Last day of School

 Last day of First Grade!!!  May 30, 2014 ~ Traverse Mountain Elementary, Mrs. Wirick

 Her little friends we do carpool with!  Brooklyn & Austin

Now that Charley is done with school, she is now a 2nd grader! And we are officially on Summer vacation at our house!

Memorial Day weekend trip to CA

For Memorial Day weekend, we decided to take a quick trip to CA to visit the Bartlett Bunch!  The girls were so excited to see their girl cousins.  We let the girls play a lot, and just have fun with each other. We took them to pick blueberries, chuck e cheese, and the beach, and the pool...but mostly just let them play.  And we also got to meet little Miss Maybelle!  What a sweetie!  It was a great weekend!

TME 5K

 Charley with her friend Summer.  

 Each grade had to wear a different color....1st grade orange.  This helped locate where to tell the kids to go once they crossed the finish line.  The race was staggered, and so all the first grade started together. 

 Her cool medal, she was so excited to get her second running medal.

And after the race a fire truck came to cool all the kids off!  

Gabby's PreSchool Graduation

 Last Day of Preschool, May 21, 2014 ~ Traverse Mountain Elementary

 Mrs. Emilee

 Mrs. Kristen

Gabby's little buddies!, Connor and Aliva

Alright people, we officially have a Kindergartener at our house!  This little spunky girls graduated from preschool with flying colors!  She is such a smarty pants!  We loved preschool this year, and she is excited to start kindergarten in the fall.  

Ogden Marathon

 Runners get SET......GO............and then 4 minutes later....we finally cross the Start line!  (seriously)

 Waiting for the race to start.

 We pulled up to the finish line around 4:30am.  We hopped on a bus that took us to the top of Ogden Canyon, and waited there until it was time to start. It was cold, and we were there for a while, but the time when by fast. 

The actual race was really pretty. We were on Canyon roads for most of the run, and when we finally did come out of the canyon, we hopped on a fairly shaded trail for the last little bit.  It wasn't until the last mile where we had to run on city streets to the City Center for the finish line. Which I was grateful for, because city streets are the worst to run on in the heat!  Ben and I stuck together the whole time pushing each other. We walked a few times, but for the most part kept a good steady pace.  We weren't sure what our time would be, but we were very excited when it was under 5 hours!  We completed the marathon in 4 hours and 50 minutes!  Ben cut almost an hour off of his time from before! Way to PR!

 Finishers!  Ben finishing his 2nd Marathon, and me 4! Go Us!

**A big Thank You to Uncle RJ & Aunt Janice for watching our girls! ....and letting us stay at their house.  The girls had a blast with them.

Plant Day

The last few weeks are filled with fun showcases and activities for the kids.  Last Friday was Plant Day, where the 1st grade got to show off what they were doing in their science class.  They learned all about plants even grew some grass.

I liked this picture because it showed off Charley's new gap in her teeth.  She lost her first top tooth the night before. 

Happy Birthday Ben!

 Friday, May 9th was Ben's 34th Birthday!  The girls and I wanted to make it a little special. So we came up with 34 reasons why we loved Dad and hung them from the ceiling with balloons.  This was the girls as they were waiting for Dad as he came home.  They ran into place as they heard the garage door opening.  (You can always find both Dani and Gabby with princess dresses on if we are at home.  Gabby comes home from school....her clothes come off, and a dress goes on!)

 It is very hard to shop for this guy.  But this year, I came up with an idea all my myself....Ben didn't give me any hints of what he wanted, so I had to do it all myself.  And I must say, I am very proud of myself!

 In side the box was a few shirts, one of which was a BYU sweater.....for him to wear while he is sitting at all of the BYU football games this fall!

 Because I got Ben season tickets!  ....actually 2 season tickets....one for me too!  Because going by yourself isn't as fun as going with me!

Happy Birthday Ben!  We love you sooo much! He really is an amazingly awesome person! Who I am lucky to call my hubby! Here's to one more year, and BYU Football!