It's game day!We are all decked out in our gear and ready to cheer.

FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!

Ethan was so excited for school. He was a little upset when he found out that he would not be riding the bus. I then found out that he had a lot of expectation of what school would be. He wanted to go to the newly built elementary school by our church. When I told him preschool would be at someones house he wanted to know if he would have a principal, recess and homework. I think he must have been paying close attention to the neighbor kids that started kindergarten. He was still very excited and ready to head out the door and did not want to hold still for a picture. Kyra was also very excited. I think she thought she would get to go also. when I went to pick him up he was happy and said he had a good time. As we started up the stairs he said he need his homework. The teacher told him they didn't have home work and he began to cry. He ended up throwing an all out tantrum like nothing I ever seen before. Of course his teachers ended up giving him a work sheet to make him happy.That was not what he wanted. I dragged him out of the house screaming and crying about homework. I forced him into the car and he yelled and cried all the way home go back and get my homework. I finally got him to calm down after throwing my own tantrum. Once he was calmed down he told me he just wanted a plain piece of paper like one from the printer. So now we know that when he asks for home work to give him a plain white paper. He has loved school and we have not had any other issues.

Roaring Youth Jam

Yesterday, we went to the roaring youth jam which was along the Snake River Green belt.
They had tons of free arts and crafts stuff to do. Ethan and Kyra finger painted, made color sand pictures. Ethan made a batman mask and splatted paint all over a giant xylophone. We all had fun doing the hula hoops.Kyra thought she was doing awesome as she twirled around with the hula hoop held tightly to her side. They had a bunch of junk that you could beat on and try to be like stomp, the kids enjoyed beating on all the junk and making a royal racket. After arts and crafts we got some Mexican corn like in NachoLibre and it was really good.
There were firemen out letting the kids spray at a target with smaller hoses which still had a good enough kick that the firemen still had to hold onto the hoses. Ethan liked it , butKyra was a natural (trouble maker) firefighter. The hoses sprayed toward the greenbelt were everybody was walking and were safe if the kids sprayed thetraget. Kyra got board with holding the hose so she started pushing the hose back and forth sometimes getting the water close to the people on the path. The fireman was nice enough to say she had a nice spraying pattern, but he doesn't knowKyra like we do.
There were some really cool cars at the car show like the the dolorian, like the one in Back to the Future, and an Erkel car a little one door three wheeled BMW. There was a jet boat race going on which was cool to watch the boats race down the river. The national guard wad there with a blow up obstacle course and a climbing wall. Ethan thought the climbing wall was cool in line, but made it about half way up.
After we got done at the greenbelt the we went to a little battle of the high school bands where Ethan got his hair punked out green. He really got into it by slam dancing and crowed surfing, but he stopped after getting his nose scrapped up and a black eye. After that we had some yummy mandarinChinese food and then we went and got some Reed's Dairy Ice Cream which is super good. And made right here in Idaho Falls. It was a super fun day.

Ward Campout

Who is that ghost?That is Kendra and Mattie under an net to try to keep the pesky little bugs away.
This is Kyra all tucked in the mom and dads sleeping bag fast asleep.
This is Ethan sleeping with his pillow on his head. The Pillow must have kept his head warm.
Dad cuddling with the kids first thing in the morning. They are so cute!
We tried to go on a hike but we couldn't find a good trail to take. We ended up just going for a little walk and spent most of the time playing with the sling shot that David brought along.Ethan and his new friend had fun taking turns trying to hit a water bottle or just any thing. David was actually a pretty good shot I was impressed. It was fun to see the dads having fun with their boys.




David got this one out of Ethan's book. When we go on our Sunday walks Ethan always picks me a couple of wild flowers and I tell him how nice that was and how romantical he is. David then tries to make up by pick me a flower, but it's not the same because he didn't think of it first. On Friday night after dinner David and Kyra went out for a hike and came back with a cute little bouquet of flowers for me. I loved them, Kyra loved them, and another girl from the ward took them home.

Cool, a Parade.

I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, YOU SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM; REPEAT, BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!!!

It's something you only dream about, but Saturday that dream came true. All you can eat ice cream at the scoop jam in Idaho falls. Yep, we made our self sick on the ice cream. They had Reed's dairy, Cold Stone, Farr's, Leatherby's, Sub-zero(ice cream made with liquid nitrogen), and Sarah's candy cottage. They also had live music, jumping houses, eating contest, and face painting. It was a fun time and good eats. Ethan got in Sunday's newspaper; front page of the west section, FULL COLOR!(See photo above) We even gave in and let little Mattie Lynn have a bite.

Ethan's First Soccer Practice.

Ethan had his first soccer practice today. There are 3 Boys and 3 girls on his team. We learned that they have 4 kids playing from each team at a time during the games. There is no goalie, no score and no rules. Well that's how the coach looks at it. It was a fun practice. The kids all listen for about 15 minutes and then the practice went a little crazy. What can you expect from four year olds? Most of the fun was in the days leading up to the practice because Ethan was so excited to go. He told everybody we met that day he was going to soccer practice. He ran thru Wal-Mart screaming about how he was getting soccer sock for soccer practice. He also listened better when the option of not going to soccer was placed before him. It should be a fun summer buzzy with soccer.

Stunt Man Extraordinaire

This is out little stunt man extraordinaire! We just thought he was getting ready to ride his bike, but Ethan had his sights on something bigger, faster, and Louder. He was going to drive our John Deere lawn tractor. He was successful for about 6 feet as he headed strait for the back of our van. Luckily we got it stopped before he did any damage. Normally we take the key out just for that reason, but I think Ethan had this one planned out. Our neighbors were using the tractor to move our grass clippings to their yard, and when our neighbor came back to get more clippings she got off for a second then Ethan jumped on and took off. What a goofy kid.

The Snake Park with the Hedges.

Well as most of you know we have new neighbors! Ethan has made sure that we have become good friends. He wakes up each morning and says can I go to Remi's now? Very often he just run over with out asking. He spends so much time there he might as well live with them. I Don't feel so bad any more because Keller their son has started to do the same with us. He love to come play in the basement. The other day we decided to go to the park in Idaho Falls. We all enjoyed playing at the park. the pictures below are Remi and Ethan then Keller and Kyra and the bottom one is Jack. It is so nice that they all get along so well.