Wednesday, September 30, 2015

September

Lauren started school in September.  She was so excited to go to Miss Michele's Busy Bee School!  I love little neighborhood preschools because they get to go to school with their friends.  She has Elle, Sarah, Kyle, and Camden in her class.  Also her second cousin Walker is in her class. She brought a poster about herself the first day.

Devon and I took a dancing class.  It was a lot of fun to get out and remember some of what I learned in a class I took in college.  It was also fun to see how much Devon loves dancing.  He would have the biggest smile on his face as we danced.  We need to do this more!

I found Ashlyn up in her room trying to put on a dress herself for the first time.  She did a pretty good job, but was upset at how she got herself stuck.

Austin and Lauren started being in a singing group.  The both love to sing and dance, so I thought it would be great for them.  Most the girls showed up in ballet clothes, so I took Lauren to get some too.  She was beyond excited!

There was a super moon eclipse on Austin's birthday.  We had already put the kids to bed before we really thought about it.  I didn't realize how big of a deal it was to so many people until I heard all the conversations afterward and saw so many comments on Facebook.  We did get Dylan out of bed to come look at it, so at least one of our kids got to see it.  He really wanted to get a picture of it, but our phones and camera couldn't really get a good one of it.  It was fun to see, though. The next day the other kids said they were hoping to see it because in Primary they talked about it that day.  Oops!

Jayden got to spend a night at Clear Creek with the 5th grade. He had a lot of fun, but said the food was really gross and it was hard to sleep in the cabin because it was so noisy.  Also, a stomach bug went around and quite a few people were throwing up.  I'm glad he didn't get sick.


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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Happy Birthday Austin

Austin had an awesome birthday!  He wanted a Batman birthday, and it just so happened we had some awesome Batman masks from when Jayden had a Batman birthday many years ago.  Austin is such a happy boy.  We love having him in our family.  He is a fun boy to be around.  He loves to do cool dances.  He loves to sing.  He loves super heros, tractors, dinosaurs, transformers, cars, and planes.  He is a very good helper and loves to find ways to help people.  He is a problem solver and a thinker.  He is very kind.  He loves school. He is a good big brother. We love this boy!
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Snowbird

Grandma and Grandpa Kirk let us use their time share over Labor Day weekend. What a blast we had!! We had originally planned on mostly relaxing, but had planned on Saturday to take a hike, ride the tram, and ride the Alpine Slide once.  The kids weren't up for much of a hike that day, so we decided to take a short trail then ride the tram.  While we were waiting in for the ticket booth to open, someone came up to us and gave us 5 free vouchers for a children's day pass.  We were so excited!  So we bought Devon and I a pass and then enjoyed doing as many things as possible!  We did the Alpine Slide a bunch of times.  Jayden wanted to ride the Mountain Flyer, so Dylan went with him.  Then Lauren wanted to do it as well, so Devon took her.  She is our thrill seeker!  The kids also did the vertical drop (jumping off a tower while harnessed), bungee trampoline, and bounce houses. We played and played, ate waffles, then played and played some more.  We were just sad they shut everything down at 6 pm.  But, we had lots of fun while it lasted.

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Devon and Lauren

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Dylan and Jayden on the Mountain Flyer

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Ready to go!

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Devon and Lauren on the Mountain Flyer

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