Ready2Read Unit 1

After reading posts from The Moffatt Girls on their Ready2Read program, I've decided that it is a program that we would like to use.  We've been working on Unit 1, and so far we really like it!

 We added our own activity, while we were camping I made a treasure map, and they had to use the map to find their sight words...

 Working together!

 Hmm... The map says near the table...

LOVE this program! 

Hiawatha Trail Bike Ride

We took Grandma Judy over to the Hiawatha Trail.  It is a fun ride and we got to see lots of neat things.

 

4th of July

Hmmm... Pictures are on Grandma's camera, have to update this when we get a hold of her camera.

Catch up time...

I feel like I'm always playing catch up... I have blogger guilt.  I have so many ideas for blogs, take pictures daily, but then life gets in the way.  We've been back from Yellowstone for nearly four weeks now, and I've just finally got the pictures up.  We've been doing school, working in the garden, biked the Hiawatha Trail, gone camping again, started swimming lessons, and I've done my triathlon that I planned for the year.  What a crazy four weeks.  I'll try to catch up, and then STAY caught up!

Yellowstone Trip Day 9

World Museum of Mining

Yellowstone Trip Day 8

At the Hebgen Lake/Earthquake Lake visitor center, we watched a movie about the earthquake and the results of it.  It is scary to think about something like that happening to us while we are camping.  Whole families were wiped out by the slide.  A summary of what happened is... During the night, near a small lake called Duck Lake, a large earthquake struck.  This earthquake caused many changes to happen.  200 geysers and thermal features in Yellowstone erupted simultaneously and a large landslide flowed across the Madison River, damming it and forming Earthquake Lake.  Many families lost their lives, and it upsets my stomach to be here and think about it.  :(

 Earthquake Lake

After Earthquake Lake we went to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.  We loved seeing the bears and wolves up close.  We got to watch a short movie about the animals in the wild, and the girls learned a lot.

 Grizzly bear

Yellowstone Trip Day 7

Today we drove through Yellowstone and to Grand Teton National Park.  We caught of glimpse of the mountains the other day, and they looked beautiful.  We decided to stay the entire trip in one campground instead of packing up, we we just had more driving to do, but less packing and unpacking.  On our way south, we stopped at the Grant Village visitor center.  The exhibits were neat, and we got to see the boat launch area.  It was chilly this close to the water.  It was cool to drive here because we crossed the Continental Divide twice, and passed Isa Lake, that flows both towards the east and the west.  

Once we were out of the Grant area, it started pouring rain and hail.  It was very loud and wet.  Along the road south of Yellowstone, on the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial parkway, we saw a grizzly bear!  Our first one.  It was hanging out on the side of the road eating a snack.  On our drive south, we stopped at Cunningham Cabin, a national historic site.  the girls liked the cabin, and think it would be fun to live here.  

Once we got into Jackson, we stopped at the National Elk Refuge.  The visitor center was really cool.  the had binoculars set up and let us look through them at the animals.

On our way back north we saw a moose hanging out.  We drove up to the Lawrence S. Rockefeller Preserve, and I must say, this place was AMAZING.  I hiked in alone since the girls were asleep in the car, but it was totally worth it.  What a beautiful building in a beautiful place!

Once we got to back in the main part of the park, we learned that you must hula-hoop through the cross walks?  That's all I could figure this sign meant.  :)

Abby was sad, and Selena drew this picture...