School

The first day of school was last Wednesday (August 22nd)  My bigger kids all rode their bikes to school in the morning so I don't have any pictures of them at school just leaving on their bikes

Ethan 3rd grade with Miss McMinn

Anika 2nd grade with Mrs. Boehme

Dalton 5th grade with Mr. Lake

 

Fenton is going to afternoon kindergarten and so I rode to school with him and went to a little parents meeting. (Of course Griffin had to be in the picture to)

Fenton sitting at his desk

The kids were not ready for summer to be over but they have been enjoying school.

Dalton's Sheep

A few weeks ago was our County Fair were Dalton got to show his sheep.  He did a really good job this year and took a first place ribbon in market class and a second place ribbon in showmanship.  In the market sale he got $325 for his sheep which wasn't as much as he was hoping for but he still made a little money.  This year was a little better experience showing the sheep than last year because he knew what he was doing better and was much more confident in himself.  Dalton was very glad to get his sheep sold and not have to worry about it anymore but he must have enjoyed it because he is already talking about how to make his sheep look even better next year.

Beach

One of our favorite summer activities is going to the beach at Bear Lake.  The kids love spending hours playing in the sand while I sit and relax, and I love that my kids think I'm a great mom for taking them. 

I have know idea what that look is but I thought it was pretty funny.

Fenton LOVES the water!  I have to watch him pretty close or he will go out pretty deep. One day when I was scanning the beach looking for him I found him talking to a guy with a jet ski trying to convince him to take him for a ride.

Griffin splashing

Anika and her friend Bailee hunting for shells.

One of the boys favorite things to do is build sand castles with motes around them and then they fill  the motes up with water.  One day while they were doing this I said that we should have a lesson about erosion.  When Ethan and his friend asked what erosion was Dalton went ahead and explained it to them.  What a smart kid.

Moss Family Reunion

This year the Moss family reunion was held near Yellowstone National Park.  We have visited Yellowstone several times in the last few years but we always manage to find new things we haven't seen before.  This trip I let the kids take a lot of the pictures because I felt like I had already taken all the pictures I could of boiling pots of mud.  It was interesting to see some of the things that they chose to take pictures of. 

 I don't know which of the kids took this pictures but I thought it was very good.

One of the kids must really like the green algae (or allergy as Ethan calls it) because their were several pictures of the algae.

I like how this one is framed by the fence.

 

We had planned to do some swimming but all of the places that you are allowed to swim at were closed because of high water.  We found this shallow spot just below a waterfall and let the kids wade around a little.

Buffalo

Elk

Coyote

Cousin Nathan's 4-wheeler train that the kids LOVED

Face Painting Anika is ALWAYS up for face painting

Baby Powder 6/25/12

I don't even think I need to explain this one the pictures are enough.

Fenton turns 5

Fenton turned 5 on June 26th.  It was a busy day for us so sadly we didn't do a lot but Grampa Moss was able to come over and eat dinner (hot dogs and pancakes) and have bubble gum ice cream cake.  Fenton was soooo excited to get new toys and his brothers had picked them out so that made it even better.  I thought I would share a few things about Fenton at age 5.  He WANTS everything.  He gets in trouble frequently because he wants everything.  I think it is really funny when he starts asking me for things like jet packs or cameleons that will turn into tanks and really weird and random stuff like that.  Fenton loves Hot Dogs and Pancakes.  Whenever you ask him what he wants to eat it is usually one of those two things.  Fenton thinks that he is a pretty big boy and will try just about any CRAZY thing that you ask him to. Fenton loves to make Griffin happy.  He is also a bit of a clown and will do anything over and over again if it will make people laugh (that includes hurting himself).  Fenton is a pretty fun boy to have around and we are glad that he is a part of our family.

Horses

Another one of the highlights from my family reunion was riding horses.  Most of my kids have never been on a horse before and those that have haven't been on one for 5 or 6 years.  In spite of all of that my kids LOVED it.  So much so that they keep asking Alex and I when we are going to get a horse. Thanks Ray and Kori for taking the time to bring your horses to the park for my kids to enjoy.