School Days, Swimming, and Rock and Roll

School!! The kids were so excited. A new school, a new start. I have been amazed at how fast they have made friends. It is like we have been at this school forever. They have all just fit in. It has been a big relief for me and them.


Madi


Matthew- (Maxx is such a sneek. I did not even notice him there!)

Maxx! My big boy is in school. He looks so proud!

One last romp in the pool! Even though they started school it was still warm for a while to do a little swimming and most of all WATER FIGHTS!!! We'd do this most Fridays after school while it was warm.

Leave it to Dad to have all the FUN torturing the kids! All the kids got it. (But because I am so good with the computer I deleted the other 2 kids being dunked and I am not going to search for them again! O well!)

This is my favorite because the boys were playing rockband in Amy's garage. Some good old food storage cans full of rice and water storage jugs for drums, some golf sticks for drumming and a hockey stick for a guitar! The song they were singing was I hope they call me on a Mission. Watch out ACDC! It was hilarious. The rocker voices and everything. At the end Maxx even did a pose and attempted to do the splits! I am starting to wonder what they are actually teaching them in Primary! Adding a little flare during music time it looks like. (Actually just immitating thier dad!)

Temple

We had the opportunity to go the Oquirrah hill Temple open house. It was beautiful!



Ithought for sure that my boys would act so reverent with it being the temple. They really tried thier best. But with all those stairs how can you not help but try to see how many you can jump down at one time. (Especially while we were inside- because there are so many stairs!) Then one of them hid in one of the dressing rooms and yelled BOO! as we came around the corner! Such reverent children. Who is thier father? Because thier mother is nothing but reverent!!! :)



We had fun and according to them the best part was the cookies they served after. The people were nice and gave them 2 - I think some children might have gotten 3. (They are sneeky!) They were amazed at how beautiful the temple was and thought it was neat that they have been inside one now.




The only picture I got while at our condo in Park City! There is nothing better than playing games and eating pudding!! (However, I can do without Monopoly. For those out there that do not like Monopoly either there is new monopoly called Monopoly Deal - a card game. It cost like 5 dollars. It is super fun!!! It only takes like 15 minutes at the most to play the game. It Rocks!!)

We are trying to plan a trip to Lego land. Any comments or suggests would be great.

One more comment. What is up with some of the songs on my playlist! I think I was a little bit tipsy that day. But I can't figure out how to change the songs. I put them on and now we are all stuck with what I did! I actually like the songs that I put on I just can't figure out how to change them. My memory medication hasn't been working lately!! :)

Summer Fun!!

I know that I am so far behind that it seems rediculous to even try and catch up. So I am not going to really. But I just wanted to add some pictures of what we have been doing over the past couple of months. We are adjusting well to Utah, but I miss Vegas terribly! It is amazing how fast you can adjust to a place after a little over a year. It is my home away from home. I can't wait until summer and a little vacation there. But it has been fun to be near all the family- especially during the holidays because believe it or not I actually love family parties. I did not realize that I did until I wasn't able to go to all of them last year. So this year was so much fun. However, Amy I miss you terribly and all the late night talks and karoake. Remember I am out of practice with this blogging stuff and for those of you who know me I am very computer jinxed!! So cross your fingers and hope this blog turns out.

There were some amazing planes. Then a trip to Apollo burger afterwards. Thanks for a great time. The kids were amazed!

Then came my favorite time of the season once again-CAMPING!!!! (In Utah somewhere!) So the first night that we were suppose to meet everyone I luckily got the stomach flu. Therefore, I only had to bare through 2 days. Just kidding. I realized that the stomach is much much worse than Camping. Did you hear that! I would much rather camp than have the stomach flu. I did it again without David. I am becoming pro at this all by myself stugg. He was in Vegas working. Camping was fun - except Madi getting sick on the first night. But we made it. She did not even throw up in my tent- her cousins. Sorry again Paul and Amannda! :) Plus our tent did not get soaked through, everyone slept well, and it was all in all an ok time. (If confused refer to older post!)

Almost all of the cousins!! This is at Beaver Dam. Look at how excited my kids are about camping. I have taught them well. Just kidding. I do the camping thing because of them.

Here is a better picture of them!

I do not know why I have so many pictures of the same scene. Another excitement shot followed by.....

Matthew smoking a pencil and Micahs classic pull a face. Which is fine until you go to get nice professional pictures taken. Then it is no longer funny!!

Our cute little family. Warning- no makeup shot- you might want to cover your eyes. Look how hot we are in our matching shirts. We are the only dorks in the family, but I am proud of it!!

Micah loves Grandpa. Moobster is not a hiker and Grandpa saved the day. After 2 steps he starts complainig- my legs hurt. Fun huh! But the hike was made possible by Fruit Snacks and Grandpa.






Swimming in the Creeek!!

Good Times and lots of memories. I only gained 5 pounds on Smores this time. Until next year!

Robyn this is for you: I am not dead!

We are MOVING!!! (AGAIN!!)

I know no pictures so it is boring. But read it anyways to find out what we have been up to!!

Sorry I have not posted for so long but we are still in Utah. Actually we have been on vacation and decided that we are just going to stay. We like to fly by the seat of our pants. We are going to be living with Davids parents for now. They hope to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in a year and we will be able to stay in their house while they are away. We are so grateful for them. But so far things are going well. David just received a job with a sub contractor for the Union Pacific Railroad. He will be fixing trains. The schedule is perfect. He will be able to go to school and church and only works 3 1/2 days a week. Which is what we were hoping for and we have truly been blessed. He will start school in Aug. at the Salt Lake Community College. He is going into Radiography. (X-rays, ultrasound, and other stuff. I am actually not sure all that it intells- I probably should find out.)

The kids have started school here. The school is year round so as soon as we found that out we registered them and they started the next week. They have adjusted so well. I am amazed. Madi already has friends calling to play. YEAH! Matthew says, "I loved school but my teacher says she is the meanest teacher in the school about handwriting. So I better do a good job!" But I love her. She doesn't assign homework or worksheets! Matthews 2 least favorite things. YEAH! Maxx started Kindergarten. I can't believe it. We had his kindergarten assessment and the teacher said that he was ready for 1st grade. He is one of the older kids in his grade (his birthday is in Oct. so that is a little bit of an advantage) but he soaks up information. He loves loves loves to learn. And loves Kindergarten. He wakes up in the morning puts on his backpack. So I have to remind him that he goes to school in the afternoon.

As for Micah he is still just cute trouble. He really misses Maxx while he is at school. The first day he followed me around saying, "What are we going to do now, what are you doing now, are you going to play with me!! And this is after we'd already played a couple games and read books. Yikes I am in for a treat. Micah has always had someone to play with. So this is new for him.

It is amazing how well it has all worked out. (Now I would not be saying that a couple weeks again, but it has all fallen into place.) It is so amazing. We really felt like we should move back and things are working out.

I am going to miss everyone so much in Vegas. I have made so many wonderful friends and so have my kids. We will be coming back Aug. 15 for 3 weeks while the kids are off track and to pack up our stuff. So lets get together and party!

Vegas Style!!

So I think Vegas has rubbed off on my son. (Thanks Amy for the picture!) Pasties and all. As my sister would say, "Watch out Thunder Down Under!" Since Vegas is having a little too much influence on my chilren we are getting out of here. We are heading to Utah for a little vacation. (Therefore my blog might suffer more than it already does.)

Comment on the picture: We were painting and the paint and stickers can never just stay on the paper. As me and Amy were sitting around with our 2 youngest boys we commented on how we would have never let our first borns just sit and paint on themselves while we laughed. But once you get to number 4 it is actually quite funny to watch them paint themselves. It seems we get a little more relaxed. (I actually do remember letting my other kids paint themselves. I just wasn't as relaxed.)