Summer is here, so it’s time for the Campfire Song Song around our house.

I don’t have much time left to summon the Alltel wizard.

We went out to Lake Sylvia on Sunday. We had a picnic lunch. Then we hiked around to the dam and fished for a while. After that, it was time to cool off, so we walked over to the swimming area. Caleb got really brave and jumped off the dock three times.

The civil defense sirens were going off last night - on two separate occasions. A tornado did hit NLR, but I didn’t see it - but I did try. Everyone else was in the tornado drill position.

This is Caleb and his snow-Peyton (he says it was too small to be a snowman).

Garrett has been scoring a lot, but all of his shots have been right under the goal. This was the first outside shot he took all year.

Wednesday was the last day of school for a while, so Garrett’s class had a Christmas party in the afternoon. Lindsay, Caleb, and Peyton walked up to the school to be at the party. Garrett and Caleb had a good time. Peyton fell asleep.

We went to Motley’s Christmas Tree Farm and cut our own tree.  I felt like such a Griswold.

Our Thanksgiving tradition:  burn stuff.

Garrett also likes eating  stuff.

Peyton thought it was cold on Thanksgiving day.