Drew is in Bear Hollow Preschool. For their final field trip of the year, they headed to the Hogle Zoo. I partnered up with my good friends Claire and Emily, who also have children at the preschool, and arranged for all of us to be together. This allowed us to see all the sites, but …
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Plymouth FC
Megan has been playing D1 soccer for Plymouth Football Club over the past year. Her coach, Adam Lockyer, has turned my dear daughter into a soccer fanatic. He has been a fantastic coach and she has excelled so much under his instruction. It is so fun to watch her and her team play. Unfortunately, the …
Great American Challenge, Take 2
Megan is in the A.L.L. (accelerated learning lab) program this year. At the beginning of the school year Megan’s teacher, Miss Louw, told the students about the “Great American Challenge.” She told them it was strictly optional. She went on further to say that those kids that did it would be rewarded. There were a …
Tulip Festival
We braved the crowds last week and went to Thanksgiving Point to see the tulips at the Tulip Festival. It is a yearly tradition that we make with my in-laws but due to scheduling conflicts, we went with friends this year. As always, the flowers were amazing. It is such a beautiful place to visit. …
Spelling Bee 2013
And folks, we have another fantastic speller in our family! As you have probably read in years past, Jake has participated and done well in several spelling bees. Megan was hesitant to participate for fear she wouldn’t do as well as Jake has done, but she was wrong. She did great! She came in at …
Happy 7th Birthday Claire!
Our “not-so” little Claire turned seven in April. She had a small family party on her birthday, but later the next week celebrated with TWENTY of her friends. Needless to say, I wasn’t expecting quite so many kiddos to come, but thrilled everyone wanted to come and spend time with Claire on her special day. …
Somebody got a haircut!
Nearly five inches cut off and Claire has a new hairdo! Although I was a little hesitant to let her cut off so much length and get bangs, I have to say it turned out pretty darn cute!
Spring Break in Moab
This year for spring break we decided to make our way out to Moab with five other couples. We hooked up with the Greg Rowberry family, the Darrin Rowberry family, the Howell family, the Jensen family, and the Cutler family. We rented a huge cabin (sleeps 50) about 40 minutes south of Moab. It turned …
Easter Festivities
Easter surprised us early this year…March instead of April! It made for a crazy spring break weekend, but the kids still had a great time. We started our festivities by going to the Highland City Easter egg hunt. Afterward, the kids came home to find the Easter Bunny had also came to our house! On …
Basketball has come and gone.
The three older kids have been busy playing lots of basketball over the past few months. Jake started back in October on a competition team so he has been playing for months and months. Megan and Katelyn both played Junior Jazz from January to March. The girls love playing basketball and they improve so much …
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