First Day of School

First day of school! P1 started 1st grade and P2 started Kindergarten. It will be strange to have P1 gone for most of the day. They were both excited, and P2 was happy to have the same kindergarten teacher that P2 had. P1 is in the same class as his best friend, and he has 2 teachers. The morning teacher does reading and writing, while the afternoon teacher does math and science.

 

 P2's first day of kindergarten was very short, and parents stayed the whole time. She knows 2 kids in her class. She was a little overwhelmed with the newness of everything, but I'm sure that she will love kindergarten!

I really lucked out with carpool this year. I set up a carpool with the same family as last year. Since P2 had morning kindergarten, I wanted to drive in the mornings. So I would do morning drop offs, and the other mom would pick up the first graders. I was planning on just picking up P2 from kindergarten every day. Well, a few days before school started, another mom asked if I wanted to do carpool with our kindergartners. I said I was already committed to driving in the morning, but that I had an extra seat. She said that would be great if I could take them in the morning, and she would pick up the kindergartners every day. So, all I have to do is drop kids off in the morning!

August

My brother and his fiancee invited us to Top Golf one day. The kids loved it! They loved making the ball come out and they got pretty decent at hitting it. P3 always wanted it to be his turn! It was a very fun outing!

We had friends over for a dutch oven night. These two kiddos are so adorable together:

Helping Dad play a video game:

I found a lion in his natural habitat:

Stopping at Les Scwab to fix a flat tire. We learned that our van does not come with a spare tire, because it is an AWD model. There isn't space for the tire anywhere!

 Practicing blowing up air mattresses: 

Fun at Grandma's house! Although I don't have pictures, we have done a lot of swimming in Grandpa's pool. P1 has become a really good swimmer and doesn't need floaties.

P1 and P2 started soccer. Their games are at the same time, so PE and I have to take turns at each field. P2 struggled with her first game. I think she was just feeling anxious. She was in tears a few times, but was able to end on a good note! When I went to watch P1, a mom commented to me that she loved how happy P1 was while playing. He just smiles and laughs as he runs up and down the field. I laughed and told the mom that my daughter was on the other field in tears. Go figure!

Back-to-school night was at the same time as their first soccer game. So, as soon as their game was done we rushed over to the school and were able to meet their teachers for the new school year.

We went to a Bee's game for Dad's work. The kids had fun. P1 won a bucket, and I won a light-up football.

Camping

We practiced camping in our backyard before our trip. Dad had a cold and so he slept inside. The original plan was for P3 to share a sleeping bag with me, and that did not pan out. He would just scream if I tried to keep him in the sleeping bag. He ended up bouncing all around the tent until 11 pm. And then every time I woke up in the night, he was sleeping in a new place.

 

After our "practice", we decided to take a pack and play for P3 to contain him. But we were also really worried about keeping him warm at night. So the morning of our camping trip, we went out and bought a tent heater. I also ended up having a colitis flare that morning. So we almost didn't even make it camping. But I was able to get a prescription quickly, and we still made it up.

We camped at Trial Lake up in the Uintahs. We had campsite #15 and #16. Site #16 was a good site, and we ended up setting our tent over there too. The kids enjoyed being in the mountains, and exploring. P3 especially loved to go on walks.

 

Enjoying s'mores:

 

It got cold at night (40-50 degrees F), and we were so glad to have our tent heater. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have lasted the night without it. We kept it on low, and then ended up turning it on high in the early morning. We went through 3 camping propane canisters for the night. The kids slept really well. Mom and Dad kept walking up to check on kids and the heater. So we didn't get as much sleep.

 

The next day we spent a lot of time at the lake. We tried fishing, but didn't have any success. We went out in the canoe. It was the first time the kids have been in a canoe. At one point, P1's fishing pole slipped out of his fingers and sunk to the bottom of the lake. He was so sad! I watched helplessly as it slipped out of view. Then we saw his bubble floating, so we paddled over to it in hopes of rescuing his pole. I almost got it, but then the kids leaned over to look and we almost tipped! I jerked back, and in doing so we lost the bubble!

 

 

 

The plan was to leave Wednesday morning after breakfast. We decided to just go home after dinner instead of sleeping another night in a tent. We had a good time, but we were also ready to go home. We stopped in Kamas on the way home and got ice cream at the Summit Inn Pizza and Ice Cream. The ice cream was good, but when we saw another family get their pizza, it looked amazing! Definitely need to come back for that pizza!

We got home around 10 pm, gave the kids quick baths, and then crashed in our nice warm, soft beds!