The Fire Station

Gavin had a field trip to the Pleasant Grove City Fire Station! He was so excited because we missed this field trip last year and so he had never been to the Fire Station before.

First off we got to be the first group to see the BRAND NEW FIRE TRUCK! It is HUGE! The fireman told us all about the truck and all about fire safety, and then we were able to walk through the front of the fire truck! Then one of the kids was chosen to ring the bell, the kids all thought that it was going to be loud and so they all covered their ears!

After looking at the truck, and while the other classes looked at the truck they had all kinds of fun activities for the kids. They had an obstacle course and they had the big parachute out and they also had a station set up for the kids to draw a fire truck! Gavin has two of his friends in his class, Gracie and Ella, and they loved doing this together!

September 2009

Hearts and Flowers

Anyone that knows me knows that I love to do Halie's hair in fun ways and I also love to plant flowers! Growing up I always wanted a sister so that I could dress her up and do her hair, well... I never did get a sister, and that is okay I love my four brothers dearly, so Halie gets to be like my little sister when it comes to dressing up and doing her hair. We found a cool blog that has fun hairdo ideas and so Halie picked out the hearts, of course, and so we gave it a try and it was a lot of fun! We do this frequently and she is always getting comments and she loves it!

By this time of year my flowers that I plant in May are big a beautiful!!! I LOVE flowers! They brighten my day! I grew up with my mother's love for flowers as well and I was always amazed by the way that she would plant them and then the way that she could make them look so beautiful together! My mother has inspired me and is the reason that I have such a love and passion for flowers and making my yard look beautiful! Thanks mom!!!

August 2009

Enjoying the Outdoors

My kids have come to LOVE the outdoors and especially going up into the mountains! My brother Matthew and his family went camping up by Strawberry and so we decided to go up and have dinner with them. We went to the lake and found a spot where we could throw rocks into the water, this is by far one of Gavin's favorite things to do! Surprisingly enough Halie loves the outdoors, with her being such a girly girl it sometimes surprises me what she likes to do! Jed tried to teach the kids how to skip a rock, they just liked to watch their dad & see how many times he could get his rock to skip across the water! This was a new concept to Grady, but being all boy it didn't take long for him to catch on! We then drove into Heber and went to a park where there is a small pond to fish in and a playground for the kids to play on! It was so relaxing and fun to just hang out under the shade and watch the kids play! Grady even tried out fishing, and the monkey bars, and then wanted to wrestle with his little cousin that is half his size! Little Kaysen was a trooper! Gavin and Jayden went fishing together and the picture of them together is one of my favorites!

Fall Carnival

For the past year or so my parent's ward puts on a Fall Carnival that is SO MUCH FUN!!! So even though we are not "in" their ward we get invited to come and enjoy all of the fun festivities! They start out with a bike parade. All the kids come on their bikes and then they get to decorate them with streamers and all kinds of fun things. Then they feed everyone all of the yummy summer and fall BBQ foods! Then the carnival begins! They have snow cones and dunk machines, face painting, and carriage rides! That poor little pony ran all night and I am sure was exhausted by the time the carnival was over!

The kids had a blast and we are looking forward to next year!

August 2009

Family Night at Trafalga

We LOVE to spend time as a family any chance that we get, so when Jed bought us some certificates to Trafalga we didn't let them sit around too long. Boy have things changed there since I was a kid! We had a great time and the kids liked every activity that we did! We played some mini golf, played some arcade games, had some dippin dots, watched a 3D movie, and got to ride the go-carts!

Halie and Gavin were a little nervous about the 3D movie because the curtains close and it gets dark and all that fun stuff. Once the movie started they were sold! They actually enjoyed it so much that they talked their dad into letting them watch it again!

It was a great family night and we plan to do it again!

August 2009

Pre-K and 1st Grade

It is always hard to believe that my kids are old enough to go to school when this time of year comes around, and now I have a 1st grader that will go ALL day long! I have to say that I have mixed emotions about this one. Halie is SO READY to have a more structured day and to also have the social interaction daily! Gavin is not so sure about going to school again, he is not one that likes change much and so to get a new teacher and a new classroom makes him a little nervous. I know that they will both enjoy it and it will be a great way to take a break from each other! Yes, we can get too much of each other every once in a while!

As you can tell from the picture below that getting to school by 8:00am everyday is going to be a task! It is going to take some adjusting to!

This picture was taken after school and by the look on her face I think she is going to like school and she is going to be ok! It also helps that she is more awake in this picture! Halie asked me when she came home "do I have to stay at school that long EVERY DAY?"

Here is Gav on his first day and I couldn't get a good smile because of the sun in his eyes but he was pretty excited to go because there are two other kids in his class from our neighborhood!

This is what he thought of his day at school! I was so happy to hear that he had a good time and is going to enjoy his teacher and class as well!!!

It is going to be a GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!!!