SWIM LESSONS

LEXIE HAS COMPLETED ANOTHER SEASON OF SWIM LESSONS TODAY! SHE HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH FROM LAST YEAR! SHE JUST COMPLETED LEVEL 4! SHE IS A LITTLE FISH. LEXIE LOVES JUMPING OFF THE DIVING BOARD...
JEFF SHOWED UP TODAY FOR THE LAST DAY SO HE COULD SEE EVERYTHING SHE HAS BEEN LEARNING THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. HERE IS A GROUP SHOT OF LEXIE, JAXON, AND RIDGE WITH THEIR PASS-OFF CARDS! GOOD JOB GUYS!

BYE BYE LONG HAIR!

ZACH FINALLY DECIDED HE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF HIS LONG SHAGGY HAIR SO THIS WEEK HE CHOPPED IT OFF!!!! HE LOOKS SO DIFFERENT! WHAT A HANDSOME MAN I HAVE! HE NOW SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAY IN THE BATHROOM CHECKING HIMSELF OUT!!!!!!! LOL....REALLY!

FATHERS DAY!

WE STARTED OFF THE MORNING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS COMING OVER FOR A YUMMY BREAKFAST....FRENCH TOAST, PANCAKES, BACON, EGGS, JUICE, AND BLOODY MARYS. THEN THE MEN AND SONS WALKED OVER TO THE GOLF COURSE FOR A ROUND OF GOLF. WHEN THEY GOT HOME WE LOADED UP OUR RHINOS AND HEADED UP TO MANTUA FOR A WHILE. WE PACKED A LUNCH AND ENJOYED THE GREAT WEATHER!

THE NEIGHBORS NO LONGER HAVE THEIR RANGER SO THEY BROUGHT UP THEIR GOLF CART. I WAS IMPRESSED ALL THE PLACES IT COULD GO! WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME BUT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END...I HAD TO GO TO WORK! BEFORE I LEFT FOR WORK THE KIDS SUPRISED JEFF WITH A CUTE CANDY POSTER FOR FATHERS DAY!
LATE ON IN THE EVENING JEFF AND KIDS CAME AND VISITED ME UP AT WORK AND THEY HAD A YUMMY DESSERT...TIMBERPIE!!! JEFF IS SUCH A GREAT DAD TO OUR KIDS AND A WONDERFUL HUBBY TO ME! I JUST LOVE HIM TO PIECES!!!!

SUMMER FUN

TRYING TO KEEP KIDS ENTERTAINED DURING THE SUMMER IS THE WORST! LAST WEEK WE MADE HOMEMADE ICECREAM SANDWICHES THAT WERE SO TASTY....YUMMY!!!!!
LEXIE HAS ALSO MADE THIS CUTE LITTLE FLOWER POT THAT SHE PAINTED AND DECORATED WITH BUTTONS, FILLED WITH COLORED ROCKS, AND DECORATED PENS UP WITH CUTE FLOWERS AND RIBBONS! I THINK IT TURNED OUT DARLING!
LAST WEEK OVER AT KYLEES WE HAD A MUSICAL THEMED DAY AND ALL THE KIDS MADE TAMBORINES OUT OF PAPERPLATES AND BEANS AND SHAKERS OUT OF TOILETPAPER ROLLS. THE KIDS HAD FUN PLAYING THEIR NOISE MAKERS AS THEY MARCHED DOWN THE SIDEWALKS! NEXT ON MY AGENDA IS TO SET UP SOME TIMES TO GO TO SOME CANDY STORES IN SLC AND DO SOME FREE TOURS AND GET SOME YUMMY SAMPLES! SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A FUN SUMMER!

TEA PARTY

TODAY LEXIE INVITED BROOKE AND ALEX OVER TO OUR HOUSE FOR AN AFTERNOON WITH HER GIRLIE FRIENDS! ALEX BROUGHT OVER HER TEA SET AND SHE MADE SOME FABULOUS TEA WITH HONEY, SUGAR, MILK, AND CINNAMON IN IT. THE GIRLS WERE FULL OF GIGGLES AS I WORE AN APRON AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE LUNCH MENU IN AN ENGLISH ACCENT.I MADE THEM A DELICIOUS LUNCH.... STRING CHEESE, STRAWBERRIES, CHIPS, AND MINI GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES! OF COURSE EVERYTHING WAS SERVED IN BITE SIZE PIECES. THE GIRLS WERE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR USING THEIR MANNER AT ALL TIMES. LEXIE CAME IN SEVERAL TIMES TO TELL ME HOW MUCH FUN SHE WAS HAVING!
AFTER LUNCH WAS SERVED THEY PLAYED WITH THEIR BUILD-A-BEARS FOR A WHILE AND THEN LATER BROOKE BROUGHT OVER LINDA ( HER GUINEA-PIG ).
THEY CHANGED INTO THEIR SWIMSUITS AND HEADED OVER TO BROOKES TO JUMP ON THE TRAMP WITH THE SPRINKLERS GOING!
I ENDED THEIR PLAYDATE WITH ROOTBEER FLOATS AND STARBURSTS! IT WAS SUCH A FUN AFTERNOON WATCHING THE GIRLS GIGGLING AND BEING SO GROWN UP! THE BEST FOR ME WAS LEXIE TELLING ME HOW FUNNY I WAS DURING LUNCH AND THAT SHE HAD A GREAT MOM!!!!!

BRAGGING MOMENT

LEXIE HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH SCHOOL, AT LEAST UP TILL 3 GRADE. SHE HAS ANXIETY ABOUT BEING IN FRONT OF OTHERS AND OTHERS WATCHING HER. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOOL SHE WOULD CRY EVERY MORNING CAUSE SHE DOESNT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. I HAVE HAD TO PULL HER OUT OF BED KICKING AND CRYING AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GET HER DRESSED . ( AAAUUGG ) SHE STRESSES AS SOON AS SCHOOL IS OUT CAUSE SHE IS ALREADY WORRYING ABOUT THE NEXT DAY. NEVER PARTICIPATED IN SHOW AN TELL AND SO FORTH. 3RD GRADE SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER 2 TEACHERS...MS. BOOTHE AND MS. JOHNSON! PROBABLY WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL LEXIES TEACHERS CALLED ME INTO THE SCHOOL NEEDING TO TALK WITH ME. I WAS THINKING THE WORST AS IN OTHER YEARS....NOT RAISING HER HAND, NOT COMING UP TO THE CHALKBOARD ETC. WHAT THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT JUST BLEW MY MIND. THERE IS A LITTLE GIRL IN LEXIES CLASS THAT COMES FROM A BROKEN FAMILY, SHE HAS NOT SPOKEN FOR MANY YEARS AND IS NOT UP TO GRADE LEVEL. I WAS INFORMED THAT LEXIE HAS BEEN SITTING BY HER SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND LEXIE HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD HELPER TO THIS LITTLE GIRL THAT SHE HAS STARTED WHISPERING TO LEXIE. LEXIE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO TEACH HER HOW TO READ EVERYDAY AND HAD GOTTEN HER TO SPEAK ( BUT ONLY TO LEXIE) THE TEACHERS ASKED IF LEXIE COULD BE THE GO BETWWEEN ( SORT-OF ) AND BE A TUTOR TO HER. IF LEXIES WORK SUFFERED THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. LEXIE HELPED HER ALL YEAR LONG AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE CHANGES IN THIS GIRL. SHE STILL DOESNT TALK A WHOLE LOT BUT SHE WILL NOD AND LOOK FOR LEXIE FOR HELP. HER GRADE LEVEL IMPROVED DRASTICALLY DURING 3 GRADE AND LEXIE HAD A FABULOUS YEAR! FRIDAY AT THE LAST ASSEMBLY LEXIE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER HELPFUL, FRIENDLY, CARING, ACTS AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT HER CLASSROOM WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT LEXIE! SHE WAS AWARDED THE " I LOVE SCHOOL AWARD" I WAS BAWLING AS MY LEXIE WALKED UP TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE SUCH AN AWARD! HER CLASS GAVE HER A STANDING OVATION AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS! AFTER THE ASSEMBLY I WENT TO LEXIES CLASS TO GIVE HER A HUG AND HER TEACHERS WERE TALKING TO LEXIE. THEY WERE CRYING AND WERE TELLING HER THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A STUDENT LIKE HER BEFORE AND THEY WERE TOUCHED AND BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN THEIR CLASSROOM! YOU KNOW AS A PARENT YOU WONDER ALONG THE WAY IF YOU ARE TEACHING THEM ALL THE "RIGHT" THINGS ABOUT LIFE AND TRYING TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE. I FEEL I NEED TO FOLLOW IN LEXIES FOOTSTEPS!!! I LOVE MY SWEET LEXIE AND I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE HER AS MY DAUGHTER.