1st Grade

Austin loves first grade. His teacher is Mrs. Christensen and his best friend is her son, who is also in his class. Austin decided to wear his school shirt on the first day of school and he looked very nice. He loves his teacher because she doesn't give him homework very often.

Bryson the Soccer Player

Bryson really enjoys soccer, even if he doesn't quite know how to get in there. He kicks the ball whenever it comes to him or he gets near enough to it. He is completely adorable with his huge uniform and his exuberance. He attacks his coach every few minutes with a big hug. Maybe he will be your one athletic hope.

My Pumpkin Patch

The pumpkins are finally growing! I was so worried I would by the awful gardner who can't even get one pumpkin to grow. I just hope they live until Halloween. There is still a lot of time for me to kill them. We have 4 big guys and two new little ones.

Wedding Bells

Mark and Angie's wedding was very nice. I missed you a lot; Austin stood in for you in the pictures. I enjoyed listening to a wedding ceremony again, though we did miss Grandpa Snow officiating. I went straight from the temple to Super Saturday, but I was really rushed. It was hard to enjoy this very important day. We rushed to the luncheon after I picked up all three kids at three different houses. We were the last to arrive and the first to leave. I can only corral insane children for small lengths of time. Once they were done with their pizza, they thought they could run around and leap onto Angie. We went to the reception at 5:30. It looked very nice. We took pictures and the kids watched a movie on the wedding video TV until the reception started and we actually had to turn on the wedding video. Then your children ate (the didn't like the crepes, but the punch was a hit) and started to again get crazy. Bryson wanted to know if he could play Duck, Duck, Goose with his cousins on the dance floor. Finally, Jason took the kids home to watch a movie. We were much more relaxed after that, though tired. I was a little lonely.

Huntington Reunion

Aunt Barbara arranged a Huntington family reunion. We all met at the Timpanogos Storytelling Park for a potluck dinner and games. Almost everyone was able to come. It was great seeing all my cousins and their kids. Austin and Bryson had a great time with their 2nd cousins. They ran and squirted each other with sprinklers. They were very disappointed to leave. Everyone asked about you and said they prayed for you. We all love you.

Look Dad, One Hand!

Tyler is now standing with just the help of any large, sturdy item. He really enjoys standing and bouncing while talking very loudly about dadas and babas. He is very adorable and extremely good-natured.

Inventions

Austin and Bryson decided they needed to create a better way to fill up a swimming pool, so they scavenged through your dad's yard and found a few key invention items.

Harry Potter

We went to the midnight party for the 7th Harry Potter book. What a madhouse! I had forgotten how difficult it is to move through a store containing 3 times the legal limit of people according to the fire code. Katie, Melissa, and Isaac came with us, as well as Jana and my dad. They arrived with costumes, which meant that Austin would want to dress up too. He found some Zorro dress-up clothes that looked reasonably magical and then he taped his stuffed bird on his arm for good measure. They lined us up before midnight; I was only 300 or 400 people back, but luckily they had 5 checkers open. Quickly calculating (400 people x 2 minute credit card transaction)\ 5 checkers= way too long to wait. We left and went to Walmart, where we grabbed books from a pallet and found a line with 2 people ahead of us. We also discovered the book was $6 cheaper at Walmart. And people wonder why Walmart is taking over the world.

Jack's Baby Blessing

Jana and Chris blessed Jack at the condo on July 15. They had already moved the majority of their things into the moving van, so people brought chairs and the room was very spacious (no toys or couches). Nanny was still recovering in the hospital from knee surgery, but the rest of us made it. Chris's family came and some of their friends. Right before the blessing, I discovered Tyler was running a fever, so I stayed for the blessing and left immediately afterwards, which meant missing the after-blessing potluck. I was very sad about that. I was looking forward to the food, especially since Ashley neglected this time-honored tradition when she and Jared blessed Hayden. What is a blessing without food? Luckily, my parents brought me over a plate of food on their way home. Jack looked very nice; he wore our boys' blessing outfit.