kindergarten luau party

Kaden had his kindergarten party this week, and we (Bos and I) went to help.

Of course, we dressed the part.

They did face painting, but Kaden wasn't interested at all.  The girl doing it was from our ward, and she talked him into a spider on his hand.

Bosten, on the other hand, was all for being turned into a puppy.

He seriously loved it.

We helped with the tiki cup race, but there were lots of other stations:  limbo, bean bag toss, fish-fish-shark, coconut bowling, crafts, etc. 

We had pizza and popsicles when we were done.  Both of the boys thought it was the best kindergarten party ever.

project

I found this bad boy at D.I. a few weeks ago.  I forgot to take pictures of it all together before I started, but you get the idea.  

Here's the dresser minus the drawers.

Here's the drawers coated with primer.

 

I decided to go with spray paint this time, even though I don't have tons of experience with spray paint.  Plus, I decided to glaze.  I for sure haven't done that before.  But, I figured it couldn't be that hard so I decided to go for it.  

Here's how it turned out:

Spray paint, some glaze, and new hardware made a huge difference!

zoo field trip

Kaden got to go on another field trip this week.  They went to the zoo, and they went on a school bus.

Pretty exciting stuff.

Kyle had the day off, so they boys got to spend another day together.

Kaden, and his buddy checking everything out:

It was a fun day, and they had a great time!

Field trips are the best.

fast fact friday #14

Questions:

1.  How many pairs of shoes do you own?

2.  How many times did you take the drivers test before you passed?

3.  How many schools did you attend?

4.  How many siblings?

5.  How many states have you been to?

Answers:

1.  I didn't go count, but I estimate 15-20

2.  Just once.

3.  7

 (Kindergarten, Primary School, Grade School, High School, CCC, MHCC, BYU)

4.  3 (2 sisters, 1 brother)

5.  15

(Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California. Arizona, Hawaii, Texas, Florida, New York, Minnesota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado)

chalk festival

Last week was the sidewalk chalk festival here in town.  We decided to go check it out on Thursday night, since it was supposed to rain on Friday.

The artists were out and about working on their projects.

Bosten's primary teacher was doing one too.  He thought it was great that "my grill (girl) from Primary is here!"

 

They had a spot for the boys to create something too.

We loved it and had a great time.

softball season is here

Softball season has finally arrived.  Kyle and one of the guys from work formed their own team, and somehow, Kyle is the coach.  They've got people from work, the ward, etc. 

Kyle was responsible for ordering/getting uniforms.  I'm not a huge fan of the color combination, but he likes it so that's what counts.  As a surprise, we got the boys matching jerseys.  They were so excited when we got them out.

The boys ran the bases before the game started.  

 

Kyle is pitching this year, which is a new position for him.

The boys watched for a few minutes, but then spent the rest of the time playing with all of the kids.  So far, they're 1-1 on the season.  Go Russon Brothers!

bingham canyon mine

This week we took the boys out to see the mine.  We'd never been, and thought it would be a fun (and free) family activity.

We thought the big tire was pretty cool.

Looking out over the edge was fun, but a little scary.

 Looking around inside was pretty fun too.

We had a good time, and it was fun to hang out all together.