Riverside Rams Basketball Camp

The high school kids put on a camp for the elementary kids...here are the girls...

here are the boys.  It was a 3-day camp and they all had a blast!

Solar System Project

Emma and Olivia had the option to do an extra credit project for science.  They are studying the solar system.  The instructions were to make a solar system, label each planet clearly and tell 3 facts about each.  Emma painted Styrofoam balls hung her planets in a box.

She used the front of the box to note her 3 facts about each planet.  She found this idea on the Internet and brought it to life.  

Olivia did a 3-D poster for hers.  She painted all of the Styrofoam balls, we cut them in half and glued them to a foam board.  She drew the orbit lines with a paint pen.

She just had separate note cards for her 3 facts on each planet.

They came up with this all on their own and I helped them put it all together.  Out of 25 kids only 5 did this extra credit and according to the girls there were no 2 alike.  We are so proud of them.  They are such great students...always striving for the best.

Lots of Snow

This has been one snowy winter.  The kids have missed 3 days of school this year so far.  

It feels like the snow will never stop!  It is quite pretty though.

2017 Basketball Pictures

Valentines

This year the girls had an assignment to build their own Valentine's box.  Emma did a lot of research and came up with a Sweethearts Box...

So clever and cute!

Olivia and Emma's finished projects.

Olivia did some research too and came up with a cute little pig.

Kisses and Hogs....

Olivia also made all of her own Valentine's for her classmates...she made 27 of these!  I did help a little but she did most of it.  So talented.

Not to be left out, Marcus wanted to make a box too.  His is a monster box...see the eyes and the heart shaped mouth full of candy...he came up with it all on his own!  So creative.

They were all a big hit at school.  Olivia's won for funniest because of the kisses and hogs saying.  Emma got runner up but her teacher did say if she voted Emma would have won for most creative.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Snow Day

We had 2 snow days already due to icy roads and lots of snow.  Olivia wanted to sled!

Marcus and Emma were sledding in the back.

It was really nice outside...a perfect snow day.

Look at that pile of snow!

Olivia made an I LOVE YOU sign...so creative!

I love you too Olivia!

Lovely Lily

We made a tough decision to find Lily a new home.  She seemed sad at our place.  She needed lots of space to run and lots of animal friends to play with and we just didn't have that for her here.  We found an amazing couple to take her and they sent me this beautiful picture of her running free.  She is very happy in her new home.  We were sad to see her go but we really feel she will have a much happier life now.  We were so grateful to have the time we did with her...she really was a great girl.

Riverside vs. Riverside

Riverside kids...3rd and 4th graders playing some basketball!  Go Riverside!

Little Get Away

We decided to take a little trip to Lake Chelan to start the New Year off.  The kids had a free weekend from Basketball so the time seemed right.  Marcus said this was the first time he slept at a hotel...I need to check on that...

The room was huge, two queen beds, a pullout bed, bathroom and partial kitchen complete with dishes.

The kids loved every minute.  We arrived on a Friday evening, checked in and then went out to dinner.  Then we watched a movie and settled in for the night.

We decided to head to Leavenworth the next day.  We started out with lunch first.  Mommy and Marcus...

Daddy and his girls.

The food was amazing...here's the restaurant.

Then we walked around to all the little shops.  They have a Christmas store!

The kids loved it there!

It was like being in another country!

The buildings were so cool.

There was even a cool toy shop.

What a great place to visit.

We will be back again for sure.

We came back to the hotel to watch the Seahawks play and eat some pizza.

Our hotel was right on the lake.

What a great way to start the new year!