Back to School

I know I have said this a million times but I can't believe that summer break is over and the kids have gone back to school already! Thursday was Briley's 5th birthday and her very first day of all day kindergarten. I was so scared for her, but when I dropped her off she was so excited to be there. I kept saying "Mommy is going to leave now". She just said "Ok Mommy". I think deep down inside I wanted her to act at least a little sad that I was leaving but she wasn't sad at all. In fact when I went back to the school to have lunch with her she wasn't all that excited to see me. She sighed and said "No, Mom why are you here?" Talk about heartbreaking, here I am thinking that she is going to be so happy to see me and I have embarrassed her by coming. She did however let me sit and have lunch with her.

She loves her teacher and loves school so far. She says that her favorite part is recess but I know that she like class too because she is always telling us what they learned. I just can't believe that I have both of my kids in school full time. I can not believe that they grow up so fast.

(I know that this isn't a great picture, the sun was in their eyes)
Tabrie is in 2nd grade now! I can't believe that either. I remember just like yesterday dropping her off for her first day of pre-school and now she is a big second grader. She was so excited to go back to school. She loves that she can socialize all day with her friends. She was pretty lucky this year, she got quite a few friends in her class and a really great teacher. I am getting used to dropping her off at school but it was still hard, I am really going to miss spending time with my kids during the day. I know that they are glad to be back in school (at least for a few more days).

Briley Turns 5!

Yesterday was a big day at our house. My baby girl turned 5!! I can hardly believe that she is 5 already. I can't believe how fast time goes by, it just seems like yesterday that she was born and now she is so big!

I think that she had a pretty good Birthday. She woke up in the morning to a room full of balloons! (Thanks for the great idea Am & Ed) After school she got a new Barbie bike which she had been wanting for some time now. She was so excited to try it out, but the wind was blowing so hard that when she tried to ride it she kept getting blown over so unfortunately she didn't get to ride it a very much yesterday.

We had a small birthday party for her at my Mom's house in the evening. We had pizza and my Mom made her this really cute crown cake.
After dinner she got to open the rest of her presents. She got a lot of really cute stuff, but much to my dismay she got this GIANT Dora from my grandma (I guess that makes it her great grandma). As you can see she is almost as tall a Briley and she is very heavy, I don't know where we are going to store that massive thing. She was very excited about it so I guess I should just be happy for her.

The Girls New Favorite

My girls have a new found love. Rex bought an old 1981 Jeep about a year and a half ago. He as been working on fixing it up ever since. He has this picture of what he wants it to look like when he is done, but it an expensive little project. He buys parts for it here and there, last year he got it Line-X yellow (which made it look 100% better than the camo that he bought it with). He just got seat belts put in so now he can take the girls for rides. I can't believe how much they love riding in it. They ask every night if he will take them for a Jeep ride. I think it must be the fact that it doesn't have a top and they think that is the coolest thing ever. I never thought I would say this but it is pretty fun to ride in but it doesn't have doors on and I am scared that I will fall out. My girls have a new favorite thing, and their Daddy thinks it is pretty cool that they love his Jeep, because he loves it too.
We are getting all ready for the school year to start. I can't believe that school starts this week. I also can't believe that both of my kids are going to be in school this year 5 days a week. I am kind of sad, I will be at work the whole time they are at school but it is just so weird. This has been such a quick summer. We did get to go to Park City last weekend and do some school shopping. We found some great stuff and had a great time with our kids.
We have really been enjoying the Olympics this year. It has been fun to watch, I can't believe how talented all of the athletes are. They totally amazes me. I hope that everyone has a great last week of summer

Our Weekend!

This last weekend my Mom had asked Rex to do her tile backsplash because she just got granite in her kitchen. We loaded up the tile saw and the tools and went to my Mom's house Saturday morning. My Dad had to work half of the day but when he got home he helped Rex cut tiles and spread the mud. It really looks good, but I would have never guessed that it would take all day.

While we were at my parents house all day and the girls were getting a little bored. They decied that they wanted to play playdough. With the kitchen being torn apart my Mom suggested that they go play it outside. Tabrie made this really cute person out of playdough, she was so proud of it she had everyone come out and look at it. I told her that I wanted to take a picture of it and put it on the blog. I don't know if you can tell from the picture but she did a pretty good job.

Briley didn't want Tabrie to be the only one who made the blog so I told her I would take a picture of her playing with her playdough and post it too.

I love how kids have such good imaginations. They are so fun to watch. My girls can entertain themselves for hours. It is nice for me because when they play together I can get so much done. They do fight occasionally but for the most part they a great, I am so glad that they get along so well and love to play with each other. They really are great kids, and I am so blessed to be their Mom.

What We've Been Up To....

It has been a while, I know. We have been doing some really fun things this summer but for some reason I just can't seem to remember my camera. Every time I get to where we are going I remember that I FORGOT my camera.

A week or so ago we went with my family bowling for FHE. The girls had so much fun bowling. They just loved being able to throw the ball down the lane by themselves. Rex would try to help Briley and she would tell him that she could do it herself. She had a hard time throwing it hard enough to get all the way down the lane.

Tabrie did very well all by herself, and for only bowling a couple of times in her life she didn't score too bad. I of course forgot my camera but Janeal was there so she did take a couple of pictures of my kids for me. Thanks Sis!


Last Thursday we went to the spray park with some friends. We went pretty early so it was kind of cold. Tabrie had lots of fun and the cold didn't seem to bother her much. Briley only got in for a few minutes and said she was too cold so she went to the car and got dressed. We had to get back so that we could go to Rex's company picnic. The girls had lots of fun there too. They gave all of the kids squirt guns and they had 4 big jump houses for the kids to play on. I wish I had pictures to share but again I forgot my camera.

Just yesterday we went the Chuckars game with my family. My girls really seemed to like it. I thought that they would be bored to death at a baseball game. Briley can entertain herself anywhere so she just sat there and talked to herself and played by herself. Tabrie loved watching the game and was pretty into it. She kept asking questions and was bummed when we left a little before the game was over.

We have been having a great summer! I can't believe that school will be starting in a little less than a month! Where does all the time go? I have already gotten all of the girls school supplies and I've started thinking I need to get them school clothes. I think that I am just in denial that school is going to be starting again. I hope you all are having great summer!!

4th of July

We had such a great 4th of July. We started off the day by going to the parade, my Dad is so nice he goes really early every year and sets up our chairs for us. The kids loved the parade, we asked them what their favorite part of the parade was and they said the cheerleaders.
After the parade we went and staked out a spot down by the river for the fireworks. We forgot the stuff and we didn't want to drive all the way home so we just stopped at Home Depot and bought some stakes and rope. After that we went up to my sister Janeal's house for a BBQ. We ate lots of yummy food and then the kids played on the slip n' slide. My girls loved it! Briley got cold and wanted to get dress after a while but, Tabrie would have played on it for hours. They had so much fun.


After the BBQ we went home and rested for a while, then it was off to the fireworks.
We picked up a pizza on our way to the river and ate it while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. Ed, Am, and their boys met us down there. The kids had a great time playing while we waited for the fireworks to start. When the fireworks finally started the kids laid down on a blanket and started watching the fireworks and all of them fell asleep. We had to wake the poor kids up to walk to the car. I felt bad. They fell right back to sleep on the drive home though. We waited in traffic for over an hour to get home. It was worth it to me the fireworks were so spectacular. I don't mind the crowds or the traffic, but Rex on the other hand gets rather annoyed.
I love the 4th of July, it is one of my favorite holiday's. I am so grateful to live in this free country. I am so thankful for the men and women who have sacrificed so that we can be free.

Summer Time Update

It seems like I have been such a slacker on posting lately. For some reason I have been kind of busy lately. I have been working a lot and on my days off I try to take my kids out to do something fun. We have had a couple of picnic with friends, gone to the free movies, and gone for bike rides. Briley learned about a month ago to ride her bike without training wheels. She was very quick to pick up on it and now she is wild and crazy out there on two wheels!
We have worked on our yards lots and made a lot of progress. We have finally planted our grass. YEAH! We have finished our swing set area which we filled with rubber mulch, it was kind of expensive but it is so nice.
Our flower bed is full of weeds and so I spent the whole day on Saturday weeding, I got a nice sun burn on my legs and I couldn't walk normal. It hurt pretty bad so, I guess I learned my lesson about sunscreen. We are so excited about this weekend we all love the 4th of July, the girls love the fireworks and the parade. Rex's cousin always has a huge BBQ and fireworks show the weekend after the 4th and that is always tons of fun. My girls really look forward to that too. There is always a slipin' slide, lots of kids, and the fireworks are awesome . It is so nice to finally have summer here. I just love summer! I hope you all have a great hoilday weekend!