First Day of School

Better late than never! Here are the boys on their first day of school. Kyle started 2nd grade this year and Nathan 1st.

Dallin's Con-grat-u-lations!

Dallin had a blast going to Kyle's end of year swim party.

Mrs. Bright handed out individual, handmade, awards for all of her students (yes, Kyle hit the jackpot to have her as his teacher). She would explain their award then have them come up and give them a big hug. Dallin sat silently with the class. Near the end of the awards he ran up and gave her a big hug. Guess he figured he had waited long enough and it was his turn. Everyone got a good laugh.

Dallin made a good friend (Mrs. Bright's son)

After sitting through Nathan's grad ceremony, and watching award after award handed out, he started to feel left out. He asked me about 20 times, "where's my con-grat-U-lations?" So the next morning we had a little 'congratulations' before Dan and Nonnie went to work. Nonnie provided a goodie bag, and I provided the award. He felt very congradulated!

Kyle says goodbye to first grade

Kyle is officially done with first grade! His SWEET teacher, Mrs. Bright, threw a pool party at her home to wrap up the end of the year. The kids had a BLAST. We are so proud of you Kyle!

Kyle and Mrs. Bright

Kyle got the math award for his grade!! (sorry for the bad pic, had the wrong lens)

All I Really Need to Know...

Nathan is now a Kindergarten Graduate! I threw in this picture because he is so crazy about this bug keychain my mom gave him. It has a real beetle inside. We were at Kyle's end of year swim party and they had been swimming about 30 minutes. And he runs over and shows me that he had stashed the keychain in his trunks, so he could have it with him while he swam. He is very protective of his 'Green Rose Chaffer Beetle!'

A gift for Mrs. Simpson

What a great Kindergarten year!! We are so happy to have a great school for our kids to grow and learn.

I memorized this poem in 6th grade and recited it for Oral Language. It's one of my favorites....

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

by Robert Fulghum

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I
learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school
mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things
I learned:

Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing
and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and
stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The
roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but
we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the
Styrofoam cup--they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you
learned--the biggest word of all--LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love
and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult
terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or
your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world
it would be if we all--the whole world--had cookies and milk about three
o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or
if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where
they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are-- when you go out into the
world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Artist

Last night in Nathan's prayer he said, 'I know you love me Heavenly Father, because you created me and that makes me your art piece, and i know you love what you make.'

Well said Nathan!

Disappearing Tooth

This is how Kyle came home from school yesterday. Looks like someone's trying to fit into the South Carolina image? Or is he just hard up for some cash?

Wagon Walk

We just got back from a family walk around the block. Dallin held Maxter in the wagon for about 2 MINUTES. Then they both wanted out to walk. Dan got to pull an empty wagon. What a cute picture though!

Easter Surprise

Dan went to the shed and found his bike helmet had been put to good use. 

A few days later...

About a week after they hatched we went to check on them. Dan took the helmet down to get some pictures and they all bailed from the nest and started jumping around the yard. We raced to gather them back up and put them back in the nest. Of course Dan had to snap some pictures first.  The next day they were gone. 

"Are you my momma?"

Big Bad Wolf

The school had a Family Fun Night this past week. This was the live bee exhibit. Notice the sign...'please do not touch!' Dallin was touching it and tripped and almost knocked the whole thing over. The bee keeper almost had a heart attack. 

Nathan won a door prize... XXXL 2008 St. Patricks day shirt and YMCA shirt... hence the fake smile.

Kyle's class did a play (3 Little Pigs) for the whole school and all the parents. He was the big bad wolf. Wow!! What a star! He was so good, but I knew he would be. He made the play so entertaining and funny. Remember, I have mom bragging rights. We are so proud of him. 

Here he is with one of his best friends after the play.

He passed out at the end...

Rubbing his tummy because he is so hungry for a little piggy. Shake those hips Kyle!!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Kyle took all of these pictures of Dan Saturday... the day before he turned 32. He did great for a 7 year old. He did great for an adult even!! We love you Dan, happy birthday!

Husband Quiz

One of our first dates. Good times.

The Husband Quiz

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? The Office, House, CSI or Soccer

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Tangy tomato or french

3. What's one food he doesn't like? Tomatoes ("they cause cancer"), ironically... see #2

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. His drink would be? Mountain Dew... no dew, lemonade

5. Where did he go to high school? Bonneville High

6. What size shoe does he wear? 9, sometimes 8 1/2

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Camera equipment

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Italian sub from Miggs

9. What would he eat every day if he could? Chips and salsa... I think he does.

10. What is his favorite cereal? Raisin bran crunch and captain crunch

11. What would he never wear? Anything that doesn't feel comfortable

12? What is his favorite sports team? He doesn't have one. He loves to watch any soccer

13. Who did he vote for? McCain

14. Who is his best friend? Me

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? freak out when he drives, he scares me

16. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Chocolate

17. Did he play sports in high school? Yep, power tumbling (private)

18. What could he spend hours doing? Taking pictures, reading camera reviews

19. What is one thing you appreciate about him? He rarely gets even upset with me and is really easy to talk to and always makes me laugh hard. He is a really sweet dad too. Guess that was more than one:)

Soccer Starts

Tonight was the first soccer practice for this year. Kyle and Nathan are playing Torro's and will have licensed coaches. Dan is excited about that. The boys had fun. 

They were working on ball control and kneeing and heading the ball. Nathan was so cute and working so hard.

Stretching...

Kyle's ball control

Dan and Kyle have the exact same soccer cleats this year (different sizes of course). Kyle thinks that is SO cool, so do I!!

I just posted a bunch... keep scrolling down.

When Daddy's in Charge

My mom and I were giving the puppies haircuts and Dan was 'supervising' Dallin and Nathan painting. I think we're still waiting on this one to dry!

Meet Maxter

This is our new puppy Maxter, a maltese. He's a smart little puppy and we love him so much.

Hit the brakes!

We were going on a walk last week and Nathan decided to ride his bike. We noticed that he was dragging his feet to stop. Dan and I were blown away that he didn't know how to use his brakes. He has been biking for 3 years now. So I was showing him how to use the brakes and of course the paparazzi had to snap a picture.

Dallin in Action

Dallin taking a whiz in the backyard before heading out for a walk.

Playing in the park