First Day of School

August means back-to-school time.

On August 13th, Vivi started the first day of school for her 2nd grade year.

 Vivi was so lucky to get Mr. Kennedy for her teacher this year.  Trenton and Colson have both had him as a teacher in previous years, and he is one of our favorites.

 Preston started his first day of Kindergarten on August 15th.  He was so excited to finally go to the "big kid" school.  Preston's teacher this year is Mrs. Winkler, who was also Vivi's teacher when Viv was in Kindergarten.  She's another one of our favorites.

 Waiting in line to go in to school.

 The big boys started school a week later, on the 20th.  Trenton started his 8th grade year.  One more year until high school.  Yikes!

Colson is now a 6th grader.  Two in middle school this year.  Where does the time go?

Funnest Grandmas Ever

Every summer, mine and Trent's moms get together with several of their friends and plan a Cowboy Camp for all of their grandsons, and a Cowgirl/Fairy Camp for all the granddaughters. My kids look forward to it every summer.

Cowboy Camp

 All of the boys.

Trenton, leading all of the boys in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 Making boats to float in the river later.

 Lunch time!

 Brothers.

 Someone pulled some strings, and the boys all got to take a ride around town in a fire engine.

It was a small fire engine, and there were quite a few boys, so the thing was just covered in kids.  I'm glad I wasn't there to see it.  According to the grandmas, it didn't look especially safe.  But the boys sure did have fun!  And most importantly, nobody fell off or got hurt in any way.  :)

 Enjoying the ride.

The boys loved the ride on the fire engine, especially Preston.

 There was even an obstacle course set up for these boys.  They had the funnest day!

Cowgirl/Fairy Camp

 Viv and the grandmas.

 Viv, with Debbie and her granddaughter.

Zumba time!

 Having a little lunch.

 Vivi and grandma Guercio.

Vivi had so much fun hanging out with tons of girls all day.  They got to craft, dance, play in the river, and just had an all around fun day!  :)

The kids all had the best time spending these days with their grandmas!  They are so lucky to have some of the best grandparents in the world!

Provo: Day 4

On day 4, we had family pictures taken with all of Trent's family.  Trent's cousin Nate (Who is an amazing photographer) happened to be in town the same week we were, and he took the pictures.  Here are a few shots I got of everyone while we were waiting in between shots.

 Here is Tristy and Teague.  Tristy has grown up so much.  She's such a gorgeous girl.  And little Teague is such a doll.  We are so excited he is part of the family.  He has got the cutest, funnest personality.

 Sean, Taryn, Viv, and Buds.  These kids all LOVE their uncle Sean!

 Trey, being a goofball.  ;)

 The girls, making sure Jilly didn't wander off too far.

 Teague and Trent.

 Trent and Buds.  Trent's mini me!

 Trey and Teague.

After family pictures, we all headed up to Boondocks.  Buds loved the jumpy castle.  We played some miniature golf, go-carts, and bumper boats.

Tristy and Trey had some fierce competition going on on the go-cart track.  Tristy pinned Trey up against the side, and Trey wasn't too happy about that.

Trey, giving Tristy a tongue lashing.  Tristy just laughed it off though.  :)

And Tristy is off again!

Trey, telling us, "Three times!  She has done that three times!"  Those two are hilarious together!  Gotta love a little sibling rivalry.

After Boondocks we grabbed a bite to eat then headed over to Temple Square.

We got to go in and see the old Tabernacle.  Trent's mom had the opportunity when she was in high school to play the organ in the Tabernacle.

The whole fam damily.

Trenton, taking a little break in the bushes.

It was another beautiful, wonderful day.  We had such an amazing time spending all those days with Steph, Ry and their kids.  We miss them so much and wish we could see them more often.  The only thing that was missing during this trip was Trevor.  We miss him so much!

Provo: Day 3

On Day 3, Trent's family all went back up to Olympic park, and we stayed down in Provo to see my dad's side of the family.

 Before we met up with the fam, we took a jaunt up Provo Canyon.  It's so beautiful through there.

We found a stream to skip rocks in.

Love the tongue sticking out of his mouth.  He is so related to my mother.  :)

We  found a park by the stream.  I had no idea Preston could do the monkey bars all on his own until that day.  I don't think he did either. ;)  After watching his bigger siblings do it, he must have decided he could do it too, then he just went and did it!  He is like that with so many things.  He has to watch and study it first, then he just goes and does it!  Funny boy.

A rare picture of my sweetheart and I together.  I'm usually the one behind the camera.

After Provo canyon, we went to meet up with my extended family at a park in Provo.  I often wonder if Jilly will ever realize how fortunate she is to have Vivi for a big sister? 

 

 

 The boys wasted no time jumping in the stream by the park.

 After waiting around for a while, and no one else showing up, I gave my mom a call, and sure enough, we were at the wrong park!  Go figure.  Good news though; the park we were supposed to be at was only a few blocks away. ;)

 We had a great time at the park catching up with my family.  I haven't seen them all in so long!  All of my cousins have grown up so much.  

Jilly found herself a patch of dirt and was content to sit there for quite a while and get nice and dirty.  Thank heavens for wet wipes!

We played a whole bunch of games.  My aunt Carma is the game lady.  She always has tons of game ideas.

We played WAH!, Ninja, and missionary tag.  And the boys spent several hours throwing drumsticks at one another's feet to see who could go the farthest into the splits without falling over.  I opted out of that one.

 Preston had the best time having so many other kids to play with.

 Jilly enjoyed meeting everyone and getting lots of extra attention.  This was the first time my grandma Guercio has seen her in person.  My grandma has had some health complications the last few years and hasn't been able to come and see us like she used to.

 In the back is my uncle Mike and his wife Melissa, then there's Carma and Kepi in the front.  These are some of the greatest people around!

 In the front on the right is my cousins Karanda, then Brett, grandma Guercio, my cousin Kiersten and her boyfriend, then my cousin Derek.  On the left are Carma and Kepi again.  It was great to see everyone.  Loved catching up with my grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  I wish we could see them more often.

We were at the park from 4:00 in the afternoon until just past 11:00 that night, and my kids still hadn't had enough.  They all wanted to stay longer.  I guess that means they had tons of fun!  It was great to see all of the Guercio clan.