My Baby Leaves Me Too

Jayne was so excited that it was finally her turn to go to school this year.  She goes to Miss Misti's with her two buddies Ryder and Chaz. 

I didn't think I would miss her as much as I do while she is gone.

Big Day

My Beautiful Em is excited to be ruling the school as a big 9th grader at  Oak Canyon this year.

Emilee and Tyren for their annual rock picture on the first day:) 

She will NOT like that I posted this picture.  I took it while she was talking and had to post it because it shows her braces.  They are about to come off and I need a few pictures to remember her with them on.

 Em and her BFF Maddy

 These girls are excited to wake up early again and get back to loads of homework... oh and maybe see the boys:)

 Round 2

 Max, Lucy and Abbie were all smiles today.  Jayne woke up devastated that she had to wait one more day to start her school.  So she HAD to wear her new school boots around to make her feel better.

 Max is ready to Rule the school at Lindon Elementary.  He is a BIG 6th grader and is changing right before my eyes.   He knew exactly what he wanted to to buy for his school clothes and even wore cologne today.

 My darling Abbie was excited to be back with all of her friends and get socializing.   Bring on 5th Grade!

 And Lucy was probably the most excited of all.  She has been counting down the days and is ready to be a 2nd grader!  She loves everything that school brings!

I'm glad that these three have at least one more year all together!

I will miss you all!  Be Good and Remember Who YOU Are!!!

I asked each of them to think of one goal to have as they started the new year.  Here is what they said.

Emilee- "Get Straight A's all year."

Max- "Finish out Elementary with Straight A's.  Never miss a fun Friday and make even more friends."

Abbie- "Put School before anything else."

Lucy- "Look my very prettiest every day."  (Which is SO Lucy)

* "Then last night Jason gave us all our Back to School Fathers Blessings for FHE.  And when it was Jayne's turn, she looked at me and said... "OK, I guess I'll get the Priesthood."  I haven't stopped laughing about that ever since.  I love that GIRL!!!



Lake Powell Scrapbook 2012

 Another Fabulous Trip to Lake Powell with some of our favorite neighbors...the Nelsons, McSpaddens, & the Taylors.  The kids got a whole week to play from sun up to sun down with their BFF's!

 And of course the adults  managed to have a little bit of fun too! 

 There was plenty of tubing, knee boarding, skiing, wake boarding, and playing for everyone!

 One of the highlights was the FUN cliff jumping. 
Here are all four of my kids jumping, Max, Em, Abbie and even my little Lucy was so brave!

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                
                   

 We always looked forward to our lunch stops for shade, yummy food, and some good talking.

 Mr Dulsaki took full advantage of his intercom system. 

"I don't always drink water....but when I do I drink Perrier!" 

    And when you get these 2 together they never stop laughing!

 I think the all around favorite part of the trip was our beach afternoon.  The kids loved playing in the sand, making diapers with their life jackets, cave swimming, shell collecting, and a  friendly (competitive) football game! 

 This little girl might have liked the week the very most!  She was right in the middle of all the action until she would finally pass out.

We always count on Ray to find us a good spot and tie all of our boats off.

Dan and Patricia enjoying a little picnic.

 And of course it wouldn't be a true Lake Powell trip without a stop to Dangling Rope for a rootbeer float.

 The kids love to feed the fish, especially Jayne!  Dillon was the only thing that kept her from falling in with them.

 Thank heavens Heather brought her Gold Bond for all of the life jacket rashes!

 Guys and their maps:)

 My amazingly hot and talented water skiing hubby!

My favorite part of each day was the boat race ride back each night with the calm water and the beautiful skies! 

Each time I go to Lake Powell I am amazed by it's incredible beauty!  It was the BEST week, and we will just have to dream about it until next summer. 

Other Memories:

* Dinner at the BBQ joint, where the kids danced and had the time of their lives.
* Dans new tires in Beaver and lunch at the Mexican Joint.
* Watching the Olympics in the room.
* The long breakfast line every morning and Jason getting invaded by the foreigners while making waffles.
* Jason losing his sun glasses.
* Our trips theme song "Whistle"
* Austin breaking his ear drum.
* Ray's boat breaking down in the exact same spot as last year, but he put his mechanic skilz into use and fixed it!
* Meeting up with Frazier and Ray opening up the restaurants garage door and seating themselves.
* Jason going back for round 2 at the burger joint.
* Jayne and her noodles.
* Max doing a flip off the cliffs and scaring me to death.
* Our daily stops to subway and Safeway to load up on food.
* The adventurous ride home Saturday night as the wind picked up.
* McSpaddens blowing a tire on the way home.
* The stranger hopping in our picture in Beaver.
* Date nights with the adults:)