Out of state field trip!

On Friday Caylor and I went on an out of state field trip. We went all the way to Ohio, to the Cincinnati Museum. His teacher made a big deal about going out of state, even though it is only about 60 miles from the school. Clay was able to work from home on Friday.
The school had charter buses for the field trip, so the students were able to watch a movie on the way there and back. We spent a day at the museum exploring the dinosaurs, the natural history, and even got to go to the five story dome, Omnimax theater to watch "Dinosaurs Alive" we returned back around 4:00 even though school gets out at 2:35.

Last Day of preschool!

Houston went to his last day of preschool, on Thursday. They were going to have a beach party, but of coarse it rained here. The kids still had fun with the sand and water in the classroom, I am not so sure the teacher had as much fun. Mom enjoyed watching her babies interact with their friends at school. It was also Eden's last day with Houston, she will return to preschool in August without Houston. She really enjoyed preschool for the month and a half she went. She did follow Houston's example, and loved having her brother in her class and meeting all of his friends.

My Baby Girl is Growing Up!

Eden went to her first day of preschool today. She was very excited all morning. She wanted to ride the bus, but about half an hour before it was time to leave she decided she wanted Mom to take her. Once she got to class she wanted Mom to stay with her. However, she was ok when Mom had to leave. After all she does have her big brother in her class. Houston, has been looking forward to Eden going to school with him.

More Pictures

I have had some requests for more pictures so here they are.

Best Vacation Ever!!!!

We have returned from our best vacation ever! We spent the last ten days in Florida and on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas. The Cruise was the ultimate family vacation for us and we can't wait to take another Disney cruise. Florida was a lot of fun we went to Disney World (Magic Kingdom), we also went to The Kennedy Space Center and the Orlando Temple. It was a lot of fun. We saw a lot of alligators in their natural habitat and we also saw a wild boar,sea turtles, and dolphins. How ever the cruise was everyones favorite. Clay insisted that I visit the spa on the Disney Wonder, and it was a wonderful 3 1/2 hours of pampering and relaxing (a must do for all future cruises). He also made sure I went parasailing (something I have wanted to do for the last 13 years). Parasailing was awesome, and delivered a beautiful view of the clear blue water. We all loved the Bahamas, but Castaway Cay Disney's private Island was the favorite. The cruise was amazing, relaxing, wonderful, and so much more. The kids loved all the activities, pools, food, and entertainment. We are all looking forward to our next Disney Cruise, because there will be more.

Hall of Fame

We finally made it to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. I am shocked that it took us so long to get there, but we now can mark it off our list of places to visit. I am sure Clay would have loved to spend the entire day there, but with Houston that just is not possible. We all enjoyed our visit to the Hall of Fame.

Here are some pictures:

From#1 - #49

So as always another study about great places to live, and like always Utah ranks at the top being the happiest state in the union to live. Wouldn't you know we moved to the state at the bottom of the rankings #49…ouch! Like most studies Utah is always in the top five on great places to live, and Kentucky always has plenty of room to grow, usually in the bottom five lucky for us never the bottom. I must say I have seen Kentucky ranked number 1 but, that was for having the highest percentage of smokers. After all these studies, I am wondering if anyone has any idea why we are still here? I must say that Kentucky, is a pretty place, and has lots of history, it is a great place to visit (hint, hint). I have enjoyed living here, but hope that I will be able to return to the west one day. For now we will keep KY as our address, and hope to return home to the west one day before the darling children are grown.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/states_of_happiness

Interesting Fact

On April 13, 1970 Apollo 13 made its famous distress call to Houston, "Houston we have a problem." We weren't really aware of the exact date, but last night at the library we came across the date. We found this funny because we have our own little Houston. People frequently say to him, "Houston we have a problem." Our Houston finds it very amusing, that all kinds of people say this to him. However, we now think it is even funnier because we now know his birthday is the day the call was made. We always felt his name fit him perfect.

What fluffy dog?

We used to own a fluffy puppy, but after today she is just a skinny scrawny puppy. The kids still lover her though. Houston thought it was funny when we picked her up because she looked so different. Here are some pictures from last week and today.

I decided to post again!!!

It feels like not much has happened. However, Eden is now going to her Sunbeam Class without tears which is huge. Three weeks ago Clay promised her if she went to her class without crying, and sat with her class during opening exercise and sharing time he would buy her a new dress. So she went to her class (although she did sit on Mom's lap during opening excercises), Dad is such a sucker he took her shopping the next day for a new dress. After shopping with Dad she came home with two adorable dresses. The next Sunday she was reminded about her two pretty dresses, and told she needed to go to her class, which she did with little hesitation, when we came home from church Mom was changing Eden out of her church dress into a play dress, and Eden announced proudly, "I went to my class without crying so Dad has to buy me another dress!!!"
Then this Sunday she reminded me that "I am going to go to my class without crying and Dad has to buy me a new dress." Although she has not gone shopping for the new dress (she thinks she has earned) she is very confident Dad is going to be taking her shopping again soon for a few more new dresses. She does enjoy her class she just doesn't want to leave Mom.