1st Day of Summer

Summer started with a jam-packed day today. We left fairly early for Salt Lake to go to This is the Place Heritage Park. Lisa and I bought season passes in August last year so we were excited to use them again and feel like we were going for free. Our kids love this place, especially in the Spring when they have all the baby animals. They had chicks, lambs, kids, one calf, and piglets as far as baby animals went. Julia and Emma loved their pony rides, Andrew loved half of his pony ride. He started feeling like he was slipping and freaked out. But that is improvement on last year when he wouldn't even sit on the pony:) They also have a little village of kids playhouses that our kids could play in for hours. I think they actually did play in them for hours. It was a fun day and a great start to our summer!

Last day of School

Even though Emma has been out of school for a couple of weeks, yesterday was Julia's last day of school. She was so excited for the swim party, and just to be done with school, since she thinks she gets to play all day everyday:) We went to our neighborhood last night of school party last night, and then Julia had two of her cousins sleep over. Julia made a paper mache pinata in Spanish class at school and we saved it for the last night of school. We let Andrew and Emma have a turn to hit it. Then Chloe took a whack and knocked most of the contents out. Julia helped get the rest of the goods out and then, poor Max, only got to try to knock the rest of the pinata off of the rope, which he did with no problem.

The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point

We spent an extended family night at the Gardens last Monday night at Thanksgiving Point. A lot of their tulips were still out and looking beautiful. The kids had a great time running around and exploring with their cousins. The weather was perfect. The only bad part of the night were the mosquitos, and I was the only one that seemed bothered by them at all. I must have tasty blood.

I love the picture of Andrew rolling down the hill.

Julia's 1st Grade Program

Last night was Julia's Program. Each class did a different nursery rhyme with a twist. Julia's class did the Little Ren Hen. Julia was a frog. I'm sure you are saying, "Is there a frog in the Little Ren Hen?" One of the twists was that the Little Ren Hen's friends were too busy chasing frogs, teasing turtles, sneaking up on lizards, and catching butterflies to help her plant the wheat, wead it, harvest it, and make the bread. Julia along with a few others got to introduce their class's part:

"This is the story of the Little Ren Hen,
She finds some wheat is how the story begins.
Her friends are too busy so you will see,
She's a hard working hen and as happy as can be!"



Julia is in the green shirt. Not great pictures, I know:)

Their class was last so they ended the program on stage with a little cheer about how great first grade was!

"We are the first graders. We are the best! No matter what, we pass the test! We can read and we can write. Stand up, sit down, fight fight fight! Goooooo first graders!"



I can't believe Julia is almost done with first grade. This has been a really great year for her. She has loved her teacher! She had lots of good friends in her class and met some new ones. She also learned a lot. Overall, first grade was a great experience for our sweet Julia! I hope second grade will be just as great!

The Farm

A friend of Eldon's from the credit union invited us up to her farm to see her animals. She had a cow, four baby calves, about eight horses, six colts, and some chickens. The kids had a great time and they only stepped in a few fresh cowpies:)

April - Girl's Retreat

A couple of weeks ago I went with some friends down to St. George for a girls retreat. We had such a great time! We stayed in a nice condo owned by Annalyse's boss. We ate good food, went on a hike, did a little shopping, layed out by the pool to get some sun, and saw a movie. It was great to get away and get rejuvenated, but just as great to come home to my sweet family.

April - Dino Museum

We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point over spring break with Lisa and Jeanna and kids. All the kids had a great time, especially playing in the sand.