Farm Country with Cousin Easton

Farm Country

Today, Jessica and her son Easton met Hayden and me at Thanksgiving Point to check out Farm Country.


We had SOOOOO much fun. Hayden has a couple of books that have pictures of cows and ducks in them and has been making moooooo sounds and quack sounds for the last few weeks. I thought he'd be so excited to see an actual cow.... Well, he was actually quite terrified and I had a hard time getting him close enough to even take a picture.

I used picnik.com to edit these photos and I love the pencil sketch.

Hayden and Easton had so much fun together- Here is one of the pictures where they are both looking at the camera.

We got to pet a horse, although Hayden wasn't too sure about it.

Hayden found the JAIL.... let's pray he never really ends up there!

I wasn't sure Hayden was going to go for the Pony Ride, but once he got on the pony he was fine and had so much fun. I had a hard time getting very good pictures but I did get this one after the ride was over.

And this is my favorite picture... Hayden was blowing kisses to the kids waiting to get on the sheep.

I was a little sad that there were quite a few pictures that were ruined/not so good, because apparently Hayden had grabbed the camera and gotten fingerprint smudges all over the lens. :(

Random

OK... so I haven't posted in a while, with school starting and just not really wanting to spend much time online.
I have a lot of random thoughts this week.... I've had 2 students this week who are moving, one has been moved around from several different states with his dad and is just the sweetest kid; and the other is the cutest girl whose mom HATES Utah and is moving the family back to the South. I will miss both of them and hope they will do well in their new schools.

I've also been thinking a lot about vacations. I can't wait until Hayden is old enough to appreciate and enjoy a fun vacation. In the meantime, as much as I love and would miss him, I am really dying to go somewhere fun just for me! Of course I can't afford it, and my mom doesn't think I need a vacation.... so, I'll just dream and read about all of your awesome trips!

I do have pictures of the finished yard to download and post one of these days, but I can't find the right cords...

School is finally in session- BLAH!

So, school is finally back in session and I am back into the swing of things. I have 27 4th graders so far this year, and will probably gain a few over the next few months. I really feel like I have a good grip on my kids and hope to have a really good year. I am really hoping to get the kids to love learning and have some fun!

On another note, our school made the news tonight because we have 44 kindergarteners in the morning and 41 in the afternoon and only ONE teacher. Because they figure out how many teachers we should need each year in the spring with an 'estimated' enrollment, we were forced to 'surplus' a teacher, and because of the guestimated number of kindergarteners planning on attending, that teacher was one of the kindergarten ones. We now have to wait until at least September 15th to get a new teacher and in the meantime that one poor teacher gets to test and try to teach 85 kindergarteners with the help of one reading specialist. It is INSANE!!!

Anyway, here's to a GREAT new school year!