RISE AND SHOUT

On Saturday Mel and I went to the BYU game against Northern Iowa. It was a blast!!! It started with me working at Delta Airlines. After work I went to the Train station to pick up Mel and Jaren (My little sisters husband). When we got down there we went to the BYUBookstore. I love that place. If I had a Million dollars I would spend a lot of money in there. After that we went to Subway had lunch and then went to the game with Five minutes to kickoff. The game was really fun cause they won. A little scary in the 3rd quarter cause the game got close. I wasn't to scared cause there is no way they would lose to Northern Iowa. Anyway GO COUGARS.

Brayden's 7th Birthday Party!

Brayden wanted a swimming party, so thanks to Dan & Cindy (Jaren's parents) we had a swimmin party over at their house. Brayden's bithday was on August 1st. Seven years old! Brayden invited his friends over for a party in the afternoon, and we did a family party in the evening. It was so relaxing and way fun! We swam in the pool, ate dinner and celebrated! It was a blast. Here are some pictures. Brayden is becoming a great swimmer. He loved watching Michael Phelps swim. Brayden watched Phelps do the butterfly, and the next day he was doing the butterfly stroke. He loves to swim! Brayden is already talking about his next birthday party. Thanks again Dan & Cindy for being so gracious with you pool.

First day of 2nd Grade! Yup - 2nd!

Here is Brayden on his first day of 2nd grade. He was very excited. Mostly for his Z-strap shoes and his over the shoulder strap backpack. I think he wore that backpack most of the afternoon on Sunday.
Here he is showing his favorite shirt, with the guitars.













What a cute boy! He made sure I understood that I only get kisses at home. I can hug him at school and say 'I love you,' but NO KISSES on the school ground.











Waving good bye!








Here we are in Mrs. Hager's classroom. Brayden came home from school on the first day and said, "Mom, Mrs. Hager is sooo nice."
On the second day of school I asked him what his favorite thing that day was, he said, "Recess causeI played 'Robot Monkeys,' with Janessa - and Mrs. Hager," I asked him "Why Mrs. Hager?" "Oh, mom she is so nice, she always talks in a nice voice, and I didn't bring anything for show and tell today, so I showed my new shoes, and she said they are fancy, and they look comfortable." He just thinks she is the nicest teacher.

I didn't notice that it made such a huge difference when they like their teacher!
So, needless to say, so far Brayden loves school this year!

Working with Grandpa

This last week Brayden and I flew down to Tucson to work with my fa Braden and I flew down to Tucson to work with my Father. My dad is building a Quiznos down there and so I thought I would fly Brayden down with me. He had a blast!!! As you can see in all the pictures he was hard at work. Grandpa always had something for him to do. If it was building shelving with me to vaccuming out the Freezer and Cooler. Grandpa rewarded him with a good time swimming, at his sisters house. We had to bribe him with a ice cream to swim in the deep end. All in all he had a good time and he'll want to do it again soon.