my first day of first grade

It was so cute Justin came out from the back yard riding his bike down the lawn and yells across the street at the neighbor (Brian it's my first day of first grade). Brian asked him if he was nervous and of coarse he said yes, he is such a worry wart. I think he has been worried about starting school since the 24th of July, but as worried as he was he was also very excited. He thought it was super cool when Mrs. Patterson his teacher came to our house on Sunday afternoon and brought him a little treat bag with a super ball, some candy, and a book in it. What a super over the top thing for a teacher to do. It really meant a lot to Justin I think it helped a lot to ease some of his anxiety. I can not believe my little boy will be at school all day. I myself am having a little anxiety over little things like school lunch since he is such a great eater. I guess we will see how his day went at 3:30 when I go to pick him up.

Pool Fun

I have told Justin all summer that we would go swimming we just have not done it. Last week we went to Deer Creek and let the kids play in the sand and float on tubes in the water. Of coarse I forgot my camera but they had a blast. Then before school starts tomorrow and summer vacation is officially over for Justin we went to Orem to the Scera Pool it was just my luck that the pool would not be opening until 3 p.m. and we had to be back in Heber by 5 p.m. to go to back to school night. So we decided to head to the Lehi Pool instead. We met the Bosshardts down there and the kids had a blast. They have this huge bucket of water that when full dumps a ton of water down over the play land. At first the little kids were scared of it but by the time we were ready to go all they wanted to do was watch the bucket dump water. Justin loved the lazy river and the slide on the play land. Garrett spent most of his time on his back he would roll over, float and just giggle. It was a pretty fun day and the kids had a great time!

This is Garrett just getting rolled over so he can float on his back. The little kids were hiding under the play land so the bucket of water did not get them soaked.

Garrett was Tagged!

Garrett's Favorite activities: He likes to play with any truck or tractor that has a trailer he can hook on, and ride his bike.

Garrett's favorite TV show: Mickey Mouse Club House

Favorite places to go: Grandma Linda's House, Skyler's

Favorite vacation spot: Camping(he is in his element)

Favorite things to eat: French Fries with dip of coarse, noodles, gushers

What he wants to be when he grows up: a truck driver

Favorite Preschool activity: No preschool for Garret for a few years

We tag Ethan, Madison, and Colby.

It's Fair Week

We have been pretty busy. It is fair week in Coalville, Mike's sister is the fair coordinator which means that we spend the whole week in Coalville helping her with whatever needs to be done. Justin is loving it. He gets to spend time with all his favorite people like, aunt Kellie, uncle Wes, Grandma and Grandpa. Along with seeing his favorite people he gets to do a lot of fun stuff! He loves watching and riding with his dad in the wrecker at the derby, he is always quick to tell Mike witch car they should hook onto and pull out first. He usually spends all year talking about the cars at the crash derby. Last night and tonight we have been at the Little Buckaroo Rodeo last night was the timed events where the contestants ride their horses in the Barrels, Poles and the Key Hole! Tonight they did a little rodeo with sheep and Calf riding along with stick horse barrel racing and sheep and calf ribbon pulls. The top 5 kids in each age group from the barrels, poles and key hole got to come back and ride in the main show. The next few nights are the ATV rodeo and the PRCA rodeos with a whole bunch of other daytime activities! It is a crazy week for us but I know Kellie appreciates our help so we don't usually mind to much!

My dad and Justin before the rodeo setting up for the barrels and poles. Justin was my dads right hand man stick horse and all!

Mike trying to put Garrett on a Sheep! He was not wanting anything to do with it.

I told Mike he couldn't let go of him! He was happy afterwords because he got candy and a ribbon! Justin would not even get on one. A few years back he actually rode one by himself he was probably 3 it has scared him for life he still talks about how it hurt!

The kids then got to run in the stick horse barrel race both of them had a good time. It was a crazy night trying to do everything that Mike and I were doing to help and let our kids have fun at the same time but from the smiles on their faces it was worth it!

it's finished

We finally finished the driveway! What a project! We put the finishing touches on it last night when we cut the lines in it and sealed it! I thought it would never get done and it probally would not have without all the friends and family that took the time to help us. We really apprectiate it more than you know!

Fishing

We went fishing about a week ago (I am a little behind) with the Dagley's at the Wasatch Mountain State Park. The Dagely's kids have never been fishing before. They had just gotten Skyler a new Rocket Launcher Fishing Pole and borrowed poles for the other kids. Mike Dagely was sure that no fish would ever be caught on the Rocket Launcher his exact words were "It is impossible". Justin is such a persistent fisher while the other kids were off playing and just casting and reeling there poles in, he had both his and Garrett's pole in the water just waiting. (Garrett does not have a long enough attention span for fishing) Pretty soon Justin's persistence paid off. He felt his line tug and he gave his pole a good yank and started to reel like mad. Fishing success on the rocket launch fishing pole.

Garrett has never seen a fish before he is amazed.

Justin is so happy! He loves to go fishing and asks when we can go about once a week!

Garrett was not the only one amazed by the fish! We had a great time and thanks to Justin we proved to Mike that the Rocket Launcher Fishing Pole can catch a fish!

ITS OFF

Justin got his cast off yesterday! Although it didn't really bother him all that much (he probally could have left it on forever) I am so happy to see it go. He can now have a normal bath without sitting on a stool and hanging his foot out the side of the bath tub. I also will not have to be on him every minute about not running or jumping. Although I don't see him doing to much for a while he is walking worse now than when the cast was still on.

This was the cast just before he got it off! He had a specific place for everyone to sign it, and before you signed he told you the exact place to put your name!

Only a small tan line where the cast was!