Here is our family, at the mall, once again at “Mountain Fun” so our children can have a great afternoon playing with their friends. Kiana and her friend Parker discover this hilarious feature on the photo booth and we have to all join in. Way too much fun, I mean, WAY. Here’s the proof ~

Kiana & ParkerMyla & MaddieKJDusty & JaneI hope someone gets at least a smirk out of those.

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Lunch date with daddy

September 28, 2007

Dusty is the ever so popular dad at Kiana & Myla’s elementary school. He guarantees a lunch date with him at least once a week. The girls take turns choosing what he brings to school, but he’s known to show up with an extra bucket of KFC chicken for ALL of their friends! Sometimes if it’s nice weather they go outside and picnic on the school lawn. Today, to change it up a little, KJ and I joined the girls and Daddy and went to the mall for lunch! It was a 30-minute jam-packed lunch with Sbarro pizza, and “Mountain Fun.” We of course HAD to sit at the little tables!

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4th grade field trip

September 27, 2007

to MOUNT TIMPANOGOS CAVES! Yes, Dusty did make it home for the 9am departure. We want to thank Kiana for allowing us to both go chaperone her trip! The leaves are changing colors, and the canyon was absolutely beautiful, it was a little chilly but actually great weather for the hike – it was hard to narrow it down, but here’s our favorite pics…Dusty leading the group up the trail ~ our friends who were also in our tour group ~ Kiana and I viewing that stalagmites…As the legend believes – this is the heart of Timpanogos caves ~On our way back down.

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my girls

September 21, 2007

Myla is our ultra affectionate/sensitive child, going along with that she is the one prone to hiding out in her bedroom for long periods of time to write all of us notes that she hides around the house for us. I would say 3-5 nights a week Dusty & I get in bed to find notes on our nightstand for one of us. Or we will come home from a date night when Myla is already sleeping and find notes for us. I ABSOLUTELY love it. Kiana, on the other hand, is not as openly affectionate and its very challenging at times for her to reveal that side of herself. This difference has always been a small stress on Kiana and Myla’s relationship,

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Kiana got braces!

September 20, 2007

BEFORE –
AFTER –she will have these for the next 8 months, and then a retainer for some time while she waits for the rest of her teeth to come in and then she will have her “real” time in braces in a couple of years. I think its always best to get braces sorted sooner rather than later. If you get any teeth you can in place before the kid turns 11, that is when the jaw permately turns to bone…then those teeth will not move out of place which is what happens to many of as who had braces as a kid when we became adults. There are alternatives to the metal braces she has,

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