Waterslides

Las Vegas got it's only waterslides this year so we got season passes.  The Deans and several other families in the ward got passes too.  We went about once a week.  The kids loved it.  It was great how the bigger kids could go off in groups and Seth and Ruby and I mostly hit the lazy river and wave pool.

Beginning of School

We started at a new school this year.  It's a charter school called Somerset.  We've heard great things about it. And the best part is that it is K-12.  We were a little sad to leave Goynes but there's too much bad stuff at our high schools so my choice was this or home school. And they opened a new school this year, which opened a lot of spots at the school.  It seemed like a good time to get in.

Danny is doing well in middle school.  He's gotten the hang of switching classes and two of his best friends moved to Somerset too, that's made the transition easy.  Rachel's two best friends switched there too.  She's enjoying it.  She likes her teacher and she's in student council and plans to run for Treasurer.  Aaron is liking his teacher.  The primary grades' playground is too small for his liking, but he's doing well.

Seth started preschool with Miss Kathy this year.  He loves it so much.  He's made great friends and he loves all the fun things he does at school.  He goes Tues-Thursday every week. 

I thought Ruby would be so bored being home by herself, especially because she and Seth are such great buddies.  But she's just fine with it.  She loves all the attention.  The first time we went to the grocery store while Seth was at school, we pulled into the parking lot and as we got out she exclaimed, "It's only me and you!"

Rachel is 10

Rachel is 10! She's getting so old.  She had a fun birthday with a few friends who were in town.  They played water balloon volleyball and swam.  This year she asked for such "older" things for her birthday.  She wanted a couple new outfits, so we went shopping and got pedicures together.  She also got Just dance 4.

Rachel is such a sweet, fun girl.  She is dramatic and funny and loves to be with her friends.  She's really enjoyed playing volleyball this year.  She works hard at school and really enjoys it and does so well.  She's great with her brothers and sister.  We love her so much!!

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Trina's wedding

We left Lake Tahoe and went straight to Utah for Trina's wedding. We stayed with Wendy again (so great!). The wedding was at a bed and breakfast in Midway.  The weather was great. It was neat for the kids to be able to go to her wedding.  Josh came to the wedding too so we got to hang out with him for the night.  We especially loved the dragon cake and bottled sodas.

Lake Tahoe

We had another awesome trip to Lake Tahoe this year. We were there from Saturday until the next Monday.  It was so great to be there so long.  We got to spend Sunday through Tuesday with Amanda and her family.  We went to the lake, went the the bmx track, bike ride by the river, played at the airport, launched rockets. I love spending time with Amanda and her family.  Wednesday we went to Carson City for the day while Amanda packed for her trip.  They left Thursday morning.  We cleaned the house and went on a hike and my family came that afternoon.  Friday we took them to the lake all day.  Everyone loved it.  Saturday we went on a hike and played by a lake and went to the bmx track that night.  Sunday we played games together after church. 

Utah for Bob's friend reunion

Bob's college buddies got together 4th of July weekend.  They have so much fun when they're together.  We went up Friday and stayed at Wendy's house.  She's so great to let us stay there so often. And I love getting to spend time with her and her family. We also met Trina's fiance.  Then Saturday the guys and families all got together at Kenton's house.  We all had a great time.

Anniversary

This year was our 12th anniversary .  We celebrated by staying at the JW marriot.  We had Lexi babysit. That worked out great. We went to the cheesecake factory for dinner then checked into our hotel. Then we did a helicopter tour over the strip.  It was fun.  Saturday we slept in then had lunch at Claim Jumper, then went to Fry's electronics.  Bob's been wanting a speaker receiver or something for our tv for a while, so he got that.  Then we went to the Temple.  It was nice and relaxing.