Fun at the Library

I HAVE DECIDED AS THE WEATHER GETS COLDER THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AT THE LIBRARY THIS WINTER. THERE ISN'T MUCH TO DO IS THIS WONDERFUL TOWN DURING THE WINTER. MY GUESS IS THAT THE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO REALLY LIKE THE LIBRARY.

PRESCHOOL

KANYON HAD HIS FIRST DAY AT PRESCHOOL TODAY. HE LOVED IT BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I DID. I FORGOT HOW MUCH EASIER IT IS TO RUN ERRANDS WITH ONLY ONE CHILD. HE GOES TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 8:30-12:30 AND THEY FEED HIM BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. I COULD REALLY GET USED TO THIS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS THE BEST PICTURE I WAS ABLE TO GET AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. (HE IS SUCH A GOOF BALL)

THIS IS INSIDE HIS CLASS ROOM THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. KAYDEN DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE. KAYDEN GETS TO START PRESCHOOL AFTER HE TURNS 3 AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

WEEK IN SUNNY ST. GEORGE

THE 2ND WEEK IN AUGUST THE KIDS AND I PACKED UP AND SPENT 8 DAYS IN ST. GEORGE. BRYAN HAD TO WORK BUT I REALLY WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME IN ST. GEORGE BEFORE EVERYBODY STARTED SCHOOL.

GRANDMA CINDY BOUGHT THE BOY ICE CREAM CONES AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO REACT TO IT BECAUSE I NEVER BUY THE ICE CREAM CONES. THEY EVENTUALLY FIGURED IT OUT AND KAYDEN BEING THE MESSY EATER THAT HE IS, ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE THIS!

ONE OF THE DAYS WE WENT TO THE WATER PARK IN DOWNTOWN ST. GEORGE AND SPENT A COUPLE OF HOUR THERE. WE PICKED UP PIZZA AND BROUGHT SOME SNACKS AND DRINKS AND HAD A GOOD TIME.

MY SISTER JESSICA RECENTLY STARTED HAIR SCHOOL AND TALKED ME INTO BEING HER 1ST HAIRCUT. SHE FELT A LOT MOR COMFORTABLE BECAUSE SHE KNEW I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND WOULD STOP HER FROM MESSING UP. WHEN THE TEACHER CAME TO CHECK SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIX ANYTHING. I WAS SO PROUD! JESSICA AKA JJ AND ME ARE GOOD BUDS SHE REMINDS ME TO MUCH OF MYSELF SOMETIMES. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO TO GETHER IS GO TO DENNY'S. DENNY'S BRINGS OUT A SILLY SIDE OF US THAT SOULDN'T COME OUT TO OFTEN. WE JOKE ABOUT SOMETHING BEING IN THEIR WATER.

THIS IS MY SISTER BRANDY. WE HAVE GROWN CLOSER THIS YEAR BECAUSE WHEN SHE WAS HAVING HER CHEMO TREATMENTS SHE COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL MOST OF THE TIME. SO I GOT TO GO TO MY MOMS HOUSE AND HANG OUT WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS AWAKE. YES, HER HAIR IS GROWING BACK AND I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF HER WITHOUT HER WIG BUT I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT SHOOT ME BECAUSE IT IS A SILLY PICTURE. SHE ALSO IS STARTING TO DRIVE AND I ACTUALLY LET HER DRIVE ME SOMEWHERE (I MIGHT BE CRAZY) SHE DID VERY GOOD.

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR WAS GOING ON WHILE WE WERE THERE SO WE GOT TO DO ANOTHER PETTING ZOO.

WHILE AT THE FAIR WE RAN INTO SMOKY THE BEAR.

THEY HAD THESE ON DISPLAY AT THE FAIR AND IT WAS A FIGHT TO GET THE KIDS AWAY.

FINALLY THE KIDS WENT ON THEIR FIRST FAIR RIDES AND HAD A ABSOLUTE BLAST!

VISITORS

THE FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST SOME OF BRYAN'S SIBLINGS CAME TO VISIT US FOR THE WEEKEND. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN, THE COUNTY FAIR WAS GOING ON WHILE THEY WERE HERE. THE PETTING ZOO WAS AWESOME. THEY HAD A SEALION SHOW AND A PLACE TO PET STING RAYS.

HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT THIS! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BALANCE YOUR SELF SO THAT THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. MY CAMERA TOOK TO LONG TO TAKE THE PICTURE SO HE DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY LIGHTS IN THE PICTURE.

I TOOK THE KIDS TO THE FAIR THE DAY BEFORE EVERY BODY CAME INTO TOWN AND WE WATCHED THE DOGS HERD THE COWS (I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTEST IS CALLED) IT WAS REALLY COOL! THEY HAD A BIG SAND BOX FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY IN WHILE I WATCHED THEY SHOW.

THAT FRIDAY NIGHT ME AND DANIELLE WENT TO THE ONLY BOOK STORE WITHIN 100 MILES THAT WAS OPEN FOR THE MIDNIGHT RELEASE OF BREAKING DAWN.

SATURDAY WE WENT TO A CHINESE BUFFET AND ATE WAY TO MUCH!

SUPER BLANKY

KANYON IS ALWAYS ASKING ME TO TIE HIS BLANKY AROUND HIM LIKE A CAPE. HE LOVES TO DRESS UP LIKE SUPER HEROES. SO I COULDN'T RESIST TAKING A PICTURE OF ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PAST TIMES. AFTER DESTROYING PRETEND VILLIANS HE OFTEN PLAYS DEAD AND HE IS ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD AT IT SO HE BEGGED ME TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM PRETENDING TO BE DEAD.

KIDS AND FOOD

ON OUR WAY BACK FROM ST. GEORGE A WHILE AGO, WE STOPPED TO GET GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND DECIDED WE WERE HUNGRY. ALL THE GASTATION HAD THAT SOUNDED REMOTELY GOOD WAS NACHO'S. THE KIDS ATE MOST OF THEM AND GOT ALL MESSY AND THEN OUNCE THE CHIPS WERE GONE KAYDEN DECIDED HE WANTED MORE CHEESE SO HE DRANK IT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CUP (YUCK)! A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I MADE SOME BROWNIES TO TAKE TO THE WATER PARK FOR EVERYONE TO SHARE. I HAD THEM COOLING ON THE STOVE TOP BEFORE I FROSTED THEM AND THEN WENT TO DO MY HAIR. WHEN I RETURNED TO CHECK ON THE CHILDREN I FOUND THAT THE WHOLE UPPER HALF OF THE BROWNIES HAD BEEN EATEN AWAY AND ONE LITTLE BOY HAD EVIDENCE ALL OVER HIS FACE (DOESN'T HE LOOK SO PROUD OF HIMSELF?) LETS HUST SAY THAT THE BROWNIES STAYED HOME WHILE WE WENT TO THE WATER PARK.

TAKEN HOSTAGE

A LITTLE WHILE AGO BRYAN WAS WRESTLING WITH THE KIDS ON OUR BED. BRYAN LIKES TO PRETEND THAT THE KIDS ARE WINNING HIM SO HE FLIPPED OFF OUR BED BACKWARDS AND LANDED IN THE LAUNDRY HAMPER HEAD FIRST. HE THEN PRETENDED THAT HE COULDN'T GET OUT. THE KIDS LOVED IT. ALL WAS GREAT UNTIL KAYDEN DECIDED IT LOOKED LIKE FUN TO BE IN THE HAMPER, SO HE CLIMBED IN AND THEN FOR A VERY SHORT TIME THEY REALLY WERE STUCK. BY THE TIME I GOT THE CAMERA THEY COULD OF GOTTEN OUT, BUT BEFORE THEY GOT OUT KAYDEN HAD TO SIT ON BRYANS FACE WHILE HE HAD NO ROOM TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

(PS DO YOU LOVE OUR PAINT SPECKLED CARPET?)