Trip to Utah

We decided that Robert would get more rest sitting in the car driving to and from Utah than he would staying at home so we decided to still take a little vacation Labor Day weekend.

New House

Robert's parents left for the MTC on Friday, August 8th.

It was pretty sad watching all the grandkids feeling so sad about grandma and grandpa leaving.

Andrew was sad but didn't wait too long to make himself at home at their house.  

And take over their garden.

Or maybe the garden has taken over us!  We might turn into vegetarians, except there's a freezer full of beef too.

I love the "grill marks" he gets when he naps on the corduroy couch. 

All.  Day.  Long.

We have a pretty lax dress code at our school.

I wasn't going to start until after Labor Day but he had been begging and begging to "play preschool."  I guess we are officially (really) weird now that we are homeschooling!

Summer!

SPLASHLAND

Swim lessons with these rascals!

And lots of fun trips to the pool with these rascals!

Flashback :)

I'm sure he'll hate me for this picture a few years from now!

SNOW CONES

Our house on main street had one major perk....

this place right across the street.

and a good reason for cousins to come visit!

SWIMMING POOL

This was ten dollars very well spent!  The boys had so much fun playing in this.  I told Andrew it was called a "wading pool" and he asked if it was called a "waiting pool" because it's what you play in while you wait until your mom decides to take you to Splashland. 

swimsuits not required

Pioneer Days

This pioneer stuff is a pretty big deal around here!  It was a fun and busy week in Sanford, La Jara, and Manassa.  Earlier in the week we went on a little mini trek with Sandee's ward's primary.  The boys had fun for about 30 minutes and then they were done so we walked to Sandee's house, ate our lunch, and then drove home in our air conditioned car.  Wednesday night we went to the Sanford Pageant where they re-enacted several scenes from church history and then a slide show of old pictures of Sanford.  Thursday was all of the festivities in Sanford:  parade in the morning, lunch at the community center, primary games at the church, then races and games at the park.  Friday we went to the parade and waved to Mollie and Avery and watched them dance at the park and ate hamburgers.  And grandpa and grandma treated the kids to a ride on the carousel.  Saturday we went to the parade again but this time we rode in it on the service truck.  

WOW...we are walking how far?!

You may think the kid on the tractor is Alex but it's not.  It's his twin cousin, Ben!  One year older but they are the same size, same mischievous looks, and same white hair.

Andrew bounced and waived for the whole parade!

None of them wanted to walk to the community center for the BBQ so they got creative.  

At the church for the primary activities.

Wiped out!

Races!  They did races for all the age groups.  Alex stood at the starting line confused and Andrew cried and wouldn't even go to the starting line, so I had to show them how it was done.  I sized up my competition and thought I easily had it in the bag.  Ha!  I got my butt kicked :)

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave.

saying good-bye to Gran and Idaho Grandpa!

April and May

Organizing these rascals for a picture was tough...imagine trying to get them to play soccer!

Sanford Pride Night.  The boys basketball won state and they hosted a huge dinner for the whole town.  The gym was packed full of people.  They honored the past teams who won state as well.  Robert is pretty much a big deal around here :)

Easters!  Chocolate bunnies.  We didn't hide eggs Easter morning because we had done a big egg hunt with the Reeds a couple days before.  I guess we didn't prep Andrew enough because instead of getting ready for church, he kept checking outside and around the house to see if the Easter Bunny had hidden anything.  Parent FAIL!

Andrew is spoiled and thinks everytime you go golfing you need a cart.  He calls it "Garf."

Soccer!  Andrew is in the green coat and I'm in black.  It had been snowing all day and I thought for sure they were going to cancel the games but they didn't.  It was so cold!  They don't keep score for the little kids but I did.  And we won.

Alex is in the blue coat.  He wanted in on the action.

Garf!  Notice the deer in the background.  

He kicked my butt.

He pulled a ping pong ball out of his pocket when they got there.  He brought it so he would have his own ball.  

He's been begging to go "garfing" again and practices in the backyard with Robert's clubs.