June update

This seems to becoming a trend - to just sum up the month with one post. This month has been super busy, and usually June is the calmest of the summer months, I'm afraid to see how busy July and August are going to be. It hasn't felt like summer though until this last week, prior to that we have had rain and cool temperatures nearly every day. This is totally unheard of for Wendover where we typically average 5 inches of precipitation per YEAR, we've received over 1.5 inches just in June.

Here is what we've each been up to:

Pete - finishing the deck steps, building a shed for a friend, helping another friend remodel his bathroom, going with Trevor on 2-night scout campout

Jill - working quite a bit of overtime, hosting Girl's Night, scrapbooking, getting the kids to all of their activities

Trevor - swimming at the pool (weather permitting), scout campout, on the computer a lot

Logan - T-ball, swimming lessons, roaming the neighborhood

Kylie - potty training, swimming in the kiddie pool on the deck, playing with neighborhood kids

We also enjoyed a visit from cousins, Kylie loved having someone close in age to play with (Mitch is 9 months older, Verity 9 months younger), even if it meant sharing her things!

Welcome newest cousin!

Kylie (and the rest of us) are super excited to welcome our newest cousin to the family. Presley Diane Bangerter was born 6/3/09 to Drew & Dena and is just as cute as her big sisters. Kylie was thrilled to hold a real baby.

May wrap up

Here is a brief run down on what we've been up to the last few weeks:

• celebrated Papa Alan's birthday
• Jill & Kylie stayed in Bountiful 2 extra days so Jill could get an urgent root canal
• Pete & Jill celebrated their 15th anniversary (wow we are getting old), we didn't do anything special, Pete was in Reno, but we are going on an Alaskan cruise later this summer just the 2 of us to celebrate
  enjoyed a visit from Uncle Rich & Aunt Robin and Grandpa Walt for a few days, they took Kylie and Shelby (the dog) for walks, and supervised Kylie as she played outside - she was in heaven
• celebrated Pete's birthday with dinner out and cake and ice cream
• Jill enjoyed a nice relaxing Mother's Day
• Logan playing T-ball
• Pete took the boys on a Father/Son campout
• Jill enjoyed a scrapbooking crop
• Kylie had fun playing with cousins at Grandma's house
• gave Grandma her belated birthday and Mother's Day presents, gave Uncle Bryce his graduation present (from the U - woo hoo!)
• celebrated Uncle Bryce's 25th birthday
• played at the park then saw Night At The Museum II
• Jill took the boys swimming at the local pool on opening day, later Logan & Kylie enjoyed the kiddy pool on the deck

We're now enjoying a relaxing Memorial Day weekend (except for Pete who is working), and gearing up for the last week of school and all its activities.

busy week

This has been one of those weeks, you know the kind where you have something going on at nearly every minute. I had something nearly every night and was busy with work and preparations for tonight's Blue & Gold Banquet and Pinewood Derby that I was in charge of. I had Trevor's last basketball game and Enrichment Night on Tuesday. I spent Wednesday afternoon and evening in Bountiful taking Logan to the dentist and running errands. On Thursday I had scouts and Girl's Night. Friday I went to the store after working overtime at work. Saturday was busy with setting up for the banquet/derby. Pete has been busy this week too. He had the week off work but has been building our deck with his Dad's help. It is really coming along fast - I can't wait, this is one project I really wanted bumped up the to-do list, and I got my wish. I am so glad this week is over. I'm ready for a little less busy week next week.

Easter

Just a few fun photos from Easter weekend.

Coloring eggs at Grandma's.

All the kids before the egg hunt in Poppy's (my 90 year old grandpa) backyard, it was just too muddy in the fields in Farmington where we usually do it.

The kids with their baskets.

The kids in their new Easter clothes.

Spring Break

I had good intentions of posting daily while on vacation over Spring Break, but failed miserably. Coming home and then having both Pete & I get sick all week didn't help get anything posted sooner than this.

The kids had the week of March 30-April 3 off for Spring Break and as any of you with school-age kids know you get the heck out of dodge if you can when the kids don't have school. It has been a tradition for us now for a while to visit family in Washington over Spring Break usually about every other year or so. We typically drive straight up and back spending the entire week with family. This year we decided to do it a bit differently. We hitched up the 5th wheel trailer this time. On Friday evening we first drove to Reno and stayed the night at G'ma and G'pa's (Pete's parents). The next morning we got up early and drove to San Francisco, Pete's dad Walt joined us for the rest of our trip. We had a gorgeous day in SF with our personal tour guide - Matt, Pete's childhood friend, who lives there. We rode cable cars, walked through Chinatown, saw Lombard St, went to Fisherman's Wharf for clam chowder and shrimp, and Pier 39 to see sea lions (all Kylie & Logan cared about). The kids were wonderful, never a whine or argument from any of them! That night we drove to Santa Rosa, CA and slept in our trailer. On Sunday we spent the day with another long-time friend of Pete's, Andy and his family at their home and then at a nearby park that was wonderful - carousel, train, etc. We had another beautiful day weather wise, it was soooo warm. Later in the afternoon we hit the road and drove up the CA coast through the redwoods and stopped in Eureka for the night. The next day was spent driving up the Oregon coast stopping briefly along the way at Gold Beach, then Battle Rock in Port Oreford getting out for a little bit. It was sunny but very windy and cold so we didn't stay very long. We then went to the Sea Lion Caves in Florence, the kids really enjoyed that. We originally planned on continuing up the OR coast but at this point we were losing daylight and the slower winding road with a trailer in tow was taking its toll so we cut over to Eugene and up I-5. We stopped for the night just past Vancouver, WA. We woke up to rain (welcome to Washington) and drove a couple hours to our destination, the home of some of Pete's family in Buckley WA. The next few days were spent in leisure hanging out, doing some shopping, and trying to stay dry as it rained the whole time (and even a little snow on Apr. 1 - no April Fools joke). We went to a cool indoor swimming pool one day. I spent some time scrapbooking another. We left late Saturday night and drove to Yakima, then spent Sunday driving the remaining 10 hours home. A lot of driving, but the kids did great.

update of the last few weeks

I've been slacking off a bit on my blog, so here is a quick update of what we've been up to the last few weeks.


You have to love a 2-year old. This is what happens when one encounters a brand new full box of Kleenex.


Kylie is obsessed with Dora the Explorer right now. It is all she wants to watch (thank goodness for DVDs and DVR), and she would wear her Dora shirt every day if I let her. She also has a plate & bowl that she insists on using every day and a backpack she wears around the house. We just bought her Dora sandals, swimsuit, panties (trying to start potty training), and a toothbrush.


Trevor had his first Jr. Jazz basketball game March 5th, his team came from behind to win by 1 on a last second shot. It was the most exciting Jr. Jazz game I've ever seen.


We had another pretty good snow storm in Wendover on March 9th with big fluffy flakes. Kylie wanted to go out in it, but I preferred to stay inside where it was warm, so we watched out the window. (Gotta love the bed-head hair!)


I find it entertaining to see where and in what positions my kids will fall asleep - they are not particular and will sleep anywhere. Here Logan fell asleep watching Trevor playing Wii. He woke up after a bit (arms were probably tired) and then fell back asleep like this. Funny boy!

Pete made this ribbon shelf for my scrapbook area. I had seen one like it at Oriental Trading that was only 2 feet long for $30 but just couldn't justify spending that much. I showed it to Pete and he said he could easily make something like that. I ended up with a shelf twice as long for half as much money. I love having a handy husband!