1st Day Of School

This year Kayden is in 1st grade. I can't believe he's that old! Last year we had a bit of struggle with school, Kayden had a hard time going and the first week he cried every day. Finally I bribed him with a reward if he could go to school for a few days without crying and that seemed to do the trick. This year was a different story, and honestly I had a harder time than him. I told him I would take him his 1st day and he told me that he didn't want me to take him, he wanted to ride the bus. I was proud of him for being so big but a little crushed that he didn't need me. So I compromised and met him at his class. When he got there, he said "See mom, I told you I could do it!". He had a great 1st day and was happy he got to ride the bus to and from school this year and eat lunch at school. He really loves his teacher this year and I think that helps. I'm so proud of my big boy!

Weight Family Reunion 2009

We had a lot of fun at the reunion this year!! The boys loved the rope swing and playing in the water. Riley even went down the water slide with his dad. We stayed the night in our tent and the boys thought it was great!

Naughty Little Boys!!

Today the boys wanted to run through the sprinklers when I got home from work and I told them why don't we wait until tomorrow....apparently they had their own idea and did it anyways. Boys will be boys right, and honestly I had to laugh and of course they didn't get in trouble.

Summer+Water=FUN!

Riley got a slip-n-slide for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa. The boys have had a lot of fun with that!They have also had swimming lessons this year, which they really loved. Next year hopefully they won't be sick and we can get in 2 sessions instead of 1!

PlayDough Cookies

Here's the recipe everyone wanted. It only makes 2 dozen, so I always double it:

3/4 Cup Butter, Softened

3 oz Cream Cheese

1 Cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract(I like almond)

2 3/4 Cups Flour

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Assorted Paste Food Coloring

In bowl cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla-beat until smooth. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms. Divide into fourths. Tint each with a different food color. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350. Take a small piece of each color and make a 3/4 inch ball. Shape into a 12 inch long roll and coil to make a 2 3/4 inch round cookie. (as you can tell I just kind of do any size that i come up with-not to particular)

Bake for 8 minutes. Do not over bake.

You can also place sucker stick in each cookie before baking to make cookie suckers.

Catching Up!

Things have been crazy around here!! Both boys have been really sick with pneumonia. They are finally getting better with a second round of antibiotics for both. We have paid $120 in just office co-pays(not counting prescriptions and chest x-rays), thank heavens for insurance! John has been working a lot. He has only had 1 Sunday off every 2 weeks. This is his first full weekend off in 3 months. To top it off our computer was bogged down with a lot of spyware and I finally broke down and took it to Vernal to have it fixed. Hopefully things will get on track around here. In the next couple weeks we are looking forward to starting swimming lessons that have been moved back a couple times and taking the boys camping around the 24th to our favorite camping spot Paradise.

4th of July

The 4th of July was uneventful this year. John was working and the boys had pneumonia, so we just took it easy. But that night we went to my mom and dads for dinner and fireworks. After dinner we played some lawn games. When it was dark the boys played with sparklers and we did fireworks. We had fun just being together-which we always do.