Big Brothers are the best

They help you put on a Batman costume and teach you that its cool to be tough. Peyton is going to be one tough chica. She still loves to play princess tea party but can also hang in there with the big boys playing skateboards and hockey. Big brothers help you to become well rounded little ladies.
p.s. this blog post is dedicated to Stephanie J and her little baby girl peanut who is going to be three times tougher than Peyton because she is going to have three big brothers. What a lucky little girl!!

First Day of School

Mason and his two best friends, Griffin and Shane

Well...its official, my kids are getting way too big. Mason started kindergarten and Peyton started preschool. I bawled my eyes out at both drop offs. It didn't help the situation that because of a mix up, the school thought I was picking him up on the first day and I thought he wast taking the bus home. I was waiting at the bus stop and Griffin gets off but Mason doesn't. I pretty much lost it again. But we found out quickly what happened and that he was just sitting in the school office just waiting for me to pick him up. I was so scared that he got on the wrong bus or got off the bus at the wrong stop, but everything turned out okay. That night in his prayers he said "and please bless me that I won't have to live in the school office and that I'll get to ride the bus with Griffin." I'm pretty sure I was more traumatized than he was.

Family Reunion

We had a family reunion in Weston Idaho this year. We kicked off the reunion with dinner at the Copper Mill. Part of the reunion was the hike up Big Hill. Mason was a super star. He practically ran the whole way up and he was the first little kid up. It is a really hard hike because it gets really steep and there is no trail. Mason was pretty proud that he beat so many of the "farm kids" We also had a fun day at Bear Lake and an afternoon at the Cache Valley Fun Park, then we had a big dinner at the Cornish Retreat. It was really good to see everybody.

Camping at Mueller Park

Mueller Park was so beautiful. Even though it was one of the coolest places we've been camping this year, I'd have to say it was probably the worst camping trip of the summer. First of all it rained/hailed really bad. We had a lot of trouble restarting our fire. Luckily, a helpful fellow camper had kerosene and was able to help us out. Second of all, Mason was possessed by the devil the whole trip. He was a total nightmare. I don't know what got into him but he couldn't keep it together for more than five minutes at a time. He's never been that way on a camping trip, even when he had an ear infection on our last trip to Cripple Creek. Hopefully by labor day he will have convinced me that he will never act like that again.

4th of July

We had a great fourth of July. We started the day with the ward 5k, then bike parade and breakfast. Then we had the Leak family 5k, then the traditional BBQ and watching fireworks from Kevin and Jeanne's deck.

Peyton's Third Birthday

Peyton had a great birthday. She started the day with a special breakfast of mini blueberry muffins and a present from Mason (a Zhu Zhu pet) Then we went to the mall and picked out her pillow pet. Then we came home for lunch and naps. Then we went to the movie. Then she got to pick wherever she wanted for dinner and she chose Wendy's. Then we came home and did presents with the rest of the family and had cake with the neighborhood kids. I can't believe she is already three, its seems like just yesterday she was my screaming little baby.
All dressed up to go pick out the pillow pet. The arrangement was she had to trade in her binkies to get the pillow pet
She chose the purple Hippo
Princess Castle Cake
Watching Toy Story 3 with Grandma

Mason's Preschool Graduation

Well...even though I find the practice of having a "graduation" for preschool kind of silly, I have to admit it was pretty cute and really fun for the kids. They marched in to the traditional graduation music, then they sang some really cute songs, then they each got their diploma, then we watched a slide show, then had cake. I actually found myself tearing up because I can't believe my baby is getting so big. He has been in Ms. Tuckers class for two years and he is really going to miss her. Peyton is in her class next year so her and I will be able to see her. Now he's off to kindergarten!!