September 11, 2015

Bike ride along South Lake

We rode 10 miles!
The kids longest ride! 
Notice Mason is connected to Caleb's bike.  She loved the ride... 
Corben on his own bike had a little tougher challenge (elevation, plus hills)
They both did great! 

Stopping at Taylor Creek 

We saw an active beaver dam!  



Kids wanted to climb above the water to try and see the beaver in action 






Reward after 10 miles....ICE CREAM! 



September 9, 2015

Camping trip to Lake Tahoe

Well....we had another adventure camping and borrowing Tim and Linda's trailer. 
On the way to Lake Tahoe a window was shot out (glass shattered all inside the trailer).  We are not sure if it happened while driving or while we stopped?   We found a metal marble type ball (maybe a sling shot, bigger than a pellet gun?) Either way, we found it and went to a car wash station to vacuum out all the glass and then Caleb went to Lowes and had wood cut to secure over the broken window. 
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All on Caleb's birthday.....so we decided to celebrate his birthday the next day

The kids decided to call Caleb "birthday boy" instead of Dad for our entire trip, it was hilarious and fun! 

We stayed in 
Zephyr Cove Resort in South Lake Tahoe 
a short walk across the street to South Lake Tahoe 






Beautiful...but chilly, it was 70s during the day and 30s in the evenings, with lots of wind. 
our campsite, the kids loved biking the hills 


The campsite warned us of MANY bears...even told us a story of one-eyed bear that frequents the camp and the beach part of the lake (he was hit by a car).....however, we saw NONE....we were looking the entire trip!

Corben's Irish heritage

Corben made a little Irish guy for his heritage project. Grandparents, Pop and Nonie just came back from Ireland and brought us a Hartnett family crest.  We made a copy and used the colors to make Corben's person.  He is carrying a rugby ball and in a rugby style outfit.  Pop and Nonie brought Corben back a rugby ball and Caleb has had a great time telling Corben about his time playing rugby and they have watched a few matches on tv. 
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(I must admit that Cheryl, our Nanny, helped Corben with this project. I thought I always wanted a Spanish speaking Nanny who would teach the kids Spanish and make us homemade tortillas....ends up, helping with school art projects is much more appreciated and a huge WIN for us....hehe)

Cutie!

Love this little cutie!
She loves picking her own clothes and is getting good at finding matching bows!

September 2, 2015

Corben's Back to school night

Corben's class of self portraits! 
Love Corben's portrait, he wore the grey shirt on the first day of school 


I did ask Corben to show me his front flip and he said, well it has to be on a trampoline or in a pool.  Ok, glad he cleared that up!  haha

First Day of School

First day of school...these 2 are ready for a great year!
Corben has teacher Mrs. Mooneyham
Mason has teacher Mrs. Araim 
Second grade 
Gifts for the teachers 

Corben holding 2 for second grade and Mason not sure what to hold for Kindergarten 

Love these two and pray they will be best friends for life! 

We took quite a few pictures since Daddy was at work and missed sending the kids off! 

Mason went in and sat right down in class! 


The second day of school, love that we live so close to walk to school and the mornings have been nice and cool.
They grabbed each other's hands- so sweet!

Kids in the Newspaper

Clovis has a little newspaper that is published, The Clovis Independent.
The kids are in the Newspaper.
While Nonie was here with kids they went to Mickey's yogurt for a Firefighter Fundraiser night!


Mason

Mommy and Mason on a Starbucks date!
Love this girl!

Miniature Golf with Daddy

Caleb got back from many days of work and took the kids Miniature Golfing, they had a great day!