Daddy

I love that my kids love their Dad.

Macy's First Day of Preschool

Macy was so excited for her first day of preschool! It almost killed her that her siblings got to start a week before her. She has been so excited to go to Miss Jill's class. We were in Park City on the first day so excuse the poor lighting. She looked so cute in her new outfit from Grandma. Each child was given a bear to color and bring on the first day of school. She wanted to paint hers. I looked over when she was almost done and it looked great. She had a lot of colors, she stayed in the lines, it was very beautiful. I looked back in about two minutes and the whole page was a sea of colors. The bear was no where in sight. Apparently when she finished, she wasn't finished with painting. So she just painted all over everything she'd already done and filled the paper from edge to edge with paint. We couldn't even see the bear to cut it out. If you look close in the last picture you can see her "bear" hanging up with all the others :) She had a great day and we are so happy to have such a great teacher who my kids will always love.

Park City Trip

In September, my parents were nice enough to invite us up to stay in Park City with them. It was convenient for us because we could still run down for school, Kid History Premieres, missionary farewells, etc. It was also fun because Chelsey and Jared were still here and so it was one big party! We had tons of fun playing games with them everyday (I want Dominion :). My parents did a cool FHE lesson complete with loaded ice cream sundaes. We did some shopping (and my car died because a light was left on...as soon as John got there to rescue us, I turned the key again and it came to life without any charge :) The kids did a lot of swimming. Carston will always remember Park City because it is where he finally learned how to swim! He was so excited! Too bad someone stole my video camera out of my car so we'll never get to see it. The girls were awesome in the water too. It was the first time where I could sit on the side of the pool while they all swam. I love the new life jacket I got -Puddle Jumper-it is amazing for little kids and allowing them to swim around and maneuver in the water. It was so much fun. I love my family. I never, ever, Ever get sick of hanging out with them :)

Scouts-Raingutter Regatta

Can you tell that Carston is a little obsessed with all things military?

First Day of School

The first day of school is long gone....but here are the pictures. We will be moving in December, so we decided to enroll our kids in Lindon Elementary. Carston and Avery were nervous and excited to start at a new elementary school. I was anxious all day waiting to hear how it went. We started a new tradition and went to get slushies after school while they told me all about it. It took both of them a few weeks to make friends and get adjusted but they are both doing great now. The day some boys from Carston's class invited him to play at recess was a VERY good day! Avery is lucky to have her cousin in her class and another friend she can meet up with at recess. I am grateful for both of their teachers who work with our unconventional schedule. Hopefully this will be the last change of elementary schools for all of our kids!

Carston picked out his school outfit: army shirt, army shorts, army backpack :)