Thursday, October 25, 2012

First Snow!

The kids were thrilled to wake up to snow this morning!
We had to pull out the boxes of winter coats and boots to get them bundled up to go to school.
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 Gideon would have played outside in it all day if I'd let him.
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 Snowy pumpkins and happy, warm kids - off to school!
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

General Conference

We had a great weekend watching general conference.  In addition to conference activity books for my kids, this year I added something new - a basket of treats!  Everything is better with snacks!  Each treat had a photo of one of the general authorities taped to it, so when he spoke, the kids could find his photo  and eat that snack.  They loved it and even learned a few names and faces in the process.
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McKinley decided her favorite apostle is Elder Bednar because he is so handsome!  
What a great way to spend the weekend!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Moab March 2011 - Photo Book

I finally finished this photobook from our trip to Moab 18 months ago!
We had a great time with G&G Anglin.


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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Back-To-School Night

So crazy that school starts tomorrow!  Where has the summer gone?
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Hillview Back-To-School Night was Thursday and the girls were super excited to go!  They loaded up their new backpacks with all their school supplies and off we went.
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Here are their classrooms on the school map.
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Addi is in Ms. Zinzer's morning kindergarten class - the same teacher McKinley had.  This her hook, where she will hang her backpack on the first day of school!
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McKinley has Miss Brinton for 2nd grade.  Her teacher let her pick her own desk and then she had to read and sign a rules sheet.
It's going to be different having 2 kids in school this year.  McKinley is happy to help Addi out and show her the ropes for her first year.  They are excited to walk to school together.  It's going to be a great year!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Tautphaus Park Funland

Today we headed over to Tautphus Park Funland for one more day of summer fun.  The kids each earned a ticket from the library summer reading program for one free ride and then Mom treated them each to 2 more rides.
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Addi ready for take-off
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Gid and McK on the airplanes
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Flying!
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McK and Gid chugging along
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Addi waiting with her ticket for the Farris Wheel 
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Such a big girl riding alone!
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Hi Mom!
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McKinley riding alone after Gid chickened out and decided not to ride with her. 
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Round and round we go
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Giddy-up cowboy Gid!
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Addi riding the horse with the butterfly
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So graceful
After rides, we ate a picnic lunch and played at the park for a bit before heading home.  A fun day to mark the end of summer.  Only three more days until school starts!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Zoo

Yesterday we visited the zoo for the first time this year with Grandpa and Aunt Roxanne and her kiddos.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time discovering all the animals.
We watched the penguins swallow fish, heard the tigers roar, and were entertained by an acrobatic and entertaining monkey!
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We met this penguin just walking around and he posed for a photo
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Talking to the parrots 
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The lion and lioness were in full view and looking very large!
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This lion is much friendlier
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Another cat to ride
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The kids had fun playing on the chicken and eggs while we took a break to feed the babies
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My adorable little chicks!
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Starting to get a bit tired...
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Gideon brushing the goats
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Addi brushing the goats - watch what you're doing with that brush!
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Sweet little Elli happily riding in the stroller, at least for the moment
We finished up at the zoo and headed over to the nearby park to eat lunch and play some more.
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McK swallowed by the hippo
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McK posing for another photo
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Gid trying to talk to Addi on the other side 
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Addi the acrobat
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McK sliding down

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Treehouse at the Mall

I finally got around to having Elli's 6 month (she's only 8 months old...) pictures done at JCPenney last night.  Since the kids behaved while I was trying to get a smile from Elli, we went to play at the treehouse playland afterwards.
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Gid is finally big enough to get onto the log by himself! 
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McK is too tall for the playland according to the rules, but she says she is just helping the little ones  so it's okay
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My little monkey Addi climbing around the outside of the tree
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This was Elli's first time getting down and playing along with the other kids.   
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She loved crawling through the log tunnel
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My happy kids!