Reading Olympics

Super proud of these two cuties.  In February they decided to participate in the reading Olympics at school.  It was a completely voluntary program and they both decided to go for the Gold.  Of course they could get the silver or the bronze but they decided to work super hard for the gold.  To receive the highest award they had to read a total of 700 minutes in just over a month, read several different genres of books, and to document all the books they read and their time.  They both did fabulous and went above and beyond the minimum requirements.  Only a handful of kids in the school received the

Gold award (Kadee and herself in her class and Connor and four others in his class) and both of them were super excited.  Today they received their Olympic gold reading award, bookmark, pencil, book of their choice, bowling pass, and root beer float party.  

 This past weekend we went out Cat Canyon for a weekend camping trip.  Derk, Debbie, and Zac came with us and we had lots of visitors for the day on Saturday.  It was such a perfect weekend for camping, the weather was fabulous and we found a perfect spot for our trailers.  We were able to ride four wheelers, have a fire, and enjoy each others company.  We also got a visit from the Easter bunny (can you believe he found us all the way out there?!)  The kids were so excited for their baskets of goodies and Matty and Kinlee had a blast flying their kites. 

 We loved relaxing and playing in the dirt.  There was a hill right next to the trailers that the plastic eggs were hidden on.  The kids loved looking for the eggs and really enjoyed opening them and eating the candy inside. :)

I seriously love our Bella dog so much.  She is so great with the kids and loves to cuddle.  She had so much fun playing fetch with Connor and Zac, As long as one of the boys had a bat in their hand she never stopped running.  Her and Matty were so exhausted from running and playing that they both sat in the dirt next to each other and watched everyone else play for awhile.

 One of my favorite parts of the trip was when Kinlee got mad at us and decided she was going to run away.  The only problem with this is Bella never lets the kids get too far on her watch.  Kinlee started walking down the hill and not long after Bella and Matty started following her.  She kept telling them to go away and head back to camp.  Neither of them would listen so she sat in the dirt to pout.  Both Bella and Matty sat right next to her, one on either side.  Finally she stood up and said, "Fine, if you won't leave me alone I won't run away!"  She headed back to camp with Bella and Matty close on her heels.