Happy Fourth of July!!!

I bet you thought I would never post again. It has been a few weeks. We have been busy playing with friends and enjoying summer.

This weeked was the 4th of July. My 2nd favorite holiday!! I love all the BBQ, fireworks and family fun. Our fun started on Thursday with the Riverton City Carnival. Jacob and Joshua rode the scrambler over and over. The kids had fun.





On Friday, it was the parade. We sat with some friends, the Allgaiers, and Hendricksons. We had fun. I love to sit and watch parades.



Saturday we stayed around the house and John got some odd jobs done. Then we set up the waterslide and it was soooo hot outside that John and I even joined in the fun. We had quite a few neighbors over as well.




After the waterslide we went to the Riverton Fireworks. We love their fireworks. They do a good job. This year, John got us an AWESOME!!! seat. We were right in front of where they shoot the fireworks off. In the video you can even see the caution tape. You could feel the vibration of the firworks blasts on your back as you laid on the ground. It was so awesome.




Today we woke up and we rode our bikes inthe neighborhood parade. My kids love this parade.

Then we went up to Timpanogos and hiked upto the caves and through the caves. It was fun. Wyatt did such a good job of walking. He made it almost to the top until we were almost there and then their came a huge rock slide and that scared him to death. There were like three rockslides right after each other. It was kind of scary. The caves were cool. We had a good time.





We then went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. They gave Gluten Free dishes and we had free kids meal coupons. It was fun.

We have had a great fourth of July.

Happy Birthday Abigail!

Today was Abigail's birthday. She has had a wonderful birthday. Her birthday weekend started on Friday night when her Grandma and Grandpa Atkinson came down to share dinner with Abigail. This made her day to have her grandparents share in her birthday dinner. It made her feel like a queen.

Today she woke up and we gave her her presents. She had decided that she would like a birthday cake from Eleanor's Gluten-Free Bake shop rather than have many presents.
Here is a pic of her cake.




Then she had a birthday party. All her neighborhood girl friends came and she had a blast. We had originally planned to put up our waterslide, but then the weather has been so rainy we thought it would be too cold so we planned some other activities. Then one girl gave Abigail a hopscotch pad that you hooked up to the hose and when all the girls saw it, they just had to play in it. So they had so much fun running through the water.



With the Aloha theme party we had fun little drinks of Raspberry sherbet and sprite.


After the party Wyatt was sooo tired that he sat down on the couch and fell asleep. (After a huge fit). He was so made I had to take this picture because even though he is asleep, his face says, "I don't want to be asleep!!"



Happy Birthday Abigial. You are a wonderful addition to our family. We love you happy attitude and your willingness to always serve and be a good girl.

Randomness

The month of January has been a very slow, but crazy month. We haven't done anything interesting in paticular, but here are a few videos (thanks to my husband for the video camera for Christmas) and pictures.

Here is Abigail and Wyatt. Just being cute.


Abigail lost her first tooth! She was so excited. She has been waiting for this moment for about a year now. Everyday she would wiggle her tooth and ask is it ready? It finally happened.




Here is the family singing songs with the Karoke Machine

Abigail's singing performance - SANTA

Last night was Abigail's friends and family performance for her singing group. She has enjoyed singing this year and has done a great job. I took some video, but Wyatt kept bumping me so sorry it is bumpy. Then on the second video I had in the small stick and ran out of memory so you only got part of the song.







Then this morning was our ward Christmas breakfast. The primary did the nativity. Then Santa came and each of the kids got to sit on this lap. Wyatt has been so excited all month because he wants a train. So he went right up and sat on his lap and promptly asked for a train. Abigail wore a dress because she wanted to impress Santa (but she doesn't know what she wants). So Santa told her he would bring her a suprise.






Oh, we are soooo excited for Christmas!!!!

Piano Recital

This week my kids had their piano recital. It was fun. I started recording Abigail and the batteries ran out and then she decided she couldn't play unless I was seated next to her. Pretty funny what our nerves can do to us.

Abigail playing Frosty the Snowman
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Jacob playing Up on the Housetop


Joshua Playing Deck the Halls

What a Busy Week

Well this past week was a very busy week!

We wend to This is the Place Heritage Park on Wed. and it was a lot of fun. The kids got to try on fun hats and we rode ponies, and made candles, and rode the train and petted the animals. It was a lot of fun.





That night was also back to school night so the kids all met their teachers. It was fun. Then we had pack meeting and Jacob recieved his Bear award. Now he will be in Webelos scouts. Crazy! He is growing up.

The next morning was the first day of school and Jacob's birthday. Jacob had a good day. Grandma and Grandpa Atkinson came for dinner and Grandma took a bike ride with us because Jacob got a new bike for his birthday. Jacob also wanted a Harry Potter Birthday cake.





Here are pics from the first day of school. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

Piano Recital

Tonight was our piano recital. It was a very good one. It was kind of emotional for me. This was the last recital for five of my students that I have been teaching now for years. They are moving on to college and other things. It was kind of neat though that I had these kids come to me not knowing anything and now here they are playing the piano. It is really cool. My three oldest children also played really well. Here are the video's of them playing.

Abigail, playing "Ode to Joy"


Joshua, playing "The Purple Cow"


Jacob, playing "Ballade"

Christmas Week

One day last week, John, Abigail and Wyatt went outside to build a snowman. Their snowman was so tall, that I thought I would take a picture.



Then John buried Abigail in the snow.



They had a lot of fun playing in the snow.

Abigail "Star Performer"

Tonight was Abigail's singing performance. SHe did a great job. Here are some pictures and video.

Make a Smilebox greeting

Santa Clause is Coming to Town . . .

Today was our ward's annual Christmas Breakfast and Santa always comes. This year Wyatt could say Santa and new who he was, but when we took him up to Santa he just started to scream. Abigail also was afraid. So Jacob and Joshua were the only ones to sit on his lap.

Halloween!!!

Yah! Halloween came and it went. Everyone is tucked safely in bed so ready to sleep. We started the day at the library where Witch Matilda came and told stories. Then watched movies and then it was finally time to trick or treat. I think this year, I was more excited than the kids. Abigial was a witch, Wyatt was a cow, Joshua was Yoda, and Jacob was Harry Potter. We had fun trick or treating.