She's 5

So my little girls turned 5 today. I look at her and wounder were the time has gone. She is growing up so fast and yet I can still see a little bit of my baby girl in her.

Family Trip to Idaho

So we went to visit Dave,Bev and the girls over conference weekend, it was so nice to get way. I found that even though I am not a fan of dirt I could live in Rupert. In between sessions on Saturday we went 4 wheeling a first for the girls, they had so much fun.

3 little girls in school

As of this morning all 3 girls are now in school. Cory and I are not sure what to do with ourselves for 2 hours and 15 minutes while Brinley is in Pre-school. Tasha is in 2nd grade and loving it and Haley is in 1st grade and loves it. She also got the teacher that she was hopeing for. Tasha has a great teacher that is new to our school, but has great ideas for learning. Tasha's favorite is with her spelling words. She gets points for different ways she practices them and one of them is to give mom and dad a spelling test. First thing this morning she asked if we were ready for our test. I can see I will also have a lot of homework this year. This is Brinely's second year of Pre-school with Teacher Nisha and she loves it. She carpools to school with 3 of her friends and that is just the coolest thing ever for her. We like it because we only have to drive one day a week.

Surprise Pumpkin

Last year as the summer was coming to an end and we were starting to clean out the garden, we asked the girls what they would like to plant next year. Tasha asked if we could plant pumpkins and Cory said no they will take up to much space in the garden. I would say sometime in November I saw Tasha out digging in the garden dirt, I asked her what she was doing. She came in and said I planted 12 pumpkin seeds in the garden, I told her that they wouldn't grow because they would not be able to make it through the winter and dad would be turning the dirt in the spring. Well we turned the dirt in the spring and planted out garden. Nothing was growing for a while then I looked out and we had this plant growing right next to the tomatoes. Of course I thought it was a zucchini plant. About 3 weeks ago I went out to pick zucchini and found a very large pumpkin in the garden. Natasha was so proud of her self, she has been keeping an eye on it for picking. So today we told her to go and pick her pumpkin, she has one more still growing but the one she picked is a nice 12lb. pumpkin.

Juab Fair

So about a weeks ago we took the girls down to see cousin Lyndsey and her pigs in the Juab county fair. This is the first time that any of us had been to the pig show of a fair. The girls loved it and of course seeing Lyndsey made their day. Here are a few pictures that Cory got of the girls with the Cows and Lyndseys pig. We did learn that pigs can be very mean, but very cute also.

Riding Socks

So this summer we told the girls that we would give them horse riding lessons. Thanks to my cousin Lyndsey and her family we have been able to do this. We try and go down to Nephi twice a month so far we have been down I think 4 times. Brinley has it, Tasha didn't do to bad today for her first time, and Haley who is really good on Ruby wouldn't get on today to ride. I was sad when my cousin Marty told me that he was going to sell her. Socks is 22 and in great shape for her age, she has a bad leg so she can't really run any more but is so great with kids. And you know that is true if she can handle having my kids ride her.

Haley Riding Socks home

Tasha on Socks at the arena

Brinley on Socks taking her over to the arena

Summer Time

So summer is half way over and I don't know were the time has gone. We have tried to keep the kids busy, Tasha took Ballroom dance class and loved it,all 3 are taking horse back riding lessons that are going really well, and reading time at the city library. Tasha went and spent 12 days in St. George with my parents and Cory and I tried to keep the other 2 busy with swimming, baseball games and movies. Haley and Brinely both still have dates with Nana and Papa coming up. Hope the rest of the summer can go as smoothly as the 1st half.

Schools Out

The school year has come to an end, I am not ready for it but it has happened any way. Tasha finished the 1st grade with flying colors, and Haley also finished Kindergarten with flying colors. I am so proud of my girls and for all the hard work they put in to the school year. Brinley did half a year of Pre-School and did really well, she will do another year of Pre-School next year while Tasha and Haley will be in 2nd and 1st grade. I would love to know were all the time has gone.
Tasha and Mrs. Curtis

Haley and Miss Lindburg

I don't have a picture of Brinley with Teacher Nisha because I forgot to take one. But she does love Teacher Nisha.

Picture Update

Here are some Pictures taken over the last 4 months.

Haleys B-day group

Brinley right before her tonsills were removed.

St. Patty's Day

We are still here.

Well lets see. I don't have any pictures uploaded on the new computer yet, but I hope to soon. We have had alot going one so far this year. Natasha and I went to St. George in January for her birthday, it was nice to get away, but i could have done with out the snow packed roads half the drive home.

In February Brinley had her tonsills out. She was a very brave little girl. She was so sick the first 6 days. The hospital and her Dr. didn't give her the right medication, so she got sick and had an infection. 6 days in and we got all that taken care of and she was back to her self a few days later.in March Cory started a new job at IM Flash. he is working Mon-Fri and so far is not liking it. He like working the shift more then the girls and I did. We are LOVING the day job. He was also put into the E.Q. Presidency. We also had to replace the computer in March. I was able to talk Cory into a laptop this time.

Well it is April now and so far we have had Cory's birthday, Haley's birthday and her party. We were able to celebrate Easter with my family.