Primary Program

Today was our wards Primary Program, 

so of course the boys had to rock some cute new outfits!

Bridger had a speaking part and did great.  He was the only one in his class, so I thought that he was going to be super nervous.... but he walked right up to the pulpit and said

 "Heavenly Father knows each of us by name."  

I was so proud of my handsome boys!!!

Back to School, 2013

Both boys went back to school this week,

Dakota started 2nd grade,

& Bridger started his last year of preschool.

Both boys were super excited and not nervous at all!!!

Dakota didn't have any friends that he knew in his class this year, but a boy gave him a mechanical pencil on the 1st day and according to Dakota, they are now best friends!

Bridger is lucky and has 3 of his best friends in his class.

(his teacher may not feel as lucky :-)

After school today we headed to Cal Ranch to look for some cowboy gear for Dawson's upcoming cowboy birthday this week.  

The size difference between these 2 boys will forever be unreal!

 

Swimming Lessons

Over the summer the boys did 3 sessions of swimming lessons.  That equaled out to every day for 6 weeks!!!!  It was totally worth it and the boys made awesome progress! We were lucky enough to have our next door neighbor teach lessons at an amazing pool in Alpine.  Brittani swam for the U last year and this year will be swimming for BYU.  The boys loved her (even Bridger, who was very hesitant at first...) 

At Bridger's first lesson he was a little hesitant to even get in the water, let alone put his face in, but by his last lesson he could jump off the diving board and swim the full length of the pool! I was one proud mom and hated having to miss any of his lessons.  Dakota is already a great swimmer, but lessons this summer really helped him work on all of his individual strokes.

Park City

The Deer Hunt started last weekend.... so while Scott was gone, my mom and I took the boys to Park City!  We spent a whole afternoon at the Park City Ski Resort doing the Alpine slide, the coaster and all of the other fun activities they have there.  The next day we spent shopping at the outlets and just hanging out.

The Provo River

 One thing that I really wanted to do this summer was float the Provo River.

A few weeks ago my mom and me took Dakota and Noah down the river.

We had so much fun!!! It was a combination of hot weather and freezing cold water.

Dakota managed to fall in twice and was pretty brave about it. He thought that the rafts with paddles looked a lot more fun, but I was happy to just sit, float and relax. 
The water was actually really calm and I would love to go again before it gets cold and take Bridger and Scott!

Happy Birthday Scott!!!

 Scott's 31st Birthday was super low key this year.... just the way Scott would prefer it!

We took the 2 boys to Tocanos,
which they actually liked because of the awesome salad bar.

Then we just hung out and let the boys play in the fountains.

Even though the birthday was pretty boring, Scott did get an awesome gift...

a new bike!!!  Which he was super surprised about and loved it!

It is a Scott brand, so his name is everywhere he can possibly look, which makes it fun.

AF Canyon Half x3

 Fathers Day Weekend, Scott and I ran the
AF Canyon Half Marathon for the 3rd year in a row.  

Anyone who has done this race knows that it is the best race around.....
so well organized and super fast course.

When we went to packet pick up they had a poster center where the boys were able to make signs, which they had a blast doing.  Autumn and my dad also ran the race and Dakota was sure to put their names on his sign too.

 Race morning kicked off with a 4:30 AM bus ride up the canyon!  Always the worst part,
but it was nice having an early race start.... 

before the heat kicked in. 

For the past 2 years I have been trying to break 1 hour and 50 minutes.  I was finally able to accomplish this and came in with a time of 1 hour and 43 minutes.  I was thrilled!!!!

There was no way I could have done it without Scott, he really is my best running partner.  No matter what, he always stays with me and it seems like it is always easier with someone next to you, even if we don't say a word to each other the entire time!

It is annoying though that he doesn't even train and mile and can run just as fast :-)