First Day Times Two

 

I have been waiting for this day two weeks after school got out! And to be honest so has Jensen. He loves school and needs to be there. This really isn't his first day of Pre-K since he is in the same class as last year so I should of put "First Day of Pre-K x 2" or "First Day of Pre-K again". He got lucky and has the same wonderful teacher. I already got a report back from her that he is doing great in school. He just doesn't like to keep his shoes on at school. Still in summer mode I guess. Lucy gave him a big old hug when I said he was off to school. She is going to miss her brother but maybe she will be having her own little preschool adventure this year.

 

 

Jersey Night

Quincy got hooked up with free tickets to the 51's game a week or two ago.  It just happened to be free jersey night. One size fits all if you couldn't tell. Lucy was determined to get on the Jumbo Tron shaking her stuff in her jersey. Too bad we only lasted two innings so it didn't happen. The kids got restless so we took off. Just in time too because it started to downpour. Hopefully one day these kiddos will get their parents love of the game.

 

Utah Weekend

It was a boys weekend for Quincy and his brothers in Utah so we tagged along and hung out with my family instead. It turned out to be a great weekend to be up there because we got to see my niece get baptized and of course see the family.

 I had lots of "Utah" errands that needed to get done on Friday. Luckily, my family wanted to play along in my errands taking them all over. Jensen was glad for one of them because it took us to the mall. He was spoiled and got a new Mater. He wouldn't even put it down to go on the playground.

Later that night someone mentioned to go to the cabin for dinner so away we went. My kids really do love that place, but who can blame them when they can be outside and not melt.

On Saturday after brunch at IHOP, we got to attend my cute niece's baptism. She was a little nervous about it but after she was all smiles.

Jody and her girls

While waiting for the baptism to start we had a photo shoot.

Mater did not leave this boy's hands all weekend.

Quincy was able to join us just in time for the baptism. His weekend with his brothers was over but was full of good times.

After the baptism we had a lemonade party hosted by Cindy of course. She even had lemon meringue pie and lemon bars. While eating Matt went and saddled up the ponies. Jensen was a true cowboy and hopped right on. He didn't get the leading part down with the reins so his cousins helped lead him.

We had a little craving for a JCW shake after all that horsey riding. It was a great way to end our fun weekend to Utah.

July, Where Did You Go?

Seriously where did July go?
We have been trying to keep ourselves busy this summer and I guess we are too busy even to blog about it. Here are some of the things we have been doing.

Candyland

This has been the kids' favorite game of the summer. We play this at least 4 times a day. I knew the kids would like it but not this much. Jensen has even made it his own game by playing with little Cars instead of the normal game pieces. Even as I type this Jensen is asking who wants to play a game. He is really lucky at the game too. He definitely holds the record for most wins in the house.

 Swimming

We had to go try out the new Hollywood Aquatic center that was just completed. It was an adventure for sure with the crowds and the rule that all your children have to be within arms distance of an adult. Not too fun when they both have their own different agenda and only one adult. After this outing we decided to swim at our community pool more. Can't beat free and pool to yourselves even if it doesn't have a large bucket of popcorn that dumps water when you're not expecting it.

St. George Day Trip

This was a fun day for me in St. George with my parents. We got to do a little shopping and have a peaceful lunch without kids before attending my cousin's sealing. It was a perfect day. The kids had fun in Logandale with Quincy and the cousins. They went to the reservoir and went swimming. Of course no pictures of Jensen jumping off big rocks into the water. Maybe next time.

Harry Potter Magic Show

Our local library had a magician come for a story time. He was hilarious and even impressed all the adults in the room with his magic. The kids loved that he turned a bird into a rabbit.

Splash Pads

Splash pads is a given of course in this town. We were so kindly invited by my former teaching friends to attend play dates with them. It is always fun to see them and their kids.

Rain

We have been blessed with multiple rain storms this summer. When the rain comes down we have to go play in it. This is the kids riding their bikes in the rain. Lucy is staring to pedal her pink bike while Jensen is still stubborn and likes to pedal Flintstone style.

Krispy Kreme Tour

We tagged along on another play date and had a good time at Krispy Kremes. I have to say this is my first time actually in the store (drive-thru many times) so I don't know if all the stores do this, but they have a window where you can watch them make donuts. So the only true benefit of actually being on a tour was the free donuts and milk for the kids. Lucy ate hers with no problem (takes after her mom for sure). I had to convince Jensen that he should eat his. He licked it instead. Twenty minutes later he was still licking it. Was a fun inside outing for sure.

More Splash Pads

We have found the best splash pads in the city this summer. Jensen and Lucy love this little river that they have there. They keep running through it over and over again. The playground is a little unique but the kids seem to enjoy it. Lucy climbed the rock wall with ease even though I was afraid of her climbing. We will be hitting this park a couple of more times before summer is up.

We have less than a month of summer left. Yipee! Hopefully the excessive heat will be gone by then too!

Girls Camp 2012

This year I got to spend a couple days at girls camp (big thanks to my mom-in-law for watching the kiddos). It turned out being the last part of the week, Wednesday night through Saturday morning, which included family home evening, hike day, moonlight theater, a skit complete with a watermelon fight, testimony meeting, and clean up.

It is always a pleasure to be up there with the girls at Mount Charleston. I kept singing lyrics to Kelly Clarkson's song while I was up there. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". Sleeping in tents and using the B.I.F.F.Y (bathroom in forest for you) is not my favorite thing but the trade off is so worth it. It's always a spiritual boost for me. 

We were the Virtue Sparklers this year. I only had a couple of assignments this year. One I gave myself was to make us a banner.

My two beehives and it was both their first year going to camp. I tagged along on their hike to spend some time with them. I love these girls.

We did a little repeling down the mountain on our hike. (No time for archery or zip-line this year. I was busy helping with crafts. Oh well.)

 Our Virtue Family getting ready to go home.

Our stake does camp in mixed groups so it was fun to be with new girls and I even got to be with one of my old girls from a different ward.

Our YW presidency (except our secretary) with our Camp Director.

Amazing women I get to serve with!

One of my assignments was to make treats for the girls in our ward to leave in their mailboxes to show that we loved and missed them. I used ideas from Pinterest of course but made my own labels to use. I just sent them to Costco and then attached them to the treats. If you likey, the links to download them are below each one. ( I took off who they were from.)

On the back it says "We are!"

Knock - Knock

Magnificent & Marvelous

S'more Love

It's O-Fish-al