September 4 1999-current....Happy Anniversary

19 years in and still having fun! Thanks  to Brent Weight for hanging with me and making sure there's never a dull moment!I didn't think there was anyway we would be able to celebrate our anniversary on our anniversary between all the kids activities on Tuesdays. The universe conspired in our favor! Cami wasn't feeling up to her x country meet and Jocelyn's soccer coach had a fever. So we were down two activities ..one of the three piano lessons needed to be rescheduled and boom we booked it to a restaurant! And thanks to a nice mom who will come hang out with the kids on the fly....and yes we need to work on our selfie skills.....

Navajo Lake on Labor Day...yes it was really cold but fun...

The kids were out of school on labor day so we wanted to have a cool adventure. We borrowed our friends kayaks and drove up to Navajo Lake. It was really cloudy and slightly rainy but we went for it anyway. We had a picnic and turned the kids lose on the lake. They are getting to be good enough swimmers that I don't worry too much if they dump out in the middle of a lake. They won't drowned and they will be able to get back in. They loved it....especially Cami loves kayaking...After an hour or two the rain/lighting kicked up and we decided we better bolt.  Certain younger children may have gotten bums really wet and ridden home without clothes on their bottom halves....but everyone survived and had fun. We did have a good drive around the lake and surrounding areas. The girls showed us where they went to camp during the summer with the church youth group. Anyway, it was a fun way to spend the day even if it was pretty chilly.

Bike rodeo...the end of an era...

So for the last like 8 ish years I have been the PTA health and safety vice president. It has been lots of fun. I get to plan the bike safety rodeo, red ribbon week, vision screenings,  roadrunner mileage club, maturation, and help with white ribbon week. Its been a lot...a lot of fun and a lot of work....now with church responsibilities I just need to cut back so I think this is the end of an era as far as PTA goes. Of course I'll still be involved but maybe not on the board....BUT it was a hot good time!

Cutest Smile Ever!

Creed lost his first tooth while we were in Alaska last summer. I was super bummed that he purposely wouldn't pull it out until I was gone because he knew I wanted to be there.  Like we weren't even to the airport before he had pulled it out....Stinker....but once the first one came out the others followed quickly and seriously he had the cutest smile ever! And I was there for all of them so I feel better.  

Happy Birthday Old Man

The kids think its super funny to tease Brent that he is old...Its not that funny...But hopefully he had a great bday and felt loved.

Cross Country...a whole new kind of awesome!

When Cami was playing soccer and not loving it the one part she did love was the warm up run. I told her I could see her really liking cross country in high school despite the fact that I knew nothing about it. So now she's hitting 9th grade she decided to truly go for it and joined the cross country team. BEST DECISION EVER! She first of all has really enjoyed the running. Second the cross country kids are all super nice good kids. The seniors help out the youngers and give advice. Everyone cheers for everyone. The only competition is you vs. yourself which suits Cami's personality great. Anyway, cross country is such a great way to spend time. Cami had a meet in Cedar City at the beginning of the season and I got to go cheer her on. It was nice that it wasn't 3000 degrees outside since Cedar is higher in the mountains. It was so fun to watch her in her element and the other parents were super nice in helping me figure out what was going on. And just so we can track progress her starting time was 26 minutes/5k...

Back to School Schmool 2018-2019

Going back to school is a hard day for everyone. The kids are excited to see their friends and they do like learning. I do like schedules and routines....but man it seems like summer was about half as long as usual and we all weren't quite ready to hit the grind again...BUT time doesn't wait. And I just have to get used to missing my people. So this year Cami is in 9th grade. Taryn's in 7th grade. Jocelyn is in 3rd grade and Creed is in 1st grade....full day for everyone one...

 Taryn sewed like a crazy lady to get this backpack done in time to use. It is truly amazing. I looks like something that you could buy in any store...

 Too cool for school pictures so I had to chase her down the street to get some...with a threat that I would just keep following her unless she smiled....

 Not that you can see her backpack but holy blinding sequens....But also big smile in love with it so I am prepared to squint a lot this year.

 I cannot believe my little man is old enough for all day school. He is sooo growing up!

Sleeping under the stars

The weekend before school started we wanted to camp/play just a little more. We had a party to attend in Pine Valley so we just threw sleeping bags and a tarp in the back of the truck and took off. The kids had never slept under the stars and we wanted to fix that lapse in parenting. After the party we ventured off the road a ways and hiked down a ledge to get to a stream. There was a bank wide enough to set up. The sound of running water was awesome. The kids were a little nervous and fought over who had to sleep on the outside edges  (no one anted to be eaten by a cougar) but once everyone was settled the stars were amazing. We saw multiple shooting stars and before long the kids were all sound asleep. It was super awesome and memory making. When the kids started school two days later two of them used it as the "what they did last summer" memory.

At the top of the ledge before hiking down to the stream.

Everyone tucked in safe and sound.

Everyone slept great!

Such a beautiful place for a sleep under the stars.

Pine Valley Play Date

After we got back from Alaska we had a fun reunion with Brent's college roommate Logan and his family. The kids instantly hit it off and it was a really fun visit. Because its stinking hot here in July we headed 45 min north to the mountains. We hiked and tried to get a fishing lure out of a tree. It was really cool to watch the fire helicopter swoop down and get water to drop on the fire on the other side of the mountains....and Creed was super territorial about his walking sticks...especially after the park ranger made us move and he had to leave one behind....It was such a fun way to spend a day and it was great company!