School's Out!

A little weirdo just running around the lawn. She was excited because we saw Carter and the rest of the first graders walking from C Street Park to Dairy Queen. A couple of them made me laugh when they said, "Hi, Carter's Mom!"

I'm glad we finally got some lilacs. I was beginning to think they weren't going to make an appearance this year. Teague likes the smell of them too!

Teague loves this Godzilla toy that Grandma and Papa got him. He makes him drive the bus, breathe fire, and knock down some block skyscrapers!

They love a good bath with the Octonauts, and the many sea creatures we own!

They were dancing the other night. I will try to get a video up of it pretty soon. This is what happens when I try to take a picture of all 3! Avery looks insane!

This one is a little better. I'm not sure what Teague's deal is with the almost peace sign. I don't know where he got that. Carter with the fist makes more sense. He's always battling something.

Carter had an awesome last day of school. They had bouncy houses, hot dogs, and ice cream. He rode his bike that day too (hence the helmet). I got a few pictures of him and his buddies too. This is Colby, who lives on B Street. Carter loves to play soccer with him.

Now one with Nathan and Sam. They are all so cute. Carter and Sam will be in the same class next year for the first time.

This was such a crazy week. We had school, baseball, volleyball camp from 4-7 every night, the sports banquet, Big Sky State Games, and graduation. We still made time to clean the truck though. They have been asking to do this for awhile now.

Avery probably scrubbed half of the truck by herself. She's a good little worker!

Carter liked to do the windows on Papa's car! He was scrubbing with both hands here - pretty impressive!

My little garden is coming along nicely this year. This is some cabbage, zucchini, and kale that is looking good!

Abbey Jean graduated on Thursday! I can't believe it! It was a very nice quick graduation, and she looked beautiful! We took many pictures - one with cheeseball Teagie Pie!

One with her little buddy Avery

One with the Carterman

One with Jordan - such pretty sisters!

One with Terri and Mom

And lastly, one with me and Teagie Pie again. She was at my graduation when she was 3...how things have changed! We are happy for her and glad she is sticking around Butte to go to Tech.

Just a few :)

Carter and Avery finished another round of swimming lessons. They turned on the fountains and waterslide for some fun on the last lesson. Teague always loves the little fountains.

Avery was content just to swim around underwater in the kid's pool. She was a little nervous about the slide. It is really fast!

The Carterman! Not my best picture, but what can you do?

More fun in the fountains.

That is a very dark picture of Carter. I managed to take it just as the fountain got turned off. Pretty impressive. I'm just glad he and Ave are getting the hang of swimming. They both loved it this time.

And they passed! Yay! After this we went straight up to Carter's baseball game.

This is what happens to a 3 year old busy little man after swimming and baseball! He slept 12 hours that night!

It's been very rainy here the last two days. Carter had the bright idea to put on snowpants and jump around in some puddles. He's kind of a goofball. Ave looks like a marshmellow!

There she is again. It did keep her pretty dry - all except the shoes and socks of course!

He was too busy watching all his circles to take a picture.

Lastly, this is Teague's usual Sunday face. Dad always thaws out some Costco blueberries for him, and he goes to town! His eyes look so pretty in this picture too. I will take more pictures this week. Abb will be graduating!

A lovely Memorial Day weekend

Carter decided he wanted to play baseball this year. I was glad to hear it! He needs some summer activities. He was a little behind from not playing tee-ball before, but he's getting the hang of it. Most importantly, he's having fun :) That is him checking out third base.

A closer look. They are pretty funny. It goes 5 innings, and the kids (7 and 8 year olds) pitch.

He was pretty happy his uniform was blue...I know you can't really tell from this pained smile.

They are such goofballs. These are two very silly, happy faces!

She can be the best sister ever when she wants to be. She loves helping him take a bath!

They were having a good time pushing eachother through the sprinkler the other day. Carter was slightly too big for this. Look at those knees!

Papa's grass will never be the best as long as these monkeys are around!

Teague looked like he was casting a spell here!

We made it up to Sunburst this weekend. Breanne was graduating from Cut Bank High School on Sunday. Luckily Kyle managed to get Saturday and Sunday off. We had a lovely Saturday at the farm. Callie entertained them immensely! They all waited very patiently for a turn driving the 4wheeler with her.

They also loved hanging out with Uncle Kevin this weekend. They were all over him - especially Avery, who is usually shy! He's awesome with kids.

Josie was happy to see us. I always love to see her. She was thrilled that Carter sat down on the floor for some kisses!

There is nothing like hanging out in a big truck at the farm!

He is such a little cheeseball. This new huge grin with his eyes shut is pretty fantastic!

They made it to the top!

Phil is the best. He was happy to let Carter and Avery drive him around. We will have to make a longer trip next time.

She is so weird! She looks like a little daisy here.

Look at these manly men frosting cupcakes. Diana baked over a hundred tasty cupcakes for the graduation party. We all helped frost them, and they were delicious!

My camera did not like the long distance picture in the gym. Breanne has the blue flower on top of her cap though. That helps a little. It was a nice graduation. I only had to take Teague outside once because he was starving!

One more. I'm really glad we made it up there. Congratulations to Breanne!

Chris and Aly had a really nice party at their house afterwards. It was nice to sit and visit and let all the cousins play together. We managed to get all the Barsness grandkids together for a nice picture too: Breanne, Teague, Kaden, Avery, Colten, and Carter.

Avery and Kade always get along great together. This is such a cute picture!

The Aschim/Barsness cousins now: Chris, Kyle, Callie, Kevin, and Nate.

Chris's brothers made him take off his hat and sunglasses for one also. I think it turned out pretty nice!

One of me and my buddy Callie. We had a lot of fun together as usual. The nerf war behind us was not a distraction at all! I can't explain to you how much fun Carter had that day!