Cub Scouts!
Packer finally got awarded his WOLF:
Benji got his Webelos Badge and Religious Knot and Aarow of Light!
and then they all enjoyed the Bike Rodeo:
Category: Benji
First Days of School! 2016-2017
School has Started! 2016-2017 school year is here. We have a 6th, 4th, 2nd, and Kindergarten – ALL at the SAME school!
Benji has Mr. Bagley, Packer has Miss Witt, Cali has Miss Leavitt.
and the 3rd day!
AND we are off to a good start with some of our back to school goals! We are getting up early. The big kids read to the little kids in the afternoons. We have been doing our scripture reading before school. And I have been getting all of the kids ready for the day even if we have no where to go! Big Goals!!
BENJI the BABYSITTER!
I am SOOO EXCITED! We went to the RSL game on Saturday night and BENJI! babysat for us! from 7-10:30! He got all of the kids in bed and everything was perfect. Do you know what this means!!!!
We took Tiago to the game to make sure that it would be a good experience and it was! He did awesome babysitting and it was an awesome RSL game – they pulled off the win against the top ranked team in their division! Shannon and Kelsey were pretty fun too 🙂
This summer was the turning point for me. I was able to leave some or all of the kids with Benji for short amounts of time. I felt like I had so much FREEDOM 🙂 I often went to the grocery store during nap time. once I took the girls shopping. I even got my tires rotated and oil changed on time!! It’s a whole new world. But now he’s back in school 🙁
11 Yr. Old Commitment Hike!
Benji got to go on a Commitment Hike! It was a stake activity. They committed to get their Eagle, earn their Duty to God, go to Seminary, serve a Mission!! Big commitments for these young men! He said he had a ton of fun and lots of his friends were there. They spent the night in the Canyon with their Dads and came home after breakfast.
boys night
the boys missed the ward Father and Sons camp out so they had their own outing. First they went to the movie Grille where they were the only ones in the theater at 5:00. They watched Jungle Book and ordered Dinner!
After the movie they headed to Flynns Retro arcade! They spent the rest of the night playing old video games until the place closed at 11pm.
Benji got the high score on Mario Bros.!! He got a free drink! (and that’s why we have arcades in our living room)
They went to a Hotel for the night. Then hit Kneaders french Toast for breakfast on their way home.
Not a typical Father and Son outing, but definitely one they will remember!
Benji’s 11th Birthday!
Our oldest child is 11 years old! He is so big all of a sudden. I feel like his little kid-ness is gone. He’s responsible and funny and turning into a real boy 🙂 We opened presents in the morning: hat, games, swim suit, yo-yo…
His little sisters and cousin played dress up like they always do.
We ate DONUTS for lunch cause Benji loves them.
I finished his birthday cake:
He hung out with Lalo and Oreo for a little:
More dress up and Cali’s last softball game.
And then we had all of teh cousins come over for a slip n slide party in the rain 🙂
Benji is still a great kid. and We love having an 11 year old in the house.
Clear Creek
monday the 13th through friday the 17th was Benji’s Clear Creek Camp! He got to learn lots about the trees, flowers, river, rocks, mines, ropes course and animals. He got to make some new friends, eat school food for a week, have campfires, and miss us just a little bit. It was a weird week without our oldest in the house but everyone survived and Benji had a great time!
Last Day of School
Goodbye to 5th grade with Mrs. Kunzler, 3rd grade with Miss Wessel, and 1st grade with Miss Myntti. It was a good school year. These kids are growing up.
last walk to school
We played and waited for them to get home since the last day of school is only an hour and a half long…
The Hancock’s came over to celebrate! Erica took the school kids to Pizza Pie Cafe!! and then we had a water gun fight 🙂
at 1:30 we had a neighborhood celebration out in the street! Let SUMMER VACATION begin!
Then we ran to swim lessons. And right after swim I dropped all of the kids off with Erica so that Ben and I and my mother and father in law could go to the new Provo City Center Temple!! It was beautiful and exciting. I loved it. We had Cazookies on the way home and Erica watched the kids for the night so we got to chill! Anyone that has at least one kid knows that sometimes it’s nice to not put anyone to bed – and it was NICE. Don’t worry that Erica is 9 months pregnant – I know, I owe her big time 🙂
The End of Soccer Season
Soccer is over. We are saying goodbye to the Red Racers, the Nachos, Orange Crush and Purps. Ben coached all 4 teams and he did a great job. The kids just love him. Cali played a game in the rain. It rained for the entire hour and never stopped!Cali and Mia and Henry had a blast this year.
Rose scored in all of her games this season 🙂 She hadn’t scored in the last game and it was her last chance so she went out there and chased that ball and kept at it until she got the GOAL!!!!!
The Nachos! Garner Meads, Noah Strong, Henry Chipman, Mia, Kara, Cali
Packer was on the Orange Crush. He didn’t get a goal this season but he had fun. I missed a lot of his games because of naps and weather 🙁
The other Nachos – Harrison and Cooper missed the first picture
Orange Crush: Luca, Zan, Josh, Jake, Packer, Carter, Mackai, Trevor
and Benji missed his last game because we were all sick 🙁 He had a good season though: Cannon, Austin, Holden, Brandt, Conor, Colby, Gabe, Kael, Abe, Haydn, and Jacob.
Now we will enjoy our 3 month break and then start up again 🙂
Dance Festival
The kids love the Dance Festival! We were a week behind this year in learning their moves but they all nailed it anyway. Also, Ben had to work – had an important meeting so he couldn’t come film the whole thing from the top of the ladder 🙁 But I got some good footage and wrangled the other 4 kids – thanks to Udine and Erica helping me.
