Kindergarten Graduation!

One year down!

12 more to go...

Rolli and Viv on their very last day of Kindergarten!

Kindergarten graduation marks the beginning of a lifetime of learning!

Rolli was sure proud to receive his diploma from Mrs. Hannah :)

Our smart young man,

with "karate" on his cap :)

Our excited socialite with diploma in hand :)

We are very proud of Mr. Know-it-All!

Hopefully his enthusiasm for learning and knowing everything will continue.

Our young party planner learning what she needs to know to plan a party :)

and forgetting the rest.

Vivian, one of Mrs. Connor's "Tender Hearts".

She had the sweetest class of kinders this year.

Rolli and his Buddies!

Viv and one of her classroom playmates.

And yes, that is Rolli giving bunny ears to his sister.

Oh' my heart is bursting :)

Now we are off to enjoying the summer!!

Our little piece Halverson!

After several years of searching for just that perfect piece of property

We have finally found it...

Marshall and I fell in love with this 40 acre parcel up Halverson Canyon.

And as of May 2nd you can call us Property Owners!!!

Vivian, Colter and Rollin.

They love the property too!

The first time Vivian saw it she said, "I dreamed of this."

But how could they not?!

With these views, all the land to explore on, trees to climbs and wildlife we are in heaven!

This is the view looking NorthEast.

B-E-A-utiful!

Looking South you can see Mission Ridge.

We celebrated the property closing by having a picnic dinner.

The lower 20.

Marshall and his feral brood in their element.

Rollin climbing "his" pine tree :)

Vivian in "her" pine tree and Rolli in "his" :)

Our first family trip to Halverson Canyon!

We where greeted at the property by 5 deer and 

later 2 red tail hawks came out to investigate our presence.

I actually think the hawks where checking out Marshall's UAV more than us.

Very cool!  

Me and Colter with the flower he picked for me :)

Vivian and Rolli.

We ended our visit by picking a huge bouquet of flowers to bring home :)

Aaah, it's all such a breath of fresh air for us!

May Day

Happy May Day!

from Vivian Mae

Vivian has been planning her bouquets and flower delivery method all day :)

"May Day.  love Vivan Mae Wallace.  this is my speshell day."

Camp out!

The weather is perfect for backyard camping right now.

Not too hot and not too cold.

Rolli and Viv (and Colter too) invited their good friends Caleb and Fiona over for 

a full moon camping out slumber party last Friday.

What a bunch of wild kids and silly faces!

They all played so well together, even Colter!

These two boys giggled and laughed all through bedtime.

They kept telling secrets about how they where going to stay up all night and play.

Then, just like the girls, they where sound asleep and maybe even a little snuggly.

In the morning both Rollin and Caleb tried to tell me that they really didn't sleep at all.

They make me smile :)

The rest of us slept through the night and didn't try to pretend otherwise.

science

The neighbor girls invited Rolli and Viv over last week to join in on their science experiments.

I could hear them discussing the experiments and chatting away.

They where all such good lab partners that I couldn't help but snap a few photos.

Rolli, Emily, Vivian and Siiri.

Isn't it exciting to watch the kids growing and learning!

And it's such fun having great neighbor friends with a tree house!

Of course Colter was slightly disappointed that 

he did not get to go over for the experimenting.

So as soon as we got home he pushed a chair over to the counter,

got up on the counter

and pulled out the baking soda and vinegar.

And that was without any prompting from me!

Mr. Man doesn't miss a thing and he sure is a smartie pants!

Colter doing his own science experiment.

It's hard to see the baking soda and vinegar reaction in the photo

but Colter was sure pleased with the eruption.

I just love our little learners!

Soccer

Spring soccer has started!

And Rolli had his First ever soccer game last night!

Even though he didn't really know what he was doing

Rolli had a great time playing soccer :)

Caleb and Rolli.

Caleb scored 4 goals!  Rolli says he scored 2 or 3 (but I only saw 1).

The team mates and their cheering squad :)

We are looking forward to watching Rollin's soccer skills improve!

A weekend in Packwood

We where lucky enough to spend the first weekend of Spring Break

 with some friends at a cabin in Packwood.

Rollin, Vivian and Colter had the best time ever 

playing with Finn and exploring the forest and river near the cabin!

Finn found a wrestling buddy with Rollin and Colter too.

Vivian was in heaven with all the opportunities for snuggling :)

Finn, Colter, Rollin and Vivian.

These four played hard from sunrise to sunset (actually they where still going after sunset).

Even after a long hike in the morning the kids where ready for

 another (shorter) hike to the waterfall.

Rolli loves all this adventuring!

Colter couldn't be happier :)

Before leaving on Sunday we spent the morning down at the river.

The gang was super excited (especially Rolli) to find this nursery tree.

We just love Finn!

He's such a sweet and active boy!

Thanks to Sara's parents for letting us stay at their cabin! 

It was a great weekend!