Giant chair

When we were in Utah we had to stop at Cabella's. They had these giant chairs you could buy. It was fun to take pictures of the kids in it.

Visit to Utah

In January we had the opportunity to go to Utah for Hope's baby blessing. We also stopped and saw my sister and her family. They will be moving to Louisanna in March.

My kids with their cousins Hailey and Tyler.

Our newest niece. She is such a cutie.

Family picture without Parker. He fell asleep in the car and so we let him sleep during the blessing.

Parker really enjoyed feeding her.

Amy had her chance as well.

Real Meaning of Christmas

Today in Young Women's Sis. Gifford shared this video. It is so cute. I showed it to my kids and they really enjoyed it as well. It is always nice to be reminded of the real meaning of Christmas, especially the last week when I am running around trying to get last minute things done. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. Hopefully I can get caught up on my blog after Christmas. I am really behind. Sorry the side is cut off for some reason. I can't figure out how to fix it. I guess my blog is not wide screen. :)

Amy's birthday spotlight

Amy's kindergarten spotlight. In preschool the teacher told the class everything, but in kindergarten she held a little pretend microphone and told the class everything. She did great and was so excited.

Things I like barbies, dancing and singing
My favorite story or book is about science.
I am special because she is nice and shows gratitude.
My favorite animal is a seahorse and a seal.

Her teacher Mrs. Hellman is helping her.

Swimming Lessons

We decided to put the kids in swimming lessons this year. We did the end of the year and it overlapped school by a week. It probably wasn't the best plan because the kids were really tired. The nice thing was Amy was in a class by herself and Parker was with two other little boys. Sometimes their teachers would work together on some things, but it was still a great teacher/student ratio. The place I took them did 2 week swimming lessons in the evenings, which is great for those of us that work. Swimming lessons were from 7-7:30. They both did really well. Amy went from not wanting to put her face in the water to swimming with her head in the water and floating on her back. Parker didn't want to put his face in the water, but by the end he was putting his face in a blowing bubbles. He just need to work on doing the kicking at the same time.

Parker looks a little scared in the picture, but he was really pretty good at doing the floating with his instructor.

Amy floating.

Learning how the swim with life jackets.

Roaring Springs

We had season passes to Roaring Springs this year again. We didn't seem to go as much as we have in the past. Here are a few pictures (mostly of Parker since Amy wasn't in the mood for pictures). Parker's favorite thing to do is to play in the kids area. Amy's favorite is the wave pool and the swimming pool. She loves the waves and jumps right in. I didn't get any good pictures because there are always so many people in the wave pool.

Parker usually sits on the edge of the wave pool and waits for the waves to stop.

I wish I had taken this picture from the other direction. They were both being silly.

First Day of School

Amy and Parker had their first day of school on August 23rd. Amy started Kindergarten and Parker is in preschool. Amy was so excited she woke up at 6:00 and wanted to leave at 7:00.

Parker ended up getting pretty wet trying to brush his own teeth. He always wants to do it by himself in the morning.

They both had a great first day and Amy was excited to have homework. I hope that attitude continues.