First Day of School

Chloe First Day Isn't she cute in Blue?
Yes this is all my teenager would give me.....nice
Brothers
Zach first day
Kyle First Day

Okay, okay So I'm a tad behind on my blogging but better late than never.  So here is the first day of school on July 27th, 2009.  Sydney is a freshman at Hamilton High School she starts her day very early so that means that I do too.  She is up at 5am and ready to go out the door by 6am.  We are carpooling everyday as the buses don't run that early.  I drive every 3rd week and it works out very well.   Zach is at Fulton Elementary in 5th Grade in Mrs. Wong's class.  He was so excited to get her as she is a fantastic teacher.  Kyle is in Ms. Shaheen's 2nd grade class and she is also very nice and very pretty too.  My sweet little Chloe started preschool at Shirley's Sure Start Preschool.  She goes monday and wednesday 9-11:30 and is loving it.  She loves taking her backpack and feels like such a big girl.  It was such a weird, free feeling to run my errands that day and have no kids with me.  It was nice but it was a reality check for me that I'm getting older and so are my kids.  Boohoo.  School is so far so good, Zach is playing the trumpet and has started football with CYF and it's very intense 4 nights a week 2.5hrs each time!  He wasn't sure at first but now he really likes it.  Kyle is in baseball on the Cubs team with CNLL and Sydney will be starting soccer soon.  Our life can feel a little crazy at times but I love it, I love this time and I'm trying to enjoy each moment.

 

CNLL All Star!

Congratulations Zach on a great Season, his very last game was awesome as he hit a home run over the fence and brought 2 guys in and then was named the MVP!!  We love you and are so proud of you!

Our Trip to Utah

This year it turned out that our family vacation was just a partial family vacation.  Zach needed to stay here in Arizona to practice and play with the Chandler All Star team so he and Chris stayed here.  What a great time he had! Especially at his last game, he hit a home run (his first one over the fence) and helped bring in 2 other boys, then he was named the MVP.  We couldn't be more proud of him!     So Sydney, Me, Chloe and Kyle ventured up to Utah on our own as I needed to take Sydney to EFY in Provo.  We left on June 25th and Stayed in Cedar City and arrived in Pleasant Grove on the 26th.  We did many fun things like go to cousin Shelbie's baptism, swim at the Lindon pool a few times, hiked the G, got rained out at Raging Waters, saw lots of movies like Ice Age, Up and The Proposal not to mention all the one's we got from Redbox.  I was able to see my friend Laura and her 2 girls for an afternoon, we also went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house which was very beautiful.  Sydney was able to see her cousins from Oregon, they stayed in a cabin up Provo Canyon and had a great time.  Sydney said EFY was amazing and had a wonderful time and made lots of new friends. We will definitely do that again. Chris and Zach surprised us and drove up to spend the 4th of July with the family and we were also able to go to the Stadium of Fire in Provo.  That was soooo fun!! My brother in law got an email that said all police, fire and military could get in for free so we secured out tickets but didn't get to the gate in time and we thought that we wouldn't be able to get in, but after some searching and talking we got our tickets and we had such a great time.  Glenn Beck was the host and Shedaisy performed and then the Jonas Brothers came out and it was so much fun to see the kids dancing and laughing and having a great time.  The fireworks were so amazing and I've not quite seen a show like that before.  Unfortunately Chris's grandfather passed away while we were up there so we ended up staying until the funeral and Chris flew up the night before and drove back with the kids and I.    It was a great vacation but we were definitely glad to come home and get back to normal.  Here are pictures of our trip.

Our trip to Utah

Happy 40th Birthday Chris!

Well I just wanted to take a few minutes and wish Chris a happy birthday.  He is the big 40 and I just can't believe we're getting old.    We hope you have a wonderful day celebrating 4o years of your life.  I'm grateful to have been a part of that for the last 16 years and can't wait for more.  Happy Birthday Chris, we love you.

Zach the All Star!

I just wanted to congratulate Zach for making the 10U Chandler National All Star Baseball Team.  Just when I thought baseball was over for a while, it starts up again with a vengeance.  We are so excited for him and he truly excels at baseball and LOVES the game.  He will be doing alot of traveling through August 1st and practicing.  Sydney left this morning for girls camp I hope she has a wonderful time, we will miss her.  

Last Day of School and Graduation

Today was the kids last day of school and they had a great time.  They ate McDonalds for lunch and had a water party ( lots of learning...) Sydney graduated from Santan K-8 and she will be attending Hamilton High School next year, well actually it's July when she starts.  We are so proud of all of them for finishing the school year with a bang.  Zach got the Merit award for all A's and B's, Kyle is on grade level in all subjects except for Math he is above grade level.  Sydney ended a great year we haven't gotten her grades yet but we know she did very well and we're proud that she was in the National Junior Honor Society.  Great job my sweet Kiddos, I can't wait to see what next year holds for you.  Here are some pics of Sydney and friends at the graduation and before and after pics of the kids to see how they've grown.

Beginning of School Year
End of School Year
Beginning of School Year
End of School Year
Beginning of School Year
End of School Year