Little Bit of Stuff

We survived the first few weeks of school. Emery loves it for the most part. She doesn't really like having to get on the bus after school. She says the boys take too long to get there and she gets scared. I think we have worked that out and she's doing better. The boys love being in the same class again, and I love it too.  Jacks follows me everywhere and won't leave me alone. I really think all of our pregnancies should have been twins. That would have made things a lot easier... well other than having 6 kids instead of 4. 

With Emery gone half the day here and Jacks play really well together the time she is home. So for at least the morning I can get things done while Jacks is busy with Emery. 

It's annoying fly time, which I hate. Around Valentines I put up window stickers to decorate. I must have forgotten one when I took them down, but we found it the other day. For one it was pink to start with and two... this is nasty. It did catch all the flies that were in Jacks' room, but looks nasty on the other hand. Looks like I need to open up the windows a little more. 

Camden's Hair

We were in the store on Friday and Brad noticed Cam's hair looked weird. When he showed me it looked like they took scissors or our hair clippers to it, but that wasn't the case. Apparently Beck told Cam to stick gum in his hair and Camden did it. He stuck it in and ripped it out... a few times. I don't know how after the first time of pulling hair out he didn't stop, but it looks like it took 5 times to figure that out. Now he has some nice buzzed sides and no more gum. 

Jacks' Friend

When we were coming in from the bus today Jacks found a new friend. There was a praying mantis just outside the front door. I'm not sure what Jacks really thought of it, but if nothing else the boys will love it when they get home from school. 

First Day of School

It's that time of year, school. There comes a point where everyone is ready for school to start. The boys were excited to see their friends and Emery was excited to just be able to start. Jacks was excited to start school too, we just didn't break the news to him right off that he didn't get to go. 

It was fun getting Emery ready, she wanted her nails painted like the turtles on her shirt, and she couldn't wait to show her teacher them too. 

We just dropped the boys off in the morning then took Emery to class in the afternoon. She seems too young still to be going. I didn't know how much I like twins until I've had to do things with single babies. They had a built in friend. I wasn't worried about them not having someone to play with, but with Emery, it's just her. Then the other part is now it's just Jacks and me... I've never had just one kid at home. There has always been two. They have always had a friend there to play with, but now it's just Jacks. I think we should have had twins at the end too. 

 She loved her first day and can't wait to go back today. 

 Jacks however hated the first day and still thinks he's going today. He cried the whole way home taking both kids to school. 

She was really excited for the bus too. She couldn't believe she was going to get to ride it twice a day!

 It's a little tradition that Brad makes the kids a candy poster for their first day. The boys remembered last years and couldn't wait to get this years. Emery was happy to see the one on her bed when she got home. It's getting harder and harder because now he has to think of three different things to say and ways to use candy. 

Zoo

This weekend we went to the Hogel Zoo with the kids. Jacks hasn't ever been and he loves animals, so it was a good time to go. The weather was a little cooler, which made the animals more active. It was a lot of fun.

 The boys have a few pictures with this gorilla. This time they thought it was pretty sweet how big he was.

Jacks loved the train ride. They moved a few animals around, so it was a little more interesting to see then the other times we have gone. 

 Camden was our navigator. He loved looking at the map and telling us where we go next. 

 Beck wanted to take pictures of everything, here are a few of what he took. 

 This gorilla kept coming right up to the glass. They boys like it, Emery not so much.

It was cool to see the baby elephant. This may have been the only animal Emery liked. 

 Emery and Jacks didn't want a moving animal on the carousel, which I think is the only thing that makes then fun. 

It was a fun final activity to do before school started. I am so ready to be on the normal school schedule. Summer was fun, but I'm so glad it's over. 

FOB!

Brad and I went to a concert last week also. Last weekend we drove about 800+ miles in 3 days. Needless to say I'm done with traveling for a while... well until this Saturday when we go to Utah again. 

We dove to and back from Orem in one day, but the concert was really good and worth it. 

First a band called New Politics came on stage. I wasn't excited for them, but am now a fan. They did a great job. 

 Next was Paramore. They went on way too long I though. 

Next came the best, Fall Out Boy. They were so good. I could have done without the middle group and listened to them longer. It's nice when they don't sound horrible live, and this group sounded really good live. All the songs they played we knew and liked too. Defiantly a group I'll go see again. 

 

Picture and New Friend

A few weeks ago I opened our irrigation box to turn on the water and saw something run in it. After a small freak out I looked into it more and saw a salamander. I ran and grabbed Brad and the boys to show them. We put a stick in there for him to get out and when I went to take a picture of it, I couldn't find it so I thought it was gone. This week I went to turn the water on and found out that he was still there and getting bigger. The boys want to catch him but he seems to be doing ok in here. I guess we can just watch to see how big it gets. We have no idea how it ended up in here, but it's cool to look at. 

 The turtle picture wasn't centered on the wall just right, so Brad had to make something to off-set that. He made these and each lettering is a different symbol that had to do with the turtles personality.  Orange is brother, blue is leadership, red is strength/bravery and purple is wisdom. I think it's a nice finishing touch to the wall and Jackson loves it. 

Arrington Reunion

We had an Arrington reunion last weekend in Boise and it was a lot of fun. We went to the water park there,Wahooz and had a Man vs. Food Challenge. For the challenge the first round was eating bugs. Cam and beck joined in on this one. they ate a worm frist and did that easy and fast. 

Next they had to eat a cricket. When we said go, Cam just looked at it and decided it was a no go and didn't even try to eat it. 

 Beck worn this challenge. I tired the adult one but didn't win.

 Next was a hot challenge. The kids ate a jalapeno pizza and the adults ate a habanero pizza. Beck started this one but it got hot fast and since he won the last one I told him he could stop because he couldn't win again. 

 The adult round was fun to watch and Brad even won it. 

 Emery absolutely loves that she has a girl cousin close to her age. Emery and Avery followed each other around the whole weekend. 

I was forced to dance... and I can't dance. 

 The first night we played some yard games and Camden really loved this game. Not sure what it's called or how to play, but he seemed to like it.

I didn't get pictures at the water park but it was a lot of fun. The kids really liked it. Well other than Jacks. He doesn't like getting splashed and he kept getting splashed. 

Wahooz was fun too. Lots of games, races and lazer tag. 

This is a video of some of the challenges. 

Emery Dance

Finally we got Emery into a dance class. It was a summer 6 week class, but it was perfect for her to get to know if she likes it, and she loved it. We are putting her in it again this school year and she couldn't be more excited. She is now looking forward to school and dance class.