Praxair Family Fest 2014 & More..

Yesterday afternoon we went to our dad's Family Fest.  We got to see a cryogenic demonstration, eat lunch (including liquid nitrogen ice cream,) watch a welding robot demo, high speed camera demo, gas visualization demo, make giant soap bubbles, sit in the truck, participate in a separation principle demo, make slime, participate in fire department activities, and we each got a pumpkin.

 On Friday Kate got to go on a Fall Walk with her class:

 Jane and I got to go to the "Women's Conference" last Saturday:

 For General Conference B's mom sent us a puzzle to work on and things to make a cake:






Bruce got his Bear in scouts:

 Kate went to "Build A Bear" with a friend and got this to go with her Halloween Costume.

 Jane spent an afternoon helping with her favorite nursing home buddies:

 James got to be "Star of the Week"

 and bring home "Ziggy" pig for the weekend.

 Jane caught this walking stick at Bruce's soccer game:

 We went to a UB football game.  Kate got to be a cheerleader :) and Jane got this cool airbrush:

1st Day of School 2014..

The day has now come when all the kids are going to school- all day......

Everyone was very excited for their first day back.

Except me :(  I spent my morning with friends at a "Boo Hoo" Breakfast for Kindergarten parents, and then the rest of the day I just didn't know what to do with myself.  

Luckily it got better as the week went by~ especially when my friend Amy called asked me to meet her for lunch :) 

The happy thing is that by 3:30 everyone is home and the house is noisy again!

Arches 2014

On July 29th B, James, and I went to Arches National Park.  

It was amazing!!! 

 Double Arch was my favorite:

 Corona Arch- so huge!!

 We stayed the night in Moab and ate Mexican Food :) yum!

Peach Picking and Fun Run 2014

I promise that I will write and post pictures about our AMAZING and super fun trip to Utah this Summer, but I thought I'd start with what we did yesterday.... 

We picked peaches:

and they were delicious!

We also picked plums:

Last night we went to a ward party that started out with a Fun Run.  

It was perfect weather and everyone was happy. 

This little man took 1st place- so proud! 

Thanks for the fun party :) 

Rope Swing Family Night...

For Family Night we went on an adventure.  We went to a park that we often go to, but this time we went off on a different trail.... and found a rope swing....