SCIENCE!

Ok, I get to gloat and be proud, I guess that's one of the other perks of having a school age kid! :)
It's science fair time and Gracie really wanted to do a project (it's not required K-2nd grade). So I agreed, but WHAT kind of project can a kindergartener do mostly on their own??? After searching and thinking we decided on a project that included Gracie's favorite candy, M&M's!

 The project; Which M&M color melts the fastest?

It was fun and a hit! Gracie won 3rd place out of all the projects K-2nd! 

She was also pretty proud!

Oh yeah, the outcome was ORANGE melts first!

What's that? a what... a MOOSE!

Everyone knows that Utah has an abundance of wildlife, but I really did think my husband was full of it when he told me that Utah has moose. He has claimed that he has seen them before, I say prove it! Well yesterday on his way to look at a house in the wee hours of the morning going over the mountain, there stood a young bull moose! Knowing that if he came home with another moose story and no picture I would say bull, he took a picture this time. :)

(Sorry for the poor quality. Click on the picture to make it big)

Guess I can't call "bull" anymore cause yup, there's a bull! :)

FALL is fast approaching!

How is it the 1st of September already??? This summer has flown by, days are getting shorter and nights are getting cool, but I do love this time of year!

The best part is the mountains are even cooler (I mean temperature) and pretty too! But this also means in January its colder than the dickens here!  So it's firewood getting time!

 

 

 Presley slept through most of the adventure! :)

1st day of Kindergarten

Gracie is now officially a "Big Kid," why, because she goes to the big kid school! Well duh, so simple huh! This sarcasm comes directly from the mouth of you guessed it, Miss Gracin Lynn! :)

Aside from the sarcastic little girl.... She is growing up fast and we are so proud of her. She may be um, shall I say, strong willed.... but is very smart (perhaps too smart). It is bittersweet to send her off to Kindergarten, on one side I will have a few somewhat less hectic hours during the week, and on the other side I will miss her! :)

As fast as the wind!

Last year for Gracie's 4th Birthday her Grandma Joyce got her a big girl bike, complete with all the girly pink streamers and basket. Of course it had training wheels which was a good thing because her feet barely touched the ground with it. In true Gracie fashion, she got the hang of riding it and had to push all limits of speed barriers and gravity. One year and a few months later, the rear tire was bald and barely holding air from her "skid stopping" and the welds on the training wheels were broken, bent and worn almost completely off.

Needless to say it was time for a new tire, but convincing Gracie the training wheels had to go was another story. So the smart parents we are (trying to outwit her) we told her that without training wheels and putting on a new tire, she would be able to race everyone else on their bikes! Yeah well, you know Gracie!

She is letting me know she has it under control.....

Ready, set, here we go!

Ha, ha catch me if you can!

Off she goes!

Where has July gone?

It dawned on me that school starts in 4 weeks, and July is all but gone and I don't know where the heck it went??? Well I guess part of it went to having a new baby......

Well today was my "1st" day all by myself with Gracin & Presley, no hubby, no moms/grandma's, nada! The day is half done and we are all still alive, just arrived a little late to swimming this morning with a very unhappy and hungry baby who let me know my timing was off this morning all 14 miles down Nephi Canyon...... But, I will get it together and figure out how to find some balance. I just have to say, any mom who has more than 1 child is either superwomen or way more together than I am and my hat is off to you all!

Aside from that, sorry for the lack of pictures, I will try to update the blog weekly.....

Little Presley Ann

Our little girl Presley Ann has arrived! It was a few days ago, sorry on the late notice....

Presley Ann was born on July 4th at 3:36PM. She weighed 7lbs 8oz and was 19" long.

Miss Gracin is thoroughly ecstatic to have her baby sister here and is loving every minute of it!

As for myself and Brian we are adjusting to having two adorable little girls, although it may take some time to adjust.... :) Our little family is now complete!