Kassida goes to 1st Grade!

August 23, 2010

Everybody says it, but this year it was really true. What happened to summer?! More importantly, where did "little" Kassida go? It seems surreal to already have little Krazy Daisy going to school all day. She was way excited. Even to the point that she and Ady and Kendyl have been playing "school" practically every day last week.

Kassida's friend Kennedy is in her class. So, she's excited for that. Also, Lily and Brinley are in there, so there certainly won't be a lack of friends. It was actually kinda cute. She and Kennedy held hands for a bit when they found each other in line.

Wasn't too bad coming from Kaysville this morning. Farmington had been out of power since Sunday at about 3pm from the wild windstorms. What a great day for Kass!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

(I am trying to upload a slideshow, not working)


Steve and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this August. We celebrated it just the two of us in Hawaii for 7 days. (Thanks Mom and Dad for taking our kids). We so needed some time to ourselves, especially with Steve building a new house. Hawaii is so relaxing. The culture is that way. No one gets going until about 8 am and everything is shut down by 9 pm (even restaurants).

Things we did:

1. Hiked around tons of water falls. Aka Falls was our favorite.

2. Went 4x4 to South Point to see the green sand beach.

3. Helicopter ride over the volcano. That was our favorite part. The volcano had some active lava flowing, which we saw flowing into the ocean from the helicopter.

4. Swam with sea turtles and snorkeled.

5. Boogie boarded at a black sand beach.

6. Luau. The dancers, especially the fire throwers were amazing.

7. Mauna Kea Observatory. You can drive to the top of the Mauna Kea mountain which is almost 14,000 feet. We watched the sun set. That was so awesome. And than star glazed.

Happy Anniversary Steve!

I Love You!

Thanks for 10 amazing years and here is many, many more.

JULY

The Bouck Family Reunion

This year the theme was circus. This was the last day where all the kids had an act in the circus and went to a carnival. The kids had a lot of fun. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. Also, a big thanks to Kevin and Joy who took our kids to the reunion so Steve and I could move.

Swimming Lessons

Our kids love the water. Since we spend so much time in the water either at the pool or on a boat I find it important for them to know how to swim. We take lessons from a family in Fruit Heights, The Clarks. They are so good with the kids. They just love them. The girls progressed so much this year. Kassida can swim in the deep end all by herself and go off the diving board. She is awesome at diving and the breast stroke. Adlyn is learning to do all the strokes and can go off the diving board. Kendyl is just starting out. She can blow her bubbles under water really good.

JUNE CHAOS

Our summer has been total chaos. For the whole month of June we packed up our house to move. That is right. We sold our house in 12 days. Pretty Lucky (I guess)!

We moved out the first part of July. Don't worry for all those who thought they were getting rid of us or sad that we were leaving. We are staying in Farmington, just down the road from where we were. We bought an acre and we are going to build again and have some steers. We are excited for the leap in our lives. Let the building begin!

One day, while we were cleaning the basement, Rhett kept getting into everything. We asked to watch him and hang on to him. Next thing we know, this is what had happened. She took a piece of ribbon and tied him up!

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ARIZONA

We went to Arizona for the Hirschi Family Reunion. This is the first time in almost 2 years that we have all been together. It was great to have all us all together, even if it was overwhelming for Bryan to have us all there.

Saying Good-bye to Bryan

Family Picture

(most of us, at least all my sibling with my parents)

Bad picture, we are looking at the sun

Kassida at the Splash Park

Everett at the Splash Park

Kendyl at Splash Park

Adlyn at Splash Park

Cousins at the Prescott Zoo

Adlyn with the Peacock

We had such a great vacation.

Thanks Bryan for letting us come visit.

Until next time!

Old Folks

I guess Steve and I are moving up to being old folks. Yesterday, Steve was ordained a High Priest. We are not sure why exactly, except he got the call from the Stake President. It kind of makes you feel old, but in this area there are lots of young couples in the same situation.

Thanks everyone who came to support us. We had a really good day.

Quote for the Day

The great Roman philosopher Epictetus said, “Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: some things are within our control, some things are not.”

Epictetus also said, “Circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they do. People behave as they are. Embrace what you actually get.”