Kali's First Day of Kindergarten

I finally chose to have Kali go to Adams Elementary's afternoon kindergarten class.

It is the closer school and just seems to be the right fit for me right now.

Kali was so excited for her first day of school.

She has been waiting for this day for A LONG TIME!

She was excited to ride her bike to school.

We got there a few minutes early, so all the kids were playing on the playground.

Kali did not want to take her backpack off, and she had to show everyone that she

had mastered the monkey bars.

When we got into her classroom, everything was labeled with their names.

Where their backpacks were supposed to go...

Where they sat, and they even had name tags to put around their neck.

 Kali had no problems with me leaving, she was ready to learn;)

 She loves her teacher Mrs. Garrido.

 I was so excited for Kali to start school and get to start this new phase in her life.

Maybe I am a little weird, but I love when my kids have the opportunity to grow and learn, 

it stead of being sad, I was really excited for her.

garden is growing

We actually have some tomatoes, peppers and tomatillo's growing in our garden.

It is a miracle:)

 Look how big Kali's sunflower has grown.  

Krew just loves it, everyday he goes out and smells it and tells me to look at it 

through the window while we eat breakfast.

losing vision...in both eyes

Well the loss of vision has now spread to my right eye.  On Aug. 23rd, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. my migraines started on the right side this side.  My right eye was in pain.  I could not open it, it was swollen and red.  I took the migraine medicine, left over from the earlier episode in May on my left eye.  After taking 3 pills the migraine stopped around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.   I have been putting in drops of omnipred every couple of hours.  I got a blessing from Aaron which was amazing. The pain subsided for about a week.  Today, Monday August 29th, I woke up to another migraine, my eye would not stop watering and took another migraine pill, used the eye drops that dilate my eye and continued using omnipred every few hours and the pain and gone away.  Time to make some calls and find a doctor to help me get this figured out.  Right now life is rough,  I do not have clear vision in either eyes.  Life it just kind of hazy.

Family Reunion-Bear Lake

We had a great time at Bear Lake for our Wood Family Reunion.

Played in the pools, the lake, on the playground, on scooters and bikes and skateboards.

Lots of good family time.

 Check out Kolt.  He is pulling Krew's hair.

Kolt thinks he is funny.

 Krew is mad at Kolt for pulling his hair and Kolt thinks it is REALLY funny!

 Family pic

Aaron and I wake boarding.  

Something we have not done for a long time.

I can not remember the last time I went wake boarding.  sad.

 Wood Reunion Pic

more pics coming soon.

Kali's winnings

We went to the mall on Saturday to get some of Kali's school clothes

and they had several non-profit organization tables set up.

At each of these tables they had drawings for a $40.00 gift card

and Kali won one of the drawings.

She decided to spend her winnings on some new running shoes,

so she could be the fastest one in school.

We did not have any luck on Saturday finding these golden shoes,

but she did find a cool dolphin watch and this cute outfit.

I let her buy her clothes and her watch all by herself.

She got to slide the card and sign for it.

She loved it, she felt so grown up:)

 I did not want Krew to feel left out so we bought him a 

batman shirt and a gun, both of which he LOVES.

I hope I can get him to take the shirt off with out to much of a fight

and I hope I don't have to pry the gun from his hands

when we go to church;)

FHE

We spent FHE outside together on the skateboard.

Kali is a natural and loves cruising down our little hill.

She looks like she is surfing on her skateboard.

 Kolt enjoyed the action from the grass.

Kolt is 81/2 months and he started crawling on his knees today.

 Krew showed us his style of skateboarding

 and he always remembers safety first when riding his scooter

4th of July

Yes my blogging is WAY behind.  But I have the pictures and I must blog about them;)

Kali and I woke up early to run the 1st annual Parly P. Pratt 5K, while the men slept in.

Kali and I ran about 4 times to prepare for this race, and I had let Kali set the pace,

which had consisted of run a couple blocks walk a block.

She had told me she was concerned because she wanted to win the race,

I told her that she could possibly win in her age group but probably would not win

the entire race.  

Race day came and my little competitive athlete came to win.

She ran 3.2 miles in 30 min.

I was so proud of her, she was so determined to win, and I am pretty sure she did win

in her age group:)

Patriotic finger nails:)

Kyara and Kali after the race

Kali and Lilly

my little all star.

After the race we had a breakfast and then we met up with

the Cothran Family for some BBQ and fireworks.

the kids had some fun with glow sticks

Aaron sacrificing his body for our enjoyment

arial fireworks are now legal in Utah!!!!

glow stick ball 

sparklers

beautiful sunset, right before the party began