Joran's First Day of Kindergarten

The first day of school finally arrived for this little guy...it is a bitter-sweet day for us! He has been so excited for so long to be able to ride the bus and go to school like his brothers and sisters.
He is really into getting himself dressed and doing his own hair...this do he calls his fire tent hair-do. It is really like a unicorn horn...there was no changing it today- he just redoes it if I fix it so we just have to not battle over this one. Here he is by the picture taking tree-it's where we take all the back to school pics :)


Here he is at the bus stop making a fake smile so big he squints his eyes...when I asked him to smile he told me "this is as big as it gets!"


Here he is with Boston and Annicha


you can't see him- my camera wouldn't take the picture a few seconds earlier...he turned around and gave me the cutest smile-dumb camera!


there he goes...


I should have taken a picture of me...crying my eyes out! I do it every year when school starts-especially if I have one in kindergarten! Can you hear the sniffing?? It will go on all day ...I've just learned to live with it :)

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.