Monday, August 17, 2009

Baby to Kindergarten

My Baby boy has sure grown up!



Dexton's first day of Kindergarten












It sure is crazy how time rushes by. Sometimes I can't believe I am a mom and have been married for almost ten years now. It seems like yesterday when I started Kindergarten. As a mother you have mixed feelings about your children growing up. It is wonderful to watch them grow and change over the years, but it is sooo hard to let go. Let go of what some of you wonder, he's only in Kindergarten. I know I still have many wonderful years that await me with Dexton, but I guess that is what makes Kindergarten a little hard. It is the first step that makes you realize as a parent that your child really is gowning up! I must admit, I didn't shed a tear when I dropped him off at school his first day. It wasn't until I got home and read the sweet poem his teacher was handing out, to the parents as they dropped off their children, that I began to ball like a baby and wish I hadn't bothered to read it! Needless to say, Dexton hasn't seemed to miss me at all! Which, is wonderful! I am glad he loves school! Every time he see's his picture of his first day, he asks me, "Mom, am I scared or sad?" My response is, "I don't know, why don't you tell me!"

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Burk Family Vacation

Well, as I stated below, we started our two week vacation with the Neilson family. The Burk family vacation just happened to be planned the very next week. The kids and I didn't even come back home to take a break. Kevin drove home from Scipio on Sunday night with Darren to work for a few day's before meeting up with us in California. Lacey drove from Scipio with me to California to help me with the kids. We dropped Lacey off in LA on Monday and took a break for a few hours. Then the kids and I drove the rest of the way down to San Clemente to meet up with my family. We spent the next three day's at the beach trying to recoup from being away from home for sooooo long. Kevin flew in on Thursday night and Lacey picked him up from the airport and they met up with us at the beach house. On Friday we went to Sea World and had a blast! Saturday was our last day at the beach with my family. We loved hanging out at the beach! We spent hours there! We met up with Darren and Lacey that night in LA and went down to the pier at Santa Monica on rode a few rides. On Monday night we went to a Dodger game and had a blast! We headed home that night. All together we drove over 2,500 miles with the kids. Amazingly, they were great! Needless to say, we had a wonderful summer and lots of fun! Now we are all trying to get back to real life!

The Beach in San Clemente CA

Dexton, his cousin Riley, and Oci


My cute nephew Jack!



Dex wanted to snorkel in the ocean, but he soon realized that wasn't possible on the beach with the big waves coming in!


Wipe Out!


All Ocianne did the entire time at the beach was play in the sand, she didn't care much for the water.


The last day at the beach, Dex found this strange "thing" floating in the water. It didn't seem to be alive, it smelled fishy, and Dex wanted to keep it! NO WAY!

Sea World



From Left to Right: Dexton, Jessilyn, Grandma, Ocianne, and Justin


Faris Wheel at the Pier in Santa Monica CA

The Dodger Game

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Neilson Family Vacation

We began our two week summer vacation with the Neilson family. We started our vacation by driving to Panguitch Lake. On the way we stopped at Big Rock Candy Mountain. We stayed in Panguitch for two nights in a cabin. Dexton and Kevin had a blast fishing! We then headed off to Bryce canyon and spent the first day driving though the canyon visiting all the look out points! The next day we went for a 3 mile hike. Kevin carried Ocianne the entire way on his back! Dexton walked the entire way without any complaints! That evening we drove through Zion's on our way to St. George. We spent three day's in St. George relaxing and swimming! And of course we had some In N Out. We finished the vacation off in Scipio. There the kids played with their cousins and rode horses with Dad. Dexton rode a sheep in the rodeo and had some battle wounds to prove it! We had a great time!


The battle wounds from the sheep ride!



Fishing at the Grove in Scipio



Ocianne fell asleep on our way to the Grove. She looked like a little angel!

Horseback Riding in Scipio


Zion's

The Hike in Bryce




Bryce Canyon





Panguitch Lake




Big Rock Candy Mountain