A Sunday Trip to Enterprise



Two Sunday's ago it was our stake conference.  We came home, had lunch and headed out the door on an adventure.  We've been to the Honeycomb rocks before, but it's been a long time since we went there.  I doubt the boys even remember.

They really do look like honecomb cereal.  The kids had a blast climbing all over them.

In this picture, they are at the very top.  They climbed all the way up by themselves.

Piper wanted nothing to do with the rocks, but she was happy to take a walk with me and look around.  I love that she is flashing a peace sign!

She was not happy about being up by the rocks.  Josh climbed up to the top with her and she cried the whole time.

Afterwards we went to the Enterprise resevoir and let the boys shoot BB guns and throw rocks in the water.

My proof I was there!

There were dead crawdads all over the shore.  Piper hated them.  She wanted to just sit in my lap and ignore them.  Josh thought it was hillarious to keep throwing them on her.  Then he started throwing weeds on her and she didn't like that either!

Not sure what he is shooting.  Probably a bird.

J.D. drove all the way from the lake to the dam.  He's getting pretty good.  Soon he'll be able to reach the peddles.  I remember driving the hay truck at his age!  It's a little insane!

It was a great day !  We had a blast and spent some good quality time together.  Love it when that happens!

A Red, White, and Blue Celebration

I love Red Mountain Elementary.

Last year our kids did so well on end of year testing, that they

held a parade.  It was held on September 10th and was

part of their remembrance of September 11th.

The parents were invited to attend and

 they showed up in full force.

Everyone wore red, white and blue.

The American Legion were there.

The honor guard did a salute and presented the flag.

We did the Pledge of Allegiance and

sang the National Anthem.

It gave me goosebumps.

Tyson was so excited!

J.D. heading pack up the parade route.

Go Peggy and Mandee!

The police blocked off the road

in front of the school.

The kids walked up the block, round the

roundabout and back to the school.

Piper and Addison had a blast watching.

It was so much fun.

I hope they make it a tradition!

Pipers First Day of Preschool

Piper actually got to go to her first offical day of preschool today!  She wasn't overly excited because, she's been there alot these past few weeks!!  Once all the kids started showing up, she was a little bit more excited.   It was a great day and a great group of kids.  They were pretty mellow.  Hope that lasts all through the year!!

Oh, she is a doll and I love her! 

A Twilight Hike

We live in one of the most beautiful places. And 40 feet from my house is a beautiful mountain that my kids love to hike and play on.

Here we are on one of our fun little walks.

I love this picture of JD.

This kid loves rocks. It's a crazy obesssion.

The girls got style!

Growing Up

This was a pretty exciting moment for Josh and the boys! Josh has been waiting patiently for 8-years for someone to take over this job.
Although, it won't be this one for a few more years. The lawn mower weighs more than him.

But atleast he tried.

J.D. thought this was the coolest thing.

When he has to mow it on his own, he probably won't think it's very cool.

He's a pretty big kid!

Here, Birdy Birdy

I took this picture of Piper this morning with my cell phone. I love it! My grandma and my mom alway's told me that if you stuck your bottom lip out, a bird would come and sit on it. My mother-in-law also says it to Piper all the time. The girl has the pout thing down.

This is just one of the many things I never want to forget and alway's want to remember.

Raingutter Regatta

When Josh and I first were getting J.D. ready for scouts, Josh looks at me and say's, "You know, we have to go to Pack Meeting now." See, we've been in cub scouts before. Once a long, long time ago. Long before we knew what to do with little boys and loved the craziness of it all. I wasn't sure how I felt about that.

Last night was our very first pack meeting. It was the Raingutter Regatta. J.D. and Josh worked so hard to make this awesome Pirate Ship. And they were so proud.

Of course there were silly games.

He's so happy. He was throwing a water balloon back and forth with Kyle and they kept breaking it. He's running to get another one.

It was a very cool night. We are so proud of you J.D.!!

Praying Mantis

This is our new friend. Atleast, I think he's one and the same. Tyson keeps catching him and releasing him. We haven't seen him for a few day's. Maybe he got smart and ran away. The kids have had a blast catching him!

First Day of Kindergarten

He has been so excited! It was hard for him to see JD go and him have to wait a week.

Mr. Kaeding is his teacher and she is getting to ready to have a baby boy! Just like Tyson, he was so excited about it. He loves babies!

He was excited to have Logan in his class. I hope she separates them, or they will talk all day!!

We are so proud of you Tyson! Hope you have a great first day!

Mud Pies

Does life get much better than this? Mud pie's by Piper! Awesome!

3rd Grade, Day 2

I sent them walking. Tyson had testing at 9, so I figured they'd beat me there. Not even close. Ten minutes later and they weren't far down the road at all.
Not sure why my son is running like that, but yeah! Go JD!

Ahhh, here is the reason they were late. They were picking up random pieces of garbage off the side of the road. Notice Baylee's glasses? Um, yeah, they were trash a few minutes before this picture. YUCK!

J.D. the 3rd Grader!!

I know I just said this, but where does the time go? Third grade!!!! Third grade!!! He's got to stop growing up and getting so big. It makes me feel so old!
My gosh, though, he is a handsome little devil. He is in Mrs. Kim's class. Most of friends are in Mrs. Hancey's class, but he'll be fine. My adaptable, social kiddo.

I think I may have been embarrassing him. He was like "Mom, stop taking pictures!" Okay, sniff, sniff as I wipe away the tears. See the cute little girl next to him? That's Aubrey, she has Down Syndrome. J.D. is so sweet and kind to her. He wanted to ask the teacher to be her special helper. He is such a good kid!

I missed taking this picture on the first day of school because it was a little bit crazy. But J.D. and Baylee have a picture like this for every year. We took this on the morning of the 2nd day. Better late than never, right?