Visalia

We went on our annual trip to Visalia right after school got out.  We lucked out and Grandpa Gene and Grandma Monte were there at the same time.  It's always so great to see them. 

We went to miniature golf and the arcade.

Grandpa Cliff took Danny and Rachel fishing one evening.  Danny thinks fishing is the greatest thing in the world and can't get enough of it.  Poor Danny was born into the wrong family because Bob doesn't care for fishing.

Bob took the Danny, Rachel and Seth to meet Grandpa at the farm to pick blueberries.  They always have such a fun, hot time!

We went to Bravo Farms.  It was a cute little place. We tasted cheese and climbed in a cool treehouse and saw goats and had ice cream.

Played games and had fun hanging out with Grandma.

We were sad there were no frogs down the road from Grandma's house.  The last two years they have hatched while we were on this trip and the kids have just loved catching tons of little black frogs that are all over the sidewalk.  They must have sprayed for them this year or something because they weren't anywhere. 

We also went to a mexican street fair in Lindsay. The kids thought that was the greatest.  Tons of cheap trinkets to buy everywhere, Grandpa bought us some great food. Rachel bought a set of multi-colored rose earrings there that are her absolute favorites.

Fathers and Sons campout

End of School

Danny graduated from elementary school and is a now middle-schooler. He had a great year with Mrs. Jackson. He had a lot of good buddies at school and learned a lot of good study/organizational skills this year. We're so proud of the young man he's becoming.

Mrs. Adams is very girly and crafty and fun and Rachel loved that this year. She has so many great girl friends at Goynes, it'll be sad to leave some of them behind when we move schools next year. Rachel did great in her classes.  She did her "great american" project on Georgia O'Keefe and liked having Ruby come see her do her presentation at school.

Aaron is a big 2nd grader now.  He excelled in Mrs. Mott's class this year.  He received awards throughout the year for his kindness to other students, exceptional reading and his good grades. Mrs. Mott always had great things to say about Aaron.