School, a Birthday, and a Tooth

I am so excited school started! It has been so nice having just two kids at home. Paige is supposed to start preschool after Labor Day. Hopefully she will be able to go in the morning so I will just have Gavin at home. I know most people are sad their kids are gone but it has been a lot more quiet and no fighting. Cody started kindergarten. It's too bad it's only half day because he's loving it. He got Mrs. Douglass (Blake's kindergarten teacher). He really likes her. I hope he's nice for her! Blake started 3rd grade. He has Mrs. Birdno. I'm so excited about the teachers they have this year. They are both awesome teachers and great ladies.

Paige just had her 3rd birthday. Time goes by so fast! She wanted a princess party so everything was princesses, even the presents she got. She got so many fun things. She's having a blast playing with them all!





Now for the really exciting news. Gavin finally got his first tooth in! It's about dang time. I think 5 more are pretty close to coming in too. It's barely through but at least it's coming in. I hope his teeth last longer than the other kids' did. They are way too expensive!

4th of July, School, and Sports

Ok, let's see if I can remember what's happened since the last time I posted. We put our house up for sale. We've had no luck yet. We will probably be in this house forever.

The 4th of July was a lot of fun. We went to Eagar for the parade and had a good time with family. It was good to see Jodi and Malea down from Canada. I haven't done any sewing in a long time but I had a lot of fun making Paige's outfit. I might have to try it again sometime. Then we came home for the fireworks and watched it from our front yard with Jana, Chas, Brooke, and Bryson. Oh yeah and some lady we don't know. She parked on the side of the road to watch and ended up giving the kids some glow bracelets. Then watched the rest of the fireworks with us. Unfortunately, Justin was busy working all day and we missed him lots.








Cody's t-ball ended. He did pretty good. He was excited to get a little metal to wear around his neck. He will be starting soccer pretty soon. This will be first year for him so he's really excited. Blake started football practice this week. This is his first year. He's loving it so far. They had 2 1/2 hour practices this week so that they could get their pads and helmets. He's been wearing them around every day. I can't wait for the games to start!

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids down to the valley. We went to Uncle Shane's and went swimming. It was lots of fun to see everyone. Then we took Blake and Cody to Amazing Jake's. We all had a good time. The bumper cars and lazer tag were a big hit. We will have to go there again! Last weekend we were able to go to the Bakarich family reunion and see some of Justin's family. It was really good to see them. It's been a while.

School starts on the 11th. I'm counting the days. Blake will be in 3rd and Cody in kindergarten. We will find out on Wednesday who their teachers are. I think we have Paige lined out for preschool so I'm looking forward to just one kid at home for a while!

I really need to do better at keeping up so I don't have to go back and remember everything that's been going on. Hopefully I will get most of it. Cody started peewee t-ball. He's doing really well. He looks like a pro out there this year. He's so excited about playing. Thankfully he only has a couple more weeks then we are on to football and soccer.




We took the kids camping last weekend which was an adventure. We had some problems with our trailer that had to be taken care of and the kids had the hardest time sleeping. Saturday we were able to go over to Alpine to see Justin's grandparents that we haven't seen in a while. It was really nice to see them. The kids got to ride on Grandpa Jerry's tractor which was fun for them. They also got to eat ribs for the first time and they loved it! Sunday we went in to town for sacrament meeting and afterwards everyone came up and hung out with us. It was a lot of fun.






Today Justin was so nice and let me have a break and took the kids geocaching. They had a lot of fun and were excited about the toys they got to put in and take out of the boxes. They can't wait to go again. I'm excited to go with them next time.

Blake has been playing baseball. He's a good little player. He's been doing really well this year. He hits almost everytime. Sometimes he gets a double or triple. No homeruns yet but he's working on it. We just got him signed up for football. He's really excited about that. Practices start the end of July. He can't wait. He's pretty excited for school to be over. The boys can't wait to go camping. Hopefully, we will be able to do that soon!




Cody is so excited to start kindergarten next year! We're hoping he gets Mrs. Douglass. Blake had her and she was an awesome teacher! We just signed him up for t-ball and soccer. He played t-ball last year and liked it. This will be his first year for soccer. He can't wait to play.




Paige is so funny! She's such a girl! She loves bows and flowers in her hair and loves her babydolls. Sometimes she puts her backpack on and pretends to go to school or Walmart. She loves to go places.



I can't believe Gavin is 9 months already! It's gone by so fast! He's such a wildman! He can't hold still for anything, especially now that he's crawling. He's into everything! And he's getting pretty quick. He pulls himself up too. He's getting way too big.

It's been a long time since I've written anything. I guess we're not real exciting. I'm trying to remember what's happened in the last couple of months...Justin had the opportunity to test for the Detective Sergeant position a few weeks ago and got it. I'm excited! He will have a normal schedule for a couple for years. He starts in July. I'm getting ready to go to the scrapbooking convention in a couple of weeks. Jamie and I will enjoy a nice break! I have also been reading some good books and doing some fun crafts. Uncle Justin came home from his mission in Mexico. We're really excited about it, although we haven't seen him a whole lot since he's been home. Now he's off to Utah for school.

Blake is getting ready to start baseball soon. It should keep us busy for a while. Cody is just hanging out. He can't wait to go to kindergarten (me either! Too bad it's only half day). Paige is busy bugging the boys. We are working on potty training. Hopefully, it will catch on soon! Gavin is already 7 months but you can't tell by looking at him, poor kid. It's gone by fast. I hope he will be crawling soon. He's so bored.

Yesterday, we went to Grandma Crick's house for lunch and an Easter egg hunt. The kids had fun. They also had a good time riding the 4-wheeler.