Regretting this idea with every post down the kid line. Started in June...it's now August and I have to go back and update Lorien!?!
Colter had the most end of school performances. First his class had their fairy tales "Character Matters" play. He had been practicing for a while and reminded me to NOT go back over old photos and videos from when Adell did this play so I wouldn't spoil the fun. He did a great job as Humpty Dumpty's friend and sang with gusto in all of the group numbers.
His final performance was a recorder concert with his class. He worked hard on recorder playing too. For most of the year he had to play through a mask with a hole cut in it. It didn't make a lot of sense but still. I guess it was more like the two flaps of fabric that make up the front of boy's underwear. I don't know. It gave me a giggle and seemed pointless but COVID makes us do weird stuff these days.
Colter has been working on some fun projects. He loves puzzles and usually has one going at all times. Colter also bought a big pearler bead craft. It took months but he finished this summer. Lorien sent Colter a video camera for his birthday. He is excited to film videos for his YouTube channel.
May is birthday month for Colter! It is a hard month to throw a party because so much is going on in May. Colter hasn't had a friend party in years...thanks to COVID and a May birthday. This year we invited his friends over for flag football and a movie. They all had a great time and I am glad they could come.
Colter also got to celebrate while Wyatt was home which made Colter's birthday extra special.
Colter is always up for a hike. Even if the end is in the dark. We took the family up to Fort Anderson while Wyatt was here. Colter loved the views but hated walking through the tall grass to get up to Fort Anderson. The idea of bugs in the grass was too freaky. But he make the climb and the walk. Brave boy!
This summer has been the summer of summer camps for Colter. First, in the first week of summer vacation, Colter went out to a Christian camp with one of his best friends, Rock. Colter had an amazing week making friends and doing all of the great things at camp. We missed him but he had the best time!
He was gone the same week the girls were at girls camp. So Will and I were home alone for the week. Colter was gone for one extra day so we really missed him.
Colter made the drive out to Yosemite for Will's birthday. It was a little hard because we just have the 5 seater Tesla now. The whole family really fills the car up. It is also a wicked smooth ride...almost too smooth as most of us got car sick on the drive out. Ice cream helped.
I was so thankful to have Colter's company as I walked back down from the 1/2 way point of the Yosemite Falls hike. He was considerate about the pace (my knees made me go slow) and kept up entertaining chatter for me. Especially nice since I had to go to the bathroom and needed the distraction.
We stopped for dinner on our drive between Yosemite and Columbia. Colter was crunching his ice and bit down on a loose tooth. It hurt like crazy...and surprise, the tooth had fallen out!
Columbia was good to Colter. He got to dress in old-timey clothes. Dip candles, take a stage coach ride, the hoodlum who robbed us on the stage coach refused to take Colter when we offered him as money, buy candy, and check out a blacksmith.
Colter was great about asking for his picture in all of the places or turning around when I said to.
Colter enjoyed hanging with Lorien and the older cousins during Johnson Fest. Colter loves Lorien. It is always good when she is home or with our family.
We had the best beach day, complete with yummy food and ice cream.
Colter is a big car guy. Uncle Richard has an old truck he fixed up. Uncle Richard encouraged Will to take the kids out.
Colter jumped off the roof several times. But the most fun was had for Colter playing with the older cousins. Colter wasn't afraid to splash them and call them out in every game. The big cousins were good sports.
Lorien drew some cute art while fireworks were going on.
Summer camp 2 was a 3D printing camp...wait the second camp was actually a wrestling camp right before Will's birthday but I don't have any pictures of that. So camp 3, 3D! Colt went to this camp with one of his other best friends, Lewis.
Where are we... July. Ok, Colter helped Uncle Chris and Cousin Keaton work on the car they are fixing up. Chris and Keaton are rebuilding a 1974ish Mercury Capri for a race called the 24 hours of Lemon. You have $500 for a car. Then you have to drive it around a track for 24 hours. Colter loves cars and loved learning about how to fix parts for this.
Colter also had fun with cousins on Will's side of the family. He was very nice to Lilly and kept her company. When we got home Colter was delighted to see himself in Uncle Chris's YouTube video on the project. Check it out: 24 hours of Lemon! Colter shows up at about the 16 minute mark.
Lorien came home for a few days after her trip to Oregon with her roommates. We loved having her here. She was a little weary from more than a week in the same car as her roommates. I guess it isn't just our own family...everyone gets annoyed with each other in a car long enough. It was a treat to have her. We love that girl.
Colter has been so sad since Wyatt took his PS4 with him to Idaho. Over the summer he decided to start earning money to buy his own. He washed the inside and outside of all of the downstairs windows. It was hard and hot!
The last and final camp was Baseball camp with Colter's cousin, Luke. Colter had never played baseball but the camp was especially for new ball players. Colter started out on the little kids dugout but they moved him up quickly. He figured out the game and gave it his all. When he wasn't at baseball camp from 9-3 he and his cousins were playing games, rollerblading, and being best friends.
What a summer! Camps, camps, camps and trips for Colter.
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