The Happiest Place on Earth!

For the UEA holiday I took Ridger, Ryker and Rylee on a quick trip to Disneyland! River had some things at home he didn't want to miss, so he opted to stay home with Trevor!! We had such a great time! The boys were able to ride every ride so we didn't have to worry about someone sitting out! We had so much fun! We spent everyday at the Disney Parks with our park hopper passes. We alsFo ate dinner one night at Goofy's Kitchen and had lots of fun dancing with and meeting lots of the characters. Ridger and Ryker both had autograph books and spent a lot of time getting all the characters autographs! We rode everything they wanted to ride...a few times each!! Ridger's favorite rides were Splash Mountain, California Screamin' and Grizzly River Run! Rykers favorite rides were Tower of Tower, Soarin' Over California, Space Mountain and California Screamin'!! I'm so glad I took the opportunity and went and had an AMAZING weekend with them! They are all growing up so fast I can't believe it! I really wish I could just stop time and everything around us just to enjoy them even more! But we had so much fun and made some great memories!!

Here We go AGAIN! Hold on TIGHT!!

WOW! Has summer really come and gone already?!? Wasn't just yesterday field day?? We did a lot of fun things this summer, but I really can't believe it's already time for school again! Ready or not, lets GO!
Rylee is entering the 11th grade and I can't believe she will only have one more year of "1st day of School!" She is a cheerleader, an FBLA officer and a U-KNIGHT leader at her school! She loves being involved and is so excited for her Junior year! River is entering the 8th grade! He will be the 8th grade President and is super excited about that! He is so social and also loves being involved in everything he can! Ryker is going to be in 3rd grade and has a lot of his friends in his class! He wasn't so sure about going back to school, but had a lot of fun once he got there! Ridger is in the 1st grade, which totally blows my mind, and was the only one of the kids who was actually so excited for school to start back up! He says he loves school!
I can't believe how fast the time is going and know that before long these days will be long gone! I truly hope each one of them has an amazing year!! Love you, RYLEE, RIVER, RYKER, and RIDGER!! May this school year bring each of you awesome things!!

RIDGER'S very first day of SCHOOL!

Yesterday I helped my youngest child get on the school bus for the very first time. His first...my last!! I really wasn't sure how he would do or if he would even do it. He was so cute and sooo excited, he didn't even act scared at all!! I thought I would be super sad and emotional, but seeing how ready and how excited he was made me feel so happy for him!! He has Mrs. Peters for a teacher, and all of the other kids had her for Kindergarten also, so he thinks that is pretty cool. He also gets to go to the brand new K-2nd school that South Weber just built,(as of last week it wasn't even finished). His classroom is 2 doors down from Rykers class so he gets to see Ryker a lot.
I am so happy he is excited to go to school and likes it so much! He is such a joy to have in our family and keeps us all laughing all of the time! I love you Ridger Thomas!!

Where the Heck is the "STOP" button...

Wow!! It is officially the first day of school and I honestly can't believe where the summer went!! It feels like it is still the last week of school from last year.

Today is Rylee's official first day of High School, River's first day of Junior High and Ryker started second grade. Ridger's Kindergarten doesn't officially start until next week, which is probably good because he deserves a post of his own on his special big day!!
I thought I was doing pretty good this morning as I was rushing getting everybody off. But as soon as everything slowed down and I got in the shower, it hit me!! My little girl is in High School!!!! It doesn't get much crazier than that!! I am trying so hard to be excited for her and for these fun next few years she has to enjoy and look forward to. But I honestly know that this is the beginning of the end, and from here on out she isn't my little girl anymore and doesn't need me much!(except for my wallet!) I hope and pray that her and River will make wise decisions in the coming years and that I will be able to stay close to both of them.
I am so excited for all three of them and the new school year they have to enjoy!! Now if we can just get back into a regular schedule...adjust to waking up early, going to bed at a decent time and homework every night?!?!?!

It's Great to be Eight!!!

Today Ryker was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!! He was so excited and looked so cute all dressed in his white jumpsuit that was rolled up three times on the bottom. He wasn't supposed to be baptized until next month, but apparently there were so many candidates from our Stake that they needed to add an additional day. They decided to do it this week so the newly baptized children could attend the Oquer Mountain Temple dedication which is scheduled for tomorrow.

Ryker was baptized and confirmed by Trevor. Rylee was the speaker on Baptism and did such a great job! River gave the closing prayer and the witnesses were my dad and Trevor's dad. It was so last minute with the date change that we didn't have a lot of time to let our families know and so not very many of the extended family could make it so we decided to have a huge baptism dinner/Birthday bash for both him and River on Sunday when more of the family could come. The baptism was great and Ryker was beaming!! The spiritual feeling didn't last long though because his very first football game was immediately following the baptism, and it was intense! Welcome to the world of little league football- which is a whole post on it's own!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on your baptism Ryker!! I am so proud of you and I know your Father in Heaven is too!! I love you so much and hope that you will always remember your special baptism day! Always do your best to live up to the covenants and promises you made at your baptism and always choose the right!! I love you...