Ashton's in 2nd Grade

Ashton had a great day, although his teacher let him know that he needed to control his mouth. He learned all the continents and was quite proud!

Colten's First Day of School

Colten was so excited to go to school for his first day!  He was pacing the floor all morning waiting to go. Once we got there I took him to his classroom to take some pictures. He was still very excited. After we headed down to the cafeteria to meet his teacher.  That's when he got super nervous. The room was loud with all the students eating, and there was quite the crowd with all the parents of kindergarteners. He started covering his ears and telling me it was too loud and he wanted to leave the room. Then  Reagan started acting up because she was going to miss him. Finally the teacher called them to line up to go to the class. 

When we came to get him he was so tired and teary eyed. He really liked it but all the emotions had caught up with him. He cuddled with me for over an hour when we got home. Luckily he was still excited to go back the next morning, he's really enjoyed being so big. 

They Say

RJ "mom Salt Lake just called us on the TV!" When a thunderstorm warning came on. 

When the garbage truck pulled up to the house RJ yells "Ew the monster truck is here."

Jerky

"It's not an addiction. I can stop whenever I want." Aaron 

We have the butchering and wrapping meat down now. We put up a ton of Elk roasts and 30 lbs of venison Italian sausage. Here's the second batch of jerky- he may have over estimated the amount he was actually making, but we will eat it all :)!

Hunting with Dad

This time of the year usually means I see Aaron in passing as he heads back and forth from the mountain, but this year started off with a bang. He filled two of his three tags in 2 days!  

Ashton got to go up with Aaron after he got his elk cow to break camp and bring the llamas home. They planned on target practice and sleeping in the tent. 

Ash planned dinner of cup-o-noodles and pop tarts!

Little did they know they would get Aaron's buck. Ashton thought it was really exciting- I was nervous for him, he's so sensitive to animals, but he was ok with the whole thing. He played angry birds while Aaron cleaned it- in case you were worried he had to watch that part :). 

Swimmers

The kids did very well in swim lessons this year!  They all passed their levels (except they don't want Reagan moving on cause sh'es too short). It doesn't hurt that their Aunt, whose taught for years, hits the water park with them every week. 

Signed Up

Our friend just opened her very own dance studio just in time for RJ to start dance lessons! We're so excited - she has new leotards, ballet shoes and a special bag!

Weber County Fair

The kids were excited to rock climb to support search and rescue - 

Golden Spike

Our friends invited us to go out to the Golden Spike park for the re-enactment of the last spike going in to connect the railroad from the east to the west.  It was really cool. They have real steam and coal engines they drive around on the tracks. My kids thought they were awesome and really loud!

Reagan even knew "the red one is a girl and the black one is a boy, I know it."