Math Assignment

My twins had a math assignment to take an item and enlarge it by 10 times. They have to show all their math for everything. We ended up making dice for both of them. Originally Cole wanted to make a domino...the teacher told the class that it would be cool if they all made a domino and they could line them up in the hall and try them out, but we dont have any dominos (and they have to take the original to school to show what they started with). Then Cole wanted to make a giant Q-tip...we thought this would be easy to get PVC pipe and batting...but because the measurements have to be exact, the circumference was an odd size and it was more difficult to do...so we ended up doing dice for both.

Here they are with their dice.

Heres a view of the dice with the small ones we enlarged

Another view


I am glad to be done with this project...I really should write notes on this and the science project they had to make so I can remember what to do when Tyler gets in 7th grade. I think these turned out pretty good though.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you from our Family.

Merry Christmas!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!

We enjoyed spending time with both sides of our family on Christmas Eve

When we came home from the parties, there was a gift on the porch from our neighbor. The boys were so excited.

We had a good time Christmas morning and are very blessed for all that we have.

I hope you had a wonderful day!

Brady got his drivers permit

Its hard to believe, but I have a son who now has a drivers permit. Brady passed his test today and he is so excited. The guy at the DMV told him to race me to the drivers seat so he could drive home. Since the drive home would be on a freeway going 75 miles an hour, I opted out of that option, but let him drive around town when we got home. Congrats Brady. I am excited for you, but cant really believe Im old enough to have a kid who can drive!!

Tylers Cougar Scholar award

They had an awards assembly at Tyler's school and Tyler's teacher gave him an award. His award said: for being one of the most focused students I have had. He always does his best. He is always one of the last students done when it comes to tests. That is why he is always at the top.

I am so proud of Tyler and happy that he does well in school. Congrats Ty!

Bradys new cast

So, I think it has been 6 weeks since Brady broke his arm playing football...and today he got to have a short cast put on. This is the doctor doing some cutting on his old cast to take it off.

I think his arm still looks a little off, tried to get a decent pic of it.

Brady has some nerve damage and cannot straighten his 2 fingers. He needs to work on fixing that or they may have to do a nerve conduction test.

Brady chose a blue cast this time.

Brady is hoping to be done with casts before Christmas. Im hoping all goes well and he is able to have his wish.

Carving Pumpkins

For family night tonight we carved pumpkins. This is what the finished product looks like.

And this is how they look all lit up.

Now to figure out what the kids are wearing for Halloween and we are good!

Happy Birthday

Today is Brady's birthday, he is 15!

Happy Birthday! I love you!

Happy Birthday!

Today is Cole and Carson's birthday. They are 13 years old today!

Happy Birthday! I love you!

Sports

This is what has been occupying my time lately...its fun to go watch my son play football though.
Tomorrow is the scrapbook expo and Ill be headed there, and will miss one of his games. :(

I will have scrappy stuff to post on Sunday!

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Happy Anniversary to me

Today was mine and Jeffs 17th wedding anniversary. Its hard to believe its already been 17 years! We went out and had a great dinner. When we came home, our kids surprized us with a cake they had baked. They had all the lights out and had 17 candles on the cake in the shape of a 17. Arent they sweet! Heres a bad picture of the cake.

Hope you all had a wonderful day!

Lagoon

After the tour of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple (see previous post below), we took the kids to Lagoon. We have season passes this year, and it has made it nice to go for just a few hours and then go home. Tyler really wanted to go on Rattlesnake Rapids. Since we have gone on it before, I knew how wet Id be when I got off. I was wearing a white shirt, so I opted not to go this time. We had a fun time.

Tyler was the only one who didnt move when the waterfall came up.

Hopefully I can scrap soon and Ill share some scrappy stuff with you.
Have a great day!

Lagoon/Memorial Weekend

We went to Lagoon on Saturday and had so much fun. While we were there we got our pictures taken in Pioneer Village.
This was only the third time our kids have ever been and one of the times the twins were too young to ride and Tyler wasnt born LOL. Its so expensive to go, but we got season passes this year on a promotion when we bought our Durango. The promotion was for 4 season passes so we bought some day passes from the dealership for Jeff and I, but I ended up buying me a season passport when we went. Weve decided that is the way to go, so we will buy Jeff a season passport when we go back. Because of that, we have 5 Regular Ride day passes for sale (Ive listed it on KSL) if anyone is interested.
We also went to the cabin this weekend and had a good time with the Abbotts. The rain was nice enough to stop for a while so we could sit outside and visit. It rained at bedtime and then stopped when we got up again. It was a fun time.
Hope you all had a fun memorial weekend!

Breakfast Of Champions

Today we got up bright and early and went to the school for the Breakfast of Champions. They served breakfast in the cafeteria and then we went into the gym to listen to a couple of speakers and the kids received their awards.

To go to the breakfast of champions you have to have good grades and/or good life skills (citizenship). You have to be invited to attend, and it is a honor to be able to go. Cole was invited to attend this year for his grades. We are proud of him.

This is Cole with the two speakers, Chris Brower and Shay Hatch.

This was when he was receiving the award.

Our friend, Amelia Jensen, also was invited to attend. This was her receiving her award.

Congratulations Cole and Amelia! Keep up the good work!

This is why you dont play basketball in the house.

Tyler and his brothers have been playing basketball with one of those hoops that fits over the top of a doorway...They brought it down to the kitchen door and Tyler jumped up to shoot the ball and met with the cupboard above him....ouch!!!! Im thinking its not going to be fun to comb his hair in the morning.

Family Pics

Recently we had our family pics done by Julie Hess. She is really good. I usually dont like pics of myself, but these aren't too bad. Here are a few of them...there are lots more. I may share more later.

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