4th of July 2008

Kaysville 4th of July Parade

I wanted to get some more pictures of the kids at the parade, but they weren't cooperating, so Dave took one of me instead.


Here is a picture of Kera getting some water from the spray bottle we took to the parade. She had gotten some sunblock in her eyes, and her they were stinging and watering the whole time. She did manage to get some candy during the parade though.

The kids did cooperate later and let me get a good picture of them at G&G Andrus BBQ.

And of course they had to do a silly one.

I love this picture of the kids with Grandma & Grandpa Adams. We will all miss them when they leave on their mission in September!

Father and Son Campout

Two weekends ago Dave took Jacob camping for their own father and son campout. Last year our stake put one together that they went to, but this year they decided not to do one. Dave still wanted to take Jacob camping, so they packed up and went to Farmington Canyon to camp overnight. They had a lot of fun together. The fun part for me was watching them both get excited for their camping trip. The week before they made a list of all the things they needed to bring, and all week Jacob was asking me if I had gotten the certain food items at the store. It needed to be exactly what was on their list. He had some games set aside for the trip, and he made sure that nobody touched them because they were for the campout.
Kera was a little sad that she couldn't go camping with them, but that friday night I took her bowling. It was her first time trying to bowl, and once we got the ramp set up (for those who have bowled with kids know this is an essential tool), she was doing great. I didn't know about the ramp until about the 7th frame, so it was a pretty long game. A couple times the ball would stop in the middle of the lane, and the worker had to come retrieve it for us. But Kera had a great time. Halfway through the place got dark and they turned on the music. Is that called "galaxy bowling" or something? Kera really liked that part. She danced right along to the music. After bowling I took her to a restaurant for dinner. We also rented "27 dresses"and Kera watched it with me for about 10 minutes until she fell asleep.
So the weekend was a fun one. It's nice to spend some one on one time with our kids.

Happy Fathers Day!!
I want to take a minute here on my blog to say how thankful I am to the wonderful fathers in my life. The first being my own father who I was lucky enough to have raise me and to show me what a true father is. Someone who is selfless and one of the most generous men I know. He treats my mom like a queen, and has always been known by everyone as "Mr. Fix-It". He really can fix just about anything. Growing up I always felt special and loved. I know that it is by his love and great example that I can be the woman, wife and mother that I am today. Thank you dad for being such a great father, and now such a great grandpa to my kids. They love him and think he is just the greatest guy, which he is.
I also want to give my own great husband a tribute this father's day because he is also such a wonderful father to our two (soon to be three) children. He is so supportive of the things I do, and he teaches our children important values and life lessons that they so desperately need to know. He works very hard to provide for and take care of our family so that I can focus on being at home with our kids. I love how he is always thinking about ways he can be a better dad and he tries everyday to show the kids that he loves them. I am very thankful that I have him in my life, and I am glad that he is the wonderful man that he is. Happy fathers day to both of these special dads. And a happy father's day to all of you dads out there! The world would not be the same without fathers.

Miss Unibrow

Since the last few posts have been about Jacob, I thought I'd post this funny picture of Kera. Before our trip to Ca, Dave's sister Carrie came to stay with us while she was recovering from surgery. While I was gone to take Jacob to his kindergarten testing, Kera was upstairs "taking a nap" on my bed, or so she pretended to be doing when Carrie went to check on her. I minute later, she decided to go through my make-up bag and of course she found my waterproof mascara to play with. This is where she thought it should go on her face.

With quite a bit of scrubbing and makeup remover, it finally came off. But not before I got a picture and a big laugh out of it. At least it wasn't the scissors this time!

Jacob's 6th Birthday Party

Like I said in my last post, Jacob is growing up. He just celebrated his 6th birthday on May 29th. He had some friends over on his birthday, and thank goodness all his friends could come on such short notice. We had just gotten back from California Monday night and I gave out the invitations the day before, on Wednesday. He had 5 friends over for his party, then on Sunday we had Dave's sister Carrie and her husband Travis over along with my dad, who was visiting for the week.
Jacob had a great birthday, and I am sad to see him get another year older, but also I look at all of the things that he's learned and accomplished this past year in school and how he is maturing, and I'm very proud of him.

Jacob's officially a 1st grader

We had Jacob's kindergarten graduation last Thursday. He has moved up from the kindergartener stage and will be going into 1st grade in August. I can't believe how time flies! He will be going to real school now, all day long. It will be strange having him gone all day, but I know he is ready for it. I told him last week after he turned 6 that he can't grow up anymore. He needs to stay little. He thought that was funny that I wouldn't want him to grow up. But he's still my baby, my firstborn. I love this little guy, even if he does have to get older and move on to new things. It's all part of life I guess.

This video was so funny to me. I love watching him and all his classmates "rock out" to the song "Rockin Robin". His teacher's name is Mrs. Robbins, hence the reason for singing this song.

Here is a slide show of our trip to California and to Disneyland that we took in May. I looked at the date on my last post and realized it's been a whole month since I've posted anything. I have a lot to catch up on! I'll be posting more pictures soon of Jacob's kindergarten graduation, tball, Jacob's 6th birthday, etc. So keep checking and I'll try to put up some new posts soon!