FALL--I love it!!

 

I don't remeber how much I LOVE fall until it is here each year. THis year we were taking Fro up biking in Provo Canyon and I requested a family picture because I couldn't get over how awesome it was!! So gorgeous!! I love spring and fall and I am really glad we got a little bit of fall this year especially since Spring got skipped!! I also love that my son has pictures everywhere we go PEEING!! You have to admire his height and flow!!

My Drama!!

My cute neighbor helps me watch my kids when I am at work and the other day they all experienced one of the most "dramatic" days ever!!
Ali was scheduled to get out early from school and was headed home to my neighbors house when there was NO answer at my neighbors house. She had gone upstairs to change her clothes and didn't hear Ali knock. So Ali having to go the bathroom so badly ran to our house. After trying to get in through the garage she finally made it inside. But as she ran to the bathroom she ended up peeing everywhere. She was of course tramatized. She didn't know what to do and she was so scared, sad, etc.

As she was sitting there wondering what to do, she decided the best thing to do was say a prayer. She said a little prayer that she wouldn't be scared and she would know what to do. As she finished her prayer she said that all of a sudden she remembered her dads cell number. She called him and all he could hear was crying, and crying, and crying. He found out what was wrong and then told her he would find our neighbor or someone to help her.
I am so grateful for great neighbors!!! He got a hold of one of the other neighbors who immediately went to our house and got her. As they were walking home my other neighbor saw Ali walking by and told her she was home. She hates when you tell her the plan and then it doesn't work out exactly the way you told her, so my neighbor felt so horrible.

then to top off the drama from that my neighbor was trying to help Cam get to the bathroom (same day) and when Cam has to go really bad sometimes he will start crying he has to go so bad so she was trying to help but as you try to help it ends up that he sprays EVERYWHERE. He can't focus to keep his little Weiner down and Pee ends up everywhere. So cam ended up peeing on my nieghbor and Ali and it was just the way you want the day to go!! DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA!! I can't believe she will still watch my kids, but I guess it is because she loves me!! Thanks Marcy

Airbourne

 

We had never been to airbourne in Draper but a lot of people told us how much fun it is so I finally broke down and took the kids.Of course i made my sisters come to expereince over 75 trampolines and fun foam pits with me. The kids LOVED it!! I had to closely follow cam because he wasn't satisfied with the "kid zone". He wanted to play in the BIG kid zone. I was terrified that someone was going to bounce him and launch him. He didn't even seem to be phased by all the other big kids bouncing around him he was loving it. They had a bigger foam pit you could do tricks into and after he watched some of the bigger kids jump into it backwards he was determined to do it also. He ran to the edge and with a crowd of kids watching turned around and fell backwards into the pit. The only problem was he wasn't close enough to the edge and as he fell his but hit the edge of the pit and it tossed him backwards. His poor bum!! I had to of course dive in after him because he was then stuck upside down in the pit and couldn't see anything. I was trying to scramble out with him in my arms gracefully and realized no one can gracefully get out of those pits. Once out he was determined to try again. One of the bigger boys said, "Do you know there is a kids area for his age." My reply was "yeah but in his mind he has already mastered that and wants more!!" That is Cam and he is one of the most fearless little guys ever.

Ali had a great time also other than needing her inhaler every so often. She was having so much fun bouncing every where with her cousins. They would get so excited when one of them would do something so daring and brave. I loved watching them all have a great time. The best part for me was watching my two sisters be constantly concerned that someone was going to break something. I am super suprised there were no major injuries, but glad they all had fun and want to go again soon!!

Third Grade

Can I even begin to describe how with each year comes a sense of craziness that my baby girl is not little anymore!! Realizing that next year she could be the same size as me has really begun to make me miss her as a little girl. But with each year it has been amazing watching her figure life out step by step. She is so mature and fun, and makes me smile like no one else. she is so special to me!!

She was really excited to get Mrs. Matthews as her teacher this year and she was counting down to the first day of school. That is also a wonderful feeling knowing she loves school!! Each year she takes a little momento from home to keep in her pocket or on her somewhere so if she gets nervous she can hold it and know I love her and am thinking about her. This year she took a little necklace that I put some stickers on the back that made her smile. She said if she was nervous she would turn it over and rub the stickers and she felt all better!!

After all the anxiety that comes with letting your child go off on their own to experience school for the first day came a big smile and a thumbs up!!
Her teacher found a book about an elephant named ALi who had a peanut allergy just like Ali and it made her entire day to know her teacher was really thinking about her!! They spent a lot of time explaining peanut allergies it to the other kids and it meant the WORLD to ALi!!

Bikers!!

okay first off, the majority of the year my garage is found completely immaculate, but summer comes and BOOM!!! It has become an obstacle of bikes to get out of the garage. We have decided we really need a third garage just for our bikes. The saddest part of this picture is that there are 3 bikes that are not even in this picture because they are downstairs and one hung up!! Seriously how many bikes does a family of 4 need!!! But they do make me smile just thinking of how much our family loves to ride them!! Well worth the mess!!