First Day of School 2013

We have survived the summer and made it to the first day of school for the new year.  Mason is in third grade this year and Peyton is in first grade.  Mason's teacher is Miss Pace and Peyton's teacher is Mrs. Dayton.  They both had a great first day and we are looking forward to many more great days.  Their teachers seem to be amazing!  And Mom likes a little bit of time with only two kids during the day!

The traditional school bus cake!

Utah County Fair

Last year we went to the Utah County Fair and loved it so we thought we'd go again this year.  We always enjoy walking around, checking out the exhibits, and ending the evening watching the rodeo.  This year we invited Dave and Bert Shearer to come with us.  It was lots of fun and we thoroughly enjoyed the company!

The Bobcat

Mason earned his Bobcat Award for Cub Scouts.  He had to finish the requirements for his Bobcat before he can start on his Wolf requirements.  He has done so well with Cub Scouts so far.  And I even got a pin for this one!  He earned so many awards at this Pack Meeting because he had also gone to Day Camp a couple weeks before this meeting.

Pioneer Day

Living in Utah, you get to celebrate Pioneer Day!  Provo puts on a huge fair/carnival type event.  There are tons of kids activities and games, old cars, people performing, and food.  All the kids stuff is free and the kids get to experience what the pioneers did and went through.  We love this event and look forward to it every year.

Staycation

We decided to have a staycation with the kids this summer.  We each got to pick one thing we wanted to do.  We ended up staying in a hotel in Orem, swimming at the hotel, miniature golfing, the BYU Paleontology Musuem, and eating lunch at the BYU Creamery and dinner at a restaurant.  We even added a little Krispy Kreme run at about 8:00 at night just for fun!  We had a great time and it was so fun to get away from everything for a little bit.

Cub Scout Day Camp

Mason had the opportunity to go to his first Cub Scout Day Camp.  He was not excited to have his picture taken before he left but he most definitely had an awesome time.

Mason with Richard Thornton

The Circus is in town!

My parents live in a city called Plain City.  It is a smaller city and you get to experience some of the small town things.  This year, a big tent circus came to town!  So, of course, I had to head up there for the kids to experience it.  In the morning, we were able to go to the park and watch the tent be put up.  We got to see the animals that would perform and ask questions about the circus.  In the evening, we all went to the circus.  It was so hot inside that tent!  During the intermission, we stepped outside to have some relief from the heat.  But, it was still a lot of fun and really neat to see this type of circus!

We love Summer!

In the summer, we really enjoy hiking together as a family.  We have been quite busy this year but we did do a hike to Grotto Falls up Payson Canyon.  We have done it before and love it so much that we went again.  The kids can hike it by themselves which makes it a little easier.

Fourth of July

We spent the fourth of July in Provo this year.  Montana had to work so he met up with us in the morning for the parade, slept during the day, and was up to watch fireworks with us that evening.  We went to the Provo City parade in the morning.  Shelise and her kids had come down to spend the holiday with Trevor's family so we met up with them for a little bit after the parade.  It was really hot and we didn't want to spend tons of time outside in the heat.  In the evening, we headed to Jon and Kassie Voigt's house for a barbeque dinner and fireworks in their cul-de-sac.  Then we drove to a hill in Provo to watch the fireworks from the Stadium of Fire show at BYU.  It was a long, fun day!

Trigger

We had to get rid of our dog, Trigger.  He was just too much  for us to handle right now.  He needed a much bigger area to run around and we just couldn't offer him that.  But, before he left, we had to take some pictures....  And I will just post the family one!