First Day of School! First Day of School!

Today started the school year for Harlee and Bodie. Harlee is now in 4th grade and Bodie is now in 1st grade. They were both so excited to see their friends and ride the bus and meet their teacher. Oh my goodness, could life get better than the first day of school?! I submit that it does not! We only had a couple of set backs. Harlee's bus never stopped to pick her up. Lucky the neighbor could take her with his little girl. They really encourage the kids to ride the bus the first day so that they know what bus to ride to and from school. That way they get the routine down good. The second set back was Jax's initial boredom. I wasn't too worried about how he would be when the kids left cause he us pretty good self entertaining himself. But it wasn't ten minutes after Bodie got on the bus that Jax was asking if he got to go to his friend Caleb's house cause Bodie got to go somewhere. He settled down after Dad promised to take him to Grandpa's house. I am sure he will be fine after a few days. He just needs to get use to the routine. Good news for me, NO tears this year. I was happy as a clam waving good bye to my kids. Even now, as I sit here typing, my house is SO quiet. Jax is down for a nap and I don't have anyone asking me to play the computer or if they can have a Popsicle. I could definitely get use to this REAL fast!

Somebody's Getting Married....

August 13, 2011 was Troy (Travis' Bro) and Sasha Gregersen's wedding day. They were married at a wedding/reception center in Pocatello. It was decorated really pretty with Sasha's colors of purple and pink. I had the great honor of doing Sasha's Hair. I love to play with hair and Harlee isn't too excited about that, so it was so great to be able to play with Sasha's.

Jax was the ring bearer and he did such a great job! He was so stinkin cute I wanted to cry!

Here are the three of 'em bein all cute and stuff

The proud parents

Jax was perfect as he walked down the aisle. Not too fast and not too slow and happy the whole time.

He stood at his post SO good. He did get a little bored and started swatting at the tassels behind him, but other than that, he was so great!

Handsome Groom, waiting for his turn to escort the bride

Jax fulfilling his role. We went to the dinner rehearsal a couple of days before and did a walk through of what was going to happen. Only they didn't practice the part of exchanging rings. So when it came time for Jax to walk over with the rings, he didn't want to give them up. It was funny to watch him half pull the pillow away as they were grabbing for the rings.

You may kiss the bride!

The reception line. Kayla, Sasha's sister was the maid of honor and Troy's friend from high school, John, was the best man.

Okay, so probably the main reason that Jax did so well being the ring bearer was because Uncle Troy bribed him. He said, a few months ago, if Jax was his ring bearer he would give him a chocolate bunny. After that anytime Jax heard talk of the wedding he would say, "and then I get an easter bunny?!" He was so excited! After the dinner rehearsal Sasha' s mom was so sweet and said that she would have a little present for him too. So here he is showing his prizes! It doesn't get better than a chocolate bunny and a robot!

The Cousins (minus Harlee)

Thanks Heidi for taking the picture of my little family. It turned out cute!

Jax was named after Uncle Troy. Jax Troy Gregersen. So here they are! They are such a handsome couple of kids :-)

Siblings.

After the big day, Jax crashed in the car. Heaven forbid he should release his spoils though.

The minute he woke up and we were home, he dug right in. It took him two days to finish the whole thing off. He loved that he had his own chocolate BIG bunny! Thanks Uncle Troy!

July Update

Summers are busy for everyone and I noticed in keeping up with ya'll, I am not the only one who hasn't updated for awhile... So here goes July! We Started off with the Annual BIG Phelps reunion up Provo Canyon. Near my home town, Heber. We camped just below the trail head to Mt. Timpanogos . In Middle School and High School I hiked this a couple of times. It is such a pretty place! This is also where Bodie lost one of his eye teeth while eating a piece of watermelon. We took an afternoon and attempted to hike up as far as the falls, but didn't get all the way up because of the snow. It was an adventure and still fun, though.

Here are the hikers!

They had games for the kids one afternoon. A couple of relay races

This is what it looked like on July 1st. Still a ton of snow. Below is a great picture of the Mountain.

The third weekend in July is the 'ol Gregersen Reunion up in Island Park and this is the first time EVER that the whole family has been together for the reunion since all the marriages have happened. It was a great time being with family!

We also went to My sis-in-laws parents house for Pioneer day. They do a big fun game day full of competitions. If you remember I posted about this a couple of years ago too. We have such a great time when we go, we would love to go every year. Harlee won 2nd place in the sack race, the gilrs division and Bodie won 2nd place in the sack race, boys division. I won 2nd in the jump rope and arm wrestling and 1st in the 3 legged race w/ my partner being some other girl that was there. Travis and I won 3rd in bolo balls. It was SO fun and I am grateful that Travis made it works so that we could go.

Here are the kids sitting with cousins during the awards ceremony. They had so much fun during the competitions too. It was great!

Bodie's prize he picked out for winning 2nd place.

Well that wraps up July for us! Don't worry, the fun isn't over yet! We still have BIG things a comin' for the next month!!

This, That and The Other

More Updates. Just some quickies.
We got the kids a little bike to learn on. Harlee Loves it and Bodie is warming up.

We Celebrated our bdays at Red Robin. Travis got sang to and as you can see, He loved it!!

We Visited Grandpas Grave on Memorial Day with most of the whole family.

I got bark for my bday. I know it is a little weird to be excited about that, but I was way excited!!

Update

I know that it has been awhile. So I am doing a quick update. The end of the school year buzz...Harlee won the Most improved reader of the year award. She ended the school year with the most AR (Accelerated Reader) points in her class. This is her with her best friend Zane.

Bodie graduated from Kindergarten.

We did the annual Memorial Day Weekend camping trip. Here is Jax giving "the girls" a big 4 wheeler ride. What a Man!!

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays!!!

Okay, in order of most recent to latest. ...did I say that right? Anyway, Feb 23: Harlee's birthday. She said that she had the best day. She woke up to pancakes, sausage and bacon for breakfast, her choice. Then her dad met her at the school for lunch. She took a custom cold lunch. She really wanted PB&J, Doritoes, fruit snack, Capri Sun and a treat. Easy. Her dad took Subway and they spent her whole lunch hour hanging out with Grandma in her classroom. She loved it. He took her some balloons and then later I brought cookies for her class. That evening we went to eat with some neighbor friends and then came home to a family party and cake and Ice cream. SO fun!!

Her custom cake consisted of "How to Train Your Dragon" figurines.

Feb 18: Bodie's Bday was FILLED with fun! He woke up to eggs, bacon and sausage with chocolate milk. He loved picking the meals for the day. We went and got his good friend Clancey after that and met friends up at Leo's Place. A pizza play place up in Idaho Falls. We played and ate and served cupcakes. That evening I took him on his bday date. He wanted a Happy Meal and so we went to Arctic Circle and got one. He wanted an ice cream cone and so we got one of those too. Then we went and got a balloon to top it all off. When I asked him if he did everything he wanted, he said,"yes, we can go home now." We ended the evening with a party with family and cake and ice cream.

Bodie's custom cake was Buzz Lightyear. This is Buzz on the moon.

Jan 29: Jax woke up to pancakes. We did family presents and he just wanted to play all day with toys. He got a boat and a Buzz. He was SO entertained. It was cute. He wouldn't even break to go on a date with me, so we let it slide. I had to run to the store and so I brought him back some Cheetos. He Loves his Cheetos. That night we had a family bday party with cake and ice cream.

His custom cake was an Airplane cake. He LOVED his airplane.

Thank you to all that came and supported the kids for their birthdays. They love it when they get to see their cousins and aunts and uncles and Grandmas and Grandpas. It is SO fun to celebrate birthdays. I hope that they each felt special on their birthdays. AND I am glad we are done with that for awhile :)