First day of Kindergarten

Jayda started Kindergarten at Bountiful Elementary School with Miss Wilkinson in the afternoon. The first day was an opening assembly outside with the whole school and then a break which we used to go over to Dick's market and get a healthy breakfast of juice and donuts. Bentley picked a dinosaur cookie which he didn't love. Then we headed back to the school for Jayda to see her classroom and get familiar with the school. The next day was a 15 minute test to see where she was at academically. And then finally on Thursday she had her first official day of school.

2014 Warm River

The 2014 annual Schow family camping trip was filled with 3 days of the usual fishing, tubing and cousin bonding.

 Papa Schow told the kids stories around the campfire which was a fun treat. He used to tell his own kids stories about the very same characters.

 Miss Jayda got her hair highlighted by Ashtyn.

New baby

We are having another girl this December! Yeah! Her official due date is Dec 30th.

 

Miss Marley

Marley was born on March 15th and joined our family 6 weeks later at the end of April. She is a pug/cocker spaniel mix and has been the kid's favorite thing ever. When she was younger we had to watch her closely because Jayda would treat her like a baby doll and we would find her in the doll house, in backpacks, in the closet, in baby strollers, etc. Jayda loves to play, hug and carry her around. Bentley also loves her, but loves to run around with her and throw balls for her to fetch. She has not been perfect (she is a puppy) but has been a really great dog overall. We are happy to have her in our family.

 

Disneyland

At the end of February we drove out to California with my family and met up with Landon and Melissa to go to Disneyland and the beach. Sunday was the beach and the kids were in heaven. The weather was plenty warm and we stayed for almost the whole day.

Monday we went to Disney and ran into the Hildebrand family as soon as we got there. It was so fun to have Jayda reunited with "Kayla and Kell" for a little while. She held hands with them and was inseparable from them. They invited her to go to Marquelle's birthday party at Ariel's grotto the next day which we all went to and were able to take pictures with a few of the classic princesses.
Both kids were a bit overwhelmed and a little scared as we walked down main street and into Disneyland on the first morning. It was loud and crowded and they were not quite sure what to think, but after a few rides they relaxed and were having a blast.

 

 The Disney parade was magical, unfortunately Bentley slept through the entire thing the first night. On the second night we went he was able to catch it.

 Jayda slept two nights on these two chairs. I can't see how it was comfortable but she wanted her own little sleeping space.

 Jayda's favorite princess is Ariel.

 My favorite princess to see was Mereda. She was so fun and bubbly and was fantastic.

 
The kids went on Pirates of the Carribean 4 times despite being scared of the drop off and the pirates. They also went on the Haunted mansion with us and were so proud of themselves when they were done. Jayda's favorite ride was the Cars ride and Bentley's favorite was the Buzz Light Year ride because he could shoot everything.
The entire trip was absolutely amazing. The kids were so fun to watch and Bryce had every bit as much fun as they did. I was just happy to see them all having fun.
I feel sick, but all of the pictures from my phone got deleted so this is all we have other than video.