Jaycee's First Haircut

We finally took Jaycee in for her first haircut. I was waiting for the sides to grow out long enough that she wouldn't look bald if we cut it. Yeah!! no more mullet!!

She sat so still and let the stylist do his job.

Look at the length of that braid.

The Front V iew

From the Back

Halloween 2011

Cameron the Knight

Jorie aka Snow White

Jaycee our little ladybug! (This was after the trick-or-treating. Before they left she was crying hysterically trying to take off her costume. A few houses into it and she realized she got candy she quickly changed her tune.)

Our Pumpkins

Cameron's Knight

Jorie's Rapunzel

Jaycee's Tinkerbell

The Witch Festival

Our neighbor invited us to go see the witches at Garnder Villiage. We had a blast!

The Cute Girls

My Crew

Their favorite one.

Fall Break 2011

For Fall Break this year we went to visit Grandma and Papa in Idaho. For me it is always relaxing. I am able to forget the rest of the world for a few days and the kids love the adventure.

My dad was working on reshingling the roof so we got to help. I was surprised that the kids had no fear. They were up and down the ladder all day. Jaycee just wanted to run up there, so she got very limited time on the roof. Jorie would climb down the ladder, collect twigs, climb back up and then proceed to throw the twigs off the roof on the opposite side to watch the cats run for them. It kept her busy for hours.

Jorie Up & Down

Removing the old shingles

Jaycee and Jorie (don't you love the CHEEEESE!)

While we were there we took the kids (and John) to see Shoshone Falls for the first time. We were surprised by the amount of water still flowing this time of year. It was beautiful.

The Niagra of the West

Papa with the kids, admiring the falls

Jaycee, Papa, Cosette & John

Another Shot! Wow!

While we were there we picked apples. We brought home 6 boxes. Yummy! There was a squash growing in this apple tree.

Jaycee Making us Laugh

Poor Jaycee. She doesn't get as much camera/blog time as the other two. She is like her mom. She doesn't really like to pose for pictures, but we finally caught her this time. Isn't she adorable?

Jorie's 1st day of Preschool

Jorie is attending her second year at Kinderstartin' Preschool. She loves it and was so excited to go back even though she is counting down the days until she is in Kindergarten and gets to go to school with Cameron.

Cameron's first day of !st Grade

Well we survived Cameron's first day of 1st grade. It is an adjustment for Cameron, Jorie and I to have Cameron gone all day. I hope it gets easier for all of us as the year goes on. He loves his teacher and is excited to be able to see all of his friends again, so I am sure we will all adjust.

Lit & Learning Week #11

Week #11 THEME: Firefighters

This week we got to go to the Fire Station and learn about fire safety and the job of the firemen.

Riding in the ambulance.

Learning about all of the supplies and tools.

Trying our the water hose.

Watching the fireman put on all of his gear.

Lit & Learning Week #10

Week #10 THEME: Art

This week we got to learn from a professional artist how to draw a person. Then each kid got to make their own picture with pudding finger paints. For our fieldtrip we made our own art gallery. Each child displayed a work of art.

Jorie's Art

Cameron's Art

Lit & Learning Week #9

Week #9 THEME: Native Americans

This week we learned about Native Americans and read about some of the stories about nature they passed on. We learned about petroglyphs and each child got to make thier own story using pictures. For our fieldtrip we went to see some petroglyphs that are in the hills by Unity Pass in Eagle Mountain, UT.

Jorie looking at the pictures on the rock.

Native American Petroglyphs

More ancient pictures.

Can you see them?

Lit & Learnign Week #8

Week #8 THEME:Airplanes

This week we learned about airplanes. Each child got to make their own paper airplane and paper helicopter. For our field trip we went to the Cedar Valley Airport. It is a privately owned airport so we saw small planes. While were were there we got to watch a plane take up a glider (plane with no engine) and release it. The kids got to see both the plane and the glider come back in and land.

Learning about the glider.

The glider after it landed.

A little airplane.

Jorie's 4th Birthday

So I am way behind in the bloggling business....

Here are some pictures from Jorie's Birthday Party. We were going to have a water party playing in the pool, water balloons and blowing bubbles. It rained for three days straight before her birthday and the forcast called for afternoon showers on her birthday so last minute we changed the plan and played Tangled games instead. And it didn't rain. Oh well they had fun anyway.

Jorie with her pin the flower in Rapunzels hair poster.

Launching water balloons at the Flynn Rider WANTED Poster.

Breaking the Flower pinata.

Lit & Learning Week #7

Week #7 THEME: Books

This week we learned about how books are made. Each child got to make their own page of our Lit and Learning Yearbook and then we got to watch them make it.

All of the kids in front of the print shop.

Watching them format it on the computer screen.

Learning how the big printer works.

Cutting the pages down to size.

Binding our books.

The finsihed product!