzie. She was born on June 22. She is an adorable golden retriever. Fluffy and little for now. The kid love holding her. 

 

Outside Adventures

Places that we went the most this summer - skate parks, trails, and beaches. We enjoyed Liberty and Lake Wilderness skate park the most. Myles and Cami would ride their bikes. Rhett would scooter around and had some hard fall. Caramel got a skateboard but was usually too embarrassed to try out jumps and curves. 

A fun story book trail, the boys, my dad, and I went on. Myles brought is water backpack like grandpa's. Rhett wore it when it got too heavy for Myles. 

One fun new place is Debra Jane Lake in the city Bonney Lake. Our good friends moved there and live on the lake. Kids had tons of fun. Rhett really enjoyed playing with random dogs. He is so ready for a dog. 

 

Yakima

Grammy booked a place for the family to go in Yakima. It was a fun looking house with an indoor pool. Yakima isn't too far from Renton. It was a nice drive not too long. Two cousins ended up coming along. They drove back with Caramel and Grandpa. The house was on a cliff with an amazing view. 

The house had two levels. The inside of the house only had an elevator to get you from the two levels which was interesting. 

Anthony set up a slip and slide on the big grass area. It never really worked the whole distance. The tarp was 100 feet, pretty long and we had water and dish soap on it. Anthony built an outside screen holder so we could watched a movie outside. 

All masked up and ready to go. Grammy had shopping lists for everyone. We stopped at Safeway in Enumclaw and everyone got the items on their list. 

I over packed, bring 6 bikes. I was hoping to go on some bike rides but it was hot and hard to wake up early in the morning. Only Myles and I ended up going on a bike ride on a trail. It was a cute gravel trail with little bridges. We saw a snake laying out in the middle of the trail. 

Myles' Baptism

Myles was baptized on August 1st at noon. It was a different experience with COVID restrictions. The baptism was limited to our family at the Renton Stake Center building and one bishopric leader. We were allowed to have a virtual meeting with others viewing the baptism through Zoom. This made it possible for my siblings and Anthony's siblings and cousins to view the baptism. Usually only grandparents can make the trip so it was nice to have all the extended family. Another special treat was Elan (my brother's son) was able to give a talk about baptism and the Holy Ghost. He did a great job, a wonderful example for the family to hear. He is starting a mission to Mexico soon. 

This was a busy Saturday, we watched another baptism at 10am, Myles' friend Jason. Then did Myles' baptism. Then went to look at our Golden Retriever dog in Mt. Vernon we are getting in a couple weeks. Then we went to Seahurst to meet up with the other family that had a baptism earlier. We wanted their baptisms to be together but it wasn't allowed. Debbie was sweet and bought cookies for Jason and Myles with their names and CTR. I got a quick picture with Rhett and the cookies before they were all gone. We didn't stay long at the beach as it was getting late. It didn't stop Cami and Myles from playing the water in their clothes. 

Anthony treated the kids to popsicles, Sonic for the boys and Powder Puff girl for the girls. Blue mouths for everyone.