Frog Heaven

Living in Mendon means that my girls are in frog heaven.  We are loaded with frogs and wouldn't you know it.....my girls aren't scared of them.  In fact, they love catching them.
We started out the summer with tons of little frogs.  I'm not sure what brought them out one evening but Dave walked out the front door to let a frog go that he caught in the garage and found probably 50 little frogs on our driveway.  He called me outside and it was one of the weirdest things I'd ever seen.  Hannah was actually awake so we let her come outside to see them.  Dave walked through our front grass and you should have seen them all jumping.  They were everywhere!

Here is a frog Nicole found while riding on the lawn mower with Dave.  She came inside and got Hannah and they went outside to catch him.  Oh don't worry.....they eventually let them go......against Nicole's wishes!

Nicole's Photo Shoot

Dave took these pictures of Nicole the same morning Hannah and Ashley started school.  They cracked me up as I was flipping through them and so I needed to put them on the blog.  I am not sure if she can get her beautiful brown eyes any bigger!  She must be watching Hannah and Ashley and not paying attention to the camera!  I think we're in trouble when she's older!!!!

And then.....the finale! 

Hannah & Ashley's First Day of School

School started on Monday, August 22, 2011.  Who in their right mind starts school on a Monday?  In my short 37 years, I have never been apart of this!  School always either starts on Wednesday or Thursday.  Oh well!  This year school ends on May 27, which means no going back to school after the Memorial Day weekend.  Nice!

The weekend before school started we were camping at Twin Lakes.  I needed to make sure we left early enough that we could get everything pulled together (backpacks and such) and get to bed early enough to start the new school routine.

Hannah is a 4th grader this year.  She is growing up so fast.  She is a very responsible child.  It is so nice to know that you can give her the run down of the day and she'll stick to it.  Now the homework part.....well....this needs a little work.  She would rather play than take the time to sit down and do her homework.  She can do it......when you duct tape her to the kitchen chair!

She loves her teacher this year.  She is a new teacher to the school and Hannah is striving to make her happy.  So far this year they have two field trips planned for September.  One to Guinnavah Camp Ground up Logan Canyon and the other to The Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island.  Fun!!!

My cute little Ashley is a First Grader!  Oh....to have more kids like her.  It's music to a mom's ears to hear, "I love school because you get to do math."  "I love reading!  Can I please read more?"  Just typing this brings tears to my eyes.

Ashley is such a cute, soft spoken little girls.  She loves going to school each morning and never gives me any flack about it.  She is enjoying hot lunches.  I give her a ton of credit for trying new foods.  However, maybe it's because she hasn't figured out the Muncher's Menu yet.  I'm sure it will come in time.

Ashley is a bit of a free spirit, which can be good and bad.  Hmmm.....it is interesting to see the differences between her and Hannah when it comes to being responsible for your items.  More than once last year Ashley's jacket ended up in the lost and found.

They can take cute pictures together when they want!

And don't forget Nicole!







Blog Marathon

I am a blogger slacker! Life seems to be getting away from me and finding the time to blog happens to be on the very bottom of the list. I'm trying to keep up with work, school, soccer, home, girls, laundry, church calling and everything else. I feel as though I'm sinking!
I was looking through the pictures on the camera and thought I'd better get them on the blog for future documentation. So here comes a bunch of posts!

Logan's July 24 Parade

So....how old were you when you were in your first parade?  I'm really not sure but I'm sure I was older than three!

The TaVaci kids rode in the 24th of July Parade in Logan.  Nicole was signed up to start TaVaci in August and so she was invited to ride in the trailer.  She was stoked!  There was no way she was going to let Hannah and Ashley go without her.

Hannah did great!  She walked most of the parade route and carried the sign at the end.

Look at their poor little red faces.  It was a really hot day.

Now That's an Imagination

Dave and I should probably feel bad that our girls don't have a pet.  We were at my mom's having dinner one Sunday afternoon and the girls were outside playing.  We went outside to get everyone loaded in the car and found this......

I guess we really should reconsider not getting them a pet.  However, I give them credit for using their imaginations!

Hannah's Piano Recital

June 29, 2011, brough Hannah's second piano recital.  I know I'm the mom but I think she did a great job.  We were a little worried because she played her piece so fast but she slowed done and played it great!

Here's all the students taking piano lessons from Karina.

Here's Hannah performing 

Here's Hannah receiving her certificate