Splash Park

It's finally warm enough, mostly, to go to the splash park. We've been a few times and the kids LOVE it. I hate that they cut down all the trees, but glad we have a big sport umbrella for shade! Braden is a lot more hesitant this year. It might be because the first time we went Tyler took him and pushed him down the slide by himself. He's warming up again though and will finally play in the fountains. Here's a few random pictures of late.

Father's Day

Father's Day seemed to come extremely quick this year. None the less, I hope Allen enjoyed his day! He got some fun little things and of course the little people showered him with love and attention!

We also had the opportunity to swing by Rigby and tell my dad (aka Grandpa) Happy Father's Day. He too was showered with all sorts of goodies.

Braden especially wanted to share this joyous day! It was hard for him to give up those candy bars!

Allen's 10 + 1 Reunion

June 18th was Allen's 10+1 year reunion of all past student directors. It was pretty fun, although I know it was so much work for those who helped to put everything together! Here is some of the pictures!



The gift bag table



The dinner tables

The leftover table - full of sweatshirts and shirts that they could take



and lots of leftover hats

 

the room in which we had the classic NSO foods.

 

such as eclairs, cheese and crackers, veggie trays

 

the classic cow theme with past team pictures

 

many many shirts over the years

 

We let Tyler come. Obviously he was loving it.



The dinner program had the usual food eating contests.  This one was who could eat the most eclairs in a minute.



Traditional BBQ games, such as the frozen shirt contest.



Some of the past students who were able to come

This team had 4 people who were able to come out of six. One from Oregon, and two from Salt Lake.

Another team, this one with 5!

This is my cute friend Elaine. Not only was she a director for NSO, but before that, she was one of my first ever R.A.'s in the dorm. LOVE THIS GIRL!

This year of team people, like 10 years ago, were all mainly ute fans. They gave him the clock and were very surprised that it still existed and hangs in Allen's office. Classic!

The gift that the students gave to Allen and I.

We had such a great time catching up with so many past students. It is fun to see how much has changed and evolved since Allen started working at the University. Even more fun was to catch up and see a lot of these people married and with their own little people. Words cannot express how loved we feel. This painting is amazing and truly, we feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work and get to know so many wonderful people!

26.2 Miles

At the elementary this year, they had a pacers program. Basically, during each recess the kids had an opportunity to run laps.  The end goal was to eventually have all of them run 26.2 miles, a marathon distance. Kylie and McKenna did it and they got a fun t-shirt for completing it. Kylie really liked running and actually ran about 32 miles total, while McKenna liked it, but she was mainly just doing it for the t-shirt. However, her total miles was 28. They did awesome and they LOVE their shirts!

Tyler's Project

For school this year, Tyler has been studying Idaho history. Of course he was in the Lewis & Clark play. This is something else that they made that he was really really proud of. I thought it turned out great!

They also got to make a dream catcher and I got to go "help". Sadly, I wasn't really that much help, but Tyler said thanks anyway. It's crazy to think that he'll be in middle school next year. What a fun finish to elementary.

McKenna Earns 2 Awards!

This post is a very long time coming! At the end of February, McKenna was chosen as student of the week and also as student of the month. Student of the week was for her class and we did a poster all about her. Student of the month she got to have lunch with the principal and they give her a certificate with a jamba juice certificate. The problem was that she didn't get the certificate with the jamba until the beginning of May. They had some problems, so it was promised forever ago. That's hard to do to someone still in Elementary! Either way, it was a great thing for McKenna.

Mother's Day

What a great Mother's Day this year! Allen made me breakfast. The little people made all sorts of cards! Church was ok even though I had to teach. We had hawaiin haystacks for dinner, which I really wanted and I was showered with all sorts of gifts. This one was funny. I wanted a little strainer, so Braden got that for me. As soon as I opened it he was pretty sure it was a hat. He kept saying "my hat". It took awhile to get it away from him.



We set up the projector and watched a movie too. It was a great day. I sure love being a mom - even the complete chaos that my life sometimes is. And I sure do love these little people. Everyday they make me smile at least once!

Mother's day was even extended one day when they all decided to build together and get along really well! Even they recognized the signficance of this and insisted on a picture!