Weston's Field Trip

This will just be a short post, but I wanted to share a few pics of Weston on his field trip last Friday.  He was so excited prior to the trip because I was able to go along, and then after the trip we thanked me multiple times for going.  He melted my heart.  :)

Mrs. Rylaarsdam Kindergarten Class of 2008

Weston on the hay wagon with his white pumpin, he picked the white one because it was different.

Enjoying apple cider and donuts.

Parent Teacher Conference

Last Thursday we had Weston's parent teacher conference. As it is a mother's right to brag about how smart their children are, I must do so now. Weston had some testing (NWEA) he had done earlier in the school year for math and reading. Based on kids his age in reading he was in the 97th percentile and for math he was in the 98th percentile. He had a glowing report from his teacher as well. We are very proud of our little Einstein.

This past weekend we had our last camping trip of the year. Excellent weather and great campsite. However, the mosquitos and bees were insane. I'm still discovering new mosquito bites and itching them until they are raw. And poor Cambria got stung at the top of the playground slide. But being the tough bird she is, cried for maybe 10 seconds then slid down the slide, and headed back for more. Weston made a friend Sarah with whom he became smitten with. He was keeping an eye on the playground in case she showed up there. After cleaning the camper on Sunday and detailing the van yesterday, I have the task of cleaning and putting away everything we removed from the camper for the winter. My house is such a mess at the moment. And look and me blogging instead of cleaning.

One last thing, Weston received his school pics back yesterday. Isn't he handsome? Don't worry family, pics will be going out in tomorrow's mail.

Also notice the picture link on the left, that will bring you directly to the Picasa pictures.

See I told you I wasn't sure if I'd have time for this blogging stuff. It's been over a month since my last post.

We had our neighborhood soup party in September, with a very good turnout. I think my favorite soup was the Mexican Corn Chowder that Jen and Steve brought. I'll have to get the recipe from them and post it on here. The night lasted till about 2 in the morning.

Last weekend we went to Klackle farms for our annual fall trip. This was our 4th year. It was a great day. We picked lots of apples, the kids loved the blow up obstacle courses. And of course we had a donuts and apple cider. We were running out of time, due to Cambria's nap, so we skipped the pumpkin patch this year. We ended the day doing the corn maze, the stalks were a bit short in some areas, which meant the difficulty level was not at it's peak. I will post more pictures on Picasa.

I also had a premier jewelry party this past Friday. It was a lot of fun, and I get a lot of new jewelry. I just finished closing my show. I'm so excited for it to arrive.

This weekend we are going to take out the camper for a fall camping trip. The last one for the year.

Oh and tomorrow Weston has his parent teacher conferences, I'll try to pass along how smart my kid is :)

Will I have time for this blogging thing?

So my plan is to blog and have it coinside with the pictures I post on Picasa. Now I just have to figure out how to do that. So my first entry was short and sweet. Let's see if I can do a little better this time. August went by very fast. The month started with a visit from our Ohio friends, the Kloekers. It was a fun visit, I just wish our trip to Lake Michigan beach was a little nicer. The waves and winds were fierce that day. It didn't stop anyone though the beach was packed.

The following weekend I played in my first Gus Macker. We were stomped our first game (I think those girls won the tourney). Our second game we should have one, but didn't. So that sent us to the toilet bowl bracket. We won our first game on Sunday and played a team who had fresh legs for the toilet bowl championship. A last second shot by Jaymie put us into overtime, but we lost. It was the first team to score won, and they started with the ball. We never got it. So it was disappointing, but fun. I was a bit sore after the weekend too. http://picasaweb.google.com/lorigaier/GusMacker#

Our next weekend was the weekend I first blogged about. The camping with the Gaier's. We camped at the Monroe County KOA. For the most part we had nice weather. Chad was able to take the boys over to the Michigan Nascar time trials on Friday. I think Weston was pretty impressed the first time he saw how fast the cars were actually going around the track. We spent the rest of the weekend at the campground playing in the lake, at the playground, and at the campsite. http://picasaweb.google.com/lorigaier/GaierFamilyCamping#

The following weekend I played in a two on two beach volleyball tournament with my friend Jaymie at Holland Beach State Park. I loved it. This will be an event I will repeat each summer. We took second in our division. I think youth overtook us in the final game, they were beatable I think we just ran out of juice. It sucks getting older.

That brings us up to this past weekend. When we had a visit from Dan, Lisa, Aiden, and Michael. Michael had threw up in the car right before pulling in our driveway on Friday night. We chalked it up to car sickness. Saturday we watched the Buckeyes play, and had a driveway campfire later that night. Sunday we took the kids to the zoo. It was pretty hot this weekend. So the zoo was steamy. We came back home and let the kids play with the blowup pool and slip and slide. Sunday was a relaxing evening as the kids were wiped out and were able to go to bed early. Dan, Lisa and kids headed out on Monday after a stop at our favorite breakfast joint, the Monterey Grill. Then at 7:30 Monday night Weston threw up. I guess it wasn't car sickness. He was starting Kindergarten the next day. Cambria then caught it and was throwing up yesterday morning and again this morning. Weston did go to School yesterday. He was too excited not to. Chad has also been not feeling well. I've been a little queasy but not bad, and Maddox has seemed to avert it. Thanks alot Michael:). From what I hear it is going through their family as well. http://picasaweb.google.com/lorigaier/LaborDayWeekend#

So lastly Weston started Kindergarten yesterday. He was so excited. His teacher this year is Mrs. Rylaarsdam. He's going in the morning this year, which is an adjustment from last year's afternoon class. But I think it will be nice in the mornings. Maddox starts preschool next week. http://picasaweb.google.com/lorigaier/WestonSFirstDayOfKindergarten#

Gaier Family Camping Trip

This weekend was the annual Gaier family camping trip. Or the Griswald's weekend as we also call it. It was our fourth year and the first for the complete Gaier family. Since Dan and Lisa have moved back to Ohio, they were able to join us this year.