october 2011

 

 

 

 

Riding in the horse drawn wagon and picking pumpkins...

halloween 2011

 

 

 

 

The kids were really excited this year for halloween. Caroline loved being the pink elephant.

Emily's preschool

 

 

 

Emily is attending the College of Southern Idaho Preschool this year. She is really enjoying it, but, Caroline loves when we go on the field trips with her. Riding in the school bus is the highlight of all trips.. On the way home from the last field trip Caroline fell asleep in Emily's arms.. too adorable.

emily at thanksgiving...

 

my dad just cropped this picture.. I am often taken back how pretty she is..

December 2011

I'm just going to skip ahead six months to December... way easier than trying to catch up. December has been going well and we decided to start the kids skiing.. Sun Valley makes it easy to teach the kids how to get hooked on the snow! Dollar mountain has a kids ski hill, with a magic carpet, all for free. Of course they want you to venture up to the paid ski hill. But for now, it's been quite the entertainment. Henry and Emily seemed to pick it up pretty quickly. Caroline has just learned how to stand up on her own ski's.. much easier on my back :) Here are a few pics from our last venture up north.

emily

videos are harder than I thought

Field Trip to Cloverleaf Creamery

 

 

 

 

Our local MOMS group took a tour thru Cloverleaf Creamery and Dairy.. I find these field trips fasinating.. They showed us how they collect and bottle the milk.. We met the cows and I was happy to see what great care they take of their cows. Unlike any traditional dairy. the best part was ice cream at the end of the tour.

Backyard

 

 

We're putting in a new backyard.. They spent days playing in the dirt. As a child I can remember doing the same..

videos of the kids swimming

 

 

Swim Lessons

 

 

 

 

The kids took swim lessons this year and by the end were able to swim without lifejackets.. They loved it. I was surprised to see Henry learn how to dive... makes me think he's getting so big..

Discovery center

 

 

 

 

Although we were trying to locate something else, we ended up at the discovery center in Salt Lake. It was pretty fun. They have a helicopter the kids can get in and push buttons, they also had an interactive music area where the kids could use their feet to make music..

Salt Lake weekend

 

 

 

 

We decided to take a weekend and go to Salt Lake. Although I have driven thru it, I have never stopped to see it. One of our stops was the Aquarium.. My kids love sea animals and could have spent all day there!

Henry Graduates!

 

 

 

Henry graduated Kindergarten this year.. I really cant believe it. He is excited to go to first grade next year because he will be able to eat lunch. I am sad he wont be eating lunch with us! The school did a great job on his graduation..

Henry's field trip

 

 

 

 

I was a chaperone at Henry and James end of the year field trip to the Rock Creek Canyon, College of Southern Idaho fish farm. It was really fun. The kids saw the various stages of fish from brand new to 12 years old. All sturegon and trout. Henry was a good sport and touched the little fish!