Crazy Hair!

It's been Red Ribbon Week at school (Say "No" to Drugs).

This is how the boys looked on Crazy Hair Day....

They're pretty crazy! Hopefully they didn't like the hair too much...

One of them will be a teenager in a couple years!

Belagio Hotel Fountains- Las Vegas

Loved it! We stood there for an hour.

Vegas, Canyons and a Temple

We went to Las Vegas last week for UEA (school) fall break. Chris had a convention so we tagged along for fun. We stayed at the New York, New York Hotel. Kaitlyn and Cameron rode the scary rollercoaster that loops up and down and all around the hotel.

They loved the M-n-M's store the best. It was fun to see an actual NASCAR race car.

They were creeped out by this talking tree in the Belagio Hotel.

We went to Egypt...

And Paris...

Check out the first blog if you'd like to see a clip of the fountains at the Belagio at night.

Amazing!

On the way home we stopped at the Kolob Canyons in Zion's National Park. The red cliff walls don't show up as bright on camera. It was a beautiful place.

After spending time in "Sin-City" it felt so nice to visit the St. George Temple on our way home. It was the best scenery of the trip. And for all you Utahns...Mark Ubank (weather guy) was our

tour guide in the visitors center. As you can imagine, he tells the story of the temple and it's history really well!


Good times!

Hike

We went on a great hike last weekend up at Causey Dam near Eden. We were on a mission to see the Kokanee salmon run. We hiked for 1 and 1/2 hours until we found them.

When they spawn, they are bright red,

and easy to see, so Jack went after one...

Grabbed it.....

And pulled it out!

His bravery was impressive and fun to watch. What a funny guy!

He's off to the races!

Jack started Kindergarten yesterday!

Here he is with his good friend Stevie.

They've been in preschool together for the last 2 years.

He even gets to sit by Stevie.

He was so excited. He knew half the class already.

He did come home a little worried though because his class lost a gingerbread man that they had put into the oven to cook. Hopefully they'll find him today!

It's going to be a great year!

It's back to school time....Already???

Summer went by way too fast!

Kaitlyn and Cameron headed back to school today.

Kaitlyn is now in the 8th grade- yes, I said 8TH! Time flies.

She was excited to get back to the fun social scene at the junior high.

She spent some of her babysitting money on this cute backpack...

Cameron is now in the 5th grade- yes, I said 5TH!

It seems like he just finished preschool on the "COW" bus.

Again...TIME FLIES!

Before we know it, he'll want one of these!

I really missed them today and couldn't wait for them to get home and tell me about their day. Final report--they both had a great day and can't wait for tomorrow!

Next Tuesday I send my baby to kindergarten.

What will I do with all my time?