June 29, 2009-First day of wearing all gear!

Here are a few pics of the boys in all their gear. Each Jet player had to have completed 10 days of training before wearing all the gear. The first day was rough! They both came home with headaches. This is the first year for the Yigo Jets so all the equipment is new, so they are the lucky ones to break it in. I feel bad, but they are being troopers about it. We spend the evenings soaking in a warm tub and icing sore areas. We love that they love the game, it makes Daniel and I so very proud! The games start in August so be on the look out for MORE pics!

Football Equipment Issue

Today both Darrien and Daelin got issued their football pads and helmets. They are both very excited to play this year. It is Darrien's third year, while it's Daelin's first. Watch out for a ton more pictures as the season begins! Enjoy these photos we got of them today.

Andersen Elementary School - End of Year Awards Ceremony

On June 10, Daelin had his end of the year ceremony. Each student gets an award based on each of their unique personal qualities. Daelin was recognized as the friendship student in his class. He also was recognized for his reading counts points of 142! His teacher set a goal for him at 100. We are very proud of him, and look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in 2nd grade.

On June 11, Darrien had his ceremony. Darrien received his certificate of promotion, the citizenship award, and the PE central challenge (which means he successfully completed 4 of the 6 PE challenges). He said if we were here all year he would have had all 6! Bummer! Lastly, he got the President's Education Award. We are so proud of him as well. The ending of 5th grade means the start of middle school here in Guam. We are excited to see him succeed as a 6th grader. He is excited to be apart of the sports program and taking intermediate band.

Ritidian Point Beach 2

Here are some of the boys playing!

Ritidian Point Beach

Today was the last day of school! YEAH, we made it through another school year. We decided to kick it off by going to another new beach. My friend Paula and her boys took us. It is their favorite beach. It was just as peaceful as Haputo, but without the 3/4 mile hike down! I loved it! You can even snorkle there! Which is something the boys and I want to try. We just have to get the gear. Here are some pictures of our day! Two of them are of the beautiful black butterflies that greeted us as we approached the area. It felt like we were in a butterfly habitat there were so many!

Daelin's 1st grade end of the year project

At the end of each school year the 1st grade team transforms their classrooms into different habitats. Then different classes come to visit them and listen to their presentations. Daelin's class is very interested in dinosaurs, so the teacher decided that was going to be their habitat. Specifically the Mesozoic Era! Others teachers habitats were the farm, ocean, rainforest, etc.

Each student had to chose a different dinosaur to research. Daelin chose the Daspletosaurus. This is his research report.

Daspletosaurus

by Daelin Campos

My dinosaur's name is Daspletosaurus which means "frightful lizard". Daspletosaurus was a large, meat-eating reptile. It ate the meat of other dinosaurs, so he was a carnivore. The Daspletosaurus lived in marches and swamps. Daspletosaurus lived between 73 and 80 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.

It was 9 ft tall and 26-33 ft long. The Daspletosaurus was on top of the food chain. Daspletosaurus had two fingers on each hand. It had tiny horns behind its eyes.

Daspletosaurus is related to the Tyrannosaurus-Rex. He had a massive skull that could reach up to 3 meters in lenght on a short s-shaped neck. Daspletosaurus was like a little brother to a T-Rex.

Here are a few pictures that I took of the presentations. The first one is of the bamboo that the class painted. I never thought at first grade they would have done this many projects! I love it!