Shoofly Preschool

Kate is going to preschool. We are so lucky to have a talented teacher close to us to teach Kate. This is the 2nd day of school. (no batteries for the camera day 1) She has 2 friends in class with her and has 6 kids total. I will have to take a picture of the things they do in there for another post. It is twice a week for 2 hours and 15min. (I get to go to the gym again, yay!) Wednesdays are show and tell. We walk to school with our friend Pressly.

On the first day I asked if I could curl her hair and she said but mom its not church. I did manage to get curls.

Dance class

Kate is the front black leotard.


Its official she is a ballerina...and a painter.

I am trying to upload a video of Kate swimming.
She is a fish.
A fish with no fear.
Favorite: underwater tea party.

Boulder Ride 2010

Troy did it again the 23rd annual Boulder Ride. Started by Monte Bledsoe and a few others 23 years ago. From what I have learned they took a pair of flip flops and a credit card and rode about 240 miles. Circleville Utah to Torrey to Escalante back to Circleville. There are some serious climbs, decents and sprints to the city, I guess town signs. It is some of the most beautiful parts of Utah. I would recommend driving it if you are not up for a bicycle ride. Some train months, others not at all but they do it. All I can say is I hope to do it someday. I really do. But until then my sister Raegan and I are one of the wives following in the trucks, or the SAG wagon. This year I took Kate with us. She did great. There is a lot of stop and go for the SAG so she could get out and play. This year was a lot cooler in temp than last year. They had rain and hail, thunder and lightning and perfectly cool sunny mornings. From what I hear and true to this years trip we had the cop pull them over and cause a pile up. One biker lost from that due to a bent tire. Thank goodness it wasn't Troy or he would have lit into that cop even more than I imagine he did.

There was a little detour adventure this year taking another road to Antimony and then back tracking to Circleville. Again gorgeous county but rough road and they probably won't be going that way again. It had less traffic which was safer for all especially the fearless, teenagers riding with us. Those boys were really nice to Kate. She was flirting a lot with them. (oh great) there was 15 riders total and 13 finished or did the whole thing. Arta was the only woman and on day one she ripped open her knee on a newly rocked road. She was amazing.

We did lots of crafts and fun activities like glitter tiaras, coloring rocks, playdough, work books, stickers and chalk drawing on the road. Everyday if she was good after lunch Kate would get a prize, a ballerina barbie, baby doll, and the movie Up. We had a really good time. We would sing, Go daddy Go over and over, yell out the windows and tell Troy to ride faster. We always got a hotel room upstairs and of course a 3 year old loves to jump, jump jump and can not walk anywhere. Kate also likes hotel phones alot and would have conversations with Raegan and grandma and grandpa even though there was no one else on the line. She has a great imagination.


the pelaton



Activities in the truck.

coming up calf creek.




right in the middle is a gray spot, that is the road.

Escalante river


Our family at the Boulder mountain summit.
Activity: drawing on rocks with markers.


Don is who all the riders want to be. He won that jersey doing LOTAJA.

My little model.

Kate really wanted to go with the riders this morning in Torrey.

Some of the boys, they dressed the same that day.


Activity: glitter tiaras


Circleville start

The Birds / Kate's Day

I look out the window this morning and see these cute little birds...awe. So I take a picture...cute.
Then I realize they are pooping all over the deck...yuck. They must think it is a party on my railing because a few more join them...then I realize if they think it is a party they will be back. So I go chase them off... I am clapping my hands and talking to them like they are going to listen to me...Go away little birdies, they don't just fly away they start to dive bomb me, closer and closer...what the.. this is creeping me out. The movie The Birds comes to mind and I think this is going to hurt if they hit me and what if they have some disease...(I take after my mom)...Holy crap they are getting really close so I pick up the ice cream maker and start waving it around yelling like a crazy lady...sorry neighbors.

Well it turns out they just wanted to keep eating the dried out sunflower heads I left on the deck that never got planted this year. I moved the sunflowers and haven't seen the birds again...unless they are off getting all of their bird friends to come attack me when I don't expect it.

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This is what one looks like after a fun day full of adventures: a walk to Edens (well a ride in the bike trailer), a Movie: Flipper, Lunch, falling on your head, then 3 hours of the pool, a stop at the snow shack and then home. Whew. I am tired too.




Although her face looks like she has blood on her mouth it was the melonberry shaved ice. It doesn't give it justice, her mouth and lips were seriously blood red. The red circle above her eye was a running accident and a swim noodle, luckily she bounced on the noodle first or we might of gone to the ER and not the pool.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KATE

My baby is three. Oh man is she three. It really has gone so fast. We had a fun day of celebrating with friends, and family.

We woke up, went to a movie at the library, then over to a friends to play on the water slide, had a nap, then hit our favorite Pirate Island with Dad, and then home for cake. A great day.

But this day would never have happened without a special person, Kate's birth mother. We are so honored she chose us and we still marvel at the miracle that happened in our life.














The question is...when do the terrible twos really end. hahaha

Camping

Kate and I went camping alone for a night and then Troy drove his motorcycle up. It was a family reunion on my mom side. We had a great time. There are 7 girl cousins (2nd and 3rd cousins) under the age of 10. There were 8 trailers and 3 tents. We had a tent. Kate did so good at night slept through the whole night. We got a shower one night and even managed to wear our "unders" most of the day. We bought us a tinkerbell sleeping bag and had to practice sleeping in it all week.







My parents there in picture only.
(serving 18 month mission in Armenia)


Awesome tree fort that was already built by a person named Chris in our camp ground.





Our buddy Ashley. We dressed up and danced to Disney songs playing on the piano.