So much to report. I'm gonna let the pictures do most of the talking.
Here's Will dressed up for his 'author's tea' at school.
All the kids wrote a book and this was their time to present them. He did fantastic!
Mr. Oliver has been so wonderful to William all year. He truly cared about how he did and was instrumental in his success this year.
That night Autumn has her end of year band concert.
They sounded awesome!
Then Autumn was surprised by an 'outstanding band student' award! We were so proud of her and look forward to next years concerts in 7th grade band.
The sixteen year old. We had a bbq with several of his friends over.
Yesterday we joined Maggie's family for a softball game. Going left to right - friend Tori, Russell, Maggie's little brother Bryce, Autumn, Tim, Will, Casey, and Maggie.
Will keeps surprising me with his eagerness to join in. He really wanted to play in the game and get a chance to bat.
Here's Tim looking extra sporty.
Through all of this Tim worked both Saturday and Sunday. Cook in the morning, vacuum seal at night. So he decided that today we would take a drive and go out to lunch. We headed up to Lucky Peak to watch the all the people with boats have fun at the lake.
Here's a classic in the making. Just when Russell is coming out of the completely bored with us phase another one is entering right into it. And Will has reclaimed his pokemon trainer costume. I thought we were done with that, but apparently not.
I had to take my own lake photo.
And here we are wishing we had some type of water craft. I've never been a boat person, but by the time we left I was asking Tim how much boats were and wishing we had a credit card with enough balance on it for a rental deposit. Oh well.
We drove back to Meridian for lunch at flatbread community oven.
Will and Autumn ordered 'make your own' pizzas. How cool is that??! All the makings brought to the table, they assemble it and then it's brought back to bake in the wood fired oven. This place has GREAT food. I'm still thinking about the cookies and milk that we ordered. Fresh baked chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies brought to the table with a carafe of ice cold milk and frozen milk glasses. OH. MY. GOODNESS. It was yummy!
We ended the weekend trying to decide who's REALLY in charge around here. What do you think?
Thanks for the heart-warmer!! so... WHO is the king really??
Posted by: Gramma jayne | May 26, 2009 at 09:21 AM
Casey wins.... I love you, Casey! But no, you can't come to live with me. Too much poo, pee, and barf. But I still love you! Besides, I don't make gooey stewy chewies.
But I digress; your weekend looked like so much fun; I'm sad I couldn't be part of the festivities. Especially Russy's BD, Will's Author Tea, and Autumn's concert. Tara, why don't you show Autumn a picture of you in band? I might even have one of myself at the same age! Yikes!
Miss you all...
Posted by: Pam | May 26, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Tim, Tim, Tim....IF you think you are the king of the house...I have an Idahoian 20 acre farm with running stream, pond, barn, and a new 4,000 square foot ranch house I can sell you for a hundred bucks. Can't the dogs live with the pig? Tara wouldn't have to vacuum so much. just wonderin'
Posted by: ol aunt joan | May 26, 2009 at 07:37 PM
I'll give you fifty for the farm antie joan. happy birthday!
Posted by: Tim | May 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Looks like a great weekend! Lots of fun.
I guess I didn't make the correlation that April is Autumn's band teacher! Then I saw the photo and thought "hmmmmm, that looks like April... oh, it probably IS April!". Too funny.
Congrats to Autumn on her award! Awards are good and give nice warm fuzzy feelings :)
Posted by: Cindy | May 27, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Thanks for all the updates! Will looks so handsome and we would love to buy a copy of his book if it is available. Let us know
Posted by: jenny | May 29, 2009 at 02:46 PM