Hawk Walk 2016

Cole participated in his school Hawk Walk fundraiser.  The kids walked/ran around the track for an hour and were then surprised by a visit from an ice cream truck.

Go Hawks!

Pilchuck Glass School Tour

Trevor and I toured the Pilchuck Glass School with our homeschool meetup group.  The school is located in Stanwood WA.  It is built on a tree farm so it is beautiful and peaceful.  The school is between classes right now so there were no students but there were a few artists there blowing glass.  It was neat to see the different styles of fusing glass and blowing glass.  What a fun tour.

 This totem pole represents the people that helped build the school.  Dale Chihuly is represented by the second one down that is holding the raven.  Behind the totem pole is some of the cabins that the students stay in while attending the school.

 This is Dan Friday working on a piece.  We watched him for about 30 minutes.  It was an amazing process.  This piece will be silver and blue when it cools down.  It is orange/red now because it is so hot.

 This bridge has flags to represent every country that has had an artist attend the school.



Homeschool Amber Collecting Field trip

Trevor and I went on an Amber Collecting Field trip with our homeschool meetup group.  We met a geologist there who took us up a 6 mile closed off road where we parked our cars.  From there we hiked in a mile to where an old mine used to be.  He showed us what was left of the old coal mine from 1904.  Then we hiked further to where an earthquake shifted the earth and brought the area with amber upwards.  We learned that amber comes from sap from the old sequoia trees which no longer exist.  After digging for amber for an hour we stopped for lunch.  We then went a bit further to an area that has fossils.  He showed us how to break them open.  Trevor was super excited to find one that has petrified palm tree inside.  Apparently that is pretty rare.  We learned that the area used to be a beach area and covered in palm trees.  We had a great time and excited for our next adventure.

 

Trevor in front of one of the closed off mines.

 Digging for Amber.  You can see the high tech tools we used.  Yes it is a butter knife.

 Getting mad that he isn't finding a piece of blue Amber.

 Ready to break open some rocks to find fossils.

 Excited that he found petrified palm tree.

Coal Creek Trail Hike

The weather has been beautiful so we took the boys out for a hike.  We tried a new trail called the Coal Creek Trail.  Supposedly there is an old coal mine on the trail somewhere.  While we didn't find it, we had a great time and got in lots of exercise and sunshine.

Burke Museum Field Trip 2016

This past week we took a homeschool field trip to the Burke Museum of Natural History.  I knew Cole would enjoy it too so we surprised him and pulled him out of school to go with us.  We had a great time exploring and looking at all the fossils and dinosaur bones. There was a great Northwest Native Artwork exhibit with several things for the boys to touch and explore.  We had an added bonus with Grandma visiting so she got to join in on the fun.

Cole's 7th Birthday

We celebrated Cole's 7th birthday last Saturday.  He woke up to find balloons on the basement floor, the birthday banner and a huge balloon waiting for him upstairs.  Trevor had Digipen class that morning so we woke up early so Cole could open his presents from us before Trevor and Dad left for class.  First present was a shirt which was okay but 2nd present was a Pokémon video came.  That one got a "Yesssss!" from him. 

 

 A bit later in the day we celebrated Cole's birthday with a party at Chuck E Cheese.  Cole loved having his friends there.

 

Cole with Diesel and Logan

 Trevor posing with Lane and Nick

 Cole's cake

 The boys had pizza and lemonade followed by a slice of cake.

 He loved having everyone sing for him.

 In the ticket blaster.

 We opened his friends presents after we got home.  He was in Heaven.

 Pokémon cards!!!!!

 More Pokémon cards!!

 Legos!

 He had a great birthday party.

Thanks to all our family and friends who made Cole's birthday special.  We love you all.

Late Night with Kids Town

Trevor and I attended an event at our church called Late Night with Kids Town.  It was an event for 3-5th graders that went from 6-11PM.  Trevor was in a group with 4th grade boys and I was a leader for a group of 3rd grade girls.  It was a fun night with worship, pizza, games and a race with an egg to earn sundae toppings for dessert.  The last hour we watched The Zaniac Comedy Show

 guy.  He was very funny and kept the kids entertained.  It was a fun night and one we are both so happy to have been part of.