Summer is here!

School ended on a high note,

Logan received 4 awards

 including Citizenship, A Honor Roll, Artistic Promise (only 4 out of the whole grade)

 AND Awesome Attitude.

 We will miss Ms. Scogin.  She was AWESOME!
And thanks to her, Logan is now ready to conquer the 2nd grade!!

Chloe came home with her share of awards too!

Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance for the entire year!

Just a couple of award winning kids, they are!!

(I'm still in shock that I now have a daughter in Jr. High!)

 On a sad note, Logan's little buddy A.J. moved back to Chicago a day after school let out.

 AJ really became part of our family and we are really going to miss him and whole Perez Family.

We hope to see you all very soon!!

And we then kicked our summer off with our first of many trips to SplashTown.

I'm hoping I can keep us all busy and productive this summer.  We've got lots planned and

 I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't all kill each other before the end of summer!

Wish us luck!

Breaking News!

Breaking news!

The Steindorf household has been struck with a case of 

Alien Tongue

In other news, the Shaved Ice hut opened this weekend....

Orange, the perfect accent color!

Chloe and Logan tested AND passed to their Orange belts this weekend.

Here is Logan naming off the Tenets and counting in Korean. (Logan is on the left)

 

 Blurred out because...well, HE'S JUST THAT FAST!

  

 Yes, that's a piece of the board flying towards the instructor's head.  Logan was so proud that he broke his board in 3 pieces!!

 Receiving his Orange belt.

 

Then it was Chloe's turn.

 

I, of course, think she had the best jump kick over everyone!

 

 I missed getting of picture of her breaking the board...oops!

But she got her belt, so you can assume the board breaking went well.

 

Congrats to my little lethal weapons!

Green is next!

I love our neighborhood

Happy Armed Forces Day!

A boy down the street, along with his Cub Scout troop, puts flags in your yard on every major holiday 

(a fundraiser for the troop). 

 But in honor of  of Armed Forces Day they put flags up at every house for the entire weekend.  So cool!

I just love seeing all the flags lining the streets of our neighborhood.

Chloe's Concert

Chloe (along with the rest of the Vogel band) played a concert for all  the parents last week.    

They were great.  I'm so proud of her for sticking with the flute.  

I can't get the video to upload (I think our computer is dying!), but trust me, she was fantastic.

She's learning Somewhere over the Rainbow now and it brings tears to my eyes every time she plays it.

FINALLY!

Logan has finally lost his first tooth.  This was 5 days ago.  He had yet to put his tooth under his pillow.  

He says he's just not ready.

At the rate we are going, the tooth fairy will probably be using a walker to deliver his money.

The most perfect moon

Indubitably, there was never a more perfect moon to guide you away from us.

A Super Moon and a meteor shower at that.  

We were so very lucky to have you in our lives.

Camping at Cagle

It's taken me awhile to be able to post these pictures.  One, because my darn computer is freaking out and it is very difficult to post pictures right now (we're hoping to get it fixed soon...ie:  ask Gary for help!) And two, because I thought I killed Sadie on this trip.  She is very old and has a bad heart.  We took her on our nature walk with us and I think it did her in.  After a trip to the emergency vet Sunday morning while everyone was asleep back at camp and several days and keeping an eye on her, she seems to be doing just fine.  So now I can update this post, quilt free (well, almost).

Our campsite.

One of the wild animals we encountered.

A wood cutting lesson with the boys

My men.

And the rest?  Just plain fun.

The girls

Bye!

The Family Truckster is out of retirement!

Cagle State Park HERE WE COME!

Stay tuned!

IT has begun.

The first swim of the season.

Are YOU ready for summer?

I know I'm not!