First Day of School

Kyleigh- 6th Grade, Mrs. Royter.
Katelyn-  3rd Grade, Mrs. Walker
Ridge-  A.M. Kindergarten, Mrs. Lawrence

The Girls ran off with friends as soon as we got to the playground.  Ridge also ran off to play.  I waited to go in with him for his first day.  When the parents were done with the paperwork stuff they had the kids go line up outside where they would be lining up every morning for the rest of the year.  They were supposed to wave good-bye to their Moms and Dads.  Ridge was the only kid yelling "Mom, don't leave me.  Mom, come with me."  It was a little heartbreaking.  The school counselor was on hand and walked him in with the rest of the class.  At the end of the day he was just fine and he went without complaint the next day.

100 Miles of Summer

Every summer we have a goal to reach 100 miles.  It can be via bike rides, hiking, roller blading, or rafting.  I make a poster to keep track of our mileage.  It is also a recap of our adventures.  Here are some pics of our 2015 poster.

Bake Sale

Every summer the kids get excited about a bake sale.  We have a standing rule that we can hold one bake sale per summer, and only one.  We invite a bunch of neighbor kids to join us.  The neighbors bring things to sell and we spend the entire day cooking.  The kids make posters and price lists.  We set up the awning and I have to say it is a pretty gourmet bake sale.  I would want to come.

It looked like a great day when we started baking.  It still looked great when we started selling.  The kids got a ton of business.  They were on track to sell everything we had baked.....then a freak summer storm blew in.  In a matter of minutes we were running everything into the garage in the middle of a downpour.  Even with the storm the kids ended up with $9.00 each so they were excited.  Because of the storm there were leftovers and everyone had plenty to eat.  In the end playing in the rain and eating treats were the perfect way to end the bake sale.

Summer 2015 Trip to NM

Off to the Races!

Look how nervous Ridge looks.

and how happy my Dad looks.

That is my brother!

We finally did it.  I have wanted to go the races to listen to my brother as the track announcer for three years.  It just so happened that the weekend of the trailer race of destruction was the same weekend we needed to meet my Mom to pick up the kids after Kyleigh and I spent the week at Girls Camp.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!  I will do everything in my power not to miss this event next year!  We had a plan to meet at pizza hut but we (Kyleigh, Rusty, and I) got to Twin a little early.  We stopped at the visitors center and took a stroll out to look at the Perrine Bridge.  Then we went to pizza hut, had dinner and headed to the races.  I didn't think it was too expensive to get in and we got good seats.  The whole night was fun.  It was cool to listen to Nate, and every single race was entertaining to watch.  But...that trailer race of destruction was something else.  And the way Nate says trailer race of destruction...also worth the trip.  I highly recommend it to anyone!

Fourth of July in Pocatello

The pics are lacking but our fourth of July weekend in Pocatello included cousins, fireworks, BBQ, parade, candy, candy sort, candy eating, and bonus...Got to hang out with Marc and Coco and have a giant water fight!

You have to at least smile a little at his randomness!