Summer Bucket List

 Guess what... Summer has officially begun in our house... I now have a 2nd grader and a Kindergartener. CRAZY! Well actually it offically began last week but I didn't have time to post about it.

Jayden has been saying at random times during the day "I'm a 2nd grader now" I think he is proud.. And Zack woke up a few mornings ago feeling like a man now that he is a kindergartener. I asked him what he want for breakfast he said he wanted a" mans breakfast.... Coffee, Tea,Cheerios and a man magazine (still can't figure out what he meant by that:)"

  Now it is time to make a bucket list of all the fun summer things to do.... So that is just what the kids and I did.... on our first day of summer break....  They had fun telling all the fun things they hope to do in the next few months like....

Go to the Beach

Story time at the Library

Picnic at the Park

Eat ice cream for dinner

scrapbook

Farmer's Market

Play dates at our house

Whipped cream fight

Family dress up play night 

Paint family room

Go to Canada

Slumber party at Nana's

Free Movie Day at the theater

eating contest

Family nature walk

Side walk chalk

Sleep in the backyard

Go to Oregon and see family

Discovery Kingdom

Finger Paint

Kids pick dinner night

Go see a baseball game

Water Balloon Fight

The Bucket List is actually more for mommy.. to keep me fun because I can get very routine but now I have this list and the kids who won't let me forget to be fun :)

 I read this idea from another blog and LOVED it. Our own summer reading program. Every time they read  a whole book out loud or for 20 minutes they get a token for their bucket. 10 tokens = a special treat. They were really excited about this..lets see if it lasts more than a few weeks :)

On Our Own Day 1

It has been a day of the Petit household minus daddy and the adventure has begun... Look where I found my kiddos this morning....

Busy in the kitchen cleaning up after breakfast I hear a bit too many giggles so I went to investigate

*Note you just had a privileged glimpse into the to hidden messes behind our closet doors.... sorry if it scared you! Also if daddy is looking at this I promise it wasn't my idea to put them in the closet :)

When daddy was packing his suit case last night he pulled out our summer gear that I store in the suit case... The kids were so excited they put them on and played on the trampoline for over an hour....

 Oh it is really the little things that make my kids day :) to be a kid again and get joys out of a really tight swim suit/life jacket:)

After the kids came out of the closet we went to a strawberries stand near our house and got some of these delicious morsels...

 She loves herself some strawberries :)

 And mommy got 2 huge bags of her favorite

The plan for the rest of the week is to have lots of fun,  get caught up on play dates, and scrapbooking. So our dinning room table is now scrapbook central.. Looks like we will be having lots of picnic outside :)

 The kids made pages for daddy and showed him tonight on skype (so thankful for modern technology.... I wish we would have had that during our long distance relationship 8 years ago !)

 I think today was the hottest day we have had all year but that didn't stop the boys from having a wonderful time at their first t ball game... Oh how I love my little Indians :)

 Sorry I didn't get any pictures of them actually playing because I was chasing around a very naughty little girl.... This is the moment of the day where I missed daddy the most.. so for our practice on Thursday night we will be enlisting Papa to come and assist us! All in all it has been a good day and am very thankful that God answered our prayer for a good day on the home front and safe travels for our daddy. Thank you for praying for us too!

Whirlwind Weekend

Wow I can't believe the weekend that we packed so much into is over already.... Friday my baby sister graduated!!! MY LITTLE SISTER is done with High school. Wow I can't believe it.

                                          Wow we have to wait a few more years for this one :)

My mom has now officially retired from her 21yr career as homeschool teacher. Well done mom for all your hard work and self sacrificing  on our behalf. We went to her ceremony and then a small reception at my mom's house afterwards...

Then it was home and off to bed for us because it was up and at 'em at 4 am Saturday morning... by 630 the big red beast ( my parents 15 passanger van) was loaded with our crazy family and we were off to Hornbrook CA....

We made a little pit stop for breakfast with my grandpa....

We all survived the drive and were very happy to finally arrive. The rest of the afternoon was spent four wheeling, shooting, visiting, more four wheeling and rabbit/ squirrel hunting, eating a wonderful dinner (thanks grandma), grandpa stories, a few naps here and there... A big moment in my boys life.... shooting their first gun. It was amazing when they walked in the door with the biggest smile on their face saying.. "mommy guess what... I went hunting :)" They can't wait to tell their friends all about it. I wish I was able to go along and get some pictures :(

  Back in the woods where many childhood memories were made !

 And they are off.............

 Look at that face :).... Sunday morning we were up and running again... this time at Oregon to see our long lost family to celebrate my sister and my cousin David's high school graduation.... We had an amazing time catching up with our family. Thank you Tracy and Family for all your hard work to make this such a special day for all of us. Wonderful memories were made!

 This was hysterical... yep I got it on video.. be on the look out :)

                                                                        ♥Cousins ♥

 

Party ended and we were loaded in the beast again.... time to drive home....

While driving Mat got a call from his family back home that his grandpa passed away.  We then listened as Mat told us about his grandpa and the funny memories he had with him. Grandpa Roland was 93 years old... Here is a few pictures we took last summer with him...

 Mat is going to Canada to spend a week with his family. He left a few hours ago.... I am so happy that he was able to go and spend this time with his family. I will miss him a lot though. The kids and I are going to keep this week busy.....