First Day of School

Tuesday the 28th was the first day of school! Dillon is a sophomore, Jenna is in 8th and Brooke is in 5th!

Summer Vacation

Well, since Dillon has been playing Legion ball all summer, we kept putting off a family vacation. We finally decided that we had better go on one or else we wouldn't get it done. We left Friday morning and drove to Lagoon. We spent the day there and had a great time. Saturday we went to Salt Lake and went to Temple Square and the new City Creek Center. Dillon loved the FANZZ store (no big surprise), the girls loved the Disney Store and Jason loved the Rock Mountain Chocolate Factory--only because they have tons of varieties of caramel apples!! We stayed in Salt Lake Saturday night and drove back home Sunday afternoon. Our trip was short and quick, but we had a great time. The saddest part of our whole trip was that I only took a few pictures. Oh well!!

New Car

After months of looking and deciding what to do, we got us a new car. We traded in the Tahoe to get something better on gas. It was a hard decision, because we loved the Tahoe and all of the room it had, but we needed to start saving some money on gas. We decided on this Nissan Altima and so far we love it. The kids seem to fit fine in the back seat and they haven't complained. Maybe when we go on a long road trip, we will miss the space of the Tahoe, but we won't miss paying for the gas!

Brooke Needs Reading Glasses

I took the kids to their annual eye exam and guess what? Brooke needs reading glasses! She was so excited to pick out a pair of glasses. I was so excited that so far she hasn't ended up needing glasses full time like myself, Dillon & Jenna. Hopefully one of my children won't end up with bad eyes like me! Anyway, she had fun trying on all different type of glasses. Here are some of our choices. You will have to wait until we get the actual pair to see the ones that she picked out.

Legion A Baseball

The Rocky Mountain Avalanche has had a great Summer. They won their District Championship back at the end of July. Then we went to Pocatello for the State Championship. They ended up in 2nd place. Then we went to Burley last week for Regional Championships. They played teams from Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska and Idaho. They ended up in 3rd place. It seems like it has been a crazy couple of weeks, but they played great and had a great time.

New Driver

Well, I'm almost sad to say that Dillon officially finished driver's ed and has his driving permit. He loves to drive and does a good job. It just makes me sad that he is growing up so fast!!!

District Champions

The Rocky Mountain Avalanche Legion A team won the Western Division Championship on Thursday. They have had a great season with only 4 or 5 losses. Now we are headed to Pocatello for State Championships.

Girls Camp 2012

I have been so slow to get my post up--sorry about that. Back in April, I was called to be the second counselor in the Young Womans. That is what I was doing in Preston when we moved and I enjoyed it, so I was happy to get called there again. I love being in there with Jenna. We went to camp June 27-30th near Idaho City. We had a blast and it was so fun to get to know the Young Women and all of the leaders. We have a huge ward and there were about 50 of us at camp! Needless to say, things went great-very little drama and everyone had a ton of fun.

The New Disney Room/Office

I have decided that I can no longer stand the whiteness of the walls in my house!!! I decided to start with the office. We picked out a slate color and then decided to decorate it with all of our Disney stuff. It turned out well and I'm enjoying it. We still need to get a futon matress--bought the frame at a yard sale for $20.00!! I also want to get a valance for the window. Here is a before and after picture. Hopefully schedules will allow for me to move on to another room soon.

Gold and Green Ball

Our ward had a Gold and Green Ball last Saturday night. The young women all dressed up in formals. Thank goodness Jenna's friend had one that we could borrow!! We even got Jason and Dillon to go and they even danced a little--too bad that I din't get a picture of them. They all had a great time.