Backyard frog habitat

Tanner and Jordan caught 21 tadpoles in a marshy area by our park. Many are now frogs, so they turned a corner of the backyard into a habitat for them. The whole family, plus neighbor kids have fun watching them swim in the "pond", burrow in the mud and hop around.

Soccer!!

Soccer games began this week. Tanner and Jordan are both playing this year. Danae is assistant coach of Jordan's team. The entire game she yelled, "KICK, and run!" For some reason the kids kicked the ball and stopped. Both teams played well, and both boys did a great job and helped their teams. (Jordan is the one wearing the red shorts)

First Day of School

Even though it is only mid August, and it is 90 degrees outside, school has started.
It seems to begin earlier and earlier every year. I can remember wearing sweaters on my way to school when I was young, and the smell of the crisp, cool air.
Braden, who opted out of a photo is now in 11Th grade. EEK!! He is taking a construction class where he will be part of building a house from the ground up.
Tanner is in 5Th and Jordan is in 3rd. Both like their teachers and have already had homework. Danae is back to work part-time at the elementary school. This week she went though twelve cases of paper!! She is thrilled to have Fridays off!

Family Reunion

We had a fun time becoming reacquainted with Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We appreciate many traveling far distances so that we could all be together. Highlights were our family's first white-water rafting trip. A picnic at Derkes Lake and visiting Shoshone Falls. A tour of the newly built Twin Falls temple. Meeting two new babies. Climbing Trees, playing at the park, and just being together.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

Before school starts we spent the day at the Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. It was a beautiful cool day. We took a picnic and wandered through the various gardens. Tanner and Jordan loved being anywhere there was water. They fed the fish in the lake, and found some frogs in the stream. In the children's gardens there was a fun Noah's ark were the animals squirted water. There was also a fun maze made out of tall bushes, and a cave with rocks to climb. It was a great relaxing day!