Bear Lake

Here are some Bear Lake pictures of the boys. I think they had fun.

Can I have a "Pickle" with that "Sand"wich???

Nate somehow kept getting sand in his mouth and in his eyes. As soon as I would clean him up and wipe out his mouth, he would come back again with sand in his face. Maybe he was hungry.

Oops! Blaine got his van stuck in the sand. Thank goodness someone kind enough on the beach lent the boys a shovel. Soon he was on his way. Of course my sister couldn't even look at the van stuck in the sand. She stayed down by the water and contemplated the punishment her husband was going to receive. Actually, she's not like that at all. I'm glad the van is running.

JT Starts First Grade

Last week JT started his first day of first grade. His teacher is Mrs. Prescott. And can I just say she seems like a pretty awesome teacher. She is so cute with the kids and very attentive to JT. This picture was taken at the end of school. Wow, he's in school for the whole day. Nate and I are by ourselves now.

Let The Games Begin

Wow what a show Bejing put on tonight. I was impressed by all the small details each person put into the show. My favorite story of the 9 year old boy that walked with the Chinese athletes. For those that missed the opening ceremonies. This 9 year old boy was a hero in that 20 of his 30 classmates died in the earthquake, and he was one of ten that made it out of the rubble. When he escaped the rubble--he went back in to try and rescue two of his classmates. When asked why he went back in to help his classmates, he said "I had to, I was the hall monitor, it was my responsibility." Stories like this remind me why we should be like unto a child. What a touching story.

Bedtime Stories

I try to read to my children at night. Well, this particular night Nate put his ears--I guess so he could listen really well. I thought it is was cute.

24th of July

On the 24th of July we ended up going to Cottonwood Heights. I must say it was fun. We will probably be there next year. They had all sorts of things. At least 10 bounce houses, face painting, pie throwing, dunking booth, food, free watermelon and great fireworks. And it wasn't nearly as crowded as Liberty Park is. The first picture shows JT on top of an army hummer. The next picture is Nate on a "vroom, vroom" Although I'm not sure he was sure of the cop next to him. He loves bikes--of any kind. But especially "vroom vrooms." The last is both of them sliding down a bounce house. They love those. Hope your 24th was a good one too.

JT's Surprise

This summer JT took a summer class called Bright Ideas put on by Alpine School District and BYU students. At the end of the class they did a program for parents. When it was time for JT's class to perform I couldn't find JT. I thought he had gone to the bathroom and was going to miss his class performance. They started singing a song that goes to the tune of "pop goes the weasel." All of the sudden JT pops out of the box at the end of the song. Oh, there he is. Little stinker.