Summer Holidays

The end of the school year was pretty fun for Cliona. She received an award from the school principal for being a 'good citizen'. Her teacher nominated her because she was being especially kind to her friends and was being extra helpful around the classroom. What a great girl! I couldn't be more proud knowing she goes the extra mile at school.
The school had an open house where we went to her classroom to see all the work she had done throughout the year. There was also a dance performance and music recital to attend and then before you knew it, school was over and we were off on our first Philp family vacation.

We took Tay & Ann's RV up to Sequoia National park for a few days and had the best wildlife encounters of our lives. We saw a bear almost as soon as we drove into the park. The next day we saw a Mama bear and her two cubs on our waterfall hike. And then the following day we saw another bear in a meadow near a sequoia grove. It was amazing seeing these Black bears in the wild - they were not interested in us at all - they were too busy foraging for food. The cubs were the best - we saw them climb up and play in pine trees.

PHOTOS HERE