The State Fair

After Kindergarten on Jacoy's birthday we went to the State Fair. We were able to go with Grandma LeeAnn and Aunt Jamee. We went and seen Jamee's lamb and then all of the other sites. I would post pictures of Jamee's lamb, but I didn't get them on my camera and so I will post one when I get one from my mom...hint hint. But we were able to go and see the tiger show and I do have some pictures from that courtesy of Jamee taking them on my camera. Thanks Jamee they look great.

Look how tall they are. They moved so gracefully. We had tons of fun. Thanks Mom and Jamee for inviting us to go with you and for staying at our house.

Jacoy's Party

So, we had Jacoy's party a week after her birthday. I know what kind of mother am I, but this way Matt was home:) She wanted to paint, swing, dig, and jump. But we also played playdough and dressed up.

They all had a wood princess to paint except for Bridger and he had an airplane.
A Strawberry Shortcake birthday cake with strawberry icing by Jacoy's request. I made the cake so please do not look to closely.
Bridger, Laura, Molly, Jacoy, Gretel, and Lydia. She only wanted girls at her party this year, but I had to explain that Bridger was still allowed to be there. She reluctantly agreed. I guess it is good that she is staying away from boys? :)

Happy 5th Birthday Jacoy!

On the September 12th Jacoy turned 5! (I know I am a lot behind on my posts) Can you believe that I have a five year old?! I had to run Matt to the school early that morning because he was leaving town, and my mom and Jamee were here, so I decided to stop and get some donuts on the way home for a surprise birthday breakfast. They were chocolate donuts with M&M's on them.

This was her as we were leaving that day to go to school. I am so proud of her and I love her so much. She makes each day a joy even when she is trying to prove me wrong. Jacoy is such a blessing to our family and I cherish all of the time I still get to spend with her. She is such a great big sister to Bridger. She makes me smile when she comes up with an idea that is so well thought out, but still way out there.

I LOVE YOU JACOY!

Matt's Trip to Las Vegas

Can you see the dump truck???

That is a person standing inside of this bucket.

Matt was able to go to the Mining Convention in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. I wanted to post some of the pictures that he took. Take a look at how huge all of these machines are. I know the pictures are a little dark, but look for the actual people standing next to them. I guess this convention is only every four years. Matt said he was tired from all of the walking because the convention was so big.

Frog & Toad

At Jacoy's Kindergarten they have been reading about Frog and Toad's crazy adventures. Well, each of the kids get to bring home the "Frog and Toad" bag. In it of course is Frog and Toad. They are supposed to take them on an adventure and then with help of a parent write a story of what they did. So, this is a picture of the night that we had them.

ThE cIrCuS

This was actually pre-circus. I found out that there was an elephant parade to kick off the circus. It was held at the Gateway and so between classes I took the kids to the short parade:) I had to zoom my camera out on these ones because we were really close.

We decided to take the kids to the Circus while it was at the Energy Solutions Arena. So, we bought the el-cheap-o nose bleed tickets, but it was still fun. Matt did sleep through some of it (poor guy, I guess you take a nap when you can get one). The funnest part was that after it was over we were able to go outside and see the elephants, tigers, and other animals up close.

Jacoy took this picture. Didn't she do a good job? Oh, ya and did I mention it was with a disposible camera. We needed to use up one from Matt's trip.
Look how close we were outside....
And look how close we weren't inside (this was on the digital camera zoomed way in). But did I mention it was still fun.

The kids thought this picture was funny.