My Sisters and Me

My mom snapped this picture of us 4 girls the day of Hayley's baptism.  I love my sisters so much, and we always know how to have a good time.  We laugh together, cry together, and occasionally get on each others nerves, but we always know who to call when we need a pick me up, or someone to vent to.  Love you April, Angie and Abbey!!!

Chandler's first day of Pre-School

Chandler is in pre-school this year.  He had to wait for 2 weeks after the other kids to start, and it was a long 2 weeks.  The day finally came, and he had his backpack on at 9 am.  He does not start until 12:30.  His teacher is Miss Zee, and she has taught all of my other kids in pre-school, so he knows the ropes.  All he talks about is school, and he wants to go every day!!!

Jordan's first day of Kindergarten

This has been a long summer for Jordan.  He has been so excited to start Kindergarten.  What made it even worse was that he did not start the same day as the other two.  He had to wait one more day.  He goes to Kindergarten on Tuesdays and Thursdays and his teacher is Mrs. Hansen.  She is brand new this year, and is very eager to be here.  He loves to ride the bus, and eating lunch at school.  He is doing really good, and I hope he keeps this enthusiasm all year. 

Hayley's #8 and Baptism

This birthday for Hayley was pretty special.  She was able to be baptized on her birthday.  It was a very special day, and I hope that it is a memorable one for her.  She looked so pretty in her new dress from Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong, and she got some new scriptures and bag from Grandma and Grandpa Bennett.  It was very special and I cannot believe that she is old enough to be baptized.  We are so proud of her and the choices that she had made!!  Love you Hayley girl...

Brock and Hayley First day of School

The first day of school is always an exciting day at our house.  My kids actually like going to school, and are very happy to start it in the fall.  Jordan was not so excited, because he did not start until the next day. 

Hayley is in 2nd grade and has Mrs. Romel for her teacher.  She was excited to have her.  Hayley gets along with any teacher she has, and never has trouble getting her school work done.

Brock is in 4th grade and had Mrs. Buxton for his teacher.  He was very excited to get her too.  We have known her for a long time, so that should be fun.  He is such a good boy at school, and never causes any trouble.  I hope he stays that way forever.

Brock had to take a picture of his way cool new shoes.  He was pretty proud of them and wanted to make sure we got a picture of them.

Downey Fair

This year, I failed as a mother and did not get Brock signed up for 4-H soon enough.  So, in return he wanted to ride his horse in open class.  We agreed and started working with him and his horse.  Well, the fair came, and I just did not trust the horse enough yet.  I was talking to my dear friend Marie Losee, and she said that he could ride her horse.  He was thrilled, and went to Marie's house to ride for a couple of days before his class.  He did awesome and "Honcho" did great as well. 
Chandler found out that there was a stick horse class, and we was ready to ride.  He rode his little stick horse, and had it backing up, and trotting in circles.  It was so cute. 
Hayley wanted to ride her horse too, but he is only a 2 year old, so we knew that he would not be ready.  She found out about the pet show, and was very eager to take Lucky to that.  She was so cute and loved showing off her little dog.  They love being in the fair this year, and are very excited to do 4-H next year.

Armstrong Family Reunion

This year for the Armstrong Family Reunion Tami was in charge,  and we all know when Tami is in charge, it is going to be a party!!  We went to a home in Raft River that has huge water slides, a zip line, a candy bomb, skeet shooting, amd lots of laughs.  The kids and adults alike went down the water slides for 8 hours.  They were exhausted and sunburned.  There were more laughs than usual. 

After the water slides, Tami had a wonderful meal of meatball subs and salads.  After that she had a fantastic game of "Minute To Win It"  The kids loved playing all of the games, and continued on with the laughs. 

After dinner and the games, the kids all decided they wanted to water slide again.  They all got their suits back on and went sliding until dark.  They had so much fun, and we really would not be too sad to have the reunion there again next year.