Dropping Out of Kindergarten

Josh decided that two days of kindergarten was enough for him. I had to pretty much drag him back today. Literally. It wasn't pretty. The main reason he hates it, he informs me, is that they made him play Duck, Duck, Goose yesterday. And he didn't want to. He didn't want to chase anybody. And they might make him play again if he goes back. He wouldn't get his shoes on, wouldn't get in the car, tried to climb back in the car when we got there, and wouldn't let go of my leg. His teacher came and took him from me, so he did go in, crying. We'll see how he is feeling when I pick him up, but I'm envisioning the next 13 years of fighting this kid on going to school. Heaven help me, I need a margarita.



I've been going through pictures and albums and trying to organize a giant hacking mess (as Britt would say) and came across that sweet pic. I love it. Also love this one.



Took the boat out tubing yesterday. We let Courtney's boyfriend come with us. Sean likes him OK, as much as he can like any teenage boy that wants to date his daughter. Sean got out there on the tube with him while I drove. I flipped Sean off (of the tube, not sign language) and tried to flip her boyfriend off, but he held on too tight. So Sean pushed him off. LOL Maybe that was a sign. He won't clean his shotgun when you show up to pick up his daughter, but he may shove you off a tube in the middle of Pineview.

The latest events

It's been a fun summer so far. I've got some massive projects that it's time to tackle, so I've been spending lots of time staring off into space and visualizing myself doing them. Thinking about them. Planning stages, that's what I'll call it. I've been keeping really busy the last week or so playing Coffee Buzz on the internet. It's been really time consuming, but it's really paying off. I'm getting pretty good. If I ever need a second job, I could be a slamming barista.

On a related note, I saw a book at the D.I. called something like The Joy of Laziness or The Myth of Laziness. I don't know... either way I thought it looked interesting, but I was too lazy to pick it up and see how much it was he he he. Books at the D.I. are too expensive. They should be like a quarter.

So here are the latest events.

We went down to Wendover for a quick trip to see a concert and play around. I got some pics, but they're lame, so bleep bloop. Deleted.

Third (Fourth?) Annual Chamberlain Pineview Extravaganza:


That water looks a crazy nasty color in the pic. It didn't look like that irl... did it?




Sean came back in after giving Lexi a ride, and she was fast asleep. He said she loved it and wanted to go faster, but then fell asleep before it was over. She used to fall asleep on the boat last year, and she slept through most assemblies at school, as well as through trick-or-treating, both at home and with the daycare. She's my little napper.

Pioneer Day parade in Bountiful:






Josh, Sean, and Grandpa D. fishing:





Josh's first day of kindergarten. When any of us asked him how it went, he said, "We had recess. That's all I know." Fair enough.

Need a laugh?

This is how I feel about Twinkies, nachos from a gas station, and McDonald's apple pies. Yet, every so often I just have to eat them. I stay away from Hot Pockets, though.

Sean's Theme Song

I told Sean this is his song.

Pictures

I went to pull pics off Sean's phone and there was all kinds of stuff on there.

Lexi's firt official haircut. She cried the *whole time. Her hair didn't really even hardly get cut, because she woulnd't hold still.



At the park.






I don't know what this picture is of. Maybe it's Sean's proof that I'm always yelling at him.


Lagoon





Pineview



We went camping at Perception yesterday. This is one of our favorite camping spots. We usually try to go a couple of times every summer.






Yay for summer! This has been an excellent one, so far.

Picture Day

Oh goody! Today was picture day! (If you don't want to see 600 pictures of my kids, you might want to skip this one.) It actually has become 16 times less stressful to get portraits done. I implemented these simple changes:

* No pictures of me. No exceptions.
* The outfits don't have to coordinate.
* I don't really care if they don't come out perfect, because we aren't perfect. No stressing about hair, having cutesy accessories, etc. Our pictures pretty much look the way we look every day, and I'm cool with that.

Here's what Lexi thought about picture day:


This cracked me up:


A few others:

Update

Courtney and Brittney took Josh to ride FrontRunner out to the Gateway for splashing in the fountain and dinner. Lexi is taking a nap. I'm supposed to be making a grocery list, so I'm hiding out on the computer instead. I need to do an update. I really just want to say:

We did a bunch of stuff, of varying degrees of fun-ness. The end.

But, I have such a horrible memory that I won't remember anything if I don't write it down. I look back on old blog posts and go, "Oh yeah! I forgot about that!" And then I feel sad that I don't blog more so that I would record more of the things I'm going to forget. So I'm going to try to get the basics here.

We went to Lagoon on the rainiest day of this very rainy summer. It alternated between light drizzle and raining cats and dogs all day long. We were all drenched. My mil rocks! She stayed there with us the whole time, even though I'm sure it wasn't fun. We finally gave up and went home at about 6:00 when it was just pouring and we were cold. The upside was that when it's cold like that, Sean likes to bake. So I laid on the couch and he baked me treats.


Courtney looking pretty dry in the morning

Sean's dad came over for dinner on Father's Day and we had a nice relaxing evening.

Curtis and Lauralee came for a visit. We went swimming, went to the drive-in, and had a BBQ. It was great fun seeing them and their kids!

We spent the 4th of July weekend at the cabin and watched fireworks with Sean's family.





We took the kids fishing at Echo and caught bug bites and moss. And Brittney caught a headache.

Courtney turned 17. She went to lunch with a friend, worked, opened presents and ate pie.






I'm so glad to have Courtney as my oldest child. She is easy-going. She goes with the flow. She's motivated. She knows what she wants to do and then does it. She works hard. She's helpful and loves her siblings. She makes me laugh. What a great kid.

We bought a 3 person tube and we took it up to Pineview to try it out this week. All four kids had a blast on it, so that was a good choice. I may post some pics once I pull them off Sean's phone.

We put our pool up, and that's been fun. We don't have public pools really close to our house, and it gets expensive to go there several times a week, or even once a week, with 5 people. So it's nice to just have it in the back yard. Plus I don't have to pack everything up, and we all know I'm all about the lazy.

My mom came out for lunch the other day, and it was so great to just sit and talk. We need to do that weekly. I don't see my family enough these days. I gotta work on that.

Well, I think that'll about do it.