It's official!!!.... Summer is over! We have had a great one but we were all ready for school to start! Gavin was SO excited for his first day of kindergarten!! They woke up early, ate some waffles for breakfast, got ready as fast as they could, and asked if they could go out and wait for the bus... Too bad they still had 45 minutes before the bus was coming!! They woke up a little too early! But, I'm sure that tomorrow the excitement will be over and I will be having to drag them out of bed and rush them out the door! 
all ready to go! 
Waiting for the bus! Gavin was determined to ride the bus on his first day so once they got on, I hopped in my car and followed them. They are the last ones on the bus so their ride is very short! They go straight to school from our house. Gavin knew right where to go- He walked right to his classroom, hung up his jacket and backpack, and sat down quietly. 
Then I walked Mackenzie to her class and she was more than ready to start the day!
Mackenzie and Mrs. Perkins
Gavin and Mrs. Brady. I think it's going to be a great year!! As for me, I am looking forward to spending some one on one time with miss Avery. It's going to be hard for her not having the other kids around. They will be gone from 8 am to 3:45 p.m. mon-thurs so it's going to be a hard adjustment for her. We will have fun though! I am mostly looking forward to nap time which means "ME" time!! Yay!!
Monday, August 30, 2010
1st day of school!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
kids
Yesterday I tried to take a few pictures of the kids. Avery is turning two so I wanted to get her 2 year old pictures done. Well, we went and got a few. Avery only cooperated for about the first 2 minutes so I think I will take her back another day by herself and try to get a few more. I really wish I could learn how to take pictures using the manual settings on my camera. Maybe some day I can take a class...
I love this one! 
What a handsome boy!
These bottom 3 are my favorites of the 3 kids.
Lagoon and Cherry Hill
These pictures are in the wrong order- as usual!! But, last week my friend invited me to go to Cherry hill with her and I have been promising the kids all summer that I would take them so I did! The plan was to stay in Layton and then go to the zoo the next day but we decided to go to Lagoon instead. Dallas even took the day off so that he could go with us! We had a lot of fun but after 9 hours at Cherry Hill one day and 10 hours at Lagoon the next day, my kids were exhausted and extremely fussy!! It was worth it though!! Shelley and the kids even came for the 2nd half of the day at Cherry Hill and Lagoon.
Avery riding the carousel with grandma
Gavin eating his late-night snack.. an ice cream cone!! 
Dallas and I - I don't know what this ride behind us is called but Mackenzie LOVED it! I think she went on it about 6 times! I went on it once and thought I was going to throw up! I can't handle rides that just go in circles...
Gavin with his prize!
Tage, Trey, Mackenzie, and Avery with their prizes
This was Avery's favorite ride!! The BOAT!! She went on it a couple times and smiled the whole time! She loved the boat and the "wing" (swing) and was really upset when we went to put her on the swings and she couldn't ride becuse she wasn't quite tall enough so Mackenzie had to go on them without her.
Avery wasn't so fond of the airplane ride. She cried the whole time. 
they had a guy from Vegas there doing a show with birds. Mackenzie, being the animal lover that she is, had to go watch. She got to pet this parrot. He had birds talking, singing, riding little bicycles and rollerblades, and doing lots of other tricks. It was pretty fun.
Dallas and Mackenzie on the litle title wave. I don't know what it's called, but that's what we call it. Gavin wouldn't go on it. He was funny, at first we had to force them both on the rides and then Gavin relaxed and he became much more adventurous than Mackenzie. His favorite rides were the big title wave, the bat, and the odyssey. Mackenzie likes puff the magic dragon, the spinning dragon ride, and the carousel.
Kenz, Gavin and Dallas riding Puff.
the carousel. Avery hated it the first time but loved it the second time. I am glad that we were able to go. It was a fun day! Luckily Trey was fearless and would ride anything so me and Dallas kept taking turns going on the "BIG" rides with him. I got some pretty good whiplash on the Jet Star, then blacked out a little bit on the colossus beacuse of it- when we went on the loops that take you upside down, I got dizzy, then my eyes got really fuzzy, then everything went black for just a couple seconds. After that, I was pretty much done. For the next few days, my neck was sore and I would get really dizzy every time I stood up. I do like going on the rides but next time I think I will skip the jet star!!
My friend Ali and I went to Cherry Hill but she left pretty early becuse she had to get home for a softball game and Camryn was tired. Shelly came and brought the kids, as well as a few extra. Dallas's aunt Mindy came for a few minutes and Mackenzie got to have a sleep-over with Carson and Chloe.
eating some pizza
Avery's kiss face
Avery and Kyson
Camryn, Avery, Gavin and Ali
Avery eating some yogurt. YUM!!
Mackenzie
me and Avery
Gavin
Eating some lunch
Avery
