Back to School

Joshua is started a new school this year and is in the second grade.  He gets to ride the bus.  He was so excited to get up early to ride the bus!  He is enjoying the new school so far.  Dallin started the first grade and is enjoying school so far.  I am proud of my little boys.

Leah, Evan, and I played at the spray park with Aunt Jenny and Rylan on her Birthday.  It is so nice how uncrowded it is when school is in session.  The little ones are adjusting to ruling the house while boys are away.

The new school year is off to a great start.

9 years of marriage and spray park fun

Jessica was so nice to watch all four kids so that Michael and I could go out to play.  We went to the aquarium.  We had a good time hanging.  It has been a great nine years of marriage.

We are terrible with selfies but we had to try one.  We went to eat dinner at Benihana's.  It was a wonderful day.  

On Friday we got to play with the Williamson's who moved away over a year ago and the Buie family.  We were so happy to hang out at the park.  It took a minute for my kids to warm up to them again, but after while it was just like old times.  I love all these kids!  

School starts tomorrow.  We are nervous and excited here!

Hard work

It started out a pretty hot week.  We'd play in the morning, but by the afternoon my kids wouldn't go outside.  They were a little cranky and fighting.  I found that if we did a work out video from You Tube around 3-4 PM it made a big difference.  My kids were happier and I was able to make dinner without breaking up fights.  :)  The kids even seemed to enjoy it.  They even tried Yoga one day.  Joshua said he liked it all except for the relaxing part at the end.  

Michael took Friday off, so we took advantage and cleaned the garage.  The garage looks good, and it was fun to go through old things.  On Saturday we did yard work.  Our yard is looking good.  It is still so green for August.  We have had a great summer!  It has been raining all day today.  I love the rain.

We plan to enjoy one more week of summer break and then back to school

Week of fun

We had Rylan with us all week.  We had a great time hanging with him. 

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It was a hot week so we played in the sprinkler and with the water table

On Saturday we went to the Arboretum.  It was really hot, but we had fun.  We went with the Cruz and Clark family.

The sun was really bright, but thought it was still a funny pic.  :)

My kids love the tree house.

It was a fun busy week.  I am sad to see summer ending so soon.  I am not ready for school to start.  I guess I better soak up the time that I have now.  :)

Our Week

We finished up swim lessons for the summer.  Both boys advanced to the 4th station and are getting close to the fifth.  They had a great time.  Leah and Evan did a good job hanging with me while waiting for their brothers.

Leah and Evan enjoyed a picnic during swim lessons.

In preparation for our relay on Saturday we ran Duck Creek then played at the creek for awhile.  We have had amazing weather this summer!  I have loved summer this year!

On Friday we lost Johnny in a car accident.  We are all heart broken.  He was 18 Years old and a great kid.  We had a great time with him at the last family reunion and so glad that we did.  We miss him.  I didn't take very many photos at the reunion, so I had to pick a group photo with him in it.  We had a great time playing games with him.

Team: How the West was Run

This year I traded out Michael and Tony for Joshua and Dallin.  The boys did great.  The relay was 2 miles each leg.  The weather was perfect!  There was a super hero theme, which the kids loved.

In and Out gave out burgers to the participants.  It was so yummy and awesome!

Leah was my only kid this time to run the 1K.  She looked great in her costume and ran the whole way by herself!

Joshua started out for our team and handed off to me.  He got big cheers from the crowd.  I handed off to Dallin.  Dallin and Michael ran together.  Don't they look great!  :)  It was really fun for me to run with my boys.  They were so proud of themselves.

In the afternoon we went to Klyde Warren park with the Cruz family to see what the fuss was about.  :)

We had a good time playing in the water.

The kids tried their hand at the piano.

We had a good time at the park and it had lots to offer.  We were reminded however that we are not really city people.  There are just so many people there and not a lot of green grass.  I was even interviewed by the local news.  We walked around downtown and went home.  It was a nice family day.