Chloe at Gymnastics

Chloe has always been our little tumbler so we thought that we would put her in gymnastics. She is doing a wounderful job and has impressed her teachers. They often ask us if she has been in gymnastics before. Chloe picks up an everything that they do so fast that she has advanced past the other girls that have been gymnastics for a while. Here are some pictures of her at gymnastics.

Not to brag too much about my daughter but the teachers at the gym that Chloe is going to here is so surprised with how well that she is doing they have asked her to join a special class that leads up to show team. She is learning routines and can go to competions around the area. We told them that we were only going to be here a little while. They said to come anyway because the routine that Chloe would be learning is the same all over. We thought that was a good idea so she has been going to the show class to learn routines and maybe go to a competion before we head back to Utah to find a gym back there. Here is a video of the floor routine that Chloe has learned.

If you want to know what she is doing there is sound to it. Lisa is telling Chloe what to do. During the time that Chloe is out doing her routine and having fun during class Jared is often found doing his form of gymnastics. Below is a video of him having fun and trying to be like Chloe. We hope that you all have fun and enjoy.

Our Family Get Away

This last weekend I was finally able to get away and enjoy some time off. We decided that we would go to a place called Monkey Island Penninsula. The time share that Lisa and have has a place up there. It is the closest place around and we didn't want to spend any money to stay at a motel if we didn't have to. On our way up we decided that we would spend a night in Oklahoma City and visit the memorial there for the bombing that happened in 1995. It is a very nice place to visit.

These top two pictures are trying to show everything at the site there is just too much to show in one picture.

The chairs represent each person that died and shows which floors they worked on or were visiting.

Chloe and Jared in front of a tile wall that kids around the country sent in to help us remember the kids that died in the building also.

Chloe loves to take pictures so we let her take one of us. She did a pretty good job, huh?

The three pictures above are pictures of Lisa and kids by the "Survivor Tree". This tree is the only thing that survived the blast of the bomb and given thus given that name.

One of the rescue workers wrote this on the building and has been preserved for us to read.

This sign is across the street. I liked it for the saying at the bottom.

After our visit to the memorial we then drove up to Monkey Island for the remainder of the weekend. We had a very relaxing time away from everything. There was only ten units rented out while we were there so we even got away from people to just relax.

All we did the whole time there was play in the pool and sleep. We didn't watch TV or anything. This is not by choice but because we only had five stations to watch and there was nothing on unless you like Law & Order. Lisa loved it. I slept instead.

On our way home we stopped at the World's Largest McDonald's. I hate McDonalds and only stopped to say that we were at the largest McDonald's. It was kinda cool though. This McDonald's spanned across the freeway. The kids loved it and I guess that is what matters the most.

Our First Entry

Welcome to our blog spot. I hope that we will be able to get you better updated on the happenings of the Ken and Lisa McArthur family with this new gadget. I am not known for my writing ability or the response back on email so I hope this will work better. have fun and enjoy life. Hope to see ya soon.