Let's See Those Teeth...Ryker!!!

Last month Ryker celebrated his birthday. His birthday was on a Tuesday and he was having a party on Thursday. A few days before his birthday he was asking me how many more days until his birthday and his party. When I told him how many days were left for both he asked what was on Wednesday, between his birthday and his party. The kids all had dentist appointments for check-ups and cleanings on Wednesday. So I explained this to him, trying to make it sound fun, anticipating he might be sad he had to ruin his great week with a dentist appointment. But after I told him the weeks events, he said with a big smile, "Oh, that will be perfect, then my teeth will look good for my party!!" And wow, they did Ryker!!

Well, about a week after the big cleaning, for the big party, Ryker and River were playing around, "play fighting and wrestling". River accidentally hit Ryker in the mouth. His front tooth that had been loose for a few weeks fell out!! It bled quite a bit for how loose it had all ready been. But after only a few tears, Ryker was laughing about the whole thing.

Then two days after River hit the first tooth out, Ridger and Ryker were fighting(for real this time). Ridger got mad and punched Ryker in the mouth and Ryker's other front tooth fell out!! This time there wasn't any blood or tears, just lots of laughs!!

So You Think You Can Dance!!!!!

Last night Rylee and I went to see the "So You Think You Can Dance" concert at the E-center!! It was amazing!! I had originally bought some tickets that were on the front row in the bottom bowl section. They were great seats, but then we got an offer to sit in a suite with some girls and parents that Rylee takes dance with. So we sold our tickets in the front row and bought the tickets in the suite. I was a little worried that we had made a bad decision, and that we wouldn't be able to see as well from the suite. But the suite ended up being right above our other tickets we sold, and they had a great view. We had the best time! The suite was stocked with all you could eat popcorn and an ice cream bar with tons of great toppings. Everyone we sat with in the suite were so much fun. As for the show itself! WOW!! It was so much fun! I loved getting to know all the dancers on a little more personal level when they would come out and talk and announce the next performance. They all are wonderful dancers and really seemed to have darling personalities as well. Some of my highlights of the night were definitely Chelsie and Marks "Bleeding Love", the audience went the most crazy for this one. Not only because Chelsie is from Utah, but this dance was amazing. I also loved Katie and Twitch in "Begging you for Mercy"(another huge crowd pleaser), Katie and Josh's "BaliWood", Katie and Josh's "No Air", and Katie and Josh's "All by myself",(this one also made the crowd go crazy) Anything by Katie and Josh is AMAZING! Also all of the group dances were so good!! We had such a fun time!! YAHOO for SYTYCD season 4, can't wait until next season!!!

A Day Out On FrontRunner

My neighbor, Michelle, and I took Ridger and her son Tanner on the FrontRunner yesterday. Both our boys love trains so we thought we would make a fun day of it. We loaded the train in Farmington, it was a little cheaper and didn't take quite so long. Luckily, Michelle knew right where to park, pay and load. We rode the train to the Salt Lake terminal, where we rode Trax to the Gateway. Then we took the boys to Discovery Gateway. None of us had ever been to Discovery Gateway before. It was so neat. They had so many fun things to do there. Ridger's favorites were the big red truck, that you could put pretend gasoline in, and pretend air in the tires. He also loved the water area, that had a waterfall that you could put balls in and watch float from the top down and other fun things to play with in the water. He also loved the Construction Zone with a big play crane and play rocks and also the block building area that had a pretend earthquake that would break your block creations down. Tanner seemed to really enjoy the pretend store that had real cash registers and tons of pretend food. He also liked the water area and the construction zone. I was intrigued by the ball area where you could put bright colored balls into a clear tube and watch it be sucked back over to the ball pit. I also loved the pretend garden where you pick play-vegetables out of the cute garden, and also the area with real working cameras where you could pretend you were a newscaster from KSL. It was all so adorable and I can't wait to go again. After we left the Discovery Gateway we went to the food court at the Gateway and got lunch. Then we headed back to Trax, which took us back to the FrontRunner terminal and headed home. It was such a neat day and the boys had a lot of fun. We only had two minor mishaps. The first one was when we were trying to get off of Trax at the Gateway, the doors wouldn't open. We pushed the "door open" button many times, on two different doors, and they wouldn't open so we had to get off the next stop. The next mishap was when we were getting on the FrontRunner to go home, and I was standing in the doorway and Ridger was outside the train and the doors started to shut. I grabbed Ridger to pull him in the train and the doors smashed right on him. Michelle and I were both trying to pry the doors open, but they wouldn't open until we pushed the "door open" button. It was crazy that the doors don't have a sensor, like elevator doors, so when someone is in the way it won't shut on them. But he only cried for a second, I think it just scared him more than anything. As soon as the train started moving he forgot all about it. It was so much fun and I can't wait to take my other kids to Discovery Gateway, I think I might even attempt the FrontRunner again another time!!

Hooray for Friday!!

I do love Fridays!! I've always loved the saying "What a difference a day can make!" I'm always amazed at how awful one day can be, and then the next day be so wonderful!
This week has definitely been one of those weeks!! Ryker has not wanted to go to school all week. He wakes up every morning crying and says he "hates" school and is not going!! It has really taken it's toll on me all week. It has been so frustrating!! And when he makes his mind up about something, he is not easily persuaded. Nothing could make him change his mind on going to school this week!! I think he missed more school this week that he went to. Then just like magic, he wakes up this morning smiling and got ready, ate, and ran out to the bus like it was the best thing in the whole world!!! I'll take it!!
Sweet Rylee pulled the ligaments in her foot last weekend tumbling and has been in a boot all week. If you know Rylee, you know what a damper this has put on her schedule. She dances, cheers, and tumbles the majority of her day! When we took her to the Doctor last weekend, the doctor told her she would only be out a week, and would be back to her regular schedule after one week. But the swelling and the bruising has not seemed to get much better, until today!! She actually attempted school without her boot(her shoe verily fit with the wrap and still a little swelling). She is determined to not let this slow her down!!
River and Ryker both started flag football this week. River at first thought that he was so picked on because he was the "only" kid in the whole country that's parent's wont let him play tackle football. But he is actually having lots of fun playing and his team actually won a game!!
Ridger's week was all positive!! He celebrated his birthday and got lots of fun gifts and hasn't stopped playing with them all week. He runs from one toy to the next and has been having a blast!! He was actually excited to go to pre-school this week(a huge rarity).
From praying for a friend who recently had major-surgery, to running to after-hours for what thought was a broken foot, to celebrating Birthdays, to lots of flag-football games and practices, to saying goodbye to a great missionary for two years, to comforting a very sad and scared 1st grader, to running to dance, cheer, and Jr. High volleyball games......I am so glad it is Friday!!! I am so glad I started blogging!! (: (: (:

Finally....Elder Schenck

Today Trevors cute little brother, Taylor, finally entered the MTC for his mission. He is going to the Riverside California, Spanish speaking mission. This is quite momentus because he turned 19 in May and had originally received his call to leave in June. But he was playing church ball last spring and broke his foot. Apparently the church is very strict about the missionaries being in perfect health before they enter the MTC now. So poor Taylor had to wait until his foot was totally healed and the doctor would send in release forms. The crazy part was that he would have been in the MTC for two months because it is Spanish speaking and he would get his cast off before he would have left the MTC. So after many months of waiting he is finally Elder Schenck! He is an awesome kid and we are going to miss him a lot , but we are so proud of him and happy for him. He will be a great missionary!!

Happy Birthday Ridger!!

I can't believe it's been five years!! Five years ago today our last baby was born!! To celebrate his big day, first he went to preschool and got a present and birthday crown from his teacher and took a treat to share with his class. Then he had some of his friends over for a party. We went to McDonalds for lunch, then we came back to the house and had cake and ice cream, watched Speed Racer in the theatre room and broke a pinata. It was lots of fun!! After the other kids came home from school we unwrapped presents as a family and celebrated even more!! I decorated the house with balloons and crepe paper. He was so excited and kept giving me big hugs and saying thank you so much for this fun birthday mom!! He's such a great kid and we are so blessed to have him in our family. I love you Ridger! Happy Birthday!

I did it!!!!

After many months of talking about making a family blog, I finally did it!!! After Carrie showed me how to make a blog for our dinner group, I've loved looking at other peoples and wanted to make my family one. So I finally took the time to figure it out and I did it!!! I can already tell I'm not going to be very good at it, I'm not the most computer savvy, but I am going to try!