First Day of School

Lauren's first day of Preschool. Her teacher is Ms. Atwood. She was a little nervous at the first but then had a good day. I was a little sad to have my two kids gone but I got over it after I realized that 2:30 comes very quickly.

Johnathan's is in first grade this year. His teacher is Ms. Cozart. He is very excited this year because his three friends are in the same class. The poor teacher doesn't know what she is in for. He wouldn't let me walk him in to his class the first day of school. He thinks he is too big.

Bear Lake

This is my last post from our Utah trip. We loved visiting with everyone and had a great time. Thanks for the fun memories.

Ryan's family has been going to Bear Lake for the past 25 years. His grandparents are so nice to take the entire family every year. We always have a wonder time. There are lots of the things to do. The toughest decision is what you are going to do next.

Luke was so nervious on the jet ski. We went really slow but he didn't know what to think of everything.

Lauren thought she wanted a boat ride but she didn't. I let her go on the boat and couple minutes later she was back. She was most excited to play in the sand.

There is a mini golf course on the resort. Johnathan was in heaven.

Johnathan's cheeks are so red because he stayed on the boat all day. He didn't want to get off.

The Farm House

This is my dad's family farm house that I have been visiting since I was a little girl. This was the first year without Grandma who passed away last fall. We missed having her there. I am sure she is very proud we are still getting together.

Badminton Anyone?

Badminton net was set up in my in-laws backyard. Boys against the girls, it became very intense and the boys came back from behind. Johnathan always gets pretty competitive. I wonder where he gets that from?

All the cousin babies that are Luke's age.

While all this commotion was going down Lauren was in the sandbox making a terrific sand tower.

Van Dyke Cousin Fun

Summer fun with the Van Dyke cousins. Lauren hair looks really spikey in this picture. I am not sure why other than the fact that she likes to run around with her crazy boy cousins. Everyone loves playing with the swords.

Luke was obsessed over this pretend lawn trimmer it lights up and makes noise when you pushed the button. It was hilarious watching him for hours playing with this thing.

The TV was on ground which made it very easy for Luke to pretend to play video games. He was in heaven. Lexee is such a great baby sister.

Every year we take this picture with the kids in the hammock. This year wasn't a great picture but we will always have fond memories of playing it and trying to get as many kids in as possible.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Van Dyke for the fun time at your house. We always know that we will have a good time.

Camping

My three boys. We had a great time camping. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Whitby for the fun time. We went camping at the Meadows campsite.

Pitching the tent is always fun. Grandpa Whitby helping out.

Johnathan wanted to wear Uncle Brandon's hat.

Grandma Whitby making sure that the kids don't get too close too the fire.

My kids and Cousin Alex trying to be aliens. They have lasso golf balls on their heads. Silly kiddos.

Sweets Candy Co.

We visited Utah in July. While we where there my family made a trip to Sweets Candy Co. in Salt Lake City. It was so much fun and I would recommend going if you want something fun to do that the whole family will like. The funniest thing about this tour is the hair nets they have you wear. They even had one for my sister tiny little baby. We sure did laugh at how funny we all looked.

We really were kids in a candy store. They had all kinds of samples to try and every time I would look over my kids would have their mouths full of candy. My kids favorite candy is the orange sticks. So chewy and chocolaty.

My sister Shandra and her kids.

My Dad and Mom.

My sister Melissa and her boys. I had so much fun spending time with my family and buying lots of chocolate covered cinnamon bears, taffy and orange sticks. We loved the Sweets Candy Co.

Swimming Lessons

The swimming pool is at Texas Tech. It is a lazy river pool. They didn't have the current going while class was in section. Last day of class they had tornado sirens going off for 10 long minutes. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The good thing is that it was just a malfunction and no tornado insight.

Here is Johnathan with the orange goggles he loves to wear. He was also the loudest. Yelling and screaming and having a fun time. He did very well with his swimming too.

Lauren was much more reserved but I was very excited to get her at least comfortable wearing a life jacket.