September 2016

Some things we did in September 2016:

-Parent Helper in Kimbri's class. I signed up to help the first Tuesday of each month and my friend, Tiffany Hancock, and I trade off babysitting for each other so we can both have a turn to be a parent helper.

-We celebrated our 6 year anniversary!

-Rick rotated with Dr. Jolley at the American Fork and UVRMC hospitals. 

-I am part of the Relief Society Activities committee and we had a "Favorite Things" night which was a fun activity to get to know some other ladies in the ward. I am also the primary pianist so that's fun and easy.

-Brenna had her 1 year check up. I still can't believe she is 1 already!!

-Kimbri has started playing soccer. They have games on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She was SUPER excited about it but after the first few games it was a little harder to keep up her excitement. I think it was hard for her because most all the kids were a lot taller and bigger, and I'm sure older, than her. They go by what grade you are in, and since she is a late summer birthday, most kids were a lot older! And some of the kids that get held back were well over a year older than her. What I'm trying to say, is that I think it was a little discouraging to her because she didn't get a lot of chances to kick the ball. I felt so sad for her, but I know that it's a good learning experience for them to have experiences where they are the underdog and still do their best. She ended the season with getting a trophy and she got to keep her uniform so she was very excited about those things :) and she has now told me she wants to sign up for soccer again. Haha, we'll see...

-We took a trip to the Discovery Gateway Childrens Museum in Salt Lake City to see the new "Sid the Science Kid" exhibit. 

-Rick left for Arizona to complete 6 weeks of core rotations for school. He had to do a 2 week neurology rotation and a 4 week ER rotation. 

-It was hard having Rick gone but I decided to open a little Etsy shop/business selling "quiet books" and it kept me busy and preoccupied while he was gone. I'll have to write more about starting my shop in another post.

Stocking up on food at the Macey's case lot sale.
The kids were happy with the free cookies from
the bakery.

Garret went through a phase where he loved to cut up paper, haha.

She has a kitty obsession.

Feeding the ducks with the Stone's at Salem Pond

Brenna loves raspberries!

Sometimes I let the kids sit on this ride and every once
in a while I'll actually put a couple quarters in it, and they love it!

The beautiful fall colors on Maple Mountain

Practicing during warm up.

I've said is before but I'll say it again, I love sunsets!

She got stuck in the water case and wasn't
too sure about what to do.

Cousins! Kimbri & Oaklee

Not sure what he was so excited about at
the doctor's office, but he sure was excited! 

Kimbri made me some mud food :)

Kimber loves taking pictures with my phone and so the next several pictures are Kimbri's photography practicing skills:

I think Brenna could spend all day in a swing
if I let her. She loves swinging!

Luke, Brenna, Ava

Sometimes I'd ride Kimbri down to the bus stop
in the bike trailer while Garrett and Brenna
stayed with my mom.

Payson Temple

Someone wanted to do his own hair....oh boy...

Stopping by the donkeys on the way to the bus stop.

They REALLY wanted to use the umbrellas

It started raining like crazy suddenly at one of
Kimbri's soccer games and she was devastated
to have to stop playing. Pretty sure I sent this to Rick
since he was in AZ and it was crazy hauling 3 kids,
chairs, and strollers back to the car in the pouring rain!

Kimbri Goes to Kindergarten

Kimbri was soooo excited to start kindergarten! We decided to put her in afternoon kindergarten. Since she is the oldest and we have no other reason to race out of bed and get ready and off to school, we figured it would be nice to be able to lounge around in the mornings if we want to. Or when it's cold during the winter, it will be able to snuggle extra long in the mornings and stay in our pjs while we eat breakfasting slowly get ready for the day. Also, with Brenna still napping in the afternoon, I thought it would be a good set up where we could do lunch, take Kimbri to the bus stop, come back home and put Brenna down for a nap and Garrett could have some one-on-one time with me followed by some quiet time where I could work on some things. It was the perfect plan for us this year!

Anyway, since Kimbri had afternoon kindergarten, when she woke up at 7am and wanted to get ready for school right then and there, it was a loooong wait until she actually got to go to school! So we got her ready, curled her hair, and then took some "first day school" pictures. She loves getting her picture taken and so we took a lot :) 

Rick was able to take her to her first day of school, which was special, since often times he isn't able to do things like this with his schedule. He snapped a few pictures of her at school on her first day. I also added a few pictures of when we went to her kindergarten assessment before school started. Her teacher is Mrs. Angela Olsen, and I'm so happy about it! We used to be in the same ward when I was young and she is so nice and great with kids! Bridger had her last year for kindergarten and Stacie just had amazing things to say about her as well. So I know it's going to be a great year! 

She really wanted to walk to the bus stop and
ride the bus on her first day. So I drove while
they walked so that when she got on the bus,
Rick could take the car on to school to drop
her off on her first day.

The principal, Mrs. Matis (I used to babysit her kids
when I was a teenager) helping the kids off the bus
and to their class. She is an awesome principal!