Back to School!

Well, it is that time of year again. Where kids are sad that summer is over and they have to go back to school. (well, at least mine are.) Brenden will be in 3rd grade this year and Brooklyn will be in 1st grade. So they both will be going all day long. Addison is going to be very bored with just mom at home. Especially right now, I am not a whole lot of fun these days. Hopefully it won't be too much longer and then Addie will have a baby to play with or mall. Here are some pictures from the first day of school. I am so proud of all my children and know that they will have an awesome year!

Doesn't he look so excited to be going to school? He really wasn't, school is not his favorite thing. But he looked cute anyway.

Brooklyn was so excited to start school, she gets to stay all day now and have lunch there.

Here are all three of my little ones. I had a doctors appointment that morning so Addison was ready to go also. I can't believe how old and big they are getting. Time goes by so fast!

New Calling!

So I am having a really hard time accepting being released from the Young Woman's. I wasn't in there very long and only 4 of us got released. When they announced it on Sunday the water works just started flowing and I couldn't stop. I had known it was happening for about 2 weeks so I thought I was prepared. Oh no, that wasn't the case! I loved being in there and I was hoping to be in there a lot longer. But the bishop had other plans for me. I got a new calling, I am the assistant Bear den leader. Which after I really sat down and thought about it, it will be really good. Brenden really needs me, especially right after I have this baby. He is the one that really struggles with everything. So this will give me one on one with him once a week that he will love. He is really excited for me to be his leader. I am still really sad that I am not in YW's anymore but I am doing all right with it. Maybe some day they will put me back in, probably when my girls are in there. I am looking forward to having a little extra time with my family, that I didn't have before. I just wanted to thank the young women for all they have taught me and for how much fun I had with them. I will truly miss you guys!

Potty Training!

I am just going to do a quick post. Addison is officially potty trained, even at night. We did it all last week and she only had 2 accidents. She is doing so awesome, I am so proud of her. I am so sad though because she isn't my little baby anymore. Why do they have to grow up so fast, I wish she wouldn't. I love you baby girl, thanks for being so awesome!

Happy Late 6th Birthday, Brooklyn!

So this year I was a really bad mom, we just had so much stuff going that I didn't get Brooklyn's birthday party done until the 21st of June, which her birthday is June 4th. But I did get it done and she had a lot of fun, so that is all that matters.
Here is her caterpillar cake that didn't turn out how it was suppose to. But it worked, the little girls didn't care.
Blowing out the candles, that wouldn't stay lit because of the wind.
Playing some water balloon games, with her friends.
All she wanted for her birthday was a trampoline, so of course she got one.


All her little friends at her party, we called it Brooklyn's backyard birthday bash and she had a lot of fun.

Brooklyn's last day of Kindergarten

Brooklyn had such a wonderful teacher for Kindergarten this year, Mrs. Norton. She loved going to school and did so well this year, she was one of the top in her class. She didn't want school to end. They put on a cute program and Brooklyn just sang her little heart out, I didn't know she was so out going when it came to things like that. Because she keeps telling me she doesn't like to preform but when she is actually doing it, she loves it. I am so glad she had such a good year and I can't believe my little girl is going to be in 1st grade.

Poor Baby, May 14, 2010

This is kind of gross but I thought I would post it just for my remembering. Addison had these little bumps all over her left arm and side. So I took her to the doctor and they said it was a virus wart that had to be taken care of or they would just keep spreading. I didn't know it was going to be so bad. But the doctor put this stuff on them and tape and told me the next day to rip off the tape and it would take the blisters off with it and then they would heal really fast after that. Addison hates band aids so when she had 26 pieces of tape on her she freaked out. Then the next day I started taking the tape off and it was so bad, I never want to have to do that again. She just screamed, so this is a picture of what they looked like after I ripped the tape off. I had to keep Vaseline on her to keep the air from getting to them or she would just scream. I will tell you she laid in my bed for 3 days and didn't move, then they scabbed and she was able to get up and do stuff. But it was very traumatizing for her and for me.
Not only that Merrial and Brenden were at father and sons while this was all going on so they didn't have to experience what I did. Lucky them!

Salt Lake Real Soccer Game

This year when we signed the kids up for soccer they gave us Real Salt Lake tickets. The kids were really excited to go, we had never been to a real soccer game before.


This is a all of the kids from Emery county soccer and other kids getting to carry out the Real's flag. The kids really enjoyed that and being able to meet the team.

The team stretching and getting ready for the game.


Addison loved these tube things that were so annoying when you hit them together, but it totally kept her entertained.



It was very hot this day and we were sitting right in the sun. So that part was kind of miserable, but we had so much fun. I thought it would be really boring to go to a soccer game. But it was actually really entertaining and kept the kids interested, the whole time. We will have to do it again soon.