Jacob's 9th Birthday

Happy Birthday to you Jacob. Yesterday was Jacob's birthday. He had a fabulous day. He thought this was one of his best days yet. We started the day opening presents. He got a science kit and some legos.




Then he had to go to school. After school he played with his new stuff and he got to choose dinner. He chose Hawaiin Haystacks. His favorite. Then we had cake. He loved this day.

First Day of School

So Monday was Jacob's first day of school and Joshua and Abigial both had appointments to meet their teachers. Jacob said his first day was great. He really likes his teacher. Joshua met his teacher and really likes her. His first day of 1st grade is today. We hope he does well. He was so excited last night that he didn't fall asleep until 10:00 p.m. Hopefully he doesn't fall asleep on his desk. Abigail really likes Mrs. Johnson for Kindergarten. She starts next Tuesday.

Here are pictures.

Is Anyone Listening . . .

So today we get home from church and I ask each of the children what did you learn today. I asked Joshua first. This was his reply: "We learned about the state of Palma" Is there a state called palma. What was he learning.

Next I asked Aigail what she learned. Here is her reply: "I learned about the place Santa Clause lives." Hmmm wonder what they really talked about.

Then I asked Jacob. Here is what he said. "I learned about Adom-ondi-Monday." Well, at least his resembles something churchy.

Wonder what they'll learn next week . . .

Bear Lake Camping Trip

So this weekend we went to Bear Lake Camping for John's family reunion. We left Friday morning. We arrive and had lunch with John and then we checked into our campground. The wind was blowing so hard that we didn't put up our tents. We went down to the lake and played in the water. Finally the wind died down a little so everyone went out on the boat. Then the wind picked up again and went Aunt Megan and Uncle Greg took the boat back to the marina to get it out of the water, it was quite the ordeal. Greg and Megan both got swamped swimming after the boat when it got away from them. Quite the ordeal. Finally they got the boat safely out of the water.

The wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally about 9:00 p.m. my kids were begging to go to bed so they could get out of the wind. So we all got into our tent and they fell asleep and the wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally it started raining like a banshee. It was quite the night. At least our tent is good and it kept us dry and did not break. The next morning we woke up and it was about 50 degrees and blowing and raining. We quickly cooked breakfast and then we all hung out in Aunt Kim and Uncle Pauls trailer. Finally afters years of telling John we need a trailer, he finally agrees. After this weekend he said, OK, we need a trailer. YAH!!!!!

After lunch we cleaned up and came home. What a weekend. And to top it all off, I forgot my camera.

Then the icing on the cake. We were all packed and the kids strapped in their seatbelts, and John went to start the car and it didn't start!!!! Someone left the door open and the battery ran down. Luckily Uncle Paul had a battery jumper and we got jumped and off we went without any more incident.

Whew! We are home in our dry warm house.

Utah museum of Natural History

So yesterday was the free day at the Utah Museum of Natural History. We went for Family Home Evening. My kids really enjoyed the museum. It was very interesting. They had a couple of people there doing a little science show. It was very funny. I forgot my camera so no pics. I took one on my cell phone but don't know how to get it off of my phone onto my computer.