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Note to Me!

This is just one of those journal post so that I remember what my kids are like when they were little. Ella does not make the hard C sound. Everything comes out as a T, so around our house lately we are hearing a whole bunch of , "Go Tougars!". And also, "Can I have a Tookie?" This is very cute and doesn't bother me at all. She laughs when I try to correct her. She repeats after me and it always comes back sounding like a T. She tells me, "Your so silly!"

The Space Needle!

Jaden's space hat. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of Jeremy laying on his back on the pavement trying to get this picture.
Jaden waiting for our reservations. He decided that it was a good time to learn how to do a handstand. It's a work in progress.


Does that look familiar mom? I think we had that same look on our faces when we ate it!

We had a great vacation. I want to add a special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa King who stayed with the girls. They had a great time. Thank you so much.

Jaden's Weekend Out!

We drove to Seattle this weekend, for our annual Mom and Dad and Jaden trip. Why Seattle you ask? Well BYU was playing the Huskies and it is closer then driving to Provo. We had a great time and the game was amazing, well at least the end was. After getting up to Seattle on Fri night at about 9:30 we went straight to bed. We had a great night sleep, woke up a 7 on the dot without an alarm clock. We decided to spend the morning at Pike's Market. We got to watch them throw fish and Jaden got some monster dark green pudding chocolate thingy (It was only 9 am, but we were on vacation!) After shopping and walking around for awhile we decided to head on over to the stadium. After our false start, Jeremy put our BYU car flag up in the back window then started the car. He promptly felt hot so he rolled down the window, needless to say I was the one dodging traffic in downtown Seattle trying to retrieve our flag from the middle of the road. But don't worry, mission accomplished and nothing and no one got injured in the rescue attempt. After driving to the stadium and then driving for another hour trying to find some place miles from the stadium to park we were ready to get down to business. I have to admit I wasn't so excited about being the visiting team, we had a long way to walk back to our car if we lost. I was very impressed with the BYU turnout. The game was very exciting for those of you who missed it. Washington made a touchdown with 2 seconds remaining on the clock. All they had to do was make the extra point and the game would go into overtime. Well after the touchdown they got a penalty for excessive celebration which moved them back 15 yards. We were able to block the kick and won the game. It was amazing to be there. The BYU fans went wild. You can tell by the look on Jaden's face. It was fun going to an away game. I think we decided to do every other year at an away game so the we can visit some new places. After the game we went to dinner at the...

The First Day of School!

Wow! I can't believe that another school year has started. I can't believe my baby is starting third grade. I can't believe he is going to be nine next month. It seems like just yesterday I was changing diapers and pushing him in a stroller, now he's in charge of walking his little sister home from school. I can't believe how time flies. Today it's making me a little sad how fast it's gone. Jaden started school last week. He had a really hard first day. He came home miserable and it broke my heart. He has this problem every year and I don't know how to fix it. I like being able to fix things and this problem is too hard for me, but after a lot of prayers alone and with him he had a great (or at least better) rest of the week. I think he will have a great school year. He seems to have a great teacher and he has great friends. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have that Heavenly Father loves my child and is with him or I could never send him away from me.
Miss Kyla started her first day of Kindergarten today even though she's been acting likes she's been in school for the last year. She was so excited. I had to slow her down because she was going to sprint the whole mile to school and Ella and I couldn't keep up. I know that she is going to have a great year. She loves to learn and meet new people and try new things. She is ready for this. Sitting here writing this is making me sad. I was also so excited for her to go to school. I needed a little down time from the constant energy, but the house is really quite without her here. Something is missing. I prayed the whole time we were walking to school that nothing would happen to dampen her enthusiasm or lessen her self confidence. I know she is strong and resilient and smart, but people can still be cruel. Then I have to remind myself she's in Kindergarten not college, how mean can kindergartners really be. It looks like she has a really nice class and great teachers. She will love it. I know I will eventually love the sound of silence.



I love you kiddo's. Have a great year!

Triathalon Weekend!

Well, the big weekend has come and gone and we survived it! Amber and I had a great time at the Umpqua Ultimate triathlon in Sutherlin Oregon. It was my first experience so we kept it safe with a sprint distance: a half mile swim, 13 mile bike ride and 3.2 mile run. But next year we are definitely going to do the Olympic distance event. It was so fun to have someone to train with, the invite is out there for anyone who wants to join us next year. These are pictures of us in the local park practicing our transitions. I am sure everyone there thought we were crazy running and jumping on bikes just to get off and do it all over again.

We went up the night before so we could partake of the pasta feed. It was delicious and a lot of fun.
Afterwards we took the kids for ice cream in Rice Hill. Now I know what everyone is talking about when they say they have the best ice cream. I don't know if it was good race food, but it was sure yummy. Within 2 min of getting her cone Kyla dropped it on the ground. Luckily my two scoops were so big I had enough to share.
The kids take a late night swim to get all of there energy out after sitting in the car for half the day. Ella almost drown when she ran right to the deep end and jumped in when nobody was there. She did good in swim lessons, but not that good.

Good Morning sleepy heads! Race day wake up call at 5:15. It was nice a rainy outside. What a confidence booster.

Laying out all our transition areas so we had every thing we needed for each leg of the race. We had to lay everything out in plastic bags so it didn't get wet if it started to rain again. Nothing worse then wet running shoes.
This is the start of the Olympic distance swim. Amber and I watched to see what we had coming. I ran into an old friend from high school while I was there. I was amazed that she remembered I was afraid of fish. Still true, but I am happy to report I swam the whole thing with my eyes open. Even happier to report I didn't see one fish, just the feet of the guy in front of me. The water was nice and warm compared to how blustery it was outside.

And we're off. I'd say that there were over 100 people all starting at the same time. Needless to say we definitely got a little jostled. I got out of the crowd pretty quickly, but Amber wasn't quite so lucky and got dunked a couple of times by passing swimmers. On the bike leg it was so windy I felt like I was in the wizard of Oz and my bike was going to be picked up and twirled around.Amber and I both beat our goals. And we both placed in our age groups. Yeah for us!

This is my battle wound. The band the timing chip was on cut my ankle on the run. When they cut it off at the finish line there was blood running down my ankle. Definitely want to remember to fix that before next year. I hope you will all join me next time.