Playing Catch Up

We seem to have fallen behind on our blog. Not surprising as we have been busy with so many activities. Here are a few of the highlights:

The birthday boy - Jonas is 5! (ok so it was almost two months ago....that's what happens when you're the 5th child)
He got his own Nintendo ds - after begging to use everyone else's.

We had brownies and ice cream on his birthday - we'd had enough cupcakes after Quinn's birthday!

But he was too busy to eat it!


The cupcakes did make an appearance a few days later as we celebrated birthdays with family. This robot put a big smile on his face..



Among his many fun gifts was this kite which he's had fun flying - thank you, Jared and Christina. And a big thank you to all of our family who spoiled him with presents.


Film Festival Update:

I got to take Sam to Portland one night for his film screening at this very cool old theater in the Hollywood district of Portland.

The silent films were all screened on the big screen while the composer of the soundtrack played live on this very cool old organ.

While he and his friend, Billy, didn't win it was a great experience for them.



Sam's new love:

Sam begged me for 2 years to sign him up for lacrosse. I really didn't want to - it meant expensive equipment and several trips a week to Bend for practices and games. After 9 years of sitting through baseball games every spring - really cold and windy and long baseball games - like 3 hours long - I was kind of over spring sports. I finally gave in this year after talking to a couple of friends who were willing to carpool. Let me tell you about lacrosse - it is nonstop action for 45 minutes. And then it's over. I love lacrosse! Here are a few pictures...



Sam scoring a goal...with two defenders on him. Great shot of the ball going into the goal, isn't it?


They ended the season with only one loss (and that to an elite team from the Portland area). I wish I'd signed him up years ago.....


June 2011

The school year ended with Sam's 8th grade graduation. It was a little bit of a sad moment for me watching him get his middle school 'diploma', but also a moment to reflect on how amazing this son of mine is. And now we have a high schooler....


The girls' dance recital followed school ending. They were all beautiful. Here are a few of their pictures.

Quinn was part of the the ballet 'Alice in Wonderland'.

I'm not sure what's with the Charlie's Angels pose. I think it's a result of several hours in the dressing room waiting their turn to perform.

And we can't forget two more sets of braces in our family. (Sure am grateful for the family discount!)

So that brings us to mid-June. Many exciting things have happened in the last few weeks as well, but that's a story for another blog.