DONUT FALLS!!

Today we went and hiked up to Donut Falls.

The kids and Curtis have been there, but I had not.

So we went there and then went to Park City to the Outlets and SHOP!!!

The hike started out so well.

Dad had to help Conner a lot.

He is kind of Clumsy!

He must get that from his Dad.

Coltin loved exploring all over.

Conner was ticked off because

I wouldn't let him hike where Curtis would go.
All the way to the top of the Falls.

So typical Conner set in.

Pouting in a crevice.

I love this picture.

This is Conner to a T!

He got over it thank goodness!

Coltin was really adventurist.

Except he goes a hundred miles a minute.

And falls a lot.

I told him I can't wait until you get older and have kids.

Then you could have a hundred mini heart attacks.

He said I won't! My wife will!

What a smart mouth.

(But funny!)

My 1st grader!!!

Conner started a day later than Coltin.

He got to go meet his teachers.

This year is going to be interesting.

The first half of the day he goes to his English Speaking teacher.

Learning his normal 1st grade stuff.

The second half of the day he goes to his Chinese Speaking teacher.

This is for him to learn Chinese.

He will have class like this until he graduates from 6th grade.

The goal is that by then he will be fluent in Chinese.

The whole family is learning it

and by that time hopefully we all will be fluent.

Then we will take a family trip to China!!!

This is the actual first day for him.

He was very excited!!!

He is getting sooo big.

This is my little BABY!!! :-(

Wow! A 3rd Grader!!

Coltin started the 3rd grade.

HOLY COW!

Where has the time gone.

This is the first year Coltin picked out all of his school clothes.

It's all about the skulls and the dragons.

His teacher is only a foot taller than him.

When you go into the class you have to really look for her.

She blends right in with the class.

She is really cute and fun.

Coltin really likes her.

WELCOME TO THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!

I know you all will feel for me when I say,

"This is the rest of my life!"

Coltin started football this season.

We signed him up for Bingham Football Camp.

It is a 2 day camp to help prepare him for this season.

I was a little worried he was going to be complaining

and saying how tired and hot it is.

He was sooo excited and didn't complain once.

He actually made us very proud.

He did AWESOME!!!!

Conner ran around the track the whole time.

By his own choosing.

I didn't make him.

He was sooo sweaty.

Then he would copy everything they did on the field.

He will be ready when he starts in a couple of years.

WOW! He wasn't the littlest player.

But this picture makes him look really little.

These pictures are backwards.

But I love them.

Coltin was being taught how to line up,and tackle.

He did us proud.

When all the big kids when oooooo after he hit the dummy.

But then he turned around and kicked the dummy.

They had to stop everyone and tell them that you could not do that.

It would be unsportsmanlike conduct.

But they all did laugh about how tough he was.

I would have to say that Coltin is even more excited for Football!!

He even won 1st place in the 40 yard dash in his age group.

And got a certificate to prove it.

He always brags that he is the fastest kid.

Well I guess he really is!!

NEW NEW ADDITION!!

Introducing "ADAM" to the family.

So if you read my previous post you know that

Eve had escaped to somewhere in our house.

So after about a week and a half we realized Eve wasn't coming back.

Therefore after Coltin begged and begged we went

and got him another snake.

We thought it appropriate to name it Adam.

Then if Eve ever came back he would have a match.

This snake is soooo much better.

He is much more livelier. He sleeps during the day,

but in the evening he comes awake and is sooo lively.

He loves to play and roam his cage.

We have one happy son and one happy snake!!

He's the same type of snake,

he is more red in color instead of orangy like Eve!

Hopefully Eve will return to Adam!

FIRST TRIP TO THE ZOO THIS SUMMER!!!

Last Thursday the boys and I went to the Zoo for the first time this summer.

Right when we got there they were doing a elephant show.

Which I had never seen before. They had the male elephant do some tricks.

Then they brought out the baby elephant and the mom of course.

All they did was liter the elephant exhibit with food

and we watched them eat. The baby was hilarious.

She would crush whole cantaloupe and pineapples with her face then eat it.

It was fun to watch because she is sooo clumsy.

She ran right into the pole in the exhibit like it wasn't there.

I could have watched it all day.

The other cool thing was we watched a reptile show.

Which of course Coltin loved, especially the snakes.

It was a great day at the ZOO!!!