School Started

The first day of school for the older kids was August 13.

 

Kaitlyn started 8th grade this year at Desert Ridge! She got in to show choir this year, and is excited to do that.

 

Brynn started 6th grade this year at Desert Ridge, her first year of middle school. She is doing orchestra this year!

 

Jared started 4th grade this year, and is happy to have Ms. Sutphin as his teacher. (Brynn had her too)

 

 

Ellie started 2nd grade and got Ms. Harding as a teacher. We've never had her before but she seems very nice.

 

Nathan's first day of school was August 14th.

 

Nathan is at his second year of preschool at Dennis Chavez and loves it! His teachers, Ms. Sandy and Ms. Melissa are great.

 

Posted by: Kaitlyn

We Moved!

Yes! We have finally moved into a new house! It has more bedrooms (the twins don't have to sleep in the closet!), and a huge backyard. It definitely needs some work, but thanks to Max and Cheryl we got a lot done our first week here. We're so glad they came to help us get moved in.

Our new house:

 

 

 

How much stuff can one person have in their pantry! We had more than 20 boxes! 

 

 

  

 

On Saturday we started on some yard work in our front yard

 The kids were so determined to get rid of the goat heads. They are evil! They duct taped a cut up camping pad to their shoes and stomped around the yard. This is NOT an easy job, but it worked really well.

 

 

Even the twins "helped"

 

 

Look at all those goat heads----and there are still TONS more!
Thanks to everyone who helped us move!

Posted By: Kaitlyn

 

Quotes

 

Kaitlyn: Ewwww! Looks like something Miley Cyrus would wear!

Brynn: No. Miley Cyrus doesn't wear anything!

 

Nate: Mom! I just saw a big thing of GREEN thunder. But don't worry no one was killed.

Nate: I think I need a popsicle because my mouth is really hot.

 

In Utah we passed the 'G' on the mountain for Pleasant Grove. Nate saw it and said," I don't know why but it looks like there's some number on the mountain. That's weird!"

 

Right when we arrived in Utah, Jared said the prayer, Betsy and her kids were there and immediately

after it Reid(Cousin) asked," Are you Jewish?"

(????)

Nate: Those fireworks almost exploded that house!

Aubree is very picky and does not like little girls picking her up. During our family reunion all the girls wanted to hold her. Bree learned soon that an approaching girl probably meant like she was going to be held, so every time she saw them coming she would give them a mean look and scream at them, or yell, "NO! STOP! DON'T!

 

Jared: (While talking about mowing lawns to earn money) People won't trust me unless I show them a picture of grandma's yard after I mowed it.

Nate: This house is SO big I think I'm gonna DIE!

Kaitlyn: Right after they split the wards up everybody moves away! We're going to turn into a branch!

 
While we were at the dentist's office, we were watching the kids get their teeth cleaned and Kylie started screaming, "Poopy, poopy!"