Back to School

The girls started their new school year today. They were definitely more excited than I was. Kristyn and Kaley are going to Pony Express Elementary and Sydney will be going to Meadow Elementary. Blayne will start next week at Pony Express preschool. I can't believe how big my little family is getting. Kristyn got her hair cut on Saturday in preparation for 5th grade. (I'm I even old enough to have a 5th grader.) She was very happy with her new hair. I think it makes her look more grown up. I am not sure I'm ready for that just yet. Kaley wasn't even nervous to start today. She is more use to the school this year, and already has a few friends in her class. 3rd grade should be a great year for her. She is becoming more responsible, she was up and dressed this morning without being woken up. We'll have to see how long this lasts. I had a hard time letting Sydney go to school today. The bus came to pick her up at about 8:00, she has an hour and 1/2 bus ride to school. The bus driver is hoping to have her back home by 4:00 today since it is an early out day. I'm not use to her being so far away from me. I know she will do great and have so much fun in class, but I am struggling with having her gone for so long. To me she is still my little girl. How can she possibly be only enough to stay a full day at school and even have lunch in the cafeteria? At least Blayne will still be home for one more week. He will help keep me busy.

I am so proud of the kiddos. They enjoy school and do such a great job. What a lucky mom I am.

Summer Time.........

I've been feeling like a pretty boring mommy this summer. The summer will soon be over. (school starts next Monday) I felt like the kids haven't had much fun. Then I was going over the pictures on my camera and realized the kiddos have had nothing but fun.... We have pretty much stayed around the house this summer, but Utah is full of such fun things that we didn't have to go very far to find something to do. These are just a few of the super fun activities we did this summer.....

I took that Kiddos to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point with one of my good friends Jen Boyd and her kids. This is a super fun place. There are all sorts of farm animals, you can feed and pet. The day we were there one of the goats and one rabbits just had babies. We also were able to go on a hay ride around the farm. A couple weeks later we took them to the Zoo. Our family had a yearly pass that was about to expire. We thought we should get one more use out of it.
This ia absolutely Blayne's favorite thing to do......Go to Home Depot and sit on the riding lawn mowers. Anytime he gets to pick the family activity we end up driving to Home Depot so he can play with the (mow lawnders) He had been saving any money he has to someday buy a riding mower. SUCH A BOY!!!

Our 4th of July was very low key. We went to my parents house, had a small Bar B Q, and lit a few sparklers. Bristol was able to help my dad framed his basement. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins, Hailey and Audrey. Ashley came up for a couple of days from Texas. It was great to see her again and spend some time with them. While they were here all the kids put on a concert for us at the park.

One of my good friends,Erica Decker, who just happens to be Kristyn's teacher for 5th grade, invited us to go with her family to the children's discovery museum at the Gateway. This was one of my highlights of the summer. The museum is full of hands on exhibits. Blayne had a great time pretending to be a firefighter. Sydney of course wanted to be a mom and go some grocery shopping and take care of the baby dolls. Kristyn and Kaley were great sports about playing with the younger kids. We were able to ride Traxs to Salt Lake. The kids LOVED being on the "real life" train. What a great way to spend the day.
After thinking about all the places we went this summer no wonder why I am tired... I've had such a great summer spending time with the children. I think I'm going to have a hard time letting them go back to school. I will truly miss the time we've had to be together.