School's Back In Session

It's hard to believe that the summer has gone and the First Day of the 2010-2011 school year came upon us this week.
The kids are looking more grown up all the time and it's a bit crazy!


The all had their backpacks on, and were ready to learn!

They were even ready for their "Close-Up" photos.

I'm sure that this will be a great school year, and there will be no fights over homework. (A Dad can Dream!)

Fun for All

On Wednesday, the kids got to dress up for "Character Day" at school.
Kylee as "Barbie" and Rylan as "PUG" the boy wizard in the book Wizard's Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist.

They were cute all dressed up, and Rylan wanted me to put "Lightning" coming out of his hands...



The kids are out of school for "End of Term" and spent Thursday playing in the snow we got on Tuesday night.

End of the School Year

Every year, I offer a free DJ service to the school that my kids are in. This year, I was volunteered to be part of "Field Day", the big outside activity for the whole school. My job was to let them dance for a few minutes as one of the "stations" they got to visit. I think that I was the favorite attraction, I had kids keep coming back to hang out even after they were supposed to be done.

Kylee's class was actually the first group I got to work with...



Rylan got to help me a bit when his class came up.




After the classes were pretty much done, it was recess for the younger kids, and they all converged on me and wanted to do the YMCA, how could I say No?!



Later that evening, Rylan put on his annual Recital with his piano class. He never ceases to amaze me on just how talented he is!



On the last day of school, Shelly took pictures of the kids to see how they changed from the beginning of the school year.


Once home, it was time to celebrate the start of summer by eating ICE CREAM!


Rylan then wanted to do some "Experiments" in the front yard, and Shelly, (Best Mom Ever!) helped out.




It's going to be great having the kids out, I'm looking forward to a Fun-Filled Summer!

Being Home

It's hard to be back home and having the reality of our normal Day-to-Day.

Last week Rylan went to the doctor to get a checkup on how his arm is mending.... He went on Thursday looking like this...
Apparently there was a LOT of sand in the cast when they removed it. Can you believe it's been 5 weeks since he fell?!
Now his arm has a little atrophy and a tan line from the cast.
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Saturday was our annual visit to the Benson Grist Mill pumpkin town. The kids always seem to have fun.


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Also this week the kids turned in their project for the Utah PTA Reflections contest at school.

Rylan did a short documentary on being on a cruise in the Bahamas:


Kylee made up a dance to "God Bless The U.S.A." for hers:

First Day Of School

It's hard to believe that the summer break is officially over as of 8:30 this morning. The kids had to be to school to start the 2008-09 School Year.

Rylan says hello to his 4th grade teacher, Mr. Johnson


Kylee was cute, she wrote a letter for her new 1st grade teacher Mrs. Muir.


It was rather funny, neither one of the kids seemed to care if we stayed or left. The walked in their classroom, and all of a sudden Mom and Dad were no longer a concern.

They're gonna do great things this year!