First Day of 2nd Grade AND First Day of preschool pictures!

So the time has come. The long summer nights are gradually getting shorter and the morning air is cooler. It must mean that the new school year is here. Boston started preschool this year and absolutely loves it! I think he loves having something of his own. At last he is not the one left behind, Griffin is. I am happy he is having fun and hopefully learning things along the way.
Kenna is Kenna. She loves and thrives on school. Three weeks ago she was so jittery she couldn't hold still waiting to find out who her teacher was. I hope her love of school and learning stays forever. I know mine dwindled after time and is slowly itching its way back. Kennedy's comment after the first day was "Mom, it was fantastic!!" I remember my very first day of 2nd grade, I threw up all over my desk in Mrs Vance's class, cheerios, I think. Sorry too much info. I am glad Kenna had a better first day to 2nd grade.
Here's hoping for a great year for my beautiful kids and everyone else!

More of Griff's "2" Birthday!

Here are more of Griff's birthday pics. He and Grandma Roche's birthdays are really close so we celebrated them together. It was a fun evening with Grandma, all my siblings and Mel and her girls. Griff was so funny, he got scared when we told him to help blow out the candles. Jess made an awesome carrot cake and I made some lemon desserts, yummo! I think Griff's favorite part was going around and finishing off all the pop cans that were left unattended. I love my Griff and my Grandma!

Kansas

I was able to drive with Amber and girls out to kansas last month. It was fun to see a new place and spend time with Amber and the girls. We drove all in one day and the girls did great. We saw lots of deer and antelope and i'm pretty sure we hit a rock chuck somewhere along the way. The oil wells in the feilds were pretty cool to see, I've never seen those before. I even conquered a fear by flying on a small plane to Denver. The landing with the small plane was actually smoother than the larger plane. It seems like a really nice place they are moving to and I hope they like it. Thanks for the opportunity Amber it was great!

Watches

Hey just a little note that I will have my mom's watches at my house tonight from 6-8:30pm. Come if you want and tell anyone you would think would be interested. I am not sending invites, it is just by word of mouth. I don't get anything out of this, people just wanted to see them so I'm bringing them to Logan!! See ya'll tonight!

Griff is "2"

Our Griff is two years young today! Oh how time flies. Just yesterday we lived in Vancouver and Boston was "1" and Kenna was "4". It is so fun to see their accomplishments, but I know someday I will look back and wish they were still little. I guess I am having a sad time that my baby is two already. He has been really cute so far today, he doesn't realize it's his birthday, he just loves the extra attention!
Here are a few pics of my sweet baby boy (who actually prefers his daddy over me)! We are headed out to Great Grammy Roche's to sing happy birthday to her and Griff! Her birthday was yesterday!

Summer Activites!!!

Dinosaur Park, Father's Day, Baseball game with Grandpa Dave, Cheer camp, hiking to the wind caves, bbqing in Logan canyon and hitting the pool are the things we've been up to lately! Here is a picture fest that is all mixed up with the various pictures. The wind caves pictures do not do it justice. The hike is very steep and the kids did great. Boston almost jumped off a cliff, but luckily he didn't fall over the edge. Good Times!




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Our Kenna!!

Our Kennedy has had quite a bit of fun the last few weeks. I am hopeless that I will ever be up to date on this blog, as with my scrapbooks or any other project. But better late than never. First Kenna and all the first grade classes put on a program. It was called "One Big Happy Family"! It was so cute and tender. As I was trying to get good pics it was to no avail in that gymnasium but the experience was so cute. All their songs were about family and I think that is so awesome!! I think Kennedy's favorite song was the sign language one about mothers and fathers. Or was that mine?
Next her school put on the "Wildcat Run"! All the students trained for a one mile marathon. They trained for like 6 weeks. It was awesome. We were heading out of town, but decided to stay and let her run the race. Josh was able to go and run with her. She had a lot of fun, AND as we were on our way out of town my good friend called to let us know Kenna had won 3rd place out of the first grade girls with a time of 9min 13sec. SO we turned around and went to the awards assembly. Oh, it was awesome and she was so excited!! She received a bronze medal and everything. See hard work pays off! I need to follow her example.
After that, I was able to go on the first grade field trip up Logan canyon. It was fun to see Kennedy with her classmates and also know that I could be of help. I love to volunteer and thank Jessika for watching the boys for me so I could. It was a perfect day for a hike and the kids just loved it! After the canyon we headed to willow park for lunch and playtime!! Kennedy had a really great teacher this year and a really great class. All of them were very polite and obeyed all the rules. It was fun because all of them knew me as "Kennedy's mom". Without this sounding boastful, I really think Kennedy enjoyed having me there.
Then came the last day of school. Bittersweet for a first grader. Kennedy really has loved school and probably because she is good at it. Josh and I have it really easy with her. She likes to do her homework and read, heaven knows she didn't get that from me. It shows because Kennedy did fantastic on all her exams and testing! She is above average in everything! Can I get a whoo-whoo! She is awesome!
She loves her teacher and will miss her friends. I just hope she keeps this enthusiasm even when things get a little tougher.
I have to say I am excited to have her home. She is my helper and friend. So here is to my Kenna. I love you! You are the best little girl ever. Don't grow up too fast!