First Day of School

The always great first day of school Picture

Waiting for the bus

Still waiting for the bus

All aboard

Here is Maddison on the bus she is the one hiding from her mom who is totally embarrassing her by taking a ton of pictures

Getting off the bus heading to the classroom.

I was planning on taking Maddison for her first day but when she found out her friends were riding the bus it was all over she wanted to ride the bus so when her dad got home we drove her to the bus stop and then she got on the bus and Dave and i headed to the school so we could walk her to her class. She got off the bus and I went to take her hand so we could walk her to her class and she told me to get away, don't hold her hand she was going to class by herself. Well she sure let me have it and she was off. I blinked and she was in her class backpack was on the chair and she was on the carpet. I was brave until I walk outside and then I started to cry. It is a huge day when your five year old is little miss independent and whats nothing to do with you. I thought that was going to be in the teenage years. It just happened a little to soon. Overall it was a great first day for Maddison and starting this huge new step.... Kindergarten!

What does my dad do?

Last Saturday ATK had a family day where you could go and see a few areas on plant. So we loaded up the car and went out to Daves work to see what he does. We were able to see a moon rock, some rocks that had been turned into glass after a static test, a rocket booster that is going to be tested sometime in September, and we saw the control center where they hang out during a static test. I am not sure who was more excited the kids or Dave to see the behind the scenes he was like a little kid in a candy store. It was a great day and fun to see what they do at Dads work!

Just keep Swimming......

Its that time of year again where we lather up and send the kids of to swim lessons. Day one had me a little worried Jaxton refused to get into the pool and would have nothing to do with going to his class so the next day we did a little bribing. Yes I know it is not the best thing to do but when you are desperate hey then it does not seem so bad. So a Perry Ice and to build a fort over his bed was the deal and needless to say it worked. Day two he jummped right in and from then on he was a fish. Maddison did great too and it took her a few times before she would put her face into the water but after swimming at the Lindon Pool with grandma the next week at swim lessons she was under the water swimming like a fish! They did great this year at the Brigham pool.

What do you do when you have nothing to do?

We were all hanging out on the grass one night when we played what can u do. Here is what we came up with. It was so funny Dave started it then of course I had to show him how it was done which led to the kids giving it a try!! It was all fun and games until I went a little to far and when over into a back bend that is when I decided to tap out. My back has not been the same! That is what I get for showing off.

Escalante

The annual Griffin Family reunion to Escalante was a few weeks ago and the kids had a blast running around playing with their cousins. A few fun things we do in escalante are..............
There is a Parade that goes down and back
The cannons start to go off around 5:30 a.m. and scare the scrudolies out of us {this year it even set off a car alarm!}
The Griffin Family has to reserve hotel rooms in January to make sure we all have rooms in July!
We love the boulder mountains and hopefully one day I will be able to drive over hells backbone
We love playing in the water at Calf Creek
We love being with family and just hanging out!
Oh and the kids loved the tire swing at the house!
Jaxton Loved chasing the chickens around
Maddison could not handle the gun shots that they do down the parade route she had to cover her ears the first time they came around and when they were coming back she decided to head back to the house so she did not have to hear them!

A day at Aunt Dawns

Last weekend we went up to Dave's aunts Cabin in Huntsville for a family get together and the kids looked forward to it all week. They went up on Friday and had a sleep over on the deck and looked out at the stars with their (Cousins) and they went down the big slip n slide, rode horses, jummped on the tramp and had a wonderful time! It is so beautiful and peaceful up there!

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When Dad watches the kids

Maddison and I went school shopping and out to lunch and left the others home with dad. When we came home this is what we found. The lawn had been mowed and the house looked great but poor little Jax was waiting for dad to get done with the yard so he could run through the sprinklers. Yes this is him asleep in the garage. Poor thing he was so tired!!