Rocket Launch

 In fifth grade, the kids get to build model rockets in science. They learn about propulsion, drag and other things in this unit and then pick out, assemble a rocket and launch them off for the school to watch. They were originally supposed to launch them tomorrow, but because they were calling for wind and rain that day, they moved it up to today and it was a beautiful morning for it! One of their main goals in the launch is to catch their parachute that comes out. Carson's headed to the parking lot and he said it hit his fingers, but he wasn't able to catch it.

All ready with his rocket

Carson hanging out with his classmates, Jack W., Riley J., and Michael H.

Getting his rocket situated just right.

The whole school counts down from five and then the kids get to push the launch button.

And it's off!

Running out the gate and into the parking lot to try and catch the parachute.

On the outside of the clouds you can see the parachute.

Back after finding his parachute.

Art Studio projects

During our Spring Break, I was able to take the boys two different times to pick out something to paint at My Studio. They had been dying to get to go do something there and this was a perfect activity for us to do on our days off. I had wanted to take each of them individually, but couldn't quite get it to work out that way. I ended up taking Carson and Landon one day while Travis was at a friends house, and then took Travis the next week by himself. Each of the boys got to pick out one piece of pottery they wanted to paint. Carson chose a mug, Landon a football bank and Travis a basketball bank. They had a great time picking out their colors and deciding on what screen print pictures to use. It's all a real cool process and I'd love to go some time and paint some dishes!

Carson painting away. You have to put three coats of the paint on for it to turn out good.

To put the screen print on, you place a picture that has lots of little holes in it on your piece and run in a thick, like pudding, paint. It's pretty cool how it works!

It took about a week for them to get fired and the boys were super excited to have their finished products!

Some how, I deleted the pictures I took of Travis when he got to go do his, but  here is his finished Wyoming Cowboys bank. It turned out pretty sweet!

4th and 5th grade spring concert

Last night was the 4th/5th grade Spring concert and it was great! The teacher, Mrs. Bischoff, does a great job teaching them so many different instruments. This year, as fifth graders, we got to hear them play music with guitars, their recorders and  even wooden spoons. The highlight of the night was the sword dance. Carson has been going in every Tuesday and Thursday mornings before school to learn the sword song. It is really neat to watch! I can't believe that next year he will be in middle school!

Waiting for the program to begin.

 Carson had one speaking part at the beginning of the program.

 The wooden spoon song:

Another favorite song is the crocodile rock. They kids really get into this one and they all have lots of fun doing it!

 The Sword song!

They put all their swords together at the end of the song to form a star. It's always a race to see which group can get theirs put together first...they were like #3.

The whole 5th grade.

Carson and his cousin Stetson after the program

Art Show

The end of the school year is so close...it's hard to believe. This week was the school art show and we took a few minutes to go check out the boys' art work. The boys each chose some great pieces to display this year. It's always fun to see what they have worked on during the year since they don't ever get to bring them home for us to see.

Adventures...catch up!

The weather is finally starting to warm up after a really wet Spring and we have been taking advantage of it!

It was beautiful one Sunday afternoon, so we decided to go for a drive up to Barry's Landing. We first stopped at the teepee rings and walked the path through them. We drove a little farther and got out at the Ewing/Snell ranch and walked around the old homestead. After exploring there, we drove the rest of the way up to Barry's Landing. To our surprise, as we pulled off the highway, there was a momma bear with two cubs just off the road. We sat and watched them until momma bear got too nervous and took the cubs up higher on the hill. We drove to the dock area and passed a herd of Big Horn Sheep. On our way home, we passed several herds of wild horses along the way. We are so lucky to live in an area that we can drive for a half hour and see so many beautiful things!

Exploring the Ewing/Snell ranch!

The momma bear and her two cubs.

Travis had his first baseball game this Monday. He's had practice every night and attended a clinic last weekend. He's really enjoying it and learning a lot (like how being one of the youngest kids on the team means you might not get to play as much as the 10 and 11 year olds...which is really good for him). We are looking forward to warm weather baseball games this weekend!

One of the fun things about Spring here is that we get to hunt for asparagus. We've gone our several times to our favorite spots and come home with several pounds of asparagus each time. The boys have a blast exploring where we are and are getting pretty good and finding our asparagus spots!

Searching for asparagus!

One of their favorite things to do is collect snake grass and de-segment it and spit the segments at each other.

Of course I would ruin the picture with closed eys, but man I love these boys!

The second graders got to travel to Cody on Tuesday this week and I was lucky enough to get to go with Travis and his class. I had a great little group to work with. They thought it was super fun to act out in front of the different displays.

On Thursday, Landon's preschool class got to come out to Grandpa Asay's farm for a tour. He had been looking forward to this day since his teachers asked if they could do a field trip there. He got to show them the chickens and collect eggs, lamb triplets, sheep, goats, horses (each kid even got to sit on good ol' Tonto), the cows and pigs. Christian was able to be there to help out and I was so grateful that he was and Landon loved that his dad got to come!

Anxiously waiting for his classmates to arrive!

Checking out the chickens and baby sheep.

Landon showing his class how to ride a horse. Many of the kids were hesitant to sit on it, but they all tried it!

Checking out the pigs.

Our whole group! Before the kids left, I told them we had something for them. I told them that we had one rule for people who visit the Asay farm and that was that they had to eat a cow tail before they left. They were a little worried and one boy, in particular, was horrified. Little did they know that the cow tail I was talking about was a candy Cow tail (the ones that are caramel and have a frosting in the middle). They were much happier knowing it was candy and not a real cow tail!

Chatting with some of his friends.