1st Day of School!

Here is the big kindergartner on her first day of school. This is a day Carlie has looked forward to for a long time and I have dreaded for a long time. It was hard letting my little girl get on the bus that first day and see her ride off to school. It's a good thing she LOVES school and has a great teacher to make it easier to see her go everyday. She is learning lots and her reading improves each day. She is now helping me read the Magic Treehouse books.



Davis has also started preschool one day each week and loves going to all of his new friends' houses. We have set up the same neighborhood preschool we did with Carlie. So now Davis has 4 little boys he can play with while Carlie is gone to school. He wouldn't let me take his picture on his first day of school so this one with Carlie will have to do.

Carlie with her cute friends she rides the bus with each morning.
Carlie getting on the bus for the first time. She was a little hesitant to get on the first time.

Here is Carlie in front of her classroom. Her teacher set up a treasure hunt for her class a few days before school started to get the children familiar with their new school and new classroom. The treasure hunt ended with each child making a school bus with graham crackers, Oreos and Chex cereal. It made Carlie excited for the first day of school.

We love the Davis County Fair! Rick took the kids one evening and spent hours attending the performances, visiting the exhibits and eating the yummy food! And I got the night off. What could be better than that?

Carlie was so excited to come home and show me the pictures of all the fun stuff they did. The highlight was holding the tarantula. Davis didn't want to hold it, but changed his mind after they came home. So, Rick took a special trip back to hold the tarantula, scorpion and legless lizard. What a great dad!

Joseph's Favorite Thing!

When Joseph goes missing and the house gets quiet I run to one of two places, first the laundry room to see if he is playing in the laundry detergent or the pantry to see if he is playing to the flour. I know I should child proof these two areas, but can't seem to find a good place to store those items. I try to keep the doors shut, but they never seem to stay that way. Here's what happened one day when Joe went missing for a few minutes. I can't get mad at his cute little face, so we end up laughing instead. I think I have another Davis on my hands....

BYU-IDAHO

Since Rick and I are BYU-IDAHO Alumni Ambassadors, we were invited to campus during Education Week for a little bit of training. They paid for our meals and hotel, so we thought it would be a nice get away and a chance to learn a little bit more about what we are supposed to be doing as Ambassadors.

Rick loved being back on campus and to visit all the places he remembered when he went to school there. The education week classes were uplifting and inspiring. We also had no kids, so we took advantage of the situation and went to the temple and to the new Harry Potter movie. Thanks everyone that watched our kids so we could go.

Annual Lambert Reunion

Over the July 24th holiday, we headed up to Albion, Idaho for the annual Lambert Reunion. It was held at an old school campus, which had plenty of room for all those that attended. It was a week full of good food, fun and family. Carlie and Davis lived in their swimming suits the entire week. Spending time in the pool, hot tub and blow-up slides. They never ran out of things to do or someone to play with.

Rick competed in the annual Elva Golf Tournament and his team took home the 1st place prize. We also started a new bowling tournament tradition where Rick again came in first place. We enjoyed the somewhat relaxing week away from home. Davis speaks daily about this trip and can't wait until the reunion next year.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Lambert

Carlie, Davis and Savannah in the hot tub.

Davis is the tiny speck that is coming down the blow-up slide. The water was freezing! We had to bribe Davis to go down one time more time for a picture.

Joseph was usually found climbing up and down these stairs. I'm amazed he didn't

fall down these stairs, especially since there was a huge drop-off on the other side. My two handsome boys!

Carlie and Coral with the cat they adopted while we were there.

Dancing with all the cousins.

Davis getting ready to kick the ball.

Carlie performed a dance with two of Rick's cousins little girls . They were so cute to watch.

Gone Fishin'

We took a day trip to Payson Lake to spend some time with the Emery family fishing. We found a nice shady spot and had a great time catching fish. Carlie caught and reeled in her very own fish. She loved it, except for the actual fish part. All the little kids would run and hide every time a fish was about to be reeled in. They were scared for some reason of the actual fish. We had so much fun, thanks Neil and Michelle for planning this trip. We will have to make it an annual tradition.

Lagoon

Here are a few pictures from our recent trip to Lagoon. Yes, they are almost identical to the pictures of last years Lagoon trip except the kids are another year older. They love Lagoon and since we live so close they ask everytime we drive past the park "when can we go to The Goon?"

I have to thank Austin for coming up, so I could have help during the day before Rick could get there. I also have to thank Austin for talking me into going on the ride Wicked where my new cell phone fell out of my pocket and was smashed to pieces. Thanks Austin, for coming to Lagoon..I think!

Austin and Davis on Puff the Magic Dragon. I love Davis' face in this pictures (sorry it's a little fuzzy). Austin sure looks happy to be on this ride. What a great brother!

All three kids by one of the favorite rides of the day-The Log Flume.

The kids were sad when it was time to head home. They could spend everyday at Lagoon and not get tired of it. Too bad their mom doesn't feel the same. We will have to wait until next year to visit "The Goon" again.

Flying Kites in July

We had an unusually cool and breezy July Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks ago and Carlie and Davis had a great idea to fly kites. They both got new kites for their birthday and were always asking to go fly them. The conditions were perfect and it made for a relaxing afternoon.

Davis and his Spiderman Kite

Carlie and her Barbie kite.

Happy Indepenence Day

Here are a few highlights from our 4th of July celebration.

The crazy crowded Kaysville parade. There were so many people! I think we will find a different parade next year. See if you can pick out Carlie and Davis in this crowd.

Sparklers in the backyard. Davis loved being able to play with fire.

Fireworks with the neighbors.

This picture was actually taken at the Taylorsvile Dayzz fireworks. This is my good friend Kelly's little girl and Carlie in matching dresses. Complete coincidence!

Yay! It's done.

Thanks Rick, Gord and Dave for spending your 4th of July weekend constructing our playset. It was a huge project and they accomplished the majority of it in one day. Lots of hard work and planning made it a productive day!

The kids have spent every waking hour outside playing or eating on their new playset. I hope this will last awhile.

Here are the kids early the first morning the playset was complete checking it out. I'm glad they finally have something to do out in our massive backyard.