Weller Family NC

Saturday, August 9, 2014

"Everything is Awesome" in July

If you haven't seen the Lego movie, you may not have heard that "Everything is Awesome". Here is a link to the song Everything is Awesome Music Video, it is 5 minutes of music that will get a song in your head for months to come. My favorite is "over-priced coffee, that's awesome"! The kids saw the Lego movie in the theater at the beginning of July with their Aunt Cici and then got the DVD from Gramma and Pop Pop at the end of July. So I am pretty sure I will remember July as the Everything is Awesome month. It was a very eventful month, kind of organized by week. We of celebrated our independence with friends and fireworks. It was the first year Sarah and Jenna Grace didn't want to stay inside during fireworks. They didn't love the noise but they liked to look at them! We went to the museums in Raleigh and took a history class and visited the rainforest exhibit. Bren and Jen did a week long science in the summer camp where they learned a lot about chemistry. We went to a play called "Princess and the Pea" in Snow Camp, North Carolina. The kids did VBS and became official SPY agents and learned many biblical truths. Brennan used a circular saw for the first time and helped build a step and a gate for our back deck. We also welcomed a new pet in July, her name is JJ. She is a rescued tabby cat. Jenna Grace celebrated her 7th birthday with a morning family tea and a pool party. We also went to a Durham Bulls game. They are so much fun and we had wonderful weather. The month ended with a trip to Pennsylvania. I include some pics from that trip in August blog :) The kids drove up a few days early which gave me time for planning our new school year. We will start by studying the book of James in the Bible, as well as work through American History by using the Presidents as our spine. We will be continuing our Five in a Row program as well. Enjoy some pics!

Climbing in the Rainforest

At museum of science with friends

JJ the cat

Saw in action

Praising God with song 3 in 1

JG at science in summer with density rainbow

Sarah loves this guy!

The Joker from Princess and the Pea

Fireworks that's awesome!

The True Princesses

June

We started June with a visit to the Renaissance Fair. It was interesting to take a trip back in time. We also spent a lot of time soaking up the sun and swimming during the month of June. Sarah can now swim without water wings but she is still a bit hesitant to go out too far (which is not necessarily a bad thing). We volunteered at Run the Quay in our bright colored "I love FV" shirts. Maybe next year, we will run the quay. I am including a picture of the kiddos dressed for church one Sunday. They looked super snazzy in some special clothes from Aunt Amy. The kids and I took a wonderful trip (about 1 1/2 hours away) to visit some of our best friends. They live on a lake so we lived a whole week of water activities in just a few days! The kids also had their piano recital. They played a duet this year, sure wish I had it on video! They did a great job. Brennan started guitar lessons this month and Jenna Grace started gymnastics.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

May

We had a wonderful May! We had several visitors in May. It was nice to spend time with Aunt Amy and Uncle Tyler, Jeff's parents, and my parents. We were busy visiting museums as well. We picked strawberries and made some strawberry jam. The kids made me some beautiful planters at home depot. Jenna Grace and I went to Camp Agape for a Mother's Day retreat. We also enjoyed many baseball games. The pool season began in May so we were all excited to go swimming!. Ava is fearless and just jumps in the water! Ava also loves the tractor........maybe even more than Brennan at her age! Also, I got 13 inches cut off my hair; I was SO excited!!! I will just post a few pics since I am so late on this entry! I should be back on here soon for June's update :)

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April was full of field trips

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Brennan at the National Zoo was definitely a highlight of the month of April 2014. We had a great time in DC. The metro itself was awesome for the kiddos. We took two strollers and gave all the kids plenty of breaks from walking to maximize what we could see in DC in just a couple of days. We enjoyed watching the changing of the guards at Arlington Cemetery on Day 1. We walked from Georgetown to Lincoln Memorial down the National Mall. We ended the Day 2 at the Smithsonian. We spent Day 3 at the zoo. Of course each night we visited the hotel pool; the necessary part of each family vacation. The next week we took at field trip to NC Farm Animal days on Thursday and a trip to Maple View Farms on Friday. The kids are now pretty sure they want to be farmers. That weekend led Jeff and Brennan to a father-son camp-out. They had a wonderful time with a group of Fathers/Sons from our church. Brennan was excited to catch fish and do it the whole job beginning to end on his own. The girls and I had our own "retreat" at home. My friend and her daughter came to spend the night. The following weekend we celebrated Easter. My nephew Ryan and his friends came for lunch and then we all went to the park for our church picnic. It was such a great day! We all slept well that night. We didn't want to slow the streak and did one more field trip last week to a place called Three Bear Acres. It is a beautiful outdoor classroom/play area. The kids learned a lot and had a lot of fun too! Ava got paint everywhere and we stayed until it started to rain on us. We went to the lake this past Saturday. We got to go visit our dear friends that moved this past September. We enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and beautiful friendships. Even Ava Jane was on a boat! All the big kids enjoyed tubing at super speeds! We had parents night at AWANAS and we were very proud of Sarah, Jenna Grace and Brennan. I included a few pics of when they got their awards. This week we went to Great Harvest bread company and toured their facility. The kids get to roll our there own dough and learn a lot of milling wheat and making bread. So in between all of our trips, we had 6 baseball games! Brennan has been spending most of his time pitching and catching. He is very much enjoying the sport and being trained in sportsmanship. Jenna Grace started gymnastics this month and is just thrilled to have the opportunity. I included the kids beautiful Easter picture. So Sweet! This month was certainly a memorable one and we look forward to several family visits during May.