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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Back to School! 1ST and 4TH!

Back to School! The kids went back to school yesterday! I have a 1st grader and a 4th grader now ! Wow! I remember those years when I was in school and I still have friends from those years so it's neat to think of the memories and friends my children are making will last a lifetime! They both were sooo excited to start school and were counting down the days until school started again. Mitchell has the same teacher as last year who he loves and is in a K/1 class. Shayla is in a 4/5/6 class and has a new teacher so she is excited about that too! Here's to a new school year for my kiddos and the first year that they will both be in all day school!

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Back to School Feast 2016

Last year we joined the fun tradition of having a Back to School Feast to welcome in the new school! The kids loved it so much we decided to make it a tradition for sure! It really is a special night and something both kids look forward to! We designate a night before school starts for this special feast. The kids wear crowns to remind them of their worth and they dress up to also be reminded of what a special day this is! Jon and I sit down before the feast to choose a family theme for the school year that helps fill the needs of our kid's needs for the coming year. This year we chose:

Phillipians 4:13:

"For I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me."

We chose this theme especially for Mitchell this year as he has a hard time having confidence in things. Going into first grade and there are a few things we feel he has to work on and realize he can do on his own - some as simple as tying his shoe and riding a bike! Shayla can also get frustrated easily with hard things as there are not many things she views as hard in her life and so when she comes across it she has a harder time dealing with! We hope that with this motto both Shayla and Mitchell realize that when they have to do the hard things in life--be it math or making new friends or getting up early--that they never have to do it without help. We discussed how strong they are on how the Lord is always there to strengthen and prepare a way for each of us to accomplish our difficult tasks.

For the dinner the kids had to write down three hard things they wanted to work on this year. Shayla wrote saying daily prayers, being honest and being nice to a particular girl in school she has a hard time with. Mitchell wrote Reading, Wake boarding and tying his shoes. So we will see how they do!

After dinner, we had our traditional back-to-school Father's Blessings. Jon and I both had father's who held the priesthood and would give us these blessings before school started as well. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, worthy fathers who hold the Priesthood and are able to use it to give blessings tho those in their family. A Father's Blessing is a blessing of guidance and comfort and when school starts is a great time for fathers to bless their children with this comfort and strength. It's a wonderful way to start the school year and a reminder that their earthly Father and Heavenly Father are both there for them any day of the year! I am so blessed to have a husband who can give these blessings and two wonderful children who bless my life daily!

Friday, June 10, 2016

Baseball fever

This was Mitchell's first year playing baseball and Jon was his coach. He LOVED it and improved immensely (as much as a 6 year old can!) over the course of the season! Had to capture his first year at baseball!

He looks the part!

Mitchell's team with Jon as coach and Steve as assistant coach.

Coach pitch!

Base hit!

Go team!

He's a natural!

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Fillmore love!

We live right next to the beautiful start of the Sespe mountain range - a few minutes walk! When it rains we get some of the Sespe river too! One of the kiddos favorite things to do is walk or catch tadpoles and play by the creek or dry creek bed when no rain! I can't resist taking photos here as it is especially pretty this time of year - here are photos from a few of our river walks lately!

Dusk my favorite time of day!

A boy and his dog

The kiddos!

Exploring with friends!

Rock hopping!

Colt loves the flowers too!

My running buddy!

The view from walking path!

My favorite photo by the river!

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Happy St. Pattys Day!

We love celebrating our Irish Heritage and St Pattys day requires green and shamrock and IHOP?

The kiddos off to school!

Shamrock pancakes at IHOP! Shayla's favorite restaurant!

Shayla and one of her best friends Lindsay

Mitchell and one of his best friends, Todd

Even Colt had to wear green!

Shaylas shamrock says "Your lucky to have me as your kid" ! And I am!

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Mammoth Adventures!

Does anyone read this blog anymore ? I still love to try to keep my blog up and although I don't post super often, I still like my blog for journalist purposes and sharing photos and adventures...

and oh how we love adventures and love to travel and love to do new things or fun things or new fun things!

This year we had planned a trip to mammoth with friends and we were excited to finally take the kids on their first real trip to do snow sports! Jon is a big snowboarder - well he used to be - he used to snowboard almost every weekend in college (in Utah). When we got married I joined him on his trips and I learned how to snowboard (well am still learning...) . We have not been to the snow together since having kids since Jon was so used to Utah snow resorts he doesn't really like any near by resorts like Mountain High or Big Bear, so it is only Mammoth or Tahoe he will go to in California. So we finally were able to get away on a trip and bring the kids too! We had a wonderful trip and Shayla started on snowboard and Mitchell started on skiis!

And we are off...