Sydney's 3rd Grade class had a Christmas reading program to show us how well they can read. Sydney read with her friend Lilly they read the Very Lazy Ladybug, they both did a great job.
Sydney and Lilly
Sydney and Lilly
Monday, June 10, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Horse Races and Disneyland
The first part of December we drove to California and went to Los Alimitos to the Horse Races and then hit Disneyland for a few days. All of Shaun's family went with us.
We stayed at the Desert Palms Inn & Suites, and loved it. It had a hot breakfast buffet included that the kids loved (so did Shaun and I). I like not having to go somewhere else for breakfast and then paying for it just to have the kids not eat it. This way each of us got what we wanted. Every morning they had something different for the hot item. After we ate we went back to the room and got our stuff to head to the park. It was only a 10 minute walk from our hotel door to the Parks gate, a lot better than having to catch a shuttle. We will defiantly be staying there again next time we go. Preston asks about once a week when we are going back to Disneyland, hopefully next December!
Preston, Shelby, and Sydney waiting for the horseraces to begin.
Sydney, Shelby, Reggie, & Hudson with Jasmine. (Preston wouldn't get his picture taken with a girl)
The kids with Santa, we had to go all the way to California to see him. :)
The kids waiting in line to go on the Cars ride. We got fast passes at 9:15 in the morning and didn't ride until almost 8:00 that night, glad we were able to get fast passes, if not we would have had to wait in line for 2 hours to ride it.
Preston had waiting all day to see Lightening McQueen and we finally got there and he was asleep.
It's almost been 6 months since we went and almost weekly Preston asks when are we going back to Disneyland. I hope they never get tired of it, because I love Disneyland! Our favorite Rides:
Dad: Soaring over California
Mom: California Screaming
Sydney: Californai Screaming
Shelby: Space Mountain
Preston: Cars and Buzz Lightyear
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Halloween & Nutcracker
We had a Cowboy, an Indian, and a Daphane for Halloween this year. The kids got to dress up 4 times through out the week for parties and trick or treating.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving we take a trip to see Cache Valley Children's Ballet do the performance of The Nutcracker over in Logan. Preston was old enough to go this year and he actually liked it. I asked him if he wanted to stay home with Dad next year and he said no, he wanted to go again (even though he is the only boy.) We went to the princess tea party before and the kids got their picture taken with The Caviler and the Sugar Plum Fairy. We then headed over to the The Blue Bird and had lunch before heading back to the Eccles Theater to see the ballet. This year we had 20 of us go, we took up the whole front row of the Mezzanene plus a few extras above us.
The Girls with Clara
Preston in his little man suit.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Hogle Zoo
We went to Hogle Zoo over Labor Day Weekend, with cousins. We hadn't been there since they closed off the bears and seals for upgrading, it was amazing to see the upgrades they have done. The kids watched the polar bear and seals swim for a long time and then we went back again right before we went home. We're excited to see the updated giraffe part when it's done. If it is anything like bearworld, it's going to be great.
We have no idea who the long haired boy in the middle is, he wouldn't get off so we could take a picture and I have no idea where his parents were so we took it with him in it.
This was the last weekend the zoo was going to be open with the giraffe's they are closing it to do upgrades, part of the upgrades is having a giraffe petting area, that will be fun.
Preston was the only boy again, but he didn't mind. This picture just happened to turn out with all the girls on one side and him on the other.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
1st Day of School
This year I have all 3 kids in school. Sydney is in 3rd grade, and got Mrs Hardman, a new teacher to the school, but she has been teaching for over 20 years. I actually palyed soccer with her daughter in High School. Sydney loves her, Mrs. H does a lot with art and science. Last week they took broken machines and broke them apart to look at them. Well we didn't have any here but thanks goodness for Grandma Sue. Sydney was able to take a water pick, telephone, remote control, hair dryer and a VCR. Some kids didn't bring an item so Sydney was able to share, thank goodness because I told her she couldn't bring any of it home.
Shelby Kindergarten, and has Mrs. Holdaway, she has been teaching awhile too but this is her first year at Garland. She teaches an after noon class at north park so she has to go back and forth. Shelby is starting to read and reads 3 baggie books a night that she brings home from school. She isn't quit as excited about shcool as Sydney is but she does like it, on my days off when I go upstairs to wake them up, Shelby wants to sleep in and stay home.
Preston started Preschool this year, he will go to two years because he wanted to go to school soo bad. He got in at the Early Learning Center as a Mainstreamer so he gets to ride the bus to and from, which makes it a lot better so daycare doesn't have to take him. The girls were mainstreamers there also and loved it, great expreince for us. He has Miss Starla, and loves school, he only goes twice a week, but he wishes he could go everyday, they do a lot of art at school and work on the kids' speach that are there for help. Next year he will be doing more preparing for Kindergarten. He has started to write his name just a little, he can write a "P" pretty good but the rest not so much. Preston started a week after the girls and that week Shelby didn't have school so she was still in bed when I took Preston's 1st day of school picture.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Brigham City Temple
We were able to go to the Brigham City Temple Open house in August. It was so wonderful to take the kids and let them see inside the temple. Hopefully they will remember it as they get older and remember how beautiful and wonderful a place the temple is. Hopefully they will make the right choice and choose to be sealed to their spouse for all eternity.
Us at the front door of the temple
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