Hogle Zoo...

I loved spending an afternoon with my cuties at their school field trip!  This year the weather

was beautiful as we headed up to Hogle zoo.  The animals were so active and their colors so pretty.

We usually go in the spring, so this was a nice change for us.  The Polar bear was playing 

around with the kids and doing tricks in the water etc... it was amazing!  I think  i will 

always go in the Fall now.

Talent Show...

These cute girls performed a duo at their school talent show!  They did AWESOME!

it was seriously the cutest dance, one they had learned from their dance recital.  They danced

to "one direction" song.  They said afterwards everyone came up to them and said they

were so awesome!  it was seriously that cute! 

love these little girls...

pre school graduation...

Pretty sure i witnessed the cutest pre school graduation EVER!!  Ivy graduated from 

"sweet pea's" at Kid's Village and now goes again next year to "tater tot's" 

they sang some songs that they learned all year, watched a darling slideshow 

of pictures from the year  and then got their diploma's.  

At the end they all threw their hats in the air!

 She loved showing me the different classrooms of Art work, her Kitchen recipes and the 

Science stuff.  She is so proud of all she learned this year and can't wait to go 

back next year to learn how to read.

cutest teacher, Mrs. Farrah!

Ivy with her bestie Mckelle!

spirit week...

I must document these guys during their spirit week at school.  

SO MUCH FUN!!!

'Crazy Hair Day'

tessa/hayes/olivia

 one day they were supposed to dress up as their role models/hero  so let me introduce you to 

"Witney Carson & Michael Phelps!"  {their own idea}

i die at their cuteness!!

christmas program at ivy's preschool.

Ivy has the cutest teacher and cutest pre school EVER! love this place. 

She had her cute little Christmas concert and was super shy while kids were singing 

their christmas songs.  Her teacher was dressed as Mrs. Clause and Ivy loved seeing her dressed up.

They had tons of fun crafts for the kids and Santa was there too.  It was so stinking cute.

love this time of year...

Ivy is the top right {not singing} haha!

i thought for sure she would be my little performer. 

Father & Sons

My handsome boys went on an overnight campout with the ward.  Just the boys! 

yahooo!!  

it was also our school carnival that night so i took the girls to play at the school. 

the carnival was darling but they had to move it inside because of the windy cold weather.

after the carnival we went to get pedicures and Orange leaf.  then went home to watch 

the 'good luck charlie' marathon.  

The boys went shooting guns and enjoyed freezing their butts off all night. 

good times!

Wheeler Farms...

The twins had a darling field trip to "Wheeler Farms" in Draper.  It was so cute and they spent most of the day touring the farm and learning all about the animals.  they had new little baby sheep and baby goats which was so fun for them to see.  

the highlight of the field trip was the feeding the ducks, they actually chase after you

so watch out for those babies!

School Christmas program.

We had our annual school Christmas program this last week & every class had their own song to sing.  

I loved at the end of the Program that they {my twins} sang their guts out to the 

"polar express"  it was awesome!!!  

they love their music teacher at school, and it's Boston's ultimate favorite teacher!  

she put my kids up front so i could see them! finally!!

{she's also our piano teacher too ::wink::}

olivia with her bestest friends from school.

 hayes with his favorite friend  anderson... unfortunately they were separated 

within the first 10 min. haha

5th grade luau

boston's 5th grade class had a Luau on the last day of school.  

they went all out and even made a real kahlua pig which was delicious!!

they learned 'pearly shells' from a hawaiian girl.  and all sorts of dances!

they loved it. 

they also all got "snoasis" delivered to them! {that is our all time favorite shaved ice place}

great end to a fabulous year!

now this boy and all of his friends are onto "middle school!" {6th grade,ugh}

graduates!!

these two little cuties graduated from kindergarten! woot woot!
their class had a darling presentation and the kids sang lots of songs, said the
pledge of allegiance, and showed us the alphabet in sign language.
 my favorite part was all the poems that they memorized and then they sang
"god bless america".  so so precious.

they also did sign language to 'chicka chicka boom boom" and it was so cute!

we have LOVED their kindergarten teacher and the whole fabulous kindergarten program.
yahoo for SUMMER!

field trip.

on the windiest day of the year, the twins had their first ever so exciting field trip!

{at least it didn't rain on us}  

they got to ride the bus to Thanksgiving point's farm country.   

I had a group of kids and they were so awesome, they stayed

right by me the whole time.  they were perfect!

they loved petting all the animals and seeing all the new babies 

that were born.  the little pony kept sucking on their jackets

 and they were laughing so hard.  even ivy loved all the animal attention.

super cute field trip.  

our very windy hay ride! 

 yee haw.

field day!

for my little kindergartners!

boston had his last week and they had to move it indoors. {boo}  

but regardless he still had a great time.  however he does not get along very well with the PE teacher.

 apparently she tells the kids how to play sports wrong. haha 

{gotta love those competitive boys}

at the end of their activities we had a mom bring all the kids cotton candy from her cotton candy maker!  

everyone was loving this!  especially me.

i really need to start my NO sugar diet asap!

Hope of America!

Boston's 5th grade class along with a bunch of other schools {5th graders} performed in
 "the Hope of America" at the Marriott center at BYU.  

such an awesome privilege for these kids to be able to perform
to the troops in Iraq! 

 LIVE!   

they were loving it, and we loved watching them sing all sorts of patriotic songs.
My favorite was "America Rocks"  while they wear their sunglasses.   

They all sat in sections with their class and in colored shirts to make up the American flag!  

It looked so awesome!   

They also invited some dance groups and bands to come and perform in between the kids singing.  

boston loved that they started a wave and the whole Marriott center kept it going for a while.

such a fun night and experience for my boy.  I always get teary eyed 

when i hear these patriotic songs.  their last song was so beautiful and they turned off all the lights and all you could see was the flashlights that the kids were shining...  it was awesome! 

What an honor and privilege to be living in this beautiful country.

my nieces actually were their dancing in between the songs.  It was so cool to see them perform the same night boston was there.

"the vibe"  performing 'symphony'

boston and his class are at the bottom right of the flag, all standing up screaming when
 they saw their schools name on the jumbo tron.

Boston, Massachusetts

 my boston is having a year of "Boston" and he is loving it!

i never imagined when we named him almost 12 years ago that it would become
such a popular name and that it would ultimately be his favorite sports teams of all time!!   

We have always been Boston fans so of course our boy would too.  but he is learning more 

than just the sports teams.

this year not only is he playing baseball  on the "Boston Red Sox" team,
but he also picked {out of a bowl} the state of Massachusetts to do his state report on!

  how cool is that??  

 so we've been busy researching what has been like a 6 week project.  

they had to work hard on learning famous people from their state, write a report,
bibliography, learn about tourism, draw the state flag, license plate, bird etc, etc..  There is tons
of history in Boston.  we have loved watching him learn so much about the
wonderful state of Massachusetts!

when his school had the "state fair" last week,  you could dress up, make a float, bring 

food samples and more for extra credit.

so we made "Boston's famous Clam Chowder"

i think it turned out AWESOME!!  now my Boston can't wait to go to Boston...

 {recipe below}

recipe~

{So delicious}

Boston's Famous Clam Chowder

1 cup onions, finely chopped

1 cup finely diced celery

2 cups diced potatoes ( i use quite a bit more)

2 cans minced clams and juice

3/4 cup butter

3/4 cup flour

1 quart half & half cream

1 1/2 teas. salt

Pepper

2 Table. Red Wine vinegar

Drain juice from clams and pour over vegetables in saucepan; add enough water to barely cover and simmer, covered, over med heat til barely tender.

In meantime melt butter; add flour and blend; stirring constantly (in larger pot).

Add undrained vegetables, clams and vinegar and heat through.  Season with salt and pepper to taste.

"spirit week" at school...

our school had "spirit week" this past week.  Tuesday was "sassy sock" day and i have
no idea where those pictures are.  Weird!   they had fun dressing crazy all week long.

***monday***

 'perfect pajama day'

***tuesday***

 'sassy sock day' {oops no pics}

but they looked so cute.  hayes wore his batman ski socks and olivia wore heart knee highs.  boston wore my striped christmas socks.  2 different ones! ha

***Wednesday***

'happy hair day'

this one just cracked me up... when we got to school i remembered cory wanted me to text him

  a picture.  Hayes is hilarious!

 my niece witney came over after school and had no idea about "crazy hair day" and said to us 

"wow hayes' hair is so cool like that'!  hahaha  she's a freak! 

***thursday***

'awesome accessory day'

***friday***

'friday free dress'

{we are a uniform school, so this day is actually a big deal!} haha

after school today {early out} Boston had a "dodgeball" tournament against the junior 

high kids and his 5th grade team of kids WON the championship!  They were so excited 

especially since the championship game was against the "8th" graders!

We always go to see a movie on early out and today we saw this with some friends. 

 They loved it, i had a couple of laughs too.  Boston loves the books, he's actually reading the kids one of the books right now.  so cute! 

 Then we took our reports cards and went  to "krispy kreme." 

they reward all "A's" with an original glazed donut!  

How awesome is that?  

wow, this week went by fast!