Monkey's first day of school

The first day of school was so fun for Monkey. He started school at Jefferson Elementary in Richland Washington.
He was so excited to go to school!

grandma Julie was there to and loved sharing this awesome day with Monkey!

The boys were just like this as we were waiting for Monkey's teacher to open the door and let the kids into class. Monkey was so excited and just couldn't wait and Bob-a-loo was sad that he didn't get to go to school too.

Outings

We went to the Jensen Nature Park in Syracuse the other day to walk and be out in nature. It was a cool day, but so beautiful. Bob-a-loo kept throwing the duck rocks, we forgot to bring bread crumbs. And the poor ducks kept going after what he was tossing. I think he even knocked one in the head... nice!

Monkey brought his bike (not in the picture) and was all over the place. He loves being the fastest.

Aren't they so sweet! They can be the best of friends, and then turn on eachother and be enemies. But mostly they're best friends!

We brought along Grandma and Luna ( Bob-a-loo makes me call my mom grandma, if I don't he yells "NO, you're mom and she's grandma!" It's quite funny!

back home

Well, we have made it back to utah, and more specifically, back to our home in Clearfield. It was a stressful, crazy move, all by myself I packed and loaded the house in Washington in 1 week. I have to say it wasn't all by myself, I had some amazing support from my mom and our ward, the Shoreline Ward. I am so humbled by the support and help I received. And not to be shown up, my ward in Clearfield came out in droves to help unload our very full, very tightly packed moving van. The out pouring of support has been amazing, I am so greatful for these 2 wards and my loving family.
I am currently looking for a job as well as really working my Usborne business. A little plug, if you want to buy some books or have a homeshow PLEASE call, I'll hook you up!!!!! And if you know of a GOOD job, I'm looking for anything; but really I want a geology job if I can actually have what I want. Please keep your eyes and ears open for anything, I need all the help I can get.
This is totally a bummer of a post, sorry. Hopefully I can get some pics of the boys and the fun they're having and all that.

Multnomah Falls, Oregon

We had an amazing trip to the Gorge to hike to the top of Multnomah Falls. Here's looking up at the falls, we're going to the top! The boys had a lot of fun hiking and playing! It took us A LONG TIME to get up there. Jesse was resting every couple steps. Which worked well because Torrey's Friend from College joined us and she's 7 months pregnant. It was fun hiking with Marie!

Here we are at the top. The falls is just in front of us. It was beautiful!

Bob-a-loo was carried most of the way. That worked well for him, except when he wanted to hike. He sure let us know either way he wanted it!

Here he is hiking! They boys sure love our hiking poles. Too bad the hiking poles became piercing agents for those passing us. It was a great time for all!

Here's Monkey looking over the falls. It was A LONG way down! Monkey was definitely proud of himself for hiking the whole way (just over 1 mile up)!

Check it out! Looking down the falls. Amazing!!!

We've had a great time traveling around Washington and Oregon. This is a fabulous area and we love it!

weekend in utah

Alpine Days Parade. We set up our chairs Thursday afternoon, the parade wasn't untill Saturday, but it was all filled up by Friday morning, so we were right on time I guess. Funny how many people want "good spots".

The beginning of the parade the boys kept their ears covered, it was LOUD!!!!

They had fun watching the floats and grabbing the candy!

We also went to the Hill Air Force Base museum and saw some awesome air planes. Here we are outside under the wing of a plane, great place for a picnic.

My brothers Alex (above) and Mitch and his fiance Shalecia (below) joined us on our field trip. It was fun to hang out with them too!

Bob-a-loo was a little ornery (that's pretty normal) and wouldn't look while I was taking pictures. I really like the old time planes. They were really neat.

The boys liked the fighter planes.

Monkey got to sit in an exection seat. He barley could fit in, but I wish I had the picture of Alex, he was almost to tall for it!

This museum is only a few miles from our house in Clearfield, we lived there for 3 years and never went. Doesn't it seem to take leaving to find the neat things around. Atleast Mitch and Shalecia are living at the house and we can do all the fun things with them.

Oregon Coast weekend

We had a great time on the Oregon coast last weekend. The boys loved playing in the sand at Agate Beach. There were awesome dunes and the boys were up and down them thousands of times. They sure did have have fun!

We even found a fun place to play while the marine layer burned off in the morning. The boys pretended to be pirates and loved calling eachother "matee!"

Sunday we went to another beach and played most of the day. We had fun playing in the sand, playing in the surf, and picking up rocks and shells.

Even Luna had a great time at the beach. She didn't like the salt water, but luckily there was a fresh water stream cutting the beach and perfect to play in, plus it was a little warmer then the ocean water.

Pictures from the summer events

We found ourselves at Mt. Rainer the end of July. What a beautiful place! The boys really loved the waterfalls and seeing the big mountain. We only went for the day, but I definitely want to go back and spend more time.

I finally have the photos from the combine deomlution derby. What a fun day! IF you find yourself in central Washington while this is going on, it is worth the drive to Lind Washington. Way FUN!!!!