July 7th

Today we went to the Fish Hatchery and then to the falls. This first slide show is of the Fish Hatchery.

Tuesday July 6th

Tuesday we went to speech and took Oma. Then we packed up the Cars and headed down to Portland. We drove by Jared's first apartment building he stayed in when he served his mission. Then we went to the rose gardens and then to the highest point in Portland. Then continued on to a hotel for the night.
Kit of course was in heaven with all the roses and had fun getting her picture taken she is quite the poser when it comes to pictures. All these pictures are going to have to be put in a slide show so give me a while.

Monday July 5th

The kids got thier first experience in fishing. We didn't catch anything but we saw a racoon.

Here they are waiting patiently (lol) for Opa to get the polls set up.

Collin just chillin'

Ethan and his Fish bait.

Kit just waiting to Catch that First fish.

Here is a fuzzy picture of the Racoon escaping from his hiding place.

First day of Oma and Opa visit

My Parents came to visit the weekend and following week of July 4Th. The kids had so much fun. They arrived late Friday night and stayed until the following Saturday. So the 1st Saturday they were there I come downstairs to this wonderful seen. They were reading a book called "I Think I Can" that we got as part of the Santa Workshop the army did last Christmas.

And then this is just what we did that day around the house.

Kit and Opa put together a puzzle.

Oma and Ethan watched a Movie.

And then they all used my fancy scissors to cut up construction paper.

Kit's Song

For "Field Day" at Kit's school her class sang a song called "Don't laugh at me". So the boys and I went and watched her. She did such a good job. The entire time Kit's mouth was moving. The entire time they were singing I hard chill's run up and down my body. This is a song that all little kids need to learn so that maybe there won't be any bullies left.

This is a song written by Mark Wills and here are the lyrics

I'm a little boy with glasses

The one they call the geek

A little girl who never smiles

'Cause I've got braces on my teeth

And I know how it feels

To cry myself to sleep

I'm that kid on every playground

Who's always chosen last

A single teenage mother

Tryin' to overcome my past

You don't have to be my friend

But is it too much to ask

Don't laugh at me

Don't call me names

Don't get your pleasure from my pain

In God's eyes we're all the same

Someday we'll all have perfect wings

Don't laugh at me

I'm the cripple on the corner

You've passed me on the street

And I wouldn't be out here beggin'

If I had enough to eat

And don't think I don't notice

That our eyes never meet

I lost my wife and little boy when

Someone cross that yellow line

The day we laid them in the ground

Is the day I lost my mind

And right now I'm down to holdin'

This little cardboard sign...so

Don't laugh at me

Don't call me names

Don't get your pleasure from my pain

In God's eyes we're all the same

Someday we'll all have perfect wings

Don't laugh at me

I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall

I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all

Don't laugh at me

Don't call me names

Don't get your pleasure from my pain

In God's eyes we're all the same

Someday we'll all have perfect wings

Don't laugh at me

I had a a video of the song but couldn't get it to load.