Summer Comes to an End

The Dreaded day has arrived..

School has Started again!

We had to hurry and squeeze in some last minute fun, before the big day arrived. We headed up to Logan last Friday for my haircut appointment. We went to lunch with Grandma, did some last minute clothes shopping. Then met we our friends at Willow Park. We ran around, fed the ducks, saw the animals, and had snow cones. So much Fun!!

                             The boys took Aty on her First Skateboard Ride!
She loved it! they took her up and down, our neighbors driveway over and over. Trying every position they could think. She had a big grin on her face.

Did some Sumo Wrestling!

 On Sunday, the boys were bored and trying to think of entertainment. They were so hyper! Guess they were a little excited for school the next day. This is one of the many things, they thought of to do.

The next morning, it was Back To Business.

We all woke up bright and early, to get ready for school.

The night before we had made a quick trip back up to Logan to a viewing. On the way home, Tregan said to me "Mom can you wake me up when you leave to take dad to the train, I want to get in the shower, and put some of that stick stuff in my armpits, and brush my teeth and use listerene. Oh and some cologne!"

I was trying to so hard not to laugh. I just had a huge grin on my face. This is coming from my son that Hates to brush his teeth, Hates to takes showers. He even Hates to wash his hands! I couldn't believe he was saying this. Daxton yes, but Tregan?

And well, he got up and showered, brushed his teeth, and got smelling nice. He even picked out his outfit the night before. (so not like him)

I guess he is finally at the age where he wants to impress the ladies! (don't say that to him though)

This is how Aty felt about getting up early and rushing off.

She is So Not a morning person. Guess she got that from her mommy.

She sat up in my bathroom for at least 5 minutes screaming before we left for school.

Hopefully she gets used to this new routine soon. Or it is going to get really old.

 Here they are, looking so handsome! In their fancy black shirts. When we bought Dax his shirt, they were fighting because Tregan wanted the same one. I told them no way was I going to buy two. I compromised and got a bigger size so they could Both wear it.

 But then we found one similiar to it, when we went shopping with my mom. So Tregan got one of his own.

 Tregan was Really sad, thinking about having to leave Aty all day. He kept saying the night before how much he would miss her. So he got some good quality time with her before we left.

This is how Aty felt about the whole thing!

She made me carry her, and her backpack, all through the school as we dropped the boys off at their classes. She had to give them each kisses, and we even had to go back and look in Tregan's classroom to see him one last time. As we were walking out of the school, she said. "I go school"  I told her that only the boys were. She stopped and pulled her sad, pouty face.

On the drive home. I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk and she said, "Ya. Tregy come?" and I said "no he is at school" then she asked "oh, Daxy come?" And I told her he was at school too. And she said "oh" in a sad voice. And that was when I started to cry! 
I was fine all morning, just happy that they were so excited. But then it hit me that they were gone all day now and we wouldn't get to walk with them anymore. SAD!

So now we are on day 4, and they are really liking it. Aty asks for them ALL DAY LONG. But we are trying to stay entertained.

Dinosaurs and Old Friends

Yesterday, we met up with some of our old Friends. My friend Megan, and her four kids. Megan and I met in Arizona. She just had Scottie, and Savanna at the time, and was pregnant with Luke. They moved into our ward, a few months after we had lived there. We became friends shortly after.
Scottie and Savanna, are the same age as Tregan and Dax. So we played a lot, when we lived in Az. Megan and her family moved back to Utah in the Winter of 2009. We were sad to see them leave. But.. then as fate would have it. We moved back, that same Summer. YAY! They moved to Provo though, so we didn't see them a whole lot. We have tried to get together, at least once a year. Long story.. We finally figured out a day to get together, and now they have moved to Lehi, which is a little closer to us.

We met up at Thanksgiving Point. It was $2 Tuesday. So we went to the Dinosaur Museum. It was really fun! They had some really cool things to see. It amazes me, how big things were then. They had a few displays that were supposed to represent the way things looked back in the dinosaur days. Their was one that had a bug 6 ft long.  Holy Cow, that is Gross! It was Really crowded, so we had to kind of walk fast and squeeze our way in, to see things. I wish we could have taken a little more time and enjoyed it more. The kids were just having fun seeing each other again. I think Megan and I, had more fun enjoying the displays them the kids. Funny! At the end their was a display with a machine that created a tornado. The kids looked at that, forever. We laughed, that next time we would just bring them to the lobby and let them see that for free.  I asked the boys if they had fun when we were in the car, and Tregan said " it was ok, kinda boring" I was like "what?" and he says, "well you can blame my teacher for that, I have learned way too much about dinosaurs at school, so it isn't that cool anymore." Such a turd! haha!

Aty was a little scared. She was grumpy and clingy the whole time we were in there. I thought she was just hungry, but I figured out that she was a little scared, as well.

Tregan, Dax, Savana, Scottie, Luke and Lincoln

The lighting was not great for pictures. So they didn't turn out very good.

This was the Only Dinosaur, she liked!

HUGE!

Seriously, Fish this size? YIKES!

Dax and Savana!
They have a secret crush on each other. (shh!)

Aty and Luke!
The only picture I got of her smiling

Aty was NOT going near this Shark!



Notice the skeletons in the background, fighting the Dinosaur.



So cute!
They have all grown up so much! It is sad...
They were like 4, and 2 when we lived there. It is so fun, that we can still see them. They were all excited to see each other again. We went to see their new house after, and they played like not a day had gone by, since they last saw each other. And Megan and I, just talked and talked, like we do so well! It was fun to see them.  I loved it! We decided we need to try really hard, to get together more.

Who Needs Presents?

I Celebrated my birthday this week. And in case anyone is wondering. I am Still 30! This is the first year that Jayson has not been home, when I woke up. A little sad... BUT! My boys made still made it special for me. They made me breakfast! So Sweet! I woke up to Tregan sneaking up to me in bed, and asking me if it was ok if he made me some eggs. Funny Boy! So He and Daxton, came upstairs with Eggs and toast, singing Happy Birthday to me. I had teased them a few days before, saying that I thought it was only fair that THEY made ME, a Super Awesome cake for My birthday. Since I always make them one. I told them I wanted a THOR cake. heehee! So they were talking about it for days with Jayson and how they could make it. It was so cute! Well, sad to say, but they did not make me a Thor cake. But they did make me some very cute cards, that they had colored pictures of Thor, on them. Every since I saw the movie Thor with Jayson, I have been saying how cute he is. They think it is so gross! But they were so sweet, and made me those cute cards. Earlier that morning, I had taken Jayson to the train/frontrunner drop-off. So we could have the car that day. I left the kids home asleep. When I got home, Tregan and Aty were cuddling in my bed. It was So  Cute! It made my heart melt! And after all the cute stuff the boys did for me later that morning. Which, I failed to mention. They did make me a cake. It was just a regular chocolate cake, but then we they added ice cream in it. (with a little help)   Anyway,  I was feeling Very Loved that morning. And So Grateful for my Sweet Little Kids! I was thinking to myself, as I was looking at Tregan and Aty cuddling, how lucky I was to have them, and how complete and happy they make me feel. At that very moment I thought " I don't need any presents today, these are my presents." Luckily, the feeling carried with me, the rest of the day. They were so good, all day! 

We had planned to go to Liberty Park with some of our neighbor friends that day. We went there to play at the splash park, but we discovered this really cool place with all these fountains running all over. We had never been here before, so it was way fun, for my kids. I was worried, that we were going to have to try and think of something else to do, to kill time until Jayson got off work. But, we spent like 4 hours there. It was so nice, to just hang out, relax and talk to friends. This was the first birthday in a long time, that I have really done anything. Usually I just hang out at home all day and then maybe go to dinner that night, or something.

After we were done, we heading over to pick up Jayson. We waiting in the parking lot for a little bit, we took pictures to keep us occupied!  Silly, Silly!!
We had intentions of going to dinner, but Aty was So tired by then. Jayson really wanted to get me a cheescake from the Cheesecake Factory! If you have never tried it. You are Totally missing out! It is to die for! The food there is just ok, but we decided rather then go somewhere else to eat, and then go there. We would just eat there, and get the cheescake for the road. Well, the wait was 30 minutes. Aty made it about 5 of those minutes before her meltdown. So, we decided to just get the cheesecake, and get out of there. On the way back, I was really wanting some PF Changs. So we called it in, and stopped and picked it up. With a quick stop to grab some chicken nuggets for my starving, tired baby girl. She ate, and was out in a few minutes. So, I still got to have my favorite food and desert, just at home. But it was nice and peaceful. So I didn't mind much!

Some of you may know already, but.. I am a Huge Tim Mcgraw fan. I have already seen him in concert like 3 or 4 times. Even counting last year. With my nieces.( So fun!) Anyway, he was coming to concert on Saturday, which happened to be the day after my Birthday. I had been hinting to Jayson that I really wanted to go. So.. That is where we went. YAY!!! My mom came down, and watched our kids so we could go.  The concert was at Usana, which is an outdoor place. We were on the grass. So we had to go real early to get a good spot. Which made for a lot of waiting. Luckily, their was a breeze, so it wasn't too hot. The bands that opened for him, were not very good this year. So that was a bummer. We just sat and people watched for a couple of hours. (Jayson's favorite thing) And then Tim came out! AAAAHHHH!

 I had brought Tregan's camera with me, but decided to leave it in the car. Thinking that I wouldn't be close enough to see him to take a picture anyway. Well, to my dismay, and happiness. He came out in the middle, which was just below where we were standing. I ran like crazy, up to where he was and tried to take pictures with my phone, but as you can see, they did not turn out very good. You can see him on the side screens though.

He is the speck in the middle.
 So mad, I didn't bring in the camera! Oh, well. I saw him in real life, closer then I ever have! Which made my night!
We had a good time,  the hour wait to get out of the parking lot, was not fun however. We decided we are getting a little too old to do these late night things! haha! And to think we used to stay up until like 3 and 4 in the morning when we dated. Just hanging out talking in the parking lot of my apartment. Because we didn't want to be apart. Ha, now we are lucky to be up past 12. Funny how things change.

So, after the long post. (sorry) I had a Fabulous Birthday!

More Summer Lovin

 ( I apologize now for the gobs of pictures, but if you know me, I love to take pictures. I kept saying to Jayson, "take some of me with the kids so when we look back years from now we will know I was there too. "Dax said, um who would be taking the pictures, I think we know"

We went up to Logan over the weekend of the 24th and stayed at my parents house.

We went to Bear Lake for the first time this Summer!  It was a bad day to go, being the holiday weekend

it was Very Crowded! But we managed to squeeze our family into a spot on the beach. A nice man even let us borrow his shade umbrellla. I guess he was feeling bad for us since we were the only ones on the beach without one.  

Aty had a blast playing in the sand

We bought her this turtle last Summer, and she was terrified of it. She refused to get in it. This year she jumped right in. and loved it. We spent a lot of time playing in the water.

Hanging with Mom! Soaking in the Sun!

Tregan got water in his ear, so he was laying down trying to get it to come out. The boys were in swimming lessons for the last two weeks, and he kept getting water in his ears. I finally decided to go and buy him some ear plugs when we got back home, and that helped!

Jumping in the waves!

Sitting in the Waves!
She spent forever in this spot, just playing in the waves and digging up sand and seashells

That night at my parents house, Dax was goofing around and jumping off the couch. Tregan just "happened "to be kicking his leg out at the same time, and gave dax a black eye!

Poor Buddy! He woke up with his eye all swollen

 The next morning we wanted to take the boys on a hike up to White Pine Lake. Tregan decided he didn't want to go. So he stayed and helped Grandma take care of Aty. And Jayson, Daxton and I went. He was such a trooper! He kept saying, "I think we have gone three miles now" His little legs got tired, but he kept on walking. We were almost there and he wanted to quit, but we wouldn't let him. We told him he Had to make it to the lake, or he would have hiked all that way for nothing.


He found a walking stick on the way, to help him out.

Being up at Tony's Grove. There was still a ton of snow everywhere. We had to cross over a few spots of snow. And there were a lot of streams because of the melting snow. We got to a spot near the lake that was really muddy, so we had to make our own trail through the fallen tree stumps and snow. This is a log that Jayson and Dax jumped off of into the snow.  Dax contemplated about the jump for a while. Jayson jumped and nearly fell on his bum. So then Dax wasn't sure if he wanted to try it.  It took some coaxing, but he finally did it. He liked it so much, he had to climb up and do it again.

Here is the beautiful view, when you get to the lake

This was one of my favorite spots on the hike
It was just a long path of old, dead, curving trees. 

Oh, and we found a huge snake too! (just kidding)
We took this picture to try and fool Tregan, so he would think he missed out on a big snake. He wasn't very fooled!

On our way back down from the hike. Daxton's poor little legs had just gone too far. So the last 10 minutes or so, Jayson carried him on his back. ( such a big, strong daddy)

It turned out to be a bit longer of a hike then we expected. But it was so pretty up there! And we had fun, just hanging with Daxton. It has been a few years since it was just him, Jayson and I. We used to hang out and play while Tregan was in school. Then of course, Aty came along.

Jayson went home that night, so he could work the next day. The kids and I, stayed over one more night, and went to the parade with my mom.  That night, she took us to Brigham where Jayson was meeting us to drive us home. We brought my niece, Shyanne home with us for a few days. We went to the Aquarium one day and to The Gateway, and to Seven Peaks. We had a lot of fun and kept busy. It was nice to finally hang out and do nothing by that Friday. The kids finished up their swimming lessons. And they are even more awesome swimmers then they already were! And now we are trying to fill our days with as much as we can before school starts in a few weeks! Yuck!

The Aquarium!
Aty really liked the Jellyfish

Oh, and in other news!

Miss Aty Bell  (besides looked super cute in her ballerina helmet) is officially POTTY TRAINED! HURRAY!!!!!

She finally got to call Cinderella, which was her prize for pooping. (sorry potty talk)

She thought that was So cool!  She Loves being a big girl! And her bum looks so dang cute, in those panties!