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Malorie's first day of kindergarten...

Malorie and Dylan (our next door neighbor)

this year kindergarten was a different experience with Malorie.

with Dallin, I couldn't believe that the time had come to send him to school. it came way too fast. I cried...

Mason, was a mommas boy and had a hard time in the beginning. i didn't like leaving him while he was upset. I cried...

Ashlan, was SUPER shy, and didn't like anyone who made eye contact with her, and didn't like it when any attention was focused on her. (kindergarten did wonders for her, and now you would never know) I wanted her to be confident. I cried...

Malorie, had a hard time when everyone but her was in school, and if she didn't have a playmate every minute of the day she cried. she has to be entertained at all times, or life's not fair.

This year, I didn't cry... does that make me a bad mom?

..back to school..

I'm a little behind on posting. I thought that once all the kids were in school i would have plenty of time for blogging and other things...not so! here are the "first day of school" snap shots.

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Ashlan...1st grade

Mason...5th grade

Malorie...kindergarten

the bigler clan with our neighbors Holly and Jack, waiting for the bus.Malorie could not wait to ride the bus with Mason and Ashlan! (I wonder how long that will last!)

off they go...another year of school.

..road trip..

the kids and i took a little road trip to utah to spend time with matt's family. we had a week of summer before school started again. going year round cut our summer very short this year :(
we had a fun time with grandma and grandpa and all the cousins. i went off without my camera so i have no pictures to share.
one of the highlights of the trip was the "stadium of fire." (thanks mitch for getting us tickets!)
miley cyrus and blue man group performed. malorie couldn't get over that it was REALLY miley on stage. she kept asking, "mom is that her real person on stage?" "is that her for real?" the kids loved it and we had fun spending time with uncle mitch (my brother). i think my kids have probably seen him maybe 4 times in their life. we go home (mexico) for the summer and he goes home for the winter, so we don't get to see him very often.
dallin also had a birthday while we were there. he turned 13! (i know, i can't believe it either!)
it's so crazy to think where the time has gone. he had a great time at 7-peaks with his cousins.
he got to stay in utah an extra week and will be coming out with matt's sister (who lives in SF) next tuesday. we miss him!
we had a wonderful time with family, but it's also nice to be back home. we missed our daddy!
i have to give a big shout out to matt...he knows i like coming home to a clean house, so when we walked in, the house was clean, carpets were vaccumed, and best of all, he had all the laundry and ironing done! (yes, is said ironing! :) thanks babe! i think i might leave more often!