First Day of School

School Started Yesterday, we do year round school here. Which we all love because it is too hot to do anything but stay indoors, so they may as well be in school. Dax is in 3rd grade and his teacher is Mrs. Martin. My friend who worked at the school last year told me Mrs. Martin was the best for 3rd grade. We are happy he got in her class . There are also has several kids from previous years in his class, so he was happy about that.

Derek started Kindersteps at Hamilton High School (yes it is actually at a High School). It is like Pre-k for the kids who turn 5 after the Kindergarten cut off, then they can either go into 1st grade or Kindergarten after this year. I'm planning on Derek going into Kindergarten. His Birthday is so late in the year, I see no rush to send him to 1st grade, I think it will help him be even more prepared for Kindergarten. He is in the same class as his good buddy Britton. His teacher said he did well. When I picked him I asked him how school was and he said "we just learned everything today" Actually he broke that down to the hand sign for toilet.

Cub Scouts

Now that Dax is eight he get's to go to cub scouts. Last Tuesday was his first meeting. I was a little nervous because they told me he was supposed to wear his uniform to cubs. I ordered it and it was supposed to get here on time. It showed up 20 minutes before his meeting. He started to get excited to go once his uniform arrived. As I was helping him put it on Derek kept asking "Is Dax going to Camp?" Dax had a good time, they played basketball, but I think he needs to work on those basketball skills with his Dad a little more.

Speaking of Baptism...

Recently this video was out and Derek looked at it and said " Jesus is getting hypnotized" We all started laughing because it kind of looks like it in this picture. I guess the words do kind of sound alike.

Daxton's 8th Birthday

Yesterday Was Daxton's 8th Birthday and he was also Baptized. It was a big day for him. These are the little announcements I sent out. I thought they turned out nice and covered both aspects of the day. We had his Baptism in the morning, then soon after we had a Birthday party with swimming and all the fun stuff you do at Birthday parties. He was so happy to have so many of his friends and cousins there. He said it was a wonderful day. He was a little nervous about the actual physical part of being dunked in the water to get baptized. I don't know why because he is a great swimmer. Right after he was Baptized he said to his Dad "That was really cool" I'm glad it turned out so nice for him.

I think one of the best parts about the weekend was their Cousin Stephen spent the night Friday night and hung out with us for the weekend. They had so much fun together. I heard something about a "midnight snack" with some cookies.

When Daxton had his Baptism interview with the Bishop, we were quite impressed with his answers. The Bishop showed him a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus. Dax kept asking "why is Jesus getting baptized when he is 22 not 8 yrs old?". The Bishop said Dax was very prepared for baptism.

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Sweet Summer

On Monday we went up to Flagstaff. It was so nice to get out of the heat, and we helped my dad clean out the Kitchen a bit. I always think Flagstaff the town is a bit odd, but I forget how nice the weather is in the summer. The weather is perfect, and everything is green.
The boys had a great time up there playing with the dogs and playing outside and in the rain. Derek was really into diggin in the dirt. I found them sleeping like this in the pull out couch. Derek crashed at 7:00p.m. with his clothes on. He slept until 7:00 a.m.

On Sunday it rained after church, it was so nice, the kids went out and played in it for a bit. Derek was loving it, and Dax went in after a bit. He didn't like the Thunder. Those Goggle were really protecting Derek from the flood.

Grandma Manwaring

This is a link I took from Curtis' cousins blog. It has a nice picture and write up about Curtis' Maternal Grandma that I wanted for our kids to read. Grandma Eva lives in Idaho and our kids have only met her once. I thought this nicely described this woman. She just turned 90 a few months ago and it going STRONG.



http://manwarings.blogspot.com/2008/07/isabel-evas-namesake.html

Lego Tooth

Dax loves to play with legos. He always uses his teeth to bite off legos that are connected. I always tell him to stop using his teeth as tools, and besides who knows what kind of germs are lurking on the legos. The other day he was yelling at me for help. I find him and he has this lego chain hanging out of his mouth. He was using his teeth to separate some legos. The lego was a round hollow little piece with a chain attached. The lego somehow went right over his tooth like a cap and was stuck on his tooth with the chain hanging off. We could not get it off. I was relieved that it was a baby tooth in case the entire tooth came out as we were trying to pull the lego off. Both of our home teachers are Dentists and I was about to call them when the lego finally came loose. He said he learned his lesson and he won't bite legos off anymore. I think it scared him.

Swimming Fun

This is Derek's new friend Alexander who came over for a swim on Sat. I think these pictures are so cute. While I was watching them swim, I just put on some baggy shorts and a t shirt. Non maternity clothes. I didn't really care what I looked like because nobody was going to see me, and I thought they covered my growing belly enough. Dax politely asked me if I outgrew my clothes. At least I have a good excuse for looking like that.