.: September 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Corbin's real first day of school

This was Corbin's first day of school. It was a half-day. He was SO EXCITED!!

On the bus...

Arriving at school...

Getting off the bus... (ok I'm pretty ridiculous following him step-by-step, but what can I say, I love this kid)

Finding out where to go....

I love him!

Mrs. B and Corbin...

Coming home from school

The principal even walks each kid off the bus. It is so nice.

Side walk chalk sign for Corbin...

He was so excited about the sign...and the candy. Trevor and Ashlyn made it for him.

Annual 1st day of school sign

Corbin would NEVER in a million years let me forget this tradition. He gets SO EXCITED. Every day for the whole week before school started, that is all he could talk about. I'm not going to lie, I'm sure it has everything to do with the candy we put on the sign. While the older kids were at school, Corbin and I made this poster and stuck in on the window for when the kids arrived home from school.

Here they are at the bus stop: (I think Trevor seriously hates this day because of all the pictures:))

Ashlyn and Trevor (and now Corbin) sit all together on the bus. So cute!

I always let them ride the bus to school and then meet them at school on the first day. Here they are getting off the bus...

Saying bye, with Daniel!

Ashlyn, with her 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Bates. We LOVE her!!

While the 2 older kids started school, Corbin had his orientation day. The kindergarteners go to a 2 hour orientation meeting and then go to 3 days of half day Kindergarten. Then the next week they start full day. It is so crazy that Kindergarten is full day here!! This is Corbin with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. B. We LOVE her too!!

Corbin hanging out with a new friend from class at orientation.

The sign that Corbin and I made...we stuck it to the front window!

I love how the candy is for the older kids, but Corbin is the first to dig in! Ha! He is my candy fiend.

1st Day of School breakfast feast

Any reason to throw a party, I take it... (and this is not just because I'm excited for the kids to go back to school :))

Served: chocolate chip pancakes and homemade applesauce

"The week before school starts TEXTS"

August 27 (I think)

The Principal sends out teacher announcements the week before school starts. This is a BIG day. I'm not exaggerating. Everyone wants to know who everyone got for a teacher....commence texting. All day long we text each other trying to see who's mail came first and then decoding which kids are in who's class. It is so much fun. I kind of love it...especially if I like the teachers my kids get.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Another outdoor concert at Legacy Village

I cannot get enough of this activity.
There is something about live music and being outside.

I could listen all day long. Maybe it takes me back to my college days at the
Y where we had almost nightly entertainment during the summer,

by the millions of guys that played guitar and sang out on their front lawns and at BYU events. Ok, and me liking these concerts may also have something to do with getting Caramel apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory every time we go. So good.

The kids showing off their sweet moves!

Pond and fishing

We went to the pond next to the Art Museum to feed the ducks...

And then headed over to a nearby pond to do some fishing.

Trevor putting the bait on the hook

The kids trying to catch fish in a pond

that the city stocked full of fish for kids

Trevor caught the smallest fish of all times

And they all were SO excited. :)

Thanks Cicely for the fun idea. The kids had a blast!

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ