Five.Eight Years Old

 5.8 Years Old

• It is strawberry seasoning, so we invited Henry and his mom to go strawberry picking at a local farm. This was your first time. I thought you would eat a lot more, but you liked putting them in your bucket. We brought a picnic lunch and played at the playground afterwards. Henry isn't your favorite friend (mostly because he is a boy), so I am ready for you to go to school next year and make more girl friends. 
• This month was the Daddy/Daughter camping trip. This year, you all went car camping up the Mollala hills. Grandpa was able to join you and Joey fly in with Kaylana, Amelia, and Molly. You all were so excited to see Kaylana and hear all about Fritz. One day, you hiked to the top of table rock (which was 7 miles round trip). At the top of the mountain, you could get cell phone service, so Kaylana called Fritz and you each asked him a question. You also got to shoot guns, eat yummy food, and make the traditional "village". The hike really left an impression on you because when you got back to preschool, you were so excited to tell Teacher Shelby that you hiked 7 miles. 
• End of the school year is wrapping up. You are finishing preschool. Teacher Shelby has been such a great teacher. I am excited to hear that three of your friends are going to school at Sublimity next year. Some of these friends (Patyen and Mia) who stay for the afternoon session also, go to K's Koffee on Thursday with teacher Shelby to celebrate the end of the week before the little kids come. The last two weeks, Teacher Shelby has invited us to join them. You like the Italian sodas and playing with the puzzles there with your friends. I like talking with Teacher Shelby.
• Since it has been so hot, we went and got us an above ground pool. The hot tub was leaking and even though we could have got it fix, it wasn't a fun hot tub. So we had someone could pick it up for us and put the pool there. It has been a huge hit! 
• We went rafting with Elaine and Brooklynn. Of course it was the only raining day of the whole month. We decided to take you on the upper stretch. Dad and I had done it the weekend before and it wasn't too bad. This weekend, the water was higher and those rapids were big! Brooklyn almost flew out of carnivore. We really enjoyed it though.
• We had a really scary moment. I was driving you and the two girls in Silverton to pick up Sam from Grandma's house. I got distracted for a half a second and crashed into the truck in front of us. Thankfully, we were going really slow so the airbags didn't go off. We are all safe, but we are without a van for a while.
• We got to go on an adventure with some church friends. We went to Silver Falls and hikes the small loop with them. We went with the Robertson and the Epperson. I really liked hanging out with Harper. We took our time so you all could play in the river and have a picnic lunch. Hiking is always more fun with friends.