First Day of School!

The two oldest kids started school this week. Parker is now in 3rd grade and Megan started kindergarten. She got full-day and has been excited to start for about a month. It has been an adjustment for Colton and myself to have them gone all day but they are loving it! The house is VERY quiet during nap time. I guess I could get used to this!

Parker's Baptism

Everone who came...my brothers and their families and my mom

The Levanger Family

Brian and Parker ready to go

Handsome boy...we couldn't get him to smile

Parker was baptised on August first. It was a really neat experience. My brothers Jon and Andy and their families as well as my mom drove down from Utah to be with us. We really appreciated them taking the time to come. Parker was very excited and picked out a "missionary suit" to wear to the baptism. He enjoyed the baptismal program, although he said "Mom, those talks were waaaaaay too long." He said it was neat to get baptised and the water was even warm. I am so proud of my son and the choice he made. It was also awesome to see Brian use his priesthood to bless our family. I can't believe my baby is old enough to be baptised!

Summer Fun at Lake Powell

Brian and Parker riding the tube

Megan Swimming in the Lake

Colton's favorite part of the trip...riding in the boat

What Parker did most of the time...build sand castles!

Sorry I haven't posted for so long. It's been a busy summer! One of the fun things we did was visit Lake Powell with my brothers and their families. We had a lot of fun riding in the boat, water toys, swimming, playing on the beach, having a weinie roast and even surviving a sudden downpour of rain...thanks Jon, Andy and Brian for holding the tent down! Colton loved riding in the boat, Megan loved swimming and Parker built many a sand castle.

Megan's Dance Recital

Happy working song...that is Megan smack in the middle...she wouldn't have it any other way!

What a cute girl!

Megan all ready to dance!

We switched Megan to a new dance studio this year and I am so glad we did! The recital this past Saturday was amazing. The girls in Megan's 4-5 year old tap/ballet class got to perform a routine to "Happy Working Song" from the movie Enchanted, and let me tell you, it was enchanting! I was so proud of Megan and she looked so cute up there dancing. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the performance, so we don't have any action shots...but there is a video if anyone is interested!

The mole, the honored and the graduate!!!

Megan and her teacher Ms. Heather

Megan with her class at graduation

Parker recieving his awards

The Mole

The Mole onstage delivering his lines

Sounds like some kind of newfangled Clint Eastwood movie, doesn't it? We are winding down the school year with a bunch of fun activities. First, Megan graduated from preschool...sigh...my little girl is going to kindergarten next year. Her class sang us some cute songs and then they got their diplomas. Short and sweet. Parker received 4 awards this year for honor roll, and excelling in science, P.E. and attendance. Wait to go Parker! We were also able to attend the school play in which Parker played the part of the mole. He did a very good job, although I couldn't figure out why a mole would have a big hump on his back...humpbacked mole??? Oh well!

Disneyland!!!

A couple of weeks ago we were able to tag along on Brian's school trip to Disneyland with his guitar students. Let me just tell you that I would definately NOT have been able to take this trip without my mom. Driving for hours in a car alone with three kids would NOT be good! Anyway, we had a very fun time and were able to ride all the rides we wanted to in 2 days...not bad! Colton's favorite was the finding Nemo ride, in which he screamed "NEMO!" for the entire 10 min of the ride. Megan loved It's a Small World and rode it many a time. Parker really liked Splash Mountain and got VERY wet in the front of the car with mom and dad. The only scary part of the trip was losing Parker in the hotel for about 15 min. It was the scariest time of my life but ended with a testimony of the power of prayer and my mom jumping up and hugging the hotel security guy..a sight not soon forgotten. Fun and exhaustion was had by all, especially me, but we had a great time.


Brian and Colton on the "NEMO!" ride

Parker and Colton trying to get the sword out of the stone

Megan and Colton on the carousel...another favorite

My baby girl is 5!!!

I can't believe Megan is 5 and will start kindergarten next year! Where has the time gone? Just the other day she was my sweet little cabbage patch baby with her cute chubby cheeks! She has grown into quite the sweet young lady. This year Megan decided she wanted a "Princess Tea Party" for her birthday. We had all her little girlfriends come over and play princess bingo, make bead necklaces and play kiss the frog (try to land their lipstick kisses on a paper frog while blindfolded). Then we sent them up to put on Megan's princess dress-ups and get ready for the tea party. The treats included Russian tea cakes, chocolate eclairs, brownie bites and Rasperry Lemonade. Later in the day we played at the park and had cake (in the shape of ballet slippers) and ice cream. Fun was had by all.