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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Last Day of SchoolM

The kids had a great last month of school. They were able to make some good friends and more importantly, their teachers helped them to catch up to get them on track for next year. Each one of their teachers was so patient and attentive to their needs and made the transition to a new school and new curriculum really smooth. We love these great teachers!

Mrs. Kinder and Lady K

Mrs. Garner and Little L

Mrs. Thurston with Mr. M

Ms. Oaks (Reading)

Mrs. Singh, Mr. M's favorite teacher (Math)

J Man with Mrs. Miller

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Arches National Park

We spent part of our drive home from Utah on Memorial Day at Arches National Park. It was a magnificent sight to see all of those natural rock formations!! Thanks Dad for convincing all of us it would be worth the detour!!

At the visitors' center

Balanced rock

Balanced rock up close

Double Arch

There were some cool sights on our hikes

Way in the background is Delicate Arch

Utah Trip Day 3

Day three was Sunday. We spent the morning having a great chat with Aunt Camille and Uncle Jared and playing with cute J Dude. After church we had a great dinner with Grandpa and Grandma Gardner and celebrated Clayton and Wittley's upcoming birthdays. It was a fantastic day.

Cute Wittley and Uncle Clayton

Grandma and Grandpa Gardner

J Dude and Grandma Vance

Uncle Jared and Aunt Camille

Playing with Dad

Killing Uncle Jared

So excited!!

Utah Trip Day 2

Day two we spent the morning at Chuck E Cheese with Grandma Vance. After that we grabbed some lunch and headed over to Grandma's work where we played pool, family ping pong, and foos ball. That evening we went out to Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Clayton's house for dinner. It was a great time- it must have been great because I completely forgot to take pictures. The kids roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and the adults enjoyed some very delicious salmon and great chat time. Thanks for the party guys. In this post the pictures got all out of order, but it is too hard to fix so here is the day backwards.

Foos ball with Grandma Vance

Playing pool, Lady K claims to have always been on the winning team

Mom and Dad enjoying some delicious Cafe Rio, YUMMMM

Pizza!!

Skeet ball at Chuck E Cheese

J Man totally focused on racing his car

Pure fun

Dad counting out the coins (you accountant you)

All the kids wearing their new BYU clothes

Utah Trip Day 1

Since Dad had two days off for Memorial Day we decided to pack up and go visit some family in Utah. Our first day we spent the morning at Extreme Sports and the kids had a blast jumping from tramp to tramp and flipping off of things. I was so excited to meet up with my best friend Leanne and her family who happened to be in town on the same day. We went to BYU in the afternoon and spent the evening with my family celebrating my sister Jody's birthday hosted by my sister Katy. It was a FABULOUS day.

Dad and Grandma Vance

The girls playing on the tramps

Our gang and our buddy Andrew

Dad and Uncle Clayton

Mom and her best friend Leanne

We are the silliest girls

Kendall (Leanne's daughter) came to see us too

The boys

Jody the birthday girl and her cute man Trey

Sisters

Aunt Katy, the hostess with the mostess

Aunt Kat, Uncle Doug and Little L (with Doug's glasses)

Aunt Jody, Aunt Katy and Uncle Russ with Mr. M

Mothers' Day

We had a lot of fun spending the evening with our cousins the Gardners on Mothers' day. They spoiled us with a fantastic ham dinner. It made my day!!

Mr. M and his cousin

The girl cousins

Heather and me making desert. I am wearing one of the cute maternity shirts Dad and the kids gave me for mothers' day

Dad and Joel relaxing, they must have been tired from serving their wives all day long (hahaha) or maybe they are just trying to digest their dinner so they can make room for the desert!!

The New School

The kids were welcomed with open arms at their new school by both teachers and students. They commented that they felt like celebrities the way everyone was asking them to play at recess or eat with them at lunch. The teachers were very patient in helping them get up to speed with the new curriculum and helped them adjust in every way. We couldn't be more pleased with their new school!