Lemonade stand

The boys had been wanting to do a lemonade stand for a while and I decided right before we went to California would be perfect. Let them earn a few more dollars for what they want on our trip. We set up a table and I made some Strawberry lemonade. Miles brought out his white board and made a sign and they just sat out there and let the money start rolling in.
Miles added more to his sign and was disappointed that I didn't take another picture after it was completed.

Carter (still in his Robin costume) ready to serve you.

They ended up making $22! I didn't deduct their supplies this time. We did make 7 quarts of lemonade. They had a fun time. I had a fun time.

Kindergarten celebration

I LOVE kindergarten celebrations/graduations. The kids are so cute at this age. Carter's class had a fashion show where they could wear something special or a costume. Something that represented them. Most of the girls were in princess outfits. Carter wore his Robin costume from last Halloween.
This is most of Mrs. Bickmore's kindergarten class. I couldn't quite get all of them in the picture. Mrs. Bickmore has been wonderful. Carter has loved her class and this group of kids has been so good.

First they sang a lot of the songs that they learned this year. All about colors and numbers and shapes and seasons.

Next was the fashion show. Each kid walked to the middle of the room, did a little twirl and then walked to their spot they sit in. Quinn commented on how each kindergartner could do that but he couldn't get his 7th graders to figure out something similar in their assembly.

Some of Carter's friends in his class. This is Ian, Carter and TJ. They are all in our ward as well.

From the beginning of the year Carter would tell us how he played with a little boy named Bright in his class. This is his friend Bright. His name fits his personality. I've met him a few times throughout the year and he always just makes me smile.

Field trip to Wheeler Farm

I volunteered to help with Carter's field trip to Wheeler Farm. I was so excited that they had it on a day I wasn't working so I could go with Carter. He was so excited for his bus ride.

What a turkey!

Look at those cute little piglets.

It was drizzly and a little cold but we still had a good time.

Memorial Day Weekend

We headed to the cabin for Memorial Day weekend. Our family was there along with Seth and Sarah and their two kids, my parents who brought Samantha and Jordan.
Carter, Samantha, Miles and Tate

Panguitch had a yard sale along their Main Street. We headed down and checked it out. It was just like any other yard sale. Some treasures and lots of junk. Miles did find a Lego backpack and a cool Transformer toy.

Grannie wanted a picture in front of the stagecoach with the grand kids. Poor Jordan would get sucked into the pictures with the little kids. Sometimes Grannie really wanted him in pictures and he would ask, are you serious? Grannie would say, YES! Then she would tell him to go into some other picture that was silly for him to be in and he would head over cuz she was serious last time. Poor Jordan didn't know what to do.


Fire pit and smores time.

All my good looking boys.

Samantha (wearing her sunglasses) and Papa.



Jordan and Grannie. Jordan is having so much fun.

Breathe deep

I had one of those moments as a mother and adult and smart person where Miles asked to do something and all those people were screaming NO WAY, yet I said ok.

Miles came in to me a few weeks ago with a box of matches and asked if I could come with him so he could do something. The box of matches was the first clue that I should be a little wary. We go outside and he has taped to his remote control truck an empty 2 liter soda bottle. In the soda bottle he has placed 5 or 6 sparklers that were left over from last year and then 2 or 3 ground flowers as well. Every ounce of me wanted to say HECK NO you can't light that. He made it look like it was going to be some sort of rocket. Very Toy Story looking. But there was a part of me that was so thankful that he came and asked permission and didn't just sneak around to do it knowing I would say NO that I felt I had to let him do it.

I did convince him to take it off the remote control truck in case it erupted into a fireball. We got it lit and waited. In the end it was a pretty big disappointment. They were old fireworks and they sort of just fizzled out. Miles was disappointed, but at least we let him try his experiment.