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Nathan's 1st Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Nathan! Here are the photo highlights of the celebrations:

 

 

Hayden's Baptism Day

Hayden's Baptism day was postponed a month because we were out of town and then our Bishop was out of town. So August 18th became his special day. Most of Clint's family was able to be there along with some friends from the ward. The service turned out really nice and everything went smoothly. Afterwards we served some of Hayden's favorite treats: chocolate texas cake and no-bake cookies. I wanted to get a picture of the whole family together, but by the time I was ready, the boys had their ties off, shirts un-tucked and were running around the building. Sigh....

We're very proud of you Hayden!

First Day of School

School starts early around here and my kids were not excited when 8:00 am on August 8th came so soon.

Well, maybe they were a little bit excited. Kyle is now in 5th grade, Hayden is in 3rd grade and Jared is in all-day Kindergarten.

I didn't cry this year, but that's only because I avoided Hayden when he started to get emotional. I let Clint deal with him while I stayed with Jared who was super excited to be starting school. They all have great teachers and I think this will be a terrific year for all of them. After the bell rang, Clint and I took the little ones out to breakfast to celebrate.

Double Digits

Kyle turned 10 in August. Can you believe it? He got some fun presents from the family - his favorite was Harry Potter Scene It. Then we celebrated at Deedum and Papa's house where he got a birthday cake and his favorite candy all in one! And a few days later he invited a whole bunch of his friends over for a party. The noise level in our house was at an all-time high that night!

Happy Birthday Kyle!!

Trip to Utah

While all the construction was going on at our house, I packed up the kids in the van and we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Syme and all the cousins in Utah. Aside from the blown fuse knocking out the clock and radio, and the blown tire in the middle of nowhere (thank goodness Julie and Isaac were close by to help) we had a fun time. 

We started the fun watching the Pioneer Day Parade with a bunch of cousins.

The best part of small town parades are the people in them. These folks on the tandem bikes are the members of the Stake Presidency and their wives.

And there were lots of Primary floats from the different wards.

And this is the local Drill Team (men with their drills, ha ha).

 Then we went over to the park where the kids took their turn riding the ponies.

 

Then they waited in lots of long lines to play the carnival games.

Then we moved on to another park to have dinner, try to win a prize in the ping pong ball drop, and wait for the fireworks to start.

 

It was a really long, really fun day! 

We also took time to go swimming. The kids had a great time and this pool is awesome.

 

 And no vacation would be any fun at all for Hayden if it didn't include an abundance of Lego building.