Kindergarten!?!

Who knew the start of school would be so emotionally exhausting. I guess when Kierstyn was first born I thought she would have a similar school experience that I had growing up. Silly as that sounds. But in reality, we live in a different place and things are not always ideal. So I had tremendous worries about Kierstyn going to school this year, some of which being an overcrowded school, that is year round, and she was assigned to a track that was shall I say not ideal. This was Kierstyn on her first day of school. I have to give her alot of credit because despite all my worries she didn't seem affected by any of them. What a trooper!

Unfortunately, it was one frustration and worry after another and after 3 emotionally draining weeks Kierstyn went on track break. It was then we decided to move her to a Montessori Charter school. Now its kind of a pain to drive her but we can tell a big difference. She comes home excited about school and the kids that are in her class. She likes the teacher and is doing great!

Potty training

I've been quite busy this last month or so. Part of the reason was I decided to potty train Ben after we got back from Idaho and hopefully before school started this year. I have to say that Kierstyn was a big help and it turned out to be easier than I expected. You just have to find the right motivation. Good job Ben!!!

Yellowstone trip

Again a little slow but here is our trip to Yellowstone. Our kids had never been there before so we decided to take them when we were up in Island Park. It rained part of the day but we still had a great time! We saw alot of geysers, the lower falls, and Old Faithful.

Here's are a few pictures of our trip to Island Park.

It turned out that my sisters were there with us. So my kids got to play with their cousins alot. Blake was the boat driver. Here he is helping Ethan & Carter drive.

We did alot of boating even though it was COLD! Kierstyn really liked the tube this year and Ben just liked riding in the boat. Blake & I went waterskiing about twice everyday.





We got out the paddle boat and the kids all went for a ride. They had alot of fun!

Ben's all time favorite thing to do was to throw rocks in the lake. He did it for hours. When we went on walks he would pick up rocks to throw in the lake. He cried when we made him leave.

And here's the 3 squirrels sleeping in the same bed. Amazing that we ever got them to go to sleep.

We love Island Park and our trips there every year. A big thanks to Grandma & Grandpa Davis for letting us stay at the cabin!!!!!

I didn't have a chance to post this before we left town but this is what my sweet little girl did to her hair. It happened one morning when the kids were downstairs doing some art projects. I ran upstairs just to get dressed. When I came back down Kierstyn was laying down on the floor with her hands behind her back. I asked her what she was doing and what was behind her back. She said she cut her hair. This chunk of hair was behind her back.


It looked like she took a handful of hair and pulled it down in front of her face and cut it off at her nose. I have to admit I didn't handle it very well, I yelled at her and then I cried because I loved her long hair. But I know it could have been alot worse. I took her to my stylist who fixed it up and looks pretty cute now. I guess there are always a few growing pains as kids grow up.

A few more Hawaii pics!

I know I'm pretty slow but I just got the pictures from our underwater camera and from parasailing.


We did the tandem parasail so we went up together. We had gone snorkeling the day before so I was a little sunburned and so did not wear my swimsuit. What I didn't know was that they like to "dip" you in the ocean. Lucky for me the boat driver only dipped my legs.


This is from our underwater camera, and I'm surprised they turned out as well as they did. I couldn't see anything I was trying to take a picture of trying to look through the little tiny hole with my snorkel on. So we just had to guess. This was the sea turtle we saw!


This was sailing on the catamarran, Blake's favorite. We didn't sit up front the whole time because it gets really wet up there.

Fireworks!!

I love the 4th of July! For me its a time to get together with my family in Island Park. It was so much fun this year. We went boating and yes waterskiing even though the water was COLD! We played family games and had the candy cannon. We celebrated the 4th with the annual parade and fireworks out on the lake. The weather was beautiful and I always enjoy it since its so hot here at home. Can't wait until next year!