Kindergarten Field Trip

Enjoying her sandwich and fruit at Zupas

 I got to go with Hannah on her field trip to Discovery Gateway.  We went to Zupas and had some lunch together.  I love spending one on one time with her.  We have so much fun together!  Mrs. Haslam had it all organized and ready when we got there.  She had all the groups color coded so you knew which kids you needed to keep track of.  I had the pink "ladies".  I ended up with five little girls to keep track of.

Jocelyn, Chelsea L., Liberty, Sasjia, and Hannah
The Pink Ladies

We loaded into the bus and were on our way!  All of the kids were excited and the bus was full of giggles and plenty of chatting.  Sure is cute to watch the kids interact with one another.  At Discovery we all went into a room and they gave us our instructions...all of the kids put on red smocks and the adults all had lanyards to wear so we could keep track of our group.  After that, we were off!  

Hannah and Sasjia

They are all showing they can follow directions

Chelsea, Hannah and Sasjia

Liberty Hannah Chelsea, Sasjia and Jocelyn

Hannah, Liberty and Jocelyn
Hanging out in the back of the helicopter

Chelsea

Sasjia

Hannah - Creating a work of art

Tyson is a friend that Hannah went to preschool with.

We all had a fun day together.  It was funny to watch all of the parents going around counting kids.  I had one that liked to wonder off from time to time.  We played and played and had a good time so that is all that matters.  Hannah is a fun class of kids and her teacher is wonderful.  The bus ride home was super loud, all the kids sharing stories from the afternoon.  I think all the parents were worn out and happy to know that all the kids were on the bus.  Good times!!

Dancing Queen

Monday was the big Dance By Denise recital.  Hannah took Tap and Jazz again.  She loves to dance and has had a good time learning these two dances.  This time they did their tap dance to Hit the Road Jack and the Jazz was to Witch Doctor.  

Waiting for the recital to start

Cheese!

Grandma and Grandpa Mestek with Hannah
A Big Thank You to them for coming!!

Best Buds....Christian and Hannah

Hannah and Christian both did a great job!  We loved watching them perform. I might be prejudice but I think these are two are pretty cute.  It's fun to have them dancing in the same class together.  Hopefully they will remain the best of buds forever.  Hannah is turning into a little "Dancing Queen".  We are so proud of her.  Great job Hannah!

Grandpa Layton's 70th Birthday

Scott's dad turned 70 this year and that's cause for a party.  We made the trip up to Idaho to celebrate with the rest of the family.  It was fun to watch/listen to all the cousins running and playing.  They always have a great time together.

Grandpa Layton and most of his grandchildren

Kelson, Stef, and Meagan

Mason and La Chelle

Kaybree and Porter

Carter, Maddison, Riley, and Hannah

Sean, Kaden, Justin, andKyler

Jackie and Kendra

 Scott's dad is impossible to buy for.  We have a hard time finding something for him.  Since this was a special birthday we made him some flowers out of money.  They turned out okay and I'll know what needs to be done if I ever do this again.  It's going to take him awhile to unfold them and figure out how much is there.

Grandpa with his "flowers"

Hannah and Porter
She LOVED holding this little guy.  We were super excited to finally get to meet him.

Kaybree

The kids were both troopers.  We spent a lot of time in the car but it was worth it to see everyone and get to spend some time visiting and celebrating Grandpa's big day.

Grandpa Mestek - SL Bike Marathon 2012

 My amazing dad has done this ride for the past few years.  I get up at the crack of dawn to see him off at the start line and then mom and I drive his car and wait for him at the finish line.  This year was no different.  We were up at the start line and he was getting all ready to go.  One final picture before he headed out......or so we thought. (Take a look at the shoes he's wearing....ooopps!)  Dad forgot his bike shoes and only had loafers on.  NOT a good thing!  So, promptly packed up his bike and we were headed back to the house.

 Dad decided he could start the race along the route and be able to ride most of the ride.  After a quick shoe change we headed to a spot near Sugar House park.  The bike was unloaded and he was off.  I snapped a quick picture as he headed off.  I figured that one day he would find a little humor in it and we should document it....  Dad did great and was able to enjoy the rest of his ride.  He's always giving me a hard time about not getting his entire bike in my pictures so I made sure to capture is all this time.  Great job dad!  You are amazing!!

Jazz Game

Scott won a contest at work so we got to go see the Jazz/Suns game. (special thanks to Mark Miller for the night out) This game would determine who would be going to the playoffs.  The tickets were amazing!  We had dinner in the VIP room and then were off to the game.  What an incredible date night out for us!  The game was televised on TNT so Reggie Miller was here announcing it.  He was directly across the floor from us.  Scott and I cheered the Jazz on and were happy with the outcome.  The Jazz are going to the play offs.  GO JAZZ!!!  

Miss Bailey fast asleep

Our little Bailey has been to see the pediatrician several times over the past few months for ear infections.  After being on four different antibiotics they sent us to the ENT specialist.  After looking at X-Ray's of her ears they determined that she needed tubes.  Her surgery was scheduled for Monday the 23rd at Primary Children's in Riverton Hospital.  Hannah went for a sleep over with Grandma and Grandpa.  Miss Bailey got up in the middle of the night and ended up in our bed.  We woke her up and loaded her into the car with her snuggle monkey in tow.  We got to the hospital at 6:40 and were off to the waiting room.  She quickly found the toys and was happy to play while we waited.  I was relieved that she wasn't too ornery since she wasn't able to have anything to eat or drink.

So happy looking at all the toys in the waiting room

Look how cute she is in her hospital outfit

We got her all changed and the nurses did the pre op check.  She wasn't a happy camper with the first nurse that came in.  She didn't want anything to do with him.  She held on tight to her monkey and stayed close to Scott and I.  We were so glad that she relaxed a little and ended up being a good little patient.  She had to wait a little longer but kept entertained with all the fun toys.  She checked out all the  other kids as well.

LOVE this!  

Bailey loved these cars.  She got to ride it around in the waiting room

When it was her turn for surgery they came and got us.  They decided to have us take her to the OR and then they took her from us.  I made Scott pass her off so she wouldn't be sad at me.  We were ensured that three to five breaths and she would be sleeping.  It was a relief to not hear her cry or throw a fit when we left her.  Scott and I didn't have to wait long.  It only took about 10-15 minutes before they came to give us an update.  Everything went well and she was in recovery.  Once she started to wake up they let us go back and see her.  Poor girl was a little groggy.  It was great to hold her and love on her while she woke up.  She came out of it great!  She quickly wanted all the monitors off so she could be down walking and playing.  Dr. Dahl was wonderful and the nurses were all very sweet with her.  We were home just after 10 and she was on the road to recovery.

Snuggling mom and her monkey - Sweet girl!