First Week of Kindergarten!

Well we made through one week of Kindergarten! 

I can't believe Thomas is old enough to go to school, that went fast.

Last week we met Ms. H, Thomas' teacher, and I already liked her so much! When we walked into Thomas' classroom I got a lump in my throat because it all became real to me, Thomas has been with me almost everyday the last five years and ten months! So this was a big change for me. He was so excited to go to school and he insisted on riding the bus the first day, which made good byes easier for me because it was more quick and somewhat painless ha ha .

Thomas' bus comes pretty early in the morning so our "First day" pictures were a little dark and the boys were goofing off. Everyday Oliver insists on wearing his back-pack to the bus stop.

I took a picture after school, since the lighting was better. Thomas was so excited to tell me about his day, it's really the highlight of my day; I love hearing how excited he is about school. I also really like Thomas' teacher she called me on the second day to let me know how well Thomas has been doing and how she has been enjoying him in class, that was great to hear.

Also this week was Dustin's first week of school this year. He's excited for this year and he feels like it will be a great year, and he's excited to see some repeated students, well, at least most of them ;)

The Clark Family Reunion

Couple of weeks ago Dustin's family had their first reunion. We had a great time even when it was pretty hot the week we were there, let's just say we did a lot of swimming. 

The kids had fun playing with their cousins and Dustin had a great time hiking with his siblings at Zion's. The kids also had a great time doing their "talents" at the talent show.

The first reunion was a success and I'm sure we will have more soon!

Summer Vacation Part 1

We are finally back from our one month summer vacation.  It was fun but I'm glad to be home.

We started at Utah for my dad's family reunion. We were able to stay at my brother's house, the kids love playing with their cousins.

We also got to go to Thanksgiving point at the Museum of Curiosity.

After the reunion we headed to Rexburg for the fouth of the July. I was excited to go to the parade since it has been about 8 years since I've seen it. The kids had a lot of fun playing "ninja destruction" waiting for the parade, and they scored with the candy.

My making her famous home made root bear.

The kids had a blast playing in my parents' basement, and watching a movie before bed with their cousins.

We also were able to go to Porter Park a few times to ride the Carousel.

Since we all were feeling somewhat under the weather we didn't go to Yellowstone like we originally planned, but we did go to Mesa Falls.

While we were in Rexburg we also got to see a lot of our professors at BYU-Idaho and were able to sit in some of the classes. We also all got very sick while we were town, so I didn't take many pictures rest of the trip because I had no energy, but we had a lot of fun seeing our friends.
After Rexburg we headed to Zion's for Dustin's family reunion which I will post about later since I took zero pictures and hoping to steal some from Dustin's sisters.

June

June is going by fast, and summer has been busy for us.

The two older boys had swim lessons the first two weeks and did great, we will do another session in August when we get back from our family reunions.

Also we have been doing a lot of water activities to fill up our days in the hot Texas weather. Monday we usually go to a splash pad, then Tuesdays and Wednesdays we have play groups at the pool. Then in the afternoons we usually have pop corn and watch a movie.

We also have been playing dress up a lot, and made some home made Birthday cake ice cream that Dustin and I really liked, our boys, not as much, they had it once and called it good.

Also since Dustin has the summer off we trade to work on our art, each week varies, but Monday-Thursday Dustin goes to school and works on his art, or our lesson plans we are working on for private art lessons (more on that later)  then he comes home around 2 then I work on art till dinner. Then Friday is my art day and he takes the kids all day. Then the weekend is family time, so far this schedule has worked pretty good.

And we are excited to head to Utah/Idaho in the next little bit!

Summer and Memorial Day

It's been raining a lot here in Texas, but the other day it was perfect weather so we played outside in out little pool. And it got me all excited about the summer and many days outside swimming. The two older boys start swimming lessons next week!

Also this past Memorial Day we hung out with my brother and his family with the Cruz family. It was a little muddy from all the rain but we still had fun. The boys loved riding the boats and they always love hanging out with their cousins.