Summer nights

We love summer nights! Now that school is out, we can stay up later and actually have some fun, although most nights we just hang out in the yard. If you give Tate his lawnmower and some puddles, he's set for the rest of the night. That frees us up to play a friendly game of baseball. When the game gets intense, then the game faces come out on the kids.

Kindergarten Program

Porter's kindergarten program was so good! We went early to we could get seats front and center. Porter insisted on wearing a shirt and tie to the program. We told him he would be the only one in a tie, but he still wanted to. Sometimes he seems wise beyond his years. They sang such cute songs, but he got a little tired towards the end. His teacher, Miss Burnett, was so good to him this year. She's getting married this summer and moving, and we will really miss her. She was terrific!

Hannah's Dance Recital!

Hannah had her annual dance recital on Saturday. She did a dance to the song, "It's Oh So Quiet". She did a tremendous job, and I'm not just being biased because I'm her mother. Her teacher put her right in the front in the middle because she knew the dance the best. As a sidenote, she's also caught the eye of her teacher and has been invited to dance with the competition team in the fall. She really loves it! The worst part of the recital was losing Porter after it was over. The entire auditorium at Roy High was jam-packed with people and Porter became separated from us as we were trying to leave. We were panicking and spread out to look for him, but there were literally hundreds of people trying to get out. After about 10 agonizing minutes, we found him by our car in the parking lot. Some nice gentleman saw him crying and stayed with him until we found him. That is one of my worst nightmares. It was awful. He's fine though, and we celebrated with a dinner out at Crown Burger, our personal favorite.

Camping Fun

Allen and Porter were able to go to the stake father and sons outing over the weekend. They reportedly had a great time together. There were lots of boys for Porter to run around with. While they were away, those of us left at home went shopping, out to dinner and watched Hairspray. It was a fun night for us also.

A Ride on Frontrunner

I was able to take the kids for a ride on Frontrunner a few days after it opened. There were a million people waiting to get in, but we were lucky enough to get one of the last seats open. We only rode from Roy to the Union Station in Ogden and back, but it was a lot of fun. The kids thought the train was super fast!

All Field Tripped Out!

In the past two weeks, I have been to the Dinosaur Park twice, the Treehouse Museum, and the zoo on field trips with both kids. That's enough bus riding to last me for the next few years at least. Unfortunately I forgot the camera on Hannah's field trip so I only have pictures of Porter's. Porter thought the warthogs shown in the first picture were ROUS's. If you've seen The Princess Bride then you know what he means. The cute little redhead in a couple of the pictures is his friend Autumn and she is a doll. Maybe they'll get married someday.