Am I Crazy?

I would say yes. We took the kids over the weekend to a place called Delle so the boys could get some practice on there dirt bikes. The first reason I am crazy is because I let my husband talk me into getting my 7 year old a dirt bike. The second reason I am(CRAZY) some would say brave, I decided to get on Craigs very powerful and way too big for me dirt bike and ride around in the sand for a while. No accidents occured (thank goodness.) The third reason I am crazy is because I actually let my baby (Cali) who is 4 and still my baby, get on it and go for a ride with her dad on that very powerful thing. It was a lot of fun and thankfully noone got hurt. I always knew once we moved here..that it was only a matter of time before we ended up with dirt bikes. They love them and it is great bonding for Andrew and his dad. My only hope is that they continue to be careful! Here are some shots of the day...

Cali gets her first ride
Craig taking me on a ride

Craig and Cali

Andrew

Father and son Bonding
My first lesson
Here I go!
CRAZY I know!

Andrew makes Pre-comp swim team

Well all those swim lessons over the past 4 years have really paid off. Andrew tried out for the pre-comp swim team at dimple dell rec center. He was so very happy to make it. He swam really well and we are so proud of him. After Andrew watched a lot of Miachael Phelps and some of the other great USA swimmers at the olympics, he really had a desire to compete in swimming. Her are some pictures of that day...

The practice schedule isn't so easy though. He practices 1 hour on Monday and wednesday and then an 1&1/2 on Saturday mornings. He will be in great shape though. Great job Andrew!

All about Cali

Now that the school year has started again It has only just occured to me that my Baby(Cali) is grwing up all too fast. Cali has started her second year of pre school. She is going to a lady in my sister in laws neighborhood who has a school in her basement. She had taught all the other Reese children and this year Cali and her cousins whom she calls "her girls". She calls them that because they are identical twins and she doen't know which is which. She was very excited to start pre school again. She has such a desire to learn new things.

This is teacher Cathy
This is also Cali's first year of Dance. We decided to put the girls in Ballet this year once a week. I just think thewy look so adorable in these ballet leos and too too's(spelling?)

Her ballet instructor Becky
Putting on her ballet shoes

Andrew starts 2nd Grade

This is always a wonderful time of year for me. It has been a whirlwind summer and I am more than ready to have the kids on a schedule again. Though I will miss them some of the time. Here are some pictures of Andrews first day of 2nd Grade.

We' re off to Texas!

SLC airport...leaving for Texas for two weeks

Cali eating country dougnuts...The best doughnuts in the world! Cali and Gillian. What cute princesses
My grandma and me..Doesn't she look great!
The kids, Nina and I spent just about everyday we could at Jump for fun. We had a lot of fun and lot's of rasberries on our arms and legs.
Calis war scar from the jump place Don't you wish your Nina was this much fun!(taking the kids down the slide)

We spent some time in the pool to cool off ooohh that Texas heat is somethin else!

The boys(papa & Andrew)
Just the girls
Andrew is the only human that is this nice to my moms dog Molly. He it is a perfect match because she loves attention and Andrew loves that she doesn't run away from him.

Nina and Cali..two of my favorite girls!
Playing a good game of Yahtzee...Ca
We took the kids to play Lunar miniature golf. It was hot in there but the kids had fun.
We had a wonderful time in Texas. I really do miss my family so it was fun to go for a good long visit. Thank you Nina and Papa. We had a really good time!

Celebrating Calis 4th Birthday

First let me appologize for my absence for the past month. Things have been a whirlwind around here. Let me update you on what we have been doing over the past few wekks. .. Cali's birthday party was a success. She opend her b-day box from nina and papa as soon as she got up. In it was a lot of fun things but she really liked this cabbage patch baby doll. Shortly after that she recieved her big gift from us.. A pink barbie bike. She was in heaven.
Then she had "her girls" the twins-sydney and Hailey over for a princess breakfast of strawberry pancakes. They were so cute all dressed up for there breakfast.
The we went over to grandma and grandpa Reese's for cake and ice cream and swimming.

It was a very good day for our 4 year old.