In honor of the Olympics

Megan has come up with a new Olympic sport... COUCH DIVING!! One night we were watching diving on the Olympics and she climbed up on the couch, put her hands in the dive position and jumped off the couch. Of course I think she deserves the gold. Go Meggie!!!

She takes her position...

look at that form!
and she's off. I give her a perfect 10!
One of the benefits of living with Grandma...her cookies! Megan waits by the oven for them to be done.

Bitter Sweet

Today was Dallin's first day of the 1st grade and to be honest I have many different emotions about it. On one hand I am very excited that his days can be filled with something other than playing the Wii and begging for a friend to come over. And because his days are now spent at school that means my days can be spent doing things other than playing dinosaurs, board games and being a Wii cheerleader. (Who am I kidding... I will be home with Megan so that means I will be playing dolls, barbies, reading books and playing pretend cooking with her play food.) On the other hand he is my little boy and it is hard to admit that he is growing up. All day school seems so long for him and I will miss him throughout the day. I am lucky that Dallin loves school and was so excited to go today. That helped me get over my jitters. He is pretty dissapointed though that I won't let him ride the bus. (Who really wants to ride the bus to school??) So...I now join the ranks of moms everywhere who make lunches every night and then send their kids off to ALL day school. Boy, I feel old! Look at that cute boy!
Dallin is now a Bucaneer

Dallin and his teacher Miss Stratton

On the home front...

Many of you have asked how the house building is going. As you can tell by the picture there is no house yet. It has been a very long process and as soon as I think we are close something else comes up. So far we have had to get a new grading plan, FEMA letter, buy flood insurance and the newest thing is that we have to put fire sprinklers in the house. Uggggg! Hopefully we will get them engineered and passed off by the county in the next couple of months and be on our way. I have never wanted to build our own house but I have to say that I am excited about it. We will be happy to be in our own house again and I think it will all be worth it. I will keep you all informed of our progress. Brandon always says that patience is a virtue I was not blessed with so please pray for me to have it throughout this process. I have a feeling I will need it.

BREAKING NEWS!!

Three weeks earlier?!? Sounds good to me

Surviving the HOT summer!

I knew that Logandale was hot in the summer but I underestimated how HOT is can really get! We are so glad that Grandma and Papa have a pool. We have spent a lot of time in it. Dallin has really become a great swimmer and is currently working on his dives and flips while Megan just enjoys splashing around. Megan in the water slide at Gramma and Papa's in Toquerville