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 :-)

Mother's Day

 I woke up on Mother's Day to this cute breakfast made by the boys and Scott!

I think that it was one of my first Mother's Day and Scott didn't make breakfast.... needless to say, that didn't happen again, and he has out done himself every year since ;-)

Scott loves a big breakfast, and always makes amazing food!

They also got me some yellow NIKE running shorts that Dakota picked out 

and a GPS computer for my bike.

The boys each made special Mother's Day gifts at school and filled out surveys about me.  This was by far my favorite gift and I wanted to document their cute and funny answers.

 Bridger made me this necklace!

I know my Mother Well!

by: Bridger

My mom looks prettiest when,

she wears a dress

My mom's favorite food is,

cereal

She is happy when,

I share

My mom is,

9 years old

If my mom could go anywhere in the world she would go,

to Cafe Rio

Her best friend is,

me

Her job is,

to go to work

I love my mom because,

she lets me play on her phone

(I loved, loved, loved that he said that he is my best my best friend)

 Dakota made me this picture holder and wrote me 

a book entitled "If you give your Mom a Cupcake"

Facts About My Mom

by: Dakota

1. How do you spell your mom's name?

Sumr

2. How old is your mom?

28

3. What is your mom's job?

nurse

4. Why do you have your mom and not someone else's mom?

cuz she is nice

5. Whar is your favorite food that your mom cooks?

pizza

6. What does your mom love to wear?

skirts

7. What does your mom smell like?

roses

8. What is something that your mom always says?

go to bed

9. What makes your mom mad?

annoying her

10. What makes your mom happy?

cleaning up

11. What does your mom do when she is with her friends?

talk

12. Why is your mom the best mom ever?

because she makes me happy

 Love these two crazy boys that call me MOM!