Our Life in Words...: Catching Up! Camping - Summer Vacation

What a fun weekend we had our first time camping! Mike and I took all three kids and camped with our friends Jay, Nicole and their 2 kids. We stayed in a tent and did pretty well! The kids had a blast and of course Aidan was really good!

I don’t know if I have ever had so many delicious meals! We fixed kabobs, pork loin, burgers, brats and hot dogs. Yummy!!

The kids got to go swimming in the lake one day and the other days we had picked up a wading pool and they had fun playing in the water w/ squirt guns and water toys. I was a little nervous about the showers but it didn’t turn out so bad!

While we were there we celebrated Carson’s 6th birthday. It is so hard to believe that he is 6! It seems like just yesterday that I had 2 little babies under my arms! Now he is officially a 1st grader! We had a big cookie decorated w/ the American flag and opened a few gifts he had gotten in the mail from our family. He had a really good time and it was fun watching him.

I think the Amundsons will be camping a lot in the future! We just need a bigger tent!

Last Wednesday we had awards day at school. Mike and I were both able to go and were very proud parents by the end! Payton was one of two students awarded with an Accelerated Reading award. I was actually crying which was a little embarrassing until I saw the mom of the other student crying too!  Payton also won the Silver level award for physical fitness. She had the bronze award at the beginning of the year but upped to silver by the end of the year! Way to go Payton!!

Thursday was field day for both kids at school. I was able to take off and go watch them. My mom was also able to make it which was a surprise for the kids. It turned out to be a really nice day and the kids had a lot of fun!

My daycare was closed on Friday so I stayed home with the kids. My mom had come up at last minute and we decided to work on the landscaping for our house. We completely re-did the front of the house and I can’t believe how different it looks. My mom worked her behind off! After the front yard was done we started on the back. We did work around the deck and started on the area off the sunporch. It is almost done and I can’t believe how much better it looks!

We went to our daycare’s daughter’s graduation reception tonight. Rachel was the first babysitter we had and our kids loved her! I was sad when she got older and no longer baby sat. It was a very nice reception and very good food!