Thanksgiving

So it has been a while since I have blogged, but here it goes: The Burris' and the Thompsons went to Orangevale for Thanksgiving. We had a great time with the Botica Nielsen bunch! The bigger kids (Caitlin, Allan, Andrea and Jason) went out for a fun night of bowling! Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful at Allan's brother's house, wow was their property beautiful!

Halloween

Jason's parents came to visit for halloween and we went across the river where they decorated the river walk and had trick or treating.

Pumpkin Carving

McKenna and Jason had fun carving the pumpkin. Jason helped Mckenna make the cutouts on the pumpkin look like Mckenna's missing teeth!

Hualapai Mountains

Grammie, McKenna, Jason and I took a drive up to the Hualapia mountains outside of Kingman, AZ. It was so beautiful! We had lunch there and we were visited by female elks outside of the restaurant window! After lunch, we took a walk and collected pine cones.

Bonnie Springs Ghost Town

The family went on a drive to Nevada to visit Bonnie Springs ghost town and petting zoo. McKenna enjoyed the animals. Jason got picked to be in a re-creation of an old west hanging. He was quite a sport!

McKenna's first day of 2nd grade!

McKenna started 2nd grade on August 7th. She loves her new teacher and her class! She really enjoys reading and going to the library to check out chapter books! She continues to go to Sylvan for additional help with Math and Reading...we are seeing great results!

Parrothead weekend

We went to a Jimmy Buffett (parrothead weekend) at the Avi. It was lots of fun! McKenna went to Kid's Quest while the adults listened to Margaritaville and had some boat drinks! My mom, being the creative one of the bunch, made a hat for Jason to wear for the costume contest. You can see it here: big volcano, "cheeseburger in paradise", "lost shaker of salt", "margaritaville". He won 3rd place ($75 bucks!).