Our Summer adventure begins....

David flew to Idaho on Sunday with his unit, after church, the kids and I loaded up the van and drove to Aunt Bonnie's house. Grandpa Anderson had flown to her house earlier in the week so that he could drive to Idaho with us. We stayed the night at Bunnies ( Tessa calls her bunny or hophop, so cute). Monday morning we all piled in and headed out! We made it to Tulsa Oklahoma where we stayed the night. After a quick hotel breakfast, we were on the road again. We stayed the second night in Ft. Collins, CO. On Wednesday we saw the Tetons and after a quick hello to Aunt Heather and Thomas we drove to grandpa and grandma's house! It was a long drive, but thank heavens for technology! The kids watched shows and played games almost the whole time. There were surprisingly few squabbles and everyone was still halt by the time we made it to grandma's. We drove through 9 states to get there!

Cub Scout Day Camp

Nathan had a fantastic week at camp! He loved it is an understatement! On the last day, they invited families to come and participate in the archery, sling shots and bb gun ranges (Tessa and daddy were on their date). Nathan wanted me to do all of them and I did, with the exception of the sling shots. Even AJ was able to join us on the archery range. By the end of the week, Nathan was a pretty good shot.

Tessa's first date!

Tessa was SO sad that she didn't get to go to "you's ball" with David and I the other night when we went to the NGAGA conference. She wanted to go on a fancy date. David told her he would take her on a fancy date for her birthday.
Like a gentleman, David got dressed up for his date and came and knocked on the door to pick Tessa up. It was the cutest thing!! Tessa was so excited to go to dinner and dancing with daddy. (Side note, there is nowhere in the area to have dinner and dance. I called a bunch of places to try to find something- nothing.)
David took Tessa to O'Charley's ( real fancy...). They had some background music playing, so they danced there in the restaurant. I wish I had a picture of that. I'm sure Tessa loved it and sang her "dance with me" song while they danced.

Tessa turns 3!

Tessa was so excited for her birthday. She kept telling us that she wanted a "fancy" party. Then she changed it to a Minnie party, so that is what we did. It was all Minnie pink and Tessa loved it! Grandma and Richard came over and we celebrated Grandma's birthday and Tessa's.
We also had a birthday party with a few of Tessa's friends; Maddie, Madison and Eli and our neighbors Ramona and Rowan. Tessa was so happy her friends came to her party.