The First Day of School

Here are the pictures I took this morning on the first day of school.

Connor leaves first...his first day of High School! His first two classes are off campus, so Jeff takes him to the high school and he catches a bus for those classes. I don't think he was thrilled with having to do pictures this morning????


Here are the two junior high girls...they leave to catch the bus about 10 minutes after Connor. Cheyenne will be in 9th and Sierra in 7th-her first day of Junior High.


The next to leave are Boston and Annicha at 7:45.


Here they go (Annicha on the left then Boston next to her)! Joran will be joining them next week when kindergarten starts-he can hardly wait!


After next week, it will be me and Maren...mixed feeling there!

BIG BLUE BASH

This post is nothing but true blue...just giving fair warning!

We attended the SLC chapter Cougar Club Big Blue Bash...

Connor with some BYU cheerleaders-or maybe Connor in heaven??? Connor's best friend is a Ute fan...we sent this to his phone immediately!


Here is Cheyenne, Cosmo, and Connor...


Here is Cheyenne getting an autograph from Chad Lewis, that is his wife, Michelle sitting next to him.


That is Bronco Mendenhall speaking to us about the uncoming season...no announcement of the official QB yet...


Here is Cheyenne with JJ Di Luigi and Brian Logan who also spoke that night.


Connor wanted his own picture...Connor with JJ Di Luigi and Brian Logan-check out the height!


We had a great time...something we will definitely do again!

Joran's Ready to Play

Bear River is about 30-45 minutes from home...Joran got a little bored on the way home...he thought he would try on Boston's pads. Here he is ready to hit!



bet you didn't know you had to have a mean face to be a football player!

Boston't First Football game

Here are a couple pictures of Boston's first football game...he is #67. He plays defense and on the special teams.
Getting ready to take the field

Getting ready

play in motion



Boston's team won 40-0 against Bear River.

Jeff and Connor go golfing

Connor took a day off work (only his 3rd this summer) to golf with Jeff and our friend Russ. Eagle Mountian golf course in Brigham has a day every year where you golf as much as you want (that day) for only $30 including a cart.
Connor had almost finished his golf merit madge...he just needed some more golfing!
Here is Connor and Russ teeing off...it is 8:30 am and you can see the sun is just coming over the mountain.

Here he goes...

getting back on the fairway


thrilled with my request that his dad take some pictures...


here he goes again...


They golfed until it was too dark...41 holes total in one day!

BYU Fan Appreciation Day

This year we attended BYU's Fan Appreciation Day in Provo. We had a great time!

Here is Annicha with some of the Cougarettes...Maren was too shy!


This is Kassidy Shumway, she plays BYU Women's Soccer....if you didn't hear or see the national coverage about her-it's totally worth the Google/YOUTUBE! She got her ponytail yanked during the New Mexico game last spring...check it out!

Here is Connor our soccer player with Kassidy. He of course had to score a sneaky goal on the goalie as well (they had a net set up there so you could try and score on the players).



Here is Annicha, Joran and Maren with Cosmo...Maren recognizes him -maybe that is why she wasn't so shy this time.


Here is Cheyenne with some members of the BYU volleyball team...looks like we need her to grow a little more :)



Here is me and the children with Riley Nelson-quarterback ...for those who know our family well I will try and explain the connection. Riley's dad is a cousin to the Pingree boys-who are like my brothers...anyway, my ties to Bellevue paid off some dividends this night!


Here are the boys with a group of BYU football players-Riley in the middle with Connor, Boston and Joran.

Sierra's 7th Grade Shots

Sierra had to wait until she turned 12 to get her shots...with school starting soon (registration is Monday!) we had to get this taken care of. She hates shots...but she did well. She ended up getting one in each arm...her arms are sore, but she will live :)


her hair was all slicked back into a pony, but was starting to fall out...haircut is on the list before Monday as well.

Cheyenne's Letter Sweater

The end of summer brings the letter sweater...same school, similar design, different child.
Cheyenne in the sweater!
Joran wanted to be in this one-this is his tough guy pose :)

Here is the front

and the back


stay tuned for more coming up with the class officers!

Connor crashed...again!

Connor had a little accident on his way home from work this week. Jeff and I were out running errands and Connor had ridden his bike to work. Jeff texted him to tell him we were looking at cars and he should hurry home so he could go with. I think he hurried home a little too much. For those who don't know, Connor is an avid mountain biker....he has a nice bike with clip petals that clip into his biking shoes...however I don't think that was the problem. He said he was going pretty fast and went to slow down (in some gravel) and ended up going over the handlebars. He did have a helmet on, although not his gloves!
I was trying to get both his hands and his elbow...didn't work!

His hands

the elbow

after we got him all cleaned up

This is really only his second crash...the first was speeding down a mountain, slowing in gravel (do you see the trend) and went over the handlebars -that time he cracked his helmet-this time he only dented it!
Luckily he drives a lot more cautiously than he rides a bike!

Roy Days Parade

We got home from Provo Thursday afternoon, just in time for Connor to get to work. Saturday was Roy City Days...All of our kids were in the parade (Jeff went with the younger ones) so I sat by myself and watched the parade...I think the younger ones would have liked watching-the kids next to me went home with a grocery sack full of candy!
First up was the aquatic center float-they have to be one of the first floats because they have to get to work and open the pool! Connor is the blonde in the middle with the sunglasses on...Josh, his best buddy is the one with his arm in the air.


Next was the Sandridge float with all the officers...Cheyenne is standing all by herself...to her right is Katie-Sierra's best friend.


This is Jeff (driving) with Joran and Maren...they were in the parade as part of the Modern Woodsman. It is a youth service club run in our area by a couple of our friends who we help out when we can. This is one of their vans-they are handing out treats along the parade route.


Here is Annicha (waving) and Boston(on the far right) with some of the other children in the club...



It was a great parade and totally was better than the 4th of July Parade we attended (sorry Spokane Johnsons...wish you could have made it to this one!)

Connor hikes the Y-despite the rain, thunder and lightening...and Mom's warning!

Like I said in my previous post...we were planning on hiking the Y...but it was a miserable day-certainly not one I wanted to make worse by having whining children when they were wet and miserable.
I took this picture thinking that would be the end. I drove them up to the starting place of the hike-which has been totally improved since the last time I hiked the Y!


Connor decided to hike even though it was pouring rain...I sent the camera with him.

He's almost there...


standing on a mound of rocks he couldn't resist...


standing on the Y in the wind-soaking wet

a view from the Y

taking our picture from the Y...we are the vehicle on the left. We sat in the car and waited while he hiked.

The gate to the trail...this is Connor after his hike. He went up and back in less than an hour. He took a ton of pictures...I won't post them all on here obviously...he had a great time and said he didn't mind the wind and rain too much. He wore the appropriate shirt for the day-which we didn't realize he was wearing until later :)

Our Trip To Provo-Part 1

Jeff had a math conference in Provo ...we decided to make it into a little vacation of sorts. Jeff and I left Sunday after church and headed to Provo. It is the first time we have left our children-ever-it was really hard for me. I did enjoy being able to talk without having "ears" or interruptions! While Jeff was in his conference on Monday I did some shopping...I bought lots of BYU stuff-I just enjoyed not having to pay shipping :)


After the conference was over for the day we returned home in time to take our son to football practice. I loaded up Sierra, Annicha, Joran and Maren and headed back to Provo. Jeff had a computer conference in Ogden for the next two days, before returning to Provo for another math conference after that. On Tuesday, we did some more shopping and then hit the outdoor pool. We spent all afternoon playing in the water. We went out and got some dinner and then watched a movie.
Wednesday we ran to some stores we hadn't been to yet and then went to lunch. The kids all took a nap while I worked on my coupons. Jeff arrived that evening with dinner and the other three children. We all went swimming in the indoor pool-it was pouring outside! We all watched a movie that night. The next morning Jeff returned to the conference and we packed up. I had planned some activities for all the kids for Thursday, but it was raining -thunder and lightening. I decided to drive them around a little instead of walking around. Here are some of the pictures we took.


The North entrance of campus

The South entrance

The Cougar

The West Stands

The West Stands

The south scoreboard

Provo Temple

Provo Temple-in the rain


My dorm freshman year

my window...those bushes were a lot smaller back in the day


Jeff's dorm is no longer...he lived in Deseret Towers when he was a freshman

My apartment building

Our balcony...it was on the left overlooking the pool(which is behind the brick sign) in the previous pic

Jeff's apartment...the pot holes in the underground parking have only gotten bigger!


Here is a picture of our first apartment after we were married...the one on the left with the pot on the porch...let me tell you they didn't look like this back then...I will try and find a pic-they look much better now!
It was fun to drive down memory lane a little...I think the children enjoyed seeing where we used to live and hear some stories...walking on campus will have to come another time.