Grandpa Bud

Grandpa Bud Slagle passed away yesterday. He had heart surgery in January and had had many health problems since then.

He was the most wonderful man. He loved people unconditionally, but definitely spoke his mind. When Jason and I started dating, his grandparents accepted me with open arms. I always had to make sure to give him his hug when he saw me. Whenever we went to visit my girls would perform for him and he loved to see them do their dances. We will miss him terribly, but I know that he was not happy with all the time he'd spent in the hospital. And as hard as it will be for us, he's not hurting anymore.

2nd Grade

Today was B'Elana's first day of 2nd grade. She was so excited, she was up at 6 when we got Deanna up to get her to the bus. By the time I got back from taking Deanna to the bus, she was ready to go. She had so much trouble deciding which shirt to wear. I had to work after I dropped her off today, so we got there a little early and took some pictures. B'Elana was happy to see all of her friends from first grade and meet some new friends. When I asked her what they did today, she claimed that they didn't do anything. I'm not sure I believe that, but it's her story, so I'll let her have it :) She was so proud of her purple Hanna Montana backpack, and loved that her shirt matched the backpack. I'm so proud of her. I hope she has a great year!

7th Grade

Okay, I did it....I let my daughter go to Junior High School! I was seriously considering not letting her get on the bus this morning. :) I love that she's so independent, but I'm a little sad that she didn't say good bye to me this morning, just found her friends, jumped on the bus and left!

School Starts Again

Wasn't it just yesterday that I was posting about Deanna graduating from 6th grade and B'Elana finishing up 1st grade? Monday is the big day. Deanna attended a preview day for 7th grade today. Except for accidentally locking her locker combination in her locker, she said it was a pretty good day. She'll have a few friends on the bus with her when she goes to school. And it will be a nice LONG bus ride. She will have plenty of time to read and finish her homework on her way to school :)

B'Elana is starting 2nd grade on Monday. She's excited to be going back to school, but also a little sad that summer is ending. We went to her back to school night to meet her teacher and turned in all her paperwork for school. I think B'Elana really liked meeting her teacher. Mrs. Pettinger seems really nice and I've heard she is a great teacher.

I'm so proud of both my girls. I hope you both have a great school year!

Fire, Water and Ice

After the Kearns Hometown Days parade on Saturday August 9, we went to the Fire, Water and Ice Festival at the Fitness Center and Olympic Oval. The girls and I decided that we need to try the "ice" part of the festival this year. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a long time.

Deanna kept falling down or getting stuck. I had to drag her along to get her going again! I thought it was funniest when she got stuck on the ice. Just standing there laughing her head off. And Deanna was funniest when some really little kids (probably about 5 or 6) blew past her like they were standing still. Oh, wait, they were standing still!

We left for a little while after that so I could attend a friends Pampered Chef party. Then we went back and did the "water" part of the festival. The girls mostly swam in the pool with all the floaties. Then we went and did some of the slides and other activities that were there for the little ones. Deanna went and spent some time with her friend Alyssa, so for a while it was just B'Elana and me. B'Elana played in the water until they kicked everyone out of the pool due to the lightening being too close. We hung out for a few more minutes, but then decided to go home to see if we could see the fireworks from our yard. (Of course, that was just in time for it to start pouring!)

We couldn't actually see the fireworks from our yard, but we could see them rather well from B'Elana's room so her and I hung out in there to watch the fireworks. It was a long day, but we had a great time and we are looking forward to next year.

New Book!!!

I remembered!

Last Saturday, I got a new book...BREAKING DAWN!!! Yay! I finished it about 13 hours after I got it.

We went to a party for the release, it was REALLY fun!!

This is everyone playin BINGO, a lot of people!

(Down) AWESOME shirt! It made me laugh!

With the book! Finally!!

Nice face, don't you think? Ya...that was after I found out I got the book FOR FREE!!! I was SO happy!

Uh...

Well I promised mom I'd post a few things on here...but I'm suddenly so tired I forgot...I'll ask her later!


(See mom, I posted!)