LEGOLAND, Here We Come! - Day 1

We made it to Legoland!  Everyone was excited!  We couldn't wait to get in and get exploring!

So many things are made of Legos!  It really is amazing the work that goes into each structure!

Yes, this is made out of Legos, including all of the people and the band in front of the capital.

In front of the mini Las Vegas.

We saw a little bit of Australia on our boat ride!

Cannon and Colson each had money to spend from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson.  They took a lot of time searching through the Lego Store and each found a perfect one.  Colson started right in creating when we got back to the hotel.

It was an amazing day for us at Legoland!  We spent all day there and didn't have one complaint from the boys about being tired or hungry.  Today, we took it all in and spent the day riding all of the rides. We bought the "Reserve a Ride" so we were able to reserve rides while we were riding another ride, and then pass up the long lines and head right to the front of the line.  That was the best ever!

So many memories made!  What a great day!
Enjoying every moment!

Cannon's Invention

In Highly Capable the students have been learning about inventions and studying the people behind inventions and innovations.  For their final project, each student has to invent or innovate something and present it to the class.

Cannon has developed many inventions in his mind.  He has talked about them and drawn some out. One he recently developed was a sled puller.  He came up with this over Christmas break when we were sledding at Grandma and Grandma's house.  He created the idea in his head and then talked about it with Chris.  Later, he wrote out some ideas.

Fast forward a few months and here we have Cannon's idea!  Chris and Cannon worked hard on this and we are creating a presentation board, too.  In a couple of weeks, Cannon will be presenting his invention to the HiC class.  (He's very nervous!)

So amazing!
Enjoying every moment.

Sun, Finally!

We have had a LONG stretch of rainy, cloudy, dreary days.  I think there has only been 6 days of sun in the last number of months.  Whatever it is, it's been a long time!  We are all ready for some warmer weather and especially some dry and sunny days!

Friday we had one of those dry and sunny days!  It was beautiful out.  It was great that we only had a half day of school.  We stopped at Dairy Queen for some lunch and mainly for the Blizzards!  Karin was on lunch so she came over and joined us.

When we got home, the kids headed outside and played on the swing set and trampoline.

We got the bat, balls and mitts out, too.  We spend a long time playing catch and both boys took turns hitting the ball.  It was great to be active outside.  I pulled weeds between playing and we put Moss Out on the front lawn.

Chris and Karin went for a long motorcycle ride Friday evening.  It was too nice out to pass it up.

At one point, the boys had the trailer pulled around and they were playing with that.  It's amazing how creative they can be!

As I type this on Saturday, the rain is coming down.  Sun, please come back and stay awhile!  We miss you!

Enjoying every moment!

Colson's Party

We came back to Peak Gymnastics for Colson's birthday party this year.  It's a great place for kids and a perfect birthday spot.  The kids have so much fun playing, running, jumping, and laughing. They wear themselves out just in time to eat cake and open presents. Then it's time to go home!  I call that the perfect party!  It's all about Colson and his friends.  He said that he had such a good time with his friends.  He had a wonderful group of friends come to play and celebrate.

We love Colson and were happy to watch him have a great time for his birthday party!
 

Enjoying every moment.