First Day of School

Today is the first day of school.  It is a bittersweet day.  Britton is going into ninth grade.  Bryson is starting sixth grade.  Parker is in fifth grade.  Abby has begun third.  Brynlee has started first grade.  So I am home without any children to care for during the day. 
I love being married.  Dan is a wonderful man, who works so hard.  We have a great marriage and have a lot of fun together.  We have been married for seventeen years.  We have learned a lot together and will continue to grow and learn more and more each day. 
I love being a mother.  I love life with my children.  We play, play, play.  We enjoy doing so many activities each day.  So I would like to share our lives with you.

First day of school

Today was the first day of school and it was a great day all around.  The kids all wanted to ride the bus so I waited for the bus and then hurried off to try and beat it to the school.  I won thank goodness.  Abby was so excited to get to ride the bus with the boys.  I took Abby to her class and she was so happy to be in Kindergarden.  She has Mrs. Dallof and Dan and I are so happy about that.  She is such a great teacher.  Abby doesn't know anyone in her class but was just happy to be at school.  Parker got a little lost at school.  He couldn't find his class.  Luckily after I dropped off Abby I went looking her him and I found him wondering around.  He is in 2nd grade and has Mrs. Dixon.  He was glad to have her as his teacher.  He has a few friends in his class.  He had a great day and was able to find some other friends at recess.  Bryson is going into the 3rd grade and has Mrs. Palmer.  Bryson is so excited because his best friend Bridger is in his class.  He had a wonderful first day of school and loved his teacher.  Britton is going into the 6th grade and has Mrs. Cooke.  Britton was happy to be in her class.  He has lots of friends in his class.  He was happy to be the big kid at the school.  We are all looking forward to a wonderful year.
Britton also had his first game of the season.  He played really good.  And his team finally WON!!!  Good job Strikers.  Britton was so happy to have a win.  They played great as a team and never gave up.

Labor Day Fun

Today we decided to have one last water day before school started.  We went to the South Ogden water pad and brought our lunch.  It is such a nice place to play.  The kids had a lot of fun.  They have a nice splash pad but they also have a small playground and a large playground and a large grass area to play on.  The kids were so happy to be their.  The boys raced a few times.  Brynlee and Abby went from one playground to the other.  It was a great final day for labor day. 
The kids were excited to get ready for school.  They said they were not ready for homework but they were ready to see all of there friends again.  Dan gave each of the kids a fathers blessing before bed and we had a traditional role play for family home evening.  We make up situations that the kids might get into a see how they respond it is always an fun night.  The kids are excited for school to start but I am not.

Sleeping on the trap

Today we had a treasure hunt.  I found a treasure hunt online.  The kids ran all around the house finding clues for the treasure.  At the end the tresure was a jar of salt.  They were a little disappointed until they realized the salt meant that they each got to make ice cream in a bag.  They each got there own baggie with ingredients and got to make homemade vanilla ice cream.  The ice cream turned out really good and we will be doing that again.  Then after there ice cream the kids put on a puppet show with the sock puppets they made a few weeks ago.  That was so funny.  They all did a very creative job.  Even Dan and I did a show.  I think that the favorite was Dad.  And last of all we had a sleep out.  All summer the kids have wanted to sleep on the trampoline.  There is was always some reason why they couldn't.  So tonight we finally made it happen.  We all slept out on the trap.  We all had our sleeping bags and blankets and a lot of bug spray on us.  It was a fun night.  I love sleeping under the stars.  It was a clear night and really cool evening so that made it quite enjoyable. 

Jake and Gavin's Birthday Party

Jake and Gavin's birthday party was celebrated together this year.  Michael and Lisa decided to have the party at Michael's office and they hired a magician.  The party was a lot of fun.  The kids all got magic wonds.  The magician made a bunny appear, a ketchup bottle disappear, changed rings into diferent colors, had an extra large straw for his drink(Parker's favorite part), a trick with flowers, had a large stuffed dog(Brynlee favorite part), and a few other tricks.  He also made all of the kids balloon animals or swords.  The boys opened presents.  The kids had all kinds of treats and food.  It was a really fun birthday.  The boys loved the magic wonds because now they can play Harry Potter even better.

A play date for Abby

Abby got a call from one of her pre-school friends named Cami.  Her mom called and wanted to get together.  So she told us about a splash pas in South Ogden.  We were suppose to meet at 10:00 and bring our lunches and let the kids play.  I got a little lost and didn't get there until 10:30.  The weather wasn't the greatest it was a little rainy.  But we went anyway.  Abby friend never showed up but we stayed anyway.  The kids had so much fun.  I think that next year this might be a weekly spot.  It is free, and clean, and close and a lot of fun.  I wish that I would have known about it earlier in the summer because it closes on Labor Day.  After the splash pad Cassie's family came over and everyone played, played, played. 

Swimming and the Brigham City Temple

Today we went to Cassie's and swam.  The kids always have such a great time swimming with cousins.  Abby was happy because I forgot her life jacket so she got to swim without it.  She did great and she loved diving to the bottom of the pool looking for rings and torpedos.  We couldn't stay all day because we had tickets to go to the Brigham City Temple Openhouse.  My young womens group was going and they had some extras so we took all our family with the girls.  It was so beautiful.  The kids were so revent and well mannered.  Britton's favorite part was the mirrors in the sealing room.  Bryson's favorite part was the mirror's also and the baptismal font.  Parker's favorite part was the baptismal font.  He thought that that was so cool.  Abby and Brynlee loved the light and the paintings.  It was a great opportunity to teach that the only place that we want to be married is in the sealing rooms of the temple.  After we went to the temple we went to Peach City and got an ice cream cone.  This was a fun day.