First Day of School

How fast the summer flies!  We cannot believe that we now are now waking up at 6:00 am! Jaden started 8th grade and school starts at 7:30 am. Quite a change since last year he started at 8:50 am. He's loving the early rise because he gets home before Jessica. 

Jess started 5th grade.  It's her last year of elementary school.  She's pretty excited.  She likes her teacher and she has a bunch of  friends in her class.  

Jaxon started Kindergarten and is so glad to be attending the "big kid" school.  He is also thrilled that he gets a real backpack, just like Jaden and Jessie.  

Yuba Trip 2008

Every year we are lucky enough to make it to Yuba Lake.  It is one of our favorite trips because the water is almost as warm as Lake Powell, and the beaches are sandy!  Great for the kids. However, if any of you have visited this great place, you might be aware of how quick the rain storms hit!  The past two years we have been lucky enough to have good weather but we know that can't last forever.  This year we got hit fast and hard.  This fun storm only lasted about 30 minutes and check out the amount of water!

This is after we dug trenches that were 12 inches deep!

A little maintenance on the trenches after the storm, just in case there

is another one!

This is when we knew we were in trouble, you could

see the storm come across the lake toward us.

                      

    Here's Ty smiling for the camera while being nailed by raindrops!

The water was coming down so fast it didn't even absorb into

the sand.

The kids all thought it was totally cool as they watched from the Minnie Winnie.  Overall we had a great time when the weather was good.  We played in the water and did the usual waterskiing and wake boarding.  We can hardly wait for next year! 

BREAKING NEWS!!!

 Ty was accepted to the University of Utah's EMBA program. He starts school on August 11.  It all happened so fast, but we are so excited and looking forward to the next two years.  Congratulations Babe!

It's My Birthday... Shout Hooray

One of my favorite holiday's is my birthday! I know... you're thinking holiday? However, at our house we LOVE birthdays. This year I was so lucky to have a true birthday week. Ty and the kids gave me a present every day of the week, and since my birthday was on Saturday, it worked out to my benefit!!!! Then on my actual birthday, I got breakfast on the patio instead of in bed. Check out my fanciest ever birthday breakfast. Ty wants me to make sure to tell you that I ate the whole omelet. It was so good. It had ALL of my favorite things in it, melted smoked gouda cheese, sauteed onions, peppers and sausage. I also got a shopping spree with my cutest ever husband. Which was amazing because he hates shopping. He was so good, he didn't even rush me! It was totally fun, I had such a great day.