Math Camp

The summer has passed too quickly, and I started my internship today.  Technically the summer is not over, but it feels over for me.  The kids start homeschool next Monday, but Brandon has two more weeks, because Oregon schools start a lot later and then go till the middle of June.  This will be the longest summer break of his life.

I was poring over pictures of the summer break and had nearly forgotten about the two weeks Andrew and Evan spent at BYU Math Camp.   They were in heaven spending most of the day doing math and then swimming and playing games all night.  we even took them on a few field trips to dinosaur museums both at Thanksgiving Point and at BYU. 

The BYU exhibit was a nice surprise.  They enjoyed it, and I was impressed with what was packed into that small building.  Danielle was a little apprehensive at first, but she soon forgot her fears and was strutting around as if she owned the place.

Connor was overjoyed to spend the week with his cousin Isaac and then spent the last couple nights in Orem with his Day cousins.    They slept very little and made tons of memories.

Nicole had the pleasure of staying with Grandma and Grandpa Cherpeski for the first week.  She was spoiled rotten.  She loved swimming in the pool, eating tons of junk food and staying up late with cousins.  She also had four very special days with my parents before my dad had his accident, and those memories have been seared into her mind.

At Thanksgiving Point I took the kids to an IMAX film.  I enjoy those films, but I enjoyed watching the kids watch it nearly as much.  Danielle's glasses only stayed on her long enough to watch a dinosaur swoop near her, and then they stayed off the rest of the show, so it wasn't so scary.

Jen made some awesome matching, math-related t-shirts for the boys at Math Camp.  They were hilarious and helped them to stand out from the crowd.  (My favorite was "May the Mass Times Acceleration Be with You.")  They held their own.  I was uncertain how Andrew would do, since I've never had anything to compare him with, but he did quite well on the final test over the material covered.  I am proud of him.  He can't wait to go back next year.