Amy and Matt and Kids

Jaren's scout pack mtg at the park

Rain Gutter Riggata

Jaren's boat won first place!

We had a dinner at this scout pack meeting. They had us all bring side dishes and they would provide the grilled hot dogs. Well, they brought charcoal, but not lighter fluid. A few of the scout leaders were trying to get the coals lit and to stay lit. They couldn't. I finally went to get Matt who was watching the races and told him the situation. As I expected he could, he stepped in, found some dead branches and got the fire lit and the hot dogs cooked. My potato salad turned out good too!

Matt's 41st birthday

Jileigh made Matt a card on the iPad. It was cute.

I had no idea what to get Matt for his birthday. He doesn't ask for much and when he needs something, he just usually gets it for himself. So went to Walmart with Jileigh and wondered around the electronic section. They've been on a "Bourne" kick lately and were having a hard time getting the movies at the library. I found the three Bourne movies there at an awesome price, so Jileigh insisted we get them for him. Twist my arm! We want to go see the fourth one in the theaters, but it has the "F" word in it so we will wait to get in on DVD so we can watch it using the ClearPlay DVD player. He was happy about getting them too. 3 date nights at home!

Jileigh YW project

For one of Jileigh's YW projects towards her medallion, she wanted to make winter hats and donate them to humanitarian aid. And so she did!

First day of school Aug. 15, 2012

Yay! The first day of school!
Jileigh is in high school, 10th grade.
Talon is in middle school, 9th grade.
Angelique is in intermediate school, 6th grade.
Jaren is in elementary school at another school an hour away in 4th grade. He is in an accelerated learning program (ALP). He rides his bike 1 mile to the library, locks his bike there, and catches a carpool to the DMV 10+ minutes away and then catches the bus and rides it to school another 45 minutes. Then the reverse to get home. I pick up the carpool after school two days a week. It's been really good for him.
Safia is in 2 grade at the elem. schl. She rides alone, but it's also only a mile away.
Then Beauchene is in kindergarten in the afternoon at the elem. schl. I drive or ride him in the bike carriage to school along with his scooter so he rides the scooter home with Safia or I send one of the older kids to ride home with him.

One day the first week of school, it rained. That was so not cool!

My weekend get-away

My dear sweet niece decided to drive to California to my dear sweet nephews farewell. Her husband wasn't going with her and said I could if I wanted to. I totally jumped on the opportunity. We drove up Friday night and arrive at almost midnight. My sister Jeanette and her family were there too and they brought my mom and brother Nathan. Saturday morning we just all visited and in the afternoon, we went to the beach. Ahhhhh...... It has bee so many years since I've been to the beach. I went out with Millay and jumped the waves for awhile. Then I went out with the boogie board. The waves were pretty harsh so it took a few times to get the hang of it. One time the wave flipped me over and the top of my swim suit went up and the bottom went down. Oh that was so embarrassing! Then I tried one more time and it was a success. It was so much fun. Then I helped the kids there make a sand castle. I guess I'm still a kid at heart. That evening we grilled doggos (hot dogs wrapped in bacon) at Aaron's house and visited. At church the next day, was Clave's farewell talk. He gave a beautiful, clever, even entertaining talk. Then we had lunch and traveled home. My family was happy to see me! Before we left, Becky, Aaron's wife, gave me a couple of bags of hand-me-down clothes. These two dresses my girls are wearing were in those bags. The are beautiful in them!

Day 5 traveling home from our trip up North

This was our traveling home day. We left mid morning and returned home mid afternoon. We managed to get the car unpacked and laundry going. We grilled hot dogs for dinner and had cucumbers out of the garden. Recovery day. Not much to say.

Day 4 of our trip up North

Elody at the Planitarium

Beau at the Mars Display

Elody at the Mars display

Matt, Beau, Talon, Jileigh, Angelique and Safia at the Rocket display

Tessa, Daniel, Jared, Talon, and Beau

Elody looking at the moon rock

Elody and Beau at the lunch area.

The family at Salt Lake City Temple Square

The kids in front of the Christus in the Visitor Center.

Sister Missionary Kyli with her sister Miki

The kids got the biggest kick out of riding the escalator up and down.

YW quilt we saw at the art museum. Incredible!

Angelique and Millay learning to dance!

Several of the families got together and went to the Planitarium, had lunch, then to Salt Lake City Temple Square, and then to the Art Museum. It was a really long exhausting day, but worth it. We got to see my niece Kyli serving a mission at SLC Temple square. Later that evening we went to Jen's for a potato bar dinner and more visiting.