Sunday, October 14, 2012

Yellowstone 2012

Our condo in West Yellowstone (it rained and snowed so camping was cancelled)




The boys playing around during lunch.


Waiting for Old Faithful to erupt.

Not excited to have pictures taken!
Watching the lower Falls
Upper Falls?
Wolf and Grizzly discovery center.

Gift Shop
A pretty scene:)
Heather took pictures the whole time! Sometimes she lagged 
behind and we couldn't find her--or had to wait 20 minutes
for her to catch up:)
A Bison taking his time walking by the cars.

At Mammoth Springs

Thursday, May 3, 2012

My boys are growing up! Ryan got his Star in scouts and Jacob got his Arrow of light and moved up to scouts from Cubs last night. I'm sad and wish they were 5 and playing in the mud. But I'm happy for them and love to celebrate their accomplishments. The good news is that we have 1 1/2 years before we have to start going to Pack Night again:) Woo Hoo!










Friday, December 9, 2011

Laura's History Project

Laura had a history project on the renaissance and chose to write about Filippo Brunelleschi among other things. Here is the Duomo in Florence that she made. She did everything by herself. The only advise I gave was to make the dome out of paper-mache with a balloon. I think the whole thing is paper-mached over different materials. The bumpiness made it hard to paint. She also had an oral presentation and written report. It made me homesick for Florence! The school kept it for a while and the school library wanted to keep it, but Laura wanted to take it home. She got an A.








Friday, November 4, 2011

Utah County Mom

Love this website! She has all sorts of things she posts to do in Utah County. And posts things regularly. Here is a giveaway she's doing. I hope I win!

http://www.utahcountymom.com/2011/11/illinois-nut-candy-review-and-giveaway.html

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Colorful Observations

I love the exploration going on here! Daniel and his friend Jade loved playing with these colorful sensory bags I made for the preschoolers. (I got the idea from www.teachpreschool.com)They first squished them and made hand prints and cookie cutter prints. Then they wanted their own, so I made each of them one. They started to put them up to the window and made comments like: "Awesome!" "Wow!" "Beautiful!" "Sparkly!" Daniel then asked if I could help him tape them to the window. More exploration with light and "color mixing." Now they are outside with them:)  I need to clean my windows!













Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Football







Danie's Birthday Party

Daniel's 6th birthday party (Mid September) was a fun Star Wars party. The kids LOVED it and were totally engaged the whole time. Here are some high lights!

The light Sabers! (Pipe insulation and foil duct tape-these
are much softer than pool noodles)

Relay on the Planet Mustafar (Volcanic Planet)

Claiming their light sabers. Look at them run with their eyes
fixed on the light sabers:)

Jedi Training Camp. Scott was a great Jedi Master!

Jedi Knights practicing in training camp

Part of the Jedi Training obstacle course

Beginning the obstacle course

The Droid Factory Machines
(Ryan and a friend moved the light sabers
up and down as the kids tried to cross on the
wood planks. The kids were supposed to miss them )

More planet Mustafar. They had to step on the "rocks"
to cross over"

Fighting the Sith Lord at the end!

 If you look closely, you can see an unexpected visitor.

Daniel being teased by daddy:

Sunday, August 21, 2011

New additions

The kids and I were at the scout store in a business district in Orem and we came across these tiny, fightened, and emaciated kittens. We couldn't just leave them there. After several hours, we caught two of the three we saw. They were all the same size so we're pretty sure they are from the same litter and were either dumped or were feral. But they purred as soon as we held them and were box trained from the beginning as well. With  advise of a vet tech, we've been working on socializing them and fattening them up. They have improved by leaps and bounds! They like to be petted, held, they lean into our hands for more,  they play, play, play, and are so adorable. Now if we can just get a rescue group to help us. So far we've been blown off by everyone I contacted. Maybe the salt lake humane society will take them. They aren't no kill, but they do keep them a long time and rehabilitate if necessary. They have a high adoption rate. Here are some pictures.

The untrusting evil eye. They were very frightened
and this was a typical expression.

Still scruffy and thin. Still unsure. This was a few days later. 
The kitten in the back was one we went back for so this
was his first day. They are about the size of an adult
guinea pig but weigh much less.

Today! They have improved by leaps and bounds:)
They are still thin, but so much trusting and healthier.
They pounce, wrestle, and play! 
BTW Scott hates having them here, but said I did
the right thing.