Week 16: Finished framing first floor interior walls and set glulams.
SATURDAY
It has felt like things have been moving a little slower so we were really looking forward to getting a lot done this weekend. However a couple of the posts that were delivered were the wrong size and between having to run to town to get those and all the last little things that needed to get squared away we didn't get quite as far as we'd hoped. We did however set our final interior walls on the first floor and we got to set our first glulam which was pretty exciting.
Sadie helped the kids paint bird houses while we worked.
TUESDAY
Tuesday we finished setting our other two glulams and started laying out for the floor joists.
Brandon using his grandpa's old impact driver.
Always some kind of shenanigans happening here.
THURSDAY
On Thursday we helped Grammy spread bark dust in the morning and in the afternoon she helped us go to the pool.
If we're being honest Brandon and I were not to excited about loosing a weekend of working on the house but I think it was a good change of pace for the kids. They were all pretty excited and did much better than the last time we went 3 years ago with newborn twins.
The kids think this event is a blast! They get goodie bags, there are water guns and bounce houses, there are snow cones and soda, and they just get to run around and play. Brandon and I are usually pretty tired at the end of the day but all in all it was fun this year.
They were expecting something like 300 people this year so it was a pretty big group and they always do a big raffle for the employees at the end.
Jesse and Brandon raffling off 125 prizes or something crazy like that.
Another school year has come and gone. May was filled with field trips and spring concerts, baseball and track, awards and fun class projects, sunshine and flowers.
And of course the constant stream of nonsense
Cooper's class enjoying the first days of sunshine with lunch outside
Cooper's 4th Grade Field Trip
Phillip Foster Farm
Cooper, Canaan, and Sam
Cooper and Josh
Hazel's Class Hatched Baby Chicks
Hazel of course swaddled hers. :)
We visited Daddy at work for Cinco de Mayo
This pretty much sums up 7th grade boys.
Haha! Can't stop laughing. Sadie's expressions have always been so hilarious.
Oregon Trail STEM Projects
So fun seeing these two play and pretend more and more together.
It's Chopping Season
We had some really hot days in May and with no A.C. it was nicer to eat outside in the shade of our trees than inside.
It's Also Baseball Season
Last minute the coach asked Cooper to play which was pretty cool. They needed 11 boys if they wanted the opportunity to go to state and they currently had 10. I think he's enjoying it and we love the fact that they're able to play together. This is likely the only time they'll be on the same team. So that's kinda special
Cooper's 1st Game
Peonies!!!
Grammy made these fun cookies for Sadie's last flight team meeting.
This year the kids' last days were staggered a bit. Evie graduated on Wednesday, Wyatt's last day was Thursday, Cooper and Hazel finished with a half day Friday, and Sadie went to school until Wednesday of the following week.
Wyatt spent his 2nd to last day at the WYAM base in Turner. They enjoyed the ropes course and hanging out together.
Wyatt and Cole
Cooper's teacher Mrs. Hinderks does this really cool thing where she gives each of the kids a beach ball at the end of the year filled with words of encouragement and affirmation. Sadie still has hers, and as a person who appreciates words and thinks they're really powerful I soooo appreciate the time she puts into this and the way really all of our teachers speak into the lives of our children throughout the year and especially at the end of the year.
Mrs. Hinderk's told Cooper that told that she figured he always got a Math award or something related to how smart he is and she purposefully chose something different. She wanted to recognize a different character trait and chose honesty.
LAST DAY!!
Hazel adored her teacher this year and I think the feeling was mutual. Mrs. H. had a soft spot for our Hazel who struggles with reading and can be a little bit of a spaz. Mrs. H. is fun ,which is truly what Hazel responds to best, and kind and from the beginning has built up and encouraged Hazel. She was a different kid this year just in terms of her willingness to work hard her desire to be at school. If I could count how many times at dinner her best was Mrs. H., well I can't so I won't even try. But seriously we're so thankful for her investment in Hazel, for the fact that Hazel really enjoyed this year, and for all the ways she encouraged Hazel.
Flamingo Award: For always managing to balance being a kind and fun friend with being a hard-working student in second grade.
We Love You Mrs. H!
Didn't get any pictures of Sadie's last day but she went bowling at the rec center and then we went out to Red Robin to celebrate as tomorrow we are officially on summer break.
