Happy 4th Birthday Kaara
Kaara started her 4th Birthday by going to Summer Camp at her preschool. Grandma and Grandpa Knock came up to help her celebrate and we went to McDonald’s for lunch. We then came home to open presents and have cake and ice cream. She then commenced to playing with her presents.
We went to the new park up where they have the dog park and had a picnic lunch. Then the kids played on the playground. We then went to DQ for ice cream and came home to give the kids baths and do bedtime business.
Fourth of July 2008
We had planned to go on a picnic to the new Dog Park and then play miniature golf at Cosmic golf but it was a bit rainy so we shelved the picnic and then found out that Cosmic golf was closed because of a fire a couple of months ago. So, we headed to the mall and went to the new Build-A-Bear Workshop that opened this week and played glow golf.
We had a red, white, and blue grilled dinner on the patio (red meat – steak tenderlon – filled with blue cheese, and grilled white corn on the cob). Also had made star shaped red, white and blue ice cubes so had those with lemon-lime soda.
We then watched the Disney classic Johnny Tremain on DVD before putting the kids to bed (amid the noise of neighborhood fireworks – they miraculously fell asleep quickly despite the noise).
June 20th – A Busy Day
June 20th, Noah’s last day of kindergarten, turned out to be a very busy day for our family. Noah’s kindergarten ended up having a graduation ceremony that morning to transition them into first grade and Kaara’s dance class had a recital that evening. (Mom had to drive over to Beaverton for a training class in the afternoon too.)

