Tuesday, March 22, 2016

September

Bentley had his very first day of preschool with Miss Mindy at Simon Says preschool. His Best friend Navy is in the class which was very helpful because going to school with a bunch of kids he didn't know made him very nervous. It took a few months for him to finally be comfortable. 

Cousin Yaya got married to her sweetheart Tanner in Idaho. Jayda got to be one of the flower girls and Bentley was the ring bearer. Their favorite part was playing with their cousins and Bentley loved flirting and hanging out with all of Chandler's friends.


 One of our most favorite trips we have ever taken was to Lake Tahoe with The Welch family. Neither of us had ever been here before and it was stunning. Our hotel was at the very top of the mountian and was basically hanging off a cliff. It made me nautious, but made for amazing views. Each day we would drive down the mountain to hang out by the lake at the beautiful beaches and hike.









 Showing their strong muscles from such a long hike.



Bini turned 9 months old!


August


 3 week checkup for Jayda's wrist. They x-rayed her bones to make sure everything was healing right. These 3 had a blast playing on the table and looking out the window.
 This is the face of  a little girl who thought she wanted to try riding her new bike without training wheels but then changed her mind. I told her she had to try and she was just devastated. It was almost as if she was mourning over the loss of the two little wheels.
 Bentley Clay turned the big 4. He got lots of ninja turtle gear including his own turtle helmet and bike.

We stayed overnight at a resort in Park City so we could swim and invited the Parker family to swim with us. We were lucky the pool was heated because it was chilly and we actually got rained out at the end of the night, but were able to swim again in the morning before we checked out.

 Brave miss Jayda had eye surgery. It was the scariest thing we have ever been through and she was definitely nervous but was an absolute champion. Both of the muscles on the inside of her eyes were cut and re-connected. She had lots of people from the ward fasting and praying for her. They also dropped off meals and treats and presents for her. It was almost a second birthday for her.
 This was a surgery doll she got to decorate while they explained what was going to happen.
 Thank heaven for this wagon. It made all the difference.
 Bees game with the Parkers and Stahelis.


 L-3 had their work party at Thanksgiving point. We got to experience everything they have their including pony rides, petting zoo, curiosity museum and natural history museum. We spent the entire day there.











July

July started out with a bang! While I was at an HOA meeting Jayda climbed inside of Anniston's crib to keep her company and when she was climbing out her foot got stuck in the bar and she fell out onto her wrist. We didn't think it was broken but the next morning it was still hurting so to be safe I took her to the instacare. Sure enough, both bones in her forearm were broken, poor thing! She got to spend 6 weeks of summer in a cast. Her first color choice would have been gold but the next best thing was red.
 July traditions include the bountiful parade and fireworks on the 24th. This year we went with our neighbors the Parkers, Millards and Calls.
 And fireworks are always at Mueller Park Jr High with NAni, Papa and the Stettlers.
 Anniston is learning all about Marley and Marley is sweet to let her explore.
 Jayda's B-day was a paint party with friends. We used stencils and markers to make each kid a shirt and decorated cupcakes with paint pallets full of sprinkles.
Reagan
 Milo
 Navy
 Isaac

 Jayda got a big girl bike and a hello kitty helmet finally!