Abby's Reflection Entry

Abby's teacher made the Reflections an assignment this year....the theme is "Beautiful". So she took the camera outside the other day after it had been raining and took this picture of one of our roses in front of our house. I don't know if you can see the little rain drops on the flower but it truly is a "beautiful" picture. I told her that she did a great job!

Kyler and Mia at Dinosaur Park

I took Kyler and Mia up to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. Kyler had never been there before and he thought he had died and gone to Heaven. He had soooo much fun just running every where and seeing the different dinosaurs. He LOVED the pictures with the face cutouts...we had to take a picture in every one of them. It was fun to see both the kids have such a great time. Kyler keeps talking about going back.

First Day of PRESCHOOL -- for Kyler

Yeah...it is Kyler's turn to have his "first day of school." He was so excited to go see Miss Bonnie and start going to school like the other kids. He loves school, but he really likes being home with me during the day when it is quiet and the other kids are gone. There are times when the kids have had a break from school that he will come up and ask me when the kids are going back to school. He is my bud and I love having him around...I can't believe that he will be turning 5 in a week!!!


Notice his name tag on the table...he isn't really happy about that situation. He would rather have a little bit more freedom and be able to choose where he sits. That is one thing that he brings up a lot..."I sure wish that I could choose my own seat". Lesson learned: Life goes on!!!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Yes, I am getting around to posting the "first day of school" pictures. Yes, I am well aware of the fact that the first quarter of school is almost over!!! But I thought it would be fun to post these pictures. Zeth wouldn't let me follow him to the bus stop to snap some shots while he was getting on, and I only wanted one of him waving out the window at me...is that too much to ask?!? Kyler has to wait another week before he goes to preschool...but he did say, "hey take a picture of me!" ... how can you not??? He makes me laugh.






My kids are growing up!!!

The Layton Triathlon...Zeth & Abby

Zeth has been wanting to do a Triathlon for a couple of years. So this year we decided that he would do one in Layton and Russ and I would do the Bountiful one the following week...I wanted to be able to see him run it rather than have him run it with us. His was a little bit different...he started out with the swim, bike and run, but then he had to do it all over again!! It was a "repeat" triathlon. But he did awesome...taking first place in his age group. (There was only two in his age group, but that is something that we don't tell everyone!!) After the "big" race was over they had a kids' version that Abby participated in...she had a blast!

Happy Birthday LYDIA!!! Big 7

Lydia turned 7 on July 1st. She had a really fun day. A Party with her friends, a new bike, Shopping with Grandma, Playing at the Gateway Fountain, Presents, A fun dinner. She had a GREAT day! Happy Birthday Lydia. We love you!

Piano Recial

I had my piano recital on June 18th this year. It was one of my best!! I was really excited, my students were all prepared and they all did an amazing job. It was truly a pay day for me and reminded me that I do enjoy teaching and I love my students! Abby did awesome..she worked very hard and was able to memorize a 7 page piece. The other piece that she performed was "Soft Shoe Rag" and that is what she is playing in the video. Lydia still needs to find the "LOVE" for the piano, which I hope will come soon. But she was able to learn two pieces and did great! The video is of her playing "Sugar Cookies"....Enjoy.

Summer FUN for ME !!!

I sure enjoy summer because it is time for the different races. This year it started in May with the Woman of Steel in American Fork. Then on June 6th I went up to Wellsville to ride in the Little Red Riding Hood Bike Ride. Finally June 19th-20th was the RAGNAR. I had a blast at all of them.

WOMEN OF STEEL -- Triathlon


Rachel...Me...Tiffany


LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD BIKE RIDE

This ride really isn't a race...just a nice bike ride. Rachel and I started from her house and rode down to the park in Wellsville. They had rest stops for us along the way with lunch and treats. The shirts are really cute!!! By the time we got back to Rachel's house we rode just about 70 miles! We couldn't have asked for better weather. I had a great time.

RAGNAR/WASATCH BACK

The Ragnar/Wasatch Back was quite the adventure. I decided in November that I would join Rachel's team and started to train. I really had a fun time and have started to really like running. This race consists of a 12 member relay team. You start in Logan and finish in Park City...188 miles. I ran three different legs totally about 12.4 miles. We started at 8:45 Friday morning and finished 33 hours and 50 minutes later! I really had a lot of fun. Thanks TEAM for a great time.


VAN #2....Kim, Angela, Leslie, Rachel, Carlie & Tara...WE ROCK!!!


Carlie and Leslie


Leslie and Rachel


Tara...me...Rachel

Friends Forever

Kyler and Bubba will be friends forever. Kyler loves his zebra "bubba" you can see him squished under his cheek. Aunt Amy gave Kyler bubba when he was born and it has been best friends ever since. I went in one night to check on Ky and this is what I found...how can a mom not take a picture!!!

Hot Wax and Skin....They don't go together!

Zeth wanted me to post his picture of his thumb. He has be bugging me for a while to get in on, but as you already know...I haven't had a lot of time to blog much, so here it is finally. About a month ago Zeth asked me if I would wax his eyebrows for him, something that we do about once a month...he is trying to avoid the "unibrow". So he put the wax in the microwave and let it melt. When it was done he went to get it out and didn't realize how hot it was and it slipped out of his hand and dumped all over his hand and down his shirt and shorts, on the counter, stove, cupboard and floor. I ran over to him and we got it under the water, while I was trying to get his clothes off so that they wouldn't stick to him he was peeling the wax off of his thumb..what a mess, he said that the skin just peeled right off his thumb like it was a piece of tape...no pain. I was sick! As bad as this picture looks, it was a couple of days into the healing process, and it only took about two weeks to fully heal. It was amazing. There was a lot of "what ifs" that day and Zeth was really blessed to have just his thumb burned.

Fun in the SUN

The kids were having a blast on the tramp...working on their backflips. So I went and got the camera and got some pretty fun shots.

SPLISH SPLASH...I was taking a Bath!

Once a year Choral Collection has a solo ensemble night where the kids can choose if they want to prepare a song and sing it. Katie, Lydia and Abby chose "Splish Splash" as their song. They worked hard to get it together (Thanks to Aunt Shauna who helped with the actions!!). It was fun to see them get up and perform. Great job girls!

Our fun new HAIR TOY!!!

Amy introduced me to "Curlformers" They are the NEATEST things out there. They are just like a tube that is formed into a ringlet so you take a hook and thread the hair down (super easy) and then let it dry...and you have CURLS. The girls love them and they are fast and easy...and CUTE!!!

Play Dough Cooking Party

For Christmas Kyler got a package of play dough that had about 24 colors in it. The kids have had so much fun with it. The girls especially. Lydia and Katie decided that they needed to have everything ready for a party...so they made cakes, cookies and drinks out of the play dough. The fun thing about having so many colors is that you can be quite creative. Abby and her friends have great imaginations too. Who would know the hours of fun that you can have with just a simple gift of play dough!

Kyler and his BIKE

We got Zeth's old bike down and fixed the tires and put the training wheels back on and away Kyler went. Last year he wasn't interested in the bike thing because he loved his scooter so much...but he is loving the bike this year. He has good balance because of his scooter so I don't think it will be too long before we can take the training wheels off. Kyler loves to be outside...he is my FREE spirit!