Mason goes to Pre-School

Mason has been so excited to start school. It has been increasingly harder since Malarie started kindergarten. He was so sad when he didn't get to stay with her on her first day. He is going to The Learning Launchpad Pre-school, and his teacher is Mrs. Jenny. He gets to have his friends Ryker and Blake in his class.
I was a little worried about him going, because I'm not sure he's quite ready. But I think it might end up being a really good thing. Something that he can get excited about. Good luck Mason!

(this is him pretending to be one of his little green army men)

1st Day of Kindergarten!

Malarie started Kindergarten on Wednesday. She was so so excited that I couldn't be sad about her going. On Tuesday we found out that she was going to have Mrs. Dobish.
She was ready first thing in the morning but had to wait until 11:30 to go (because she has afternoon)...it was killing her. I bet I heard, "How much longer?" a million times.
We rode bikes with Heather and Keaton Hallows. The two of them were so cute riding as fast as they could.
We were all a little sad that Keaton and Malarie aren't in the same class but Malarie told me they still get to play with each other at recces.-That's good ;)


Mason was so excited for his sister! Now he can't wait to get to start pre-school next week.


The night before school Trav gave Malarie a fathers blessing. It was so special and kind of emotional for both of us. I know Malarie is going to do so good this year! We love you Malarie!

When Mom's Away....

One night when I was out Trav had the kids and decided to do some yard work. And Madi decided to play!

St George take 2

At the beginning of Aug. we went down to St. George with the Hallows family. It started off being planned as a golf trip for the boys, but Heather and I decided that if they can golf we can shop!
The first night down there we hiked the Dixie rock. The kids had so much fun. I recommend doing this a little earlier so you don't have to hike down the steep rocks in the dark...a little scary!


The rest of the weekend was spent on the greens in St. George in in the stores. Oh, I can't forget the yogurt shops! We also went to Sand Hollow and had such a great time there. Our families just mixed so well. With 6 kids you think we would have a little trouble, but we didn't! They were all so good, and they played so well.
We even got a date night without kids while we were down there. Heathers uncle lives there and hooked us up with 2 young girls.
We had such a great time and can't wait to go back next year!
***The reason there are no more pics' is because our camera broke!****

Random Summer pics

Madi and her HATS!

Madi just loves, loves, loves to put on hats! She is always walking around the house in whatever hat she can find. I just love her smile!

Everythings BIGGER in TEXAS!

This year for our family vacation we went to visit the Chappell's is good ole' TEXAS! We had been wanting to go see my sister and her family FOREVER, but the timing was never right. We are so glad that we got to go. We had a blast and weren't ready to come home!
We started driving after the firework show on the 3rd. We didn't quite know what to expect, driving for 19.5 hrs, but we did awesome! The kids did great, and I even did my fair share of the driving. When we got there on Sunday night Cari had a delicious meal waiting for us, followed bu fireworks and root beer floats! We packed the rest of the week with various activities:
SWIMMING AT THE POOL:



PICKING PEACHES:







FEEDING THE DUCKS AND TURTLES:




EATING DINNER AT THE RIVER WALK:





SEA WORLD SAN ANTONIO:








OUTLET SHOPPING:



SEEING TOY STORY 3 IN 3D:


We also we able to get some awesome dental work done by an awesome Bro-In-Law! A month before we left Trav got knocked in the mouth playing basketball- killing his front tooth! Joel did an awesome job fixing it! Thanks Joel!
We had such a fun time, that on the long drive home we were already planning our next trip to Texas! See you soon!