September 7th

MayLee rushes into the bathroom this morning and says in an overly dramatic voice. (I have no idea where her overly dramatic-ness comes from)  "I have been having the worst day ever, and I know exactly why!!! My underwear keep falling down, they are on backwards". -she proceeds to strip and readjust her clothing. Then says. "Now these will stay perfectly on my bum, plus also, everyone thinks I am the most beautifullist today because of my side pony tail and side braid."

Hey folks if you are having a bad day, maybe you need to re-adjust your clothing. And you need a side pony tail. Just saying!!!

September 5th and 6th

And finally May starts Preschool. She had an orientation the first day which wasn't nearly long enough for this girl. She wanted the "really day" to happen. I had to tell her "one more sleep" then it will be the really day.

First actual day 

September 2nd

Smith's really came through for Alex. He wanted to cross another thing off his Live list, throwing the first pitch at a baseball game has now been accomplished. Not only did he throw a great pitch and made it all the way to the catcher. He got the ball back signed by the catcher, then Buzz came out and gave him a bat signed by all the players and a basketball signed by all of the Jazz team. I was a dream night for Alex.  

Ry requested no pictures and Homer Grandparents were there too. 

August 31

One of the neatest things for Alex is being able to meet the good people who do so much for Primary Children's Hospital. It was equally amazing to sit in the rad car. Just saying!!!!

August 26th

Ward camp out. And boating with Gammon's while daddy rides his bike. My phone died so I have exactly two pictures of our boating adventure. Not even on the boat. The girls loved playing in the sand and Asher loved the treats.

The nasty goose egg wasn't from the skate park the day before. No, he pulled a kitchen chair over on his head. This kid!!!!

Our camping sleep over was also an adventure. Daddy got out late from work, we packed up everything to tent stay. got stuck in heavy traffic, set up camp in dusk/dark. I lost the baby multiple times in the dark and nearly had a heart attack because there was a little creek I am sure he would love to play in. I need a way to keep him close to me. Then we squished but slept great in our "Hilton" tent. Broke camp in the morning and left for boating while daddy needed to get a training ride in. So he road home. But crashed because a bee or hornet got stuck in his helmet and stung him multiple times, he got so distracted with trying to dislodge whatever was ticked to be stuck in his sweaty helmet, that he didn't notice how rocky the ground was and his bike slipped out from under him and he couldn't unclip his feet fast enough. 

Alex did get to surf, so did Eden, Alex also knee boarded, I can't recall if Ry made it up. The boat has such a relaxing effect on babies. They are all squished into their life jackets and the warm wind is soothing and they want to go right to sleep. We did swim off the back of the boat too. 

August 24th and 25th Second summer

Three weeks of school when we first start, then three weeks off. It's nice to have little breaks. We call our first track off time,second summer, since it's still summer feeling. 

We wanted to try something we hadn't before so we loaded up the scooters and the kids and we tried out a skate park. I thought it might be intimidating for my 26 month old. But we are talking about  Asher-Smasher-Crasher-Basher. He was completely fearless and loved it so much. All the kids did. The teenagers at the park were not too sure about all the littles taking over. Especially since Ash has no sense of being in someone else's way. Specific people go with specific tricks they want to try and perfect (this is what I gathered) and want certain spaces to do these tricks and little people get right in the way. There was loud grunting from nearly all the older population. 

MayLee was the most cautious but was learning to put that aside and just go with it.

Alex thinks he is a Youtube star and narrates his moves. 

Eden just likes going way fast.

After our first experience being pretty great, we thought it might be cool to check out another skate park. The next day we tried out a new park about 15 minutes away. It was even better. I had a harder time taking photo's because I felt like I needed to chase the baby around so I could make sure he didn't get hurt. There were other little kids here and we went in the middle of the day when I hoped that the older kids were in school.

Junior High

I can't even believe that Ry is old enough to go to Junior High. She was nervous and excited all at once. I can remember those feelings of worry that you would forget your locker combo, or that you wouldn't get along with your locker mate. Ry got a great locker mate and has yet to forget her combo.