Ty and I took the kids to the aquarium in SLC during the weekend. We had free tickets because Ty's company CVE did the electrical at the aquarium. It was fun to see all the fish and watch the kids pet the sting rays.
The sting rays seemed to enjoy the kids too. They would swim right up to them and then try to jump out. We couldn't pull Halen away to see anything else, we pet the sting rays for probably a half an hour.
Fun to see all these strange creatures.
More strange creatures, ( yes I mean the kids)
A few more strange ones :)
Cool star fish!
This tank full of tropical fish, made Ty and I homesick for Hawaii. We had lots of fun remembering snorkeling with all of these gorgeous bright fish.
Crazy weather, this was during a lightening storm.
More crazy looking skies, this was the thick haze that hung over while there was lots of fires in August.
Soccer started and Halen loves playing. Keeps us on our toes these days of feeling like a taxi driver. Literally dropping kids off at stops at Jr. High, dance, scouts, piano, soccer, cubscouts, activity days. (Not to mention 4H afterschool is starting soon). So glad I don't have to drive to two different schools right now.
The pinewood derby, this is Halen's first year of racing.
I think Halen's favorite part is building the car with his dad. They had a good time, and that is what the pinewood derby is all about. He even won a couple of races and took 2nd in several others.
I took Sadie in for an eye exam because she was complaining of not being able to see the chalkboard or things faraway. Wow! eyeopener, the scan of her eye revealed she has a severe stigmatism which causes everything she sees to be blury or have shadows. We had no idea her eyes were this bad! Poor girl, the eye doctor said she was probably born with this and she didn't know the difference because she has always seen this poorly. Ok, I was shocked, Sadie is an excellent reader and she has passed at least 3 different eye screenings. The eye doctor said that he sees this often where the eye screenings at school or the pediatrician office don't catch it. He was surprised himself at how severe her eyes were and that she doesn't have frequent headaches. He even only gave her half the prescription lenses for now until she gets used to this pair and next year she will be ready for the full prescription.
Ok, here is another event that has been crazy at our house, back to school not only brought early mornings and groggy kids but Jayden realized that he could not bend his wrist. He has P.E., weight training class, and manufacturing shop class, all of which brought some pain to his wrist. He had a cyst on his wrist that was causing some pressure. I took him to the pediatrician and they told me that he would need to see a hand specialist, so off we went to see the hand surgeon and he thought it should have surgery right away. Surgery was scheduled two days away, and off we went to spend a whole day in surgury waiting for the procedure and the wake up process. Keep in mind this was the first week of school, the first week of my new job, and the week of studying for finals, and the first week of Ty's new promotion of being foreman, and the week that I have to run Relief Society meeting for Hearthstone Manor. Just a little crazy!! Jayden can not use his hand for anything but writing for six weeks, which messed up my plan of having him ride his bike to Jr. High. Oh boy!
Here are the kids ready to go for first day of school. Halen's face says, "I would rather stay home and catch bugs all day with my friends." I think we survived the week! I hope I can survive the next one!
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