Thursday, August 12, 2010
Good Friends!
One of Riley's Good, Good Friend, Cody Tippy which we just call Tip, was over today and all the boys went to lunch. He is a great guy! We love him. He just got a new Toyota Sequoia(not sure of spelling) so we had to take pictures before he heads off to College.
Graci's room makeover & Kindergarten Screening!
So today was Graci's Big Kindergarten Screening! I am just realizing, I DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES!!! What was I thinking??? She did way awesome. She was all smiles, went right with the teacher, did her thing, and then all smiles when she was done. What a kid!!She said that they asked her to write her name and she wrote her whole name GRACI HAZEL HIX. Then could she count to 100! YES, I finally stopped her the other night after 290 but then she started counting backwards. She had to cut something and she said that she cut it as straight as she could. Shapes, alphabet and that is all I could get out of her. This girl has been ready to go to school since she was 3! I can't keep her down!
When we got home from that, we started on her room. I have been trying to finish her armour and headboard for 2 years now and finally today, it happened! It turned out way cute. I love them.
When we got home from that, we started on her room. I have been trying to finish her armour and headboard for 2 years now and finally today, it happened! It turned out way cute. I love them.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Vacation!!
Vacation is such a good thing!!
This summer, we have had to take our summer vacation revolving around where our children are and there activities. I quess that is what happens when your children grow up and are involved in many things. Layton was playing All Star Baseball this summer which took us to Powell Wyoming. Instead of staying in hotel, we decided to make it a little more interesting and camp for four days which turned out to be so much fun. We stayed at a KOA campground which had really clean bathrooms and showers and even a laundry mat which we used to get cleaned up and organized after four days and then head on to our next exciting activity. Any way, we stayed in Cody, Wyoming which is full of historical background of The Wild West. Home of the well known Buffalo Bill. Our days were filled with Baseball and then at night we were able to enjoy some of the activities this city has to offer. We went to the "Shoot Out" re-enactment of Buffalo Bill, Wyatt Erp, and the rest of the gang. Picnics in the park, ice cream, the Cody Rec Center which the girls had a ball swimming and the boys took on their Dad in a game of 21 and to my knowlege, I think they got beat. Layton tried to show me up with a game of pool, but his Mother smoked him not once but twice. Torrey and I still have that competitive edge!! Pinaccle at night! The kids are all getting pretty good at that game. It was just nice to be together. Everyone helped with the cleaning and the cooking over the camp chef. We made some pretty good meals. Green River All stars came in fifth place out of the state of Wyoming. They played some good Baseball and not so good Baseball. I got some really good pictures of Layton playing 1st base. He is pretty awesome at it. His hitting left a little to be desired. He didn't get his bat going until the last game and then no on else could get theirs going. He did get a couple of really good hits that last game. It was fun and I really think the kids had a good time also.
Our next adventure was from Cody to Bear Lake through Yellowstone Park which was pretty cool. The kids were able to see Buffalo right up next to our car, Herds of Elk, but not a bear. We were all looking forward to seeing that. It had been quite a while since we had seen Old Faithful which is still pretty impressive. We all thought that was pretty cool. A quick stop in Jackson for dinner and then on our way to Bear Lake where we were going to stay a couple nights and play and Jet Ski. We pulled into our next destination at about 10:30 at night and put up our tents in the dark. Challenge, but we did pretty darn good. The next morning we got up and went and got a nice spot on the Lake and Jet Skied until about 4:00 in the afternoon. We had so much fun. There are some crazy drivers in this Family that is for sure!! Back to the Quick & Tasty in Bear Lake for dinner and their famous Raspberry shakes! Yum!! Then our first camp Fire of the trip, SMORES, and Pinnacle around the fire. The next morning we traveled to Salt Lake to send Riley off on a plane to Spokan Washington for Basketball camp. We stayed at Randy & Julie's for a night. The airline lost Riley's bag and he ended up having to go buy a few things for camp. T-shirts, shorts, socks. He did get his bag late the first night of camp. What an adventure for him!! The girls went to Grandma & Grandpa's house from Salt lake and are having a ball. Always a party in Idaho!! I will be heading to Salt Lake on Monday to go and pick everyone up and go to a Doctors Appt. How fun does that sound. Not really!! It will be fun to be back with my Family. I sure do miss them when they are gone and it is so Quiet!! I did have the chance to sit down and read a book, "Hunger Games." I started it yesterday morning and finished last night. That doesn't ever happen when I have my Family at home. It was very good. Tomorrow, I will have to go and get the second book and then book 3 comes out the end of the month. I will have to get them finished before school starts.
Summer is almost over and I can't believe it. It has gone way to quickly. I have to go back to work the middle of August, back to regular hours so that will be an adjustment. I sure do like the summer hours and my own schedule. Pictures to come!
This summer, we have had to take our summer vacation revolving around where our children are and there activities. I quess that is what happens when your children grow up and are involved in many things. Layton was playing All Star Baseball this summer which took us to Powell Wyoming. Instead of staying in hotel, we decided to make it a little more interesting and camp for four days which turned out to be so much fun. We stayed at a KOA campground which had really clean bathrooms and showers and even a laundry mat which we used to get cleaned up and organized after four days and then head on to our next exciting activity. Any way, we stayed in Cody, Wyoming which is full of historical background of The Wild West. Home of the well known Buffalo Bill. Our days were filled with Baseball and then at night we were able to enjoy some of the activities this city has to offer. We went to the "Shoot Out" re-enactment of Buffalo Bill, Wyatt Erp, and the rest of the gang. Picnics in the park, ice cream, the Cody Rec Center which the girls had a ball swimming and the boys took on their Dad in a game of 21 and to my knowlege, I think they got beat. Layton tried to show me up with a game of pool, but his Mother smoked him not once but twice. Torrey and I still have that competitive edge!! Pinaccle at night! The kids are all getting pretty good at that game. It was just nice to be together. Everyone helped with the cleaning and the cooking over the camp chef. We made some pretty good meals. Green River All stars came in fifth place out of the state of Wyoming. They played some good Baseball and not so good Baseball. I got some really good pictures of Layton playing 1st base. He is pretty awesome at it. His hitting left a little to be desired. He didn't get his bat going until the last game and then no on else could get theirs going. He did get a couple of really good hits that last game. It was fun and I really think the kids had a good time also.
Our next adventure was from Cody to Bear Lake through Yellowstone Park which was pretty cool. The kids were able to see Buffalo right up next to our car, Herds of Elk, but not a bear. We were all looking forward to seeing that. It had been quite a while since we had seen Old Faithful which is still pretty impressive. We all thought that was pretty cool. A quick stop in Jackson for dinner and then on our way to Bear Lake where we were going to stay a couple nights and play and Jet Ski. We pulled into our next destination at about 10:30 at night and put up our tents in the dark. Challenge, but we did pretty darn good. The next morning we got up and went and got a nice spot on the Lake and Jet Skied until about 4:00 in the afternoon. We had so much fun. There are some crazy drivers in this Family that is for sure!! Back to the Quick & Tasty in Bear Lake for dinner and their famous Raspberry shakes! Yum!! Then our first camp Fire of the trip, SMORES, and Pinnacle around the fire. The next morning we traveled to Salt Lake to send Riley off on a plane to Spokan Washington for Basketball camp. We stayed at Randy & Julie's for a night. The airline lost Riley's bag and he ended up having to go buy a few things for camp. T-shirts, shorts, socks. He did get his bag late the first night of camp. What an adventure for him!! The girls went to Grandma & Grandpa's house from Salt lake and are having a ball. Always a party in Idaho!! I will be heading to Salt Lake on Monday to go and pick everyone up and go to a Doctors Appt. How fun does that sound. Not really!! It will be fun to be back with my Family. I sure do miss them when they are gone and it is so Quiet!! I did have the chance to sit down and read a book, "Hunger Games." I started it yesterday morning and finished last night. That doesn't ever happen when I have my Family at home. It was very good. Tomorrow, I will have to go and get the second book and then book 3 comes out the end of the month. I will have to get them finished before school starts.
Summer is almost over and I can't believe it. It has gone way to quickly. I have to go back to work the middle of August, back to regular hours so that will be an adjustment. I sure do like the summer hours and my own schedule. Pictures to come!
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