Alex's first day of 2nd year Preschool

This is Alex all ready for his first day of his last year of Preschool. The kid is a head taller than half of the kids in there!!! He looks SOOOO old compared to everyone else! He was also so well behaved and I'm hoping he'll be a good example to the other kids. Man, I wish this kid were in Kindergarten this year........sigh.

Love you Alex buddy!! You will do great this year!! I'm so proud of you.

Samantha's first day of 1st Grade!!!!

Leaving the house....looking adorable and a bit nervous.

Waiting outside the school for a bit.....looking even more nervous.

Outside her classroom door.....looking more confident and happy (her cute teacher is in the background. The woman looks in her 40's but she has 10 kids and 13 grandkids!!).

Alex is not too happy about the whole situation. He about broke down in tears.

So I let him go into the classroom to give her one last hug. They are such good friends!

Do you see how that boy is looking at her????? We are in SOOOOO much trouble!!

Have a great first day Mantha-Moo!!! We are proud of you and will miss you so much! (But we'll see you at 1.30! ;-))

Summer 2010

It's been a fairly uneventful summer for us this year. Our main priority (okay, MY main priority) has been the yard and the house. When we moved in the yard was SOOOOOO overgrown and I just couldn't handle it! The yard was definitely not my style, so I have been working very hard on ripping things out, chopping trees, and just trying to make it my own. It's been a lot of hard work but I am learning a lot. And loosing weight. Pulling out greenery with roots stretching to China is a ROUGH workout!! I wish I would have taken more before and after pictures, but I'm just not that smart sometimes. Here are a couple though from my ripping-down-the-ivy adventure.

Before
After

The month of July included the following:
Samantha's sleep study in which we paid a bunch of money to find out that her sleep is close to normal (I guess she doesn't get the right amount of REM sleep, but there is no explanation for it or anything to do about it.)
A Saturday afternoon trip to Bridal Veil Falls.

And of course, Samantha's 6th birthday.

August included more yard work and a quick weekend to Vernal to visit Dinosaurland.


They are working on updating The Quarry in the dinosaur park and so most all of it is closed - which is why entrance to the park was free. So, seeing real bones in the ground was kind of a bust, but we saw a few and then enjoyed some time at the new Dino museum. It was a great museum. We all had an enjoyable time. Except I got sick. Blast you KFC!!!!

This week marks the end of our summer and I am okay to see it go!!! The kids are ready and excited for school and I am ready and excited to see them off! Kristi-time is going to increase dramatically which makes me hope that family-time will be that much more enjoyable!!!

What?

We took Samantha and Alex to get ice cream at Baskin Robbins for Samantha's birthday.
It was their first time there.
The other night at dinner Samantha asked if we could go get ice cream at "Basketball Robin Hood".
It took us a minute to realize what she meant.
And then we laughed.
A lot.

The 7 Grandkids!

7 Grandkids all under the age of 6. Yes, when we get together it IS a zoo!!! But look at those handsome/beautiful faces!!! (that is, if you can find Caleb's face....)

For my mom

I told my mom about this picture and she wanted me to post it. Look at those cute kids!!!

Sometimes I get wondering what a baby of mine would look like. This little angel is about as close as I am going to get! Abby has a lot of Chad in her, but apparently my 4 month old picture looks A LOT like Abby at this age. I guess my ears weren't as cute and elf-like, but she does resemble me as a baby. She even has a dimple like me! Love you Abby Kate!