Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Our State Fair Is A Great State Fair

We always go to the fair every year. The kids love the rides, the animals, the food, and the fun. Kev and I don't mind it either! Each year our kiddos get braver with rides and next year I think one or all of them will end up on some REAL rides that make your tummy feel funny! Audrey loved the Music Express so that was encouraging!

This year their was a trick...what to get Kev to eat that was gluten-free. Alas he was satisfied with a giant turkey leg, old-fashioned lemonade and icecream!


















Wednesday, September 9, 2009

I like Ketchup...

... catch up on the other hand...not so much! Why can't I post more regularly? Oh well, all I can say is I'm going to try to be better. I missed July completely but here's some of our August fun pictures.

Kyle and Kaden feeding a goat at Reeds Dairy.


Bagley Family Reunion - Heber City, UT


Me and my 3 cousins (my sisters from another mother) and some of our kids plus my other cousin's daughter too.



Me holding my cousin Tonya's newborn baby girl Arilyn! She was so precious!


Kyle and his cousin Sage - they have so much fun together.


Audrey and my cousin Laura's daughter Dee Dee - they love playing together!


Swim lessons were a success for all this year...they learned so much.


Audrey can do the front and back crawl, the back float, the dead mans float, the side stroke, and loves to swim underwater and of course do gymnastics under water too.


Kyle learned how to do the front crawl, the back float, the dead mans float and was the least nervous going off the diving board out of all 3.


Kaden cried the whole time the first day (it was his first year) but ended up being the most improved. By the end he was doing everything with the teachers that he was supposed to do.



Here's Ky doing the front crawl at the Hotel we stayed at the night before the Reunion.


Here's Ky jumping off the diving board at my friend's parent's pool.

Here he is doing a cool move off the slide.


Kaden doing a back float with his teacher - notice the rubber duck...that's something they gave him the 2nd day since he was a cryer the 1st day!


Here he is on the steps at the hotel pool!


More of him on the steps...maybe next year he'll want to do more on his own.



Again he's on the steps now at my friend's parent's pool.


Audrey doing her back float at the hotel pool.


And the side stroke.


Hallelujah she finally really jumped off a diving board!!!

Our present from my mom for Christmas was a zoo pass...so we had to invite her to come one of the 4 times we went (so far.)


On the lion.


The drinking fountain lion is always a must.


Love the cutouts!


Summer wouldn't be summer without snowcones!


Here are the kids in front of the Library with their lists of the books they read or had read to them...Audrey read 100 books again this summer and Kyle read more than 20 books all by himself!


They love playing the computers there.


Oh and Audrey won a free book from Barnes and Noble for reading 10 books and writing about them.


My goofy kids after church...


...And here they are being cute after church another day.


Thursday, August 27, 2009

First few days of school

MY LAPTOP'S ON THE FRITZ - I'M SO BEHIND ON THIS BLOG...I HAVE A FEW THINGS FROM THE SUMMER ON FACEBOOK - BUT NOTHING HERE...I'M OPTING TO GET THIS BACK TO SCHOOL POST DONE BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR YELLOWSTONE TOMORROW... AND THEN NEXT WEEK I'LL WORK ON SUMMER!



Pancakes and homemade cream of wheat for their 1st day of school breakfast!


The strawberry ones were to die for...


...and the blueberry ones - simply scrumptious!


Excited to go to school!


How fast they grow up!


Yet they are still silly billy kiddies!


Audrey ready to go get in line for the 3rd graders outside the school!


Kaden getting some joy school taught by mom.


Cutting up a storm.


When we went to pick up Ky from Kindergarten, Kade couldn't resist making some art with a stick and some water.


I finally got a shot of Ky after he was done with the 1st day of Kindergarten.
(Before he went into his class, he got nervous and wouldn't leave my side until I helped him sit in his seat...then I snapped a shot but the memory card was full - I wasn't about to try and take the time to delete a picture and take another one because I figured I had better get out while he wasn't following me!)


He was to shy to say he wanted a picture with his teacher...so when I asked do you want one with Mrs. Zaladonos he just pointed to her and that was taken as a "yes."


Audrey on her second day of school - I wish I could steal some of her hair!


Ky wanted to bring his blankie on the 2nd day (it's pretty special to him) but I told him that he's not supposed to bring things from home unless it's show and tell. So he opted for a picture with it instead!


I was able to get a picture on the 2nd day...with his Best Buddy Enoch!


Ky has Enoch and 3 girls he knows from church in his class! (He says they are ALL his girlfriends.)


Audrey outside her class.


And in her class!


On the 3rd day of school I let Kaden play outside almost the whole time Kyle was gone. I talked to Kev's cute Grandma Hansen for an hour and cleaned/organized the garage for another hour.


One of his favorite games that day was pushing his babies (balls) in the stroller! :)


When I went to pick up Kyle on the 3rd day I finally remembered to bring the chalk so he could draw a heart by his teacher's name. The 1st day he saw some other teacher's names with hearts by them and didn't want his teacher to go without because "he loves her." Notice how the heart took over the "Z" so I had to write a new one. ;)


And on the 4th day they finally allowed Kindergartners to ride the bus...here we have Kyle with a friend in his class and his sister, Audrey.


The waiting game.


When the bus came Ky froze and would not move. So, I went on the bus and asked Audrey to come out and walk with him up the stairs and sit with him. She came and got him and worked her sister magic...whew - WHAT A CLOSE CALL!!!



When he turned and smiled at me I knew I was all clear...thank goodness!

And then the bus pulled away with him on it!
I requested a.m. Kindergarten for 2 reasons -
1.) the teacher I was requesting only teaches a.m. and
2.) I knew he would need his sister to help him get on the bus!