Ahh the good ol’ days when we were just happy to be out of school for the year and didn’t need to have silly graduation ceremonies for every grade you passed. Well if anything I think it is more for the parents because the kids really could care less, they just wanted to get through it and have cookies. We are however thankful for Kason’s teacher Mrs. Vickie. She has spent the last year teaching Kason and we have seen amazing improvement in his comprehension of numbers, letters, writing, talking, understanding, and now the kid never shuts up. She filled the year with not only classes but she had a number of field trips to the fire station, pumpkin patch, farms, etc. She also had a winter program that the kids performed and a commencement program. The kids were fun and we always got a laugh. Mrs. Vickie, thank you for all that you have done we will never forget you. And Kason, way to go cheese ball…
So we took a little family trip on Memorial Day to Colorado to visit Grandma and Grandpa Shafer. Now both officially retired, they moved away from the grandkids in Utah so they could act like old farts do. Now that they are just getting settled in there new dwelling we decided to shake things up a bit. We arrived on Friday and enjoyed a pleasant evening and got a chance to finally see Jon’s brothers’ new house that he and Heather had built. An amazing house and beautiful location in Granby, Christian and heather really did an amazing job designing and building their home; it made our stay extra nice. We were able to take in some of the sites that John Denver sings about so eloquently. We visited the Rocky Mountain National Park, where we saw the wildlife, forests, and traveled on the highest paved road in the United States. We also did some swimming at the recreation center; we partook of the awesome view of the moon via Grandpas telescope, and even fit in a little fishing and the pond. We all had a great time relaxing with family, carving walking sticks, BBQ’s and the kids’ loves riding their bikes down the dirt road (after a few crashes they adjusted to the dirt traction pretty well). We had a great time and can’t wait to visit again.
