Kyle Graduates from Elementary school.

Goodbye 5th grade!!

Kyle with Mrs. Arrington

Today was Kyle's Graduation from 5th grade.  He is excited to be moving on to middle school.  Next year Tyler and Kyle will both be in middle school.  His graduation was cute.  Makai liked the cake and ice cream at the end.  Good job Kyle!!

Seven--Trey

Today Trey turned 7!  He was obviously pretty excited about his birthday.  Only one more year and he will be able to be baptized!  For his birthday he got a new bike.  He wanted a bike with a hand brake--so funny what that kid notices!  He told me all the brothers had a hand break except him.  He also got a Miami Dolphins blanket.(each of the boys are getting their team blanket this year).
Trey is a good boy, but he tests my patience about every day.  This week has been particularly bad as he has a new pair of shoes--TIE SHOES!  He had always been pretty particular about how TIGHT his shoes are.  It takes about 10minutes every morning now for him to get his shoes the way he likes them and even then he leaves to school crying that they aren't perfect.  I wish I was more patient, but I am not.  It frustrates me.  This morning though he didn't need help and got them tight enough on his own.  I would say this is the first day in a week and a half he hasn't been crying when he left to school.
Monday we went to the track for family night.  The older boys practiced football with Monty and I played a little soccer with Trey!  He is actually really good at soccer and really enjoys it.  He's quick and has some good foot skills.  I enjoyed playing with him(minus the small time he cried because he felt like I was doing better than he was).
For dinner he wanted to go to a buffet.  I asked him what it was he wanted at the buffet and he said, "PEACHES!"  So, instead I made homemade pizza and we had all you can eat peaches!  Then I made him a peach cake with cream cheese and peach frosting.  I believe it was inspiration as the idea came to me as I was driving to get Trey's blanket and worrying about having enough time to get everything done in my day that I needed to get done.  He loved it and even helped me make it.  Well, he approved of the frosting before I put it on the cake.
Trey will finish the 1st grade in a week and has actually come a long way this year.  He is reading much better than he was at the beginning of the school year and doing well in his other courses.  His primary teacher adores him.  She said he is a joy to have in class and has even helped a more rowdy boy calm down and listen better in class.  When she told me that I was very proud of him.  He also learned to ride a bike and tie his own shoes(two things we have struggled with for years)
Trey you are a great boy!  I love you with all my heart.  Congrats on turning 7.  Hope you had a wonderful day.
(He was sad that I didn't buy him any Lego's this year, but I am done buying lego's.  We have hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of legos that end up everywhere.  In fact, right now most of them are in the garage on probation because they were just out of control.  Thankfully, a pack of gum got his mind of the lack of new legos.)

Grandpa got Married!

Today Grandpa got remarried to Sega!  We are excited to have her in the family.  Congratulations you two!!

Cousins

Makai pushed Sam the entire afternoon.  He loved it!!  

So excited the kids got to see the Salt Lake Temple.  Kyle liked the conference Center.  All of them loved being on temple square.

Gotta love Cousins!!

It was a quick trip.  We left about midnight Friday night to be there in time for the Wedding Saturday morning.  We walked about temple square with cousins and Aunties for a few hours.  Slept at the hotel and left early Sunday to drive back.  Not my favorite type of trip, but we were happy to be there for the wedding and the cousins loved seeing each other!!

Bubble bath

Because Tyler had such bad eczema when he was little I couldn't give him bubble baths, so I never got into the habit of buying it. The other day at the store Makai said, "Mom, can I have a bubble bath?"  It dawned on me the poor kid had never had had one.  So, per his request:

Makai loved making his arms look like he had huge muscles.  

Trey got in on the action too:

Now they can't say they never got to take a bubble bath--it just took a while.  It was fun to watch them play.  Being a kid is awesome.   

Kyle's shirt

Kyle was asked by his teacher to draw the design for the Coyote Crawl t-shirt this year.  The school is trying to earn enough money to buy a rock wall for the school.  He did a great job.  A nice farewell for his last year of elementary school!

Trey's Bike

Last week I noticed that Trey has become excellent at riding his scooter.  He can balance well, maneuver through small spaces and has gained confidence.  Friday I told him that Saturday we were going to put him on a bike because he was ready!  He was pretty excited.  Saturday morning after breakfast we went outside and began the task.  For the first two seconds Trey was excited.  Then he said it was scary and different from his scooter.  Every move he made was filled with why he would never be able to ride a bike and it was harder than he thought it was going to be.  WE(I) decided we needed to take a break and he could ride his scooter for a while.  After riding his scooter for a while he came back to me excited to try his bike again.  Once on his bike he would again begin to cry and whine!  This happened several times.  I finally told him maybe he wasn't as ready as I thought he was and he should just go back to his scooter.  He did, but again he came and asked if we could try his bike again.  I explained everything to him and then I explained that it was okay to learn!  After I had time to cool off and think about things I told him the truth--that I knew he could do it, but HE needed to believe he could do it.  I told him if he continued to tell himself he couldn't do it, he was right!  But, if he started telling himself he could do it, he was Right!!  Trey struggles when things are hard.  However, he is a master rider!  It took about an hour total(not including breaks) for him to learn.  Now, he wants to ride every moment he can!  He loves it more than he loves his scooter and is enjoying his new found freedom.  A great lesson in never giving up and in the importance of believing in yourself!! Great job TREY!!!

Important!!

Trey came home from school and brought with his these 'originals'.  When I saw them I didn't think much of them and was about to send them right to the trash.  However, then I decided to ask him what they were.  There is also a 4th one that looks like a Christmas tree.  He then said, as if I should have known, "Mom, they are things that are important to me.  The tree is for Christmas because that's Christ Birthday.  Then I made the scriptures(the green one), the church(the one in the middle) and the Holy Ghost(the colorful little person)."  Suddenly they were the sweetest little 'original' creations.  Unfortunately I didn't get a change to tell Monty what they were until it was too late, but I still have the Christmas Tree which I think I'll put with our Christmas stuff.  Thankfully, I got a picture though!  Trey, I am glad you know how important these things are!!