Caraway Visit

We were excited to have our good friends the Caraways come for a summer visit.

Wednesday - They arrived late in the evening.

Thursday -  We had waffles for breakfast and then went to Sea World.  We hit the otter and sea lion show and Azul, and then the older kids headed for the roller coasters while Blake, Bailee, and Asher did the kid area.  Asher was able to do more than I expected, though I had to ride with him.  They enjoyed getting wet in the water area.  Then we met the older kids and Damon for the Shamu show where the older kids got soaked.  Asher and I also got in on that.  Then we did the Dolphin walk and headed for Journey to Atlantis.  The kids got extra soaked by the wave that hits the spectator area.  Tiffany watched Asher while he slept in the stroller so I could go with the kids.  Blake was hesitant to go and turned back, but ended up getting on.  He didn't love the backwards part but did pretty well.  After our Sea World adventure we ate Marco's pizza for dinner.

Friday - In the morning the kids hung out playing at home and Tiffany and I did some shopping at a few places that Tiffany wanted to hit.  We met Aly at the pool in the early afternoon.  I saw that Helotes was doing their firework celebration that night.  After swimming we went to get Gable's ice cream and noticed that there was a ton of people at the Helotes celebration.  We decided it wasn't worth braving the crowds, so we watched the firework show from the lawn in front of Walmart.  It was quick with a whole bunch of fireworks at once.  Matt and Brayden got home from scout camp late that night.

Saturday - Damon and Matt went to Costco for food and we had the Vaughns over that afternoon for a Fourth of July barbeque.  Matt grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and we hung out reminiscing old times at the Villas of St. Moritz.  Aly and Aaron went back to get Aly ready for her trip to Utah early the next morning but Mitchell and Jackson were able to hang out a while longer.  That evening we drove up Iron Horse Way to find a good place to watch fireworks and ended up parking along the side by an empty lot.  With the late lunch we hadn't eaten, so we swung by Sonic for shakes and a snack.

Sunday - They went to church with us.  We figured out their ward is probably a little smaller than ours with a much smaller youth group.  We had a quick dinner after church before they headed to the airport that afternoon.

Brayden's selfies and photobombs

Brayden likes to be on camera.  He will take my phone and take selfies and he likes to try and photobomb pictures. 

Six Flags and Sea World Fun with cousins

Six Flags

We went on friday, the 12th to six flags.  We didn't get started early because the kids went to swim practice in the morning.  We got there a little after noon.  Cynthia, Mom, and I were with the littlest kids.  Dad and Jennifer were with the older kids.  They older kids all got capes and milkshakes. 

 

 

They went to sea world the next day.  I stayed home with Julia because she had thrown up the night before.  Jennifer took Kylee, Brayden, and Blake.  Matt came back in the early afternoon from a trip to San Diego, but then stopped at the dealership to look for a new car.  Had to go pick up natalia and Kylee who were not feeling well.  It was hot and they were feeling nauseous. 

Gabi's Graduation

Mamaquel, Grandpa, Rebecca, and Jennifer with her kids came for Gabi's graduations. We got there a little late and missed the walk in ceremony.  Luckily it wasn't too long and lasted only 2 hours.  

Afterwards we went to pick up Asher and Blake from the Stephanie who was babysitting.  We thought Blake would help Asher be OK with staying with a babysitter he didn't know.  He ended up doing better than expected.   Then we met everyone at the County Line where we went to celebrate.

Soccer Blake

We finally signed Blake up for soccer.  The coach was somebody who didn't really know alot about soccer, but he had nephews that helped out who totally knew how to play.  They did a great job coaching them and were very positive.  

 

Blake had practices on Fridays.  We thought it was going to be a great schedule, but it ended up being cancelled a lot because of the rain and a couple of times for other reasons.  He did great for not being able to practice much.  He didn't know how to play at the beginning but caught on quickly and was doing great by the end of the season.  He was able to score a goal near the end of the season.  Blake really enjoyed playing.  He was goalie in the first games, and then he ended up liking to play forward so he could run after the ball.

Asher was hard to watch at the games.  He couldn't understand why he couldn't go after the game ball.

Last Day of School 2015

Blake

Kuentz Elementary School

Teacher: Ms. Kuhlmann

Grade: 1st

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Subject: Math because I am good at it.

Favorite School Lunch: Lunchables (pizza)

Favorite thing to do at Recess: Play soccer

Favorite School Activity: Pepsi Recycle Challenge Party

Favorite Book: Pete the Cat

Friends: Heston, Ethan, and Tyler in class.  Trenton and Mariela on the bus.

After School I like to play Legos.

I like my teacher Ms. Kuhlmann because she lets us do fun activities at the end of school.  We balanced bubbles on our gloved hands and dissected owl pellets.  

This year I was able to go along with Blake on his first grade field trip to the Aquarium.  Blake had a lot of projects to do in first grade.  

Julia 

Kuentz Elementary School

Teacher: Mrs. Kraft

Grade: 3rd

Favorite Color: Blue and Purple

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite School Lunch: Chicken Burger

Favorite thing to do at Recess: Swing on swings and talk, do the banana split on swings

Favorite school activity: Bike Rodeo because she got to ride her bike at school, and the field trip to the zoo because she got to hold birds. 

Favorite Book: Smile

Friends: Katie, Elizabeth, and Ainsleigh

After school I like to draw and sometimes do piano. 

Mrs. Kraft was really nice and she would give lots of 2nd chances. I liked that she let us play with shaving cream on our desks. 

Julia participated in 2 plays for theater this year.  The first one was a 3 little pig play and the second was a Frozen play.  Julia also did the talent show.  She was going to do piano, but her friends asked her to be apart of their skit which she did instead.   

Brayden

Jefferson Middle School

Grade: 6th

Favorite Subject: All except Math and ELA

Favorite Teacher:  All except Mrs. Leija

Favorite School Lunch: First he responded every single thing, then said enchiladas.

Favorite Book: The False Prince Series

Favorite school activity:  Art Project the clay beaver

Friends: Brayden asked if I wanted a list of all of them. We decided on the top 5.  So, he started listing them Koi, Dominic, Alfonso, Jack, and Mason and then he said top 10 and continued to list Fitch (Matthew), Tristan, Matthew, Isaac, Alex, Israel, and Jaden.  There was more, but we decided to stop listing there.  

Kylee

Jefferson Middle School

Grade: 8th

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite Teacher: Mr. Schroeder because he was nice, funny, and does cool stuff (like see how many     pencils he could stick in his beard)

Favorite School Lunch: none

Favorite Book this year: Great Expectations

Elective: Journalism

Favorite Activity or project:  I liked writing the persuasive essay.

Friends: Abby, Sofhia, and Stephanie (Stephanie was at O'Connor)

Julia's Theatrical Talents

Julia was a part of the Kuntz theater group this year.  She had to practice once a week after school.

At Christmas Julia played the part of a pig in the Three Little Pigs play.  She didn't have anything to say, she just danced around.  

She was in another play at the end of the school year that was about a Frozen audition.  She was one of the Anna's.  Her line was, "Let me stand in front so everybody can see my new shoes."  She enjoyed this play a lot more because she had an actual speaking part.  

 

Julia wanted to do the talent show this year.  She was originally going to play the piano, but her friends wanted her to be a part of their skit.  She did a skit with Miliana and Sophia.