School Time!!

The Grandview Grizzlies!All ready for school

looking less than thrilled!

The boys started school this week :( They are loving it! I am so sad. I cannot believe Bry is in 4th grade, Cole is in 2nd and Cody started 1st grade this year. Where does the time go? I am missing them terribly!!! They go to school at 9:00 at don't come home until 3:50! Then we spend time on homework and dinner, before you know it, it's bedtime. I was not ready for school to start, another month or two of summer would have been nice. I am really looking forward to the first school holiday!

The kids are enjoying school however. They have made friends really fast and like their teachers. The big thing at school for them right now is that they have a great playground.

Salt Lake

Bryan and Cody putting the stained glass "window" together

Cody got in a little bit of trouble

Boys in front of Moroni at the church history museum

The visitor center

Temple square, isn't it beautiful!

We were all pretty sad after we dropped Dan off at the airport on Saturday. To cheer everyone up I thought it would be fun to spend the day in Salt Lake. I drove the boys around down town and was able to show them my college, where I lived, met Dan and where I worked through college, they thought it was all "sweet" as Cody said. We then went to the church history museum. The kids had a great time learning about the pioneers and past prophets. There is a room set up for just the kids, they were able to play and touch things, they had a blast. Next we went to Temple square and the Visitor center there. We saw The Testaments. WOW. The kids sat through the whole thing and came out with a better understanding of the Lords sacrifice for us, it was a very spiritual experience.

After spending about 5 hours down town we headed back home. The kids keep asking when we are going to go again!

Going to the Lake!!

Dan and Jeff watching over our little water skiers!

Cody's first time up, Look at him go!Cody thought his wipe out was "totally sweet!"
Bryan's first time up on ski's, what a big man!

Logan after his wipe out on the ski!Logan's happy he has his Aunt Missy

Cody and Grandma having fun

Brave little man Cody by himself!

I cannot tell you how sore I was after spending time with Missy on the tube!

Taking a break and playing a friendly game of catch between the boat and the tube.

We all got dunked!

The kids loved the lake this year. Bryan and Cody both got up on the kids water ski!! When Cody fell he said "that was totally sweet!", cutest thing ever! Cole and Cody both went on the water tube with grandma, they loved it, Cody even went on the tube alone! I went on the tube with Missy and have never been so sore in my life! Doug drove crazy with the two of us on it and I am awfully proud of myself for how long I could hold on! Dan had fun water skiing and wake boarding, he did really good until he pulled his thigh muscles! It was a fun afternoon and we all slept great that night!

Grandpa and Grandma from Utah Visit!!!

Dan and Doug out in the water

Bry catching his first wave!

Sand mountain

Dan's parents came out to visit us last week. We had a lot of fun talking Dad into getting into the FREEZING cold ocean, we just kept promising him he would go numb and be able to enjoy playing without freezing to death!! Dan and him ended up outlasting me in the water, which is hard to do! Bryan was also able to try out that boogie board we got him for his b-day, I have to say he was pretty good he even caught waves by himself! We stopped by sand mountain and all of the boys made it to the top. They tryed to slide down but the skim board didn't work, so they half ran and half rolled down instead. Doug and Sue just happened to be here just after Bry's b-day so they thought they would buy his present out here. We got to talking about how much the kids all like basketball and so naturally being the good grandparents they are Doug and Sue decided to buy the whole family a group b-day present- a really nice basketball backboard! We've all played almost everyday since they've left! Thanks guys that was perfect! We had a really nice visit, thanks for coming out and spending time with our family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Well, Bry turned 9 this past week and had a blast, I am amazed at what a smart, handsome, big guy he's becoming! I still cannot believe I have a 9 yr. old! He got a basketball, a kid metal detector, and a boggie board! We spend so much time at the beach the metal detector and boggie board will be used alot! He also was able to choose where we went for dinner and he chose his favorite, sushi. I thank the Lord everyday for sending Bryan into our lives and alowing him to survive those first few weeks, I have learned so much from his special spirit. I LOVE YOU Bry!

Easter time!

Easter egg dyeing, what a mess, but a whole lot of fun!!!!

Easter morning hiding and finding eggs 100 times!!!

Cole loves his great Great Grandpa!!!!

SPRING BREAK!!!!

I know it's been a while since I've updated the blog, we've been so busy with the kids and all of their various activities!

We did however find a few free days in all of our schedules to do some beach camping, we had so much fun! Our campsite was right on the sand, the water was literally a few feet away! The weather happened to be the worst it had been all week on the few days we were there, but everyone still ended up in the water and in suits on the beach!



The boys playing "swords" at our campsite.


Digging holes is hard work!


Dad got in on the fun


The hole turned into a fort.


"Don't worry Mom, we'll get the pirates!"


Time to eat dinner!!

It's getting COLD time to start the fireThere was a whole family of Dolphins that went up and down the coast the whole time we were there!