Update

The kids have been through 2 weeks of school now, and survived! I have survived too, and have found some time to enjoy my new freedom-ie all the kids in school. Volleyball is coming along. We have played two pre-season games so far. Our first was against Alta. They are a power house. They beat us without breaking a sweat. But that's okay. I was able to see what the girls needed to work on, and boy did we work on it. We only had two days to practice til we played Spanish Fork. My team, the sophomores, were able to beat Spanish Fork in 3 games. JV and Varsity both lost. But now the JV team is taking some of my players, so this week, we have been working on girls in new positions and what not. It has been a very long week. I am looking forward to a somewhat relaxing weekend and Tim's first scrimage football game! The day the volleyball team played Spanish Fork was my anniversary. Cory sent a dozen roses to the high school gym just before my game! What a sweet heart:) He was out of town too. That's okay, we celebrated in July with our motorcycle ride.

I will try to stay up to date with Tim's football games and my volleyball team. In the side bar, I will post scores and a running record! Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Back to School! (Part 2)

All the kids went to school today! Hooray for me:) I was busy with volleyball practice and getting food in the house to enjoy it though. At least shopping was a breeze without four kids wanting one of everything:) Here's all the kids this morning! What a lovely sight;)Little Miss Kelli. I worry the most about her this year. She is so shy and can be mean at times. She also has a hard time going to sleep at night. Hopefully a full day of school will cure her of that!
Kater Bug! She is super ready for school. She might have a hard time not bossing kids around. She likes things done her way and will let you know if you are not doing something "her way."
As for me, volleyball is kicking my butt! Hopefully after this week, it will get easier. Practice is in the morning this week, which means our house is crazy with me getting four kids off to school and getting ready myself. Next week, v-ball practice is in the afternoon. I should be able to catch my breath in the mornings and get some things done around the house before heading to the gym. As for now, the house is pretty scary. Wish me luck this Thursday-it's our first game of the season:0

Back to School! (Part 1)

Well, sort of. Only half of the kids are back in school. Tim is in 6th grade now! I can't believe I have a 6th grader. He is pretty excited about rotations with the other 6th grade teachers and being the oldest in the school. Let's hope he can survive having a male teacher:)
Mak is in 4th grade this year. She actually has two teachers. They will teach twice a week, then every other Friday. Hopefully she will not get too confused with this system. Her challenge this year will be getting enough sleep and getting up on time. So far so good:)
Katie and Kelli met with their teachers this morning, but don't start til tomorrow. They had some homework tonight-coloring paper dolls to look like themselves. Ug! Homework with 4 kids is going to be a chore! Hopefully, Tim and Mak will help me out! Tomorrow, I will post pictures of Kelli and Katie's first day and I will use the camera. I had to use my phone this morning because the camera was dead:(

Riverton Volleyball

Quit post because things are crazy. Here is the web-site for the Riverton High School Volleyball Team. It is so awesome! And things will be added to it often, so keep checking it out. Especially to see how my team is doing:) Go Sophomores! Just click here: Riverton Volleyball
I will also keep the link in the sidebar!

A "Wright" Weekend!

Our weekend started out with a huge bang-literally. Thursday night, while I was at a Volleyball meeting, Cory took Kelli and Katie for a bike ride. Ever since the girls mastered their bikes without training wheels, we can not get them off the bikes. Any way, Katie swerved to miss a parked car, and ended up meeting the road with her mouth. She got road rash on her cheek, nose and upper lip, cut the inside of her lip, knocked out a tooth and ended up with a fat lip. I took her to the dentist at 9pm for an emergency x-ray and exam. Thank goodness the tooth she knocked out was a baby tooth! She going to be okay, just a little cut up and bruised for awhile. This is Katie a day after the "accident." Notice the huge hole in her mouth now:)This picture doesn't do the trauma justice. Where the new tooth is coming in, Katie had a huge cut there from where the baby tooth got knocked out. The cut inside her mouth was worse as well.

So, due to Katie's injuries, we decided to take it somewhat easy Friday and see how Katie was feeling. We ended up going to "Boondock's" for a late lunch and an afternoon full of fun. The kids played arcade games where they collected tickets for prizes. We played a game of Laser Tag, drove the go-carts and got wet on the bumper boats! It was a great afternoon, and Katie did well and kept up with her brother and sisters!Mak driving!
Kelli did well for her first time:)
Katie and Tim. They each drove the little g0-carts as well. I just love this picture of Tim. His face is full of determination to "win" the race!
Tim, Katie and Mak getting me and Kelli wet!
Kelli and I were quite the team!

Cory's Dad and his wife came down from Montana Friday night for a weekend visit. The kids love it when Papa comes to town. They played games with him, showed him around the house and backyard and hung on to him. Especially Kelli. She just loves her Papa. We also got some yard work done yesterday with an extra man around. We are putting a garden in, and in order to do that, we cut up some sod. Cory's Dad helped take the sod out of the garden area. He also helped Cory place the sod in a bare area of the backyard. We also worked a little bit on the sprinkler system:(
Toby, Cory's Dad-Rick, Kelli, Mak, Tim, Cory, Katie and me this morning before church!

Just so you know, this coming week is volleyball try-outs for Riverton High School. I will be busy the entire week, so I will not be blogging unless another "emergency" or something funny happens with the kids as they spend their last week of summer break with their Baci. See you all soon! Go Silverwolves:)

Thanksgiving Point

Earlier in the week, my Mom and I took the kids to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. Every Tuesday in August, some of the events are only $2! So, off we went, along with everyone else in Utah County and southern SL County! Our first stop was lunch at Del Taco. Yum, Mexican food! Then we went to the Dinosaur Museum. It is actually pretty cool, if there wasn't kids every where, strollers running into you and adults butting in front of you. Too bad we didn't have Mexican food for breakfast so we could have cleared people out:) We did the museum thing for awhile until we had enough of people.Hoping the T-Rex doesn't eat us!
Mak, Katie, Tim and Kelli building dams. They also dug for Dinosaur Bones, but the pictures didn't turn out:(
After the museum, we walked over to the deli/bakery in hopes of getting a 50 cent ice-cream cone. Um, no way. The line was to the door. So, we settled for a cookie and a drink. It felt so good to sit for awhile and watch all the people in line for an ice-cream cone. Ha, ha ,ha!
Then, we walked around the grounds for awhile. There are the most beautiful gardens there. The kids thought it was the coolest. Here they are stinging themselves! Kelli couldn't quite figure it out. Too cute!!
Next, we went to a glass blowing exhibt. The artist was there actually blowing glass. I think the end product was a vase of some sort! Very cool. His gallery was right there, so we walked around with our hands in our pockets! We came around a corner to this:
A 6 foot Christmas tree decorated with ornaments, lights and presents underneath. It was so cool! I was truely amazed with everthing. We also got to walk through a stained glass studio and see the artist at work. So much detail. A lot of their work is in local LDS Temples!
Our last stop for the day was Farm Country. We walked around, outside in the heat, looking at all the farm animals. Then, the kids spotted the pony rides. So, being the good Mom/Grandma, we bought tickets and waited in line forever in the heat! I really hope the kids enjoyed their 3 minute ride!Go Tim. He almost met the weight limit:)
Mak wants to take riding lessons (yea, right) so she was in Heaven!Kelli, was so happy that I was there watching her. She is very attached to me lately!
Katie was so glad to be out of the sun and heat:)

Black Ridge Reservoir

Last Friday, we spent the evening at Herriman's newest attraction-Black Creek Reservoir aka Herriman Beach or as we like to call it "Mini Sand Harbor!" (That's for you Chi!) Spur of the moment, we loaded up the truck with all the inflatables that we have, threw in a cooler with some water and soda, grabbed some snacks and off we went to cool ourselves off. It was great! The kids swam, floated around and played in the sand. We ended up getting a pizza and having a "picnic" right there on the beach! It's so nice to be able to get away, yet not drive forever to get there! Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon/evening!Tim floating on Black Ridge Reservoir
Kelli playing in the sand, Katie on the blue inflatable, Mak pushing the green inflatable and Tim digging.Looking south and east towards Mt. Timpanogos!Tim covering up Katie
Kelli swimming while Cory buries Mak

Summer Update!

Tim is obsessed with LEGO's! He does them so fast, usually in just an hour or so. It is really neat to watch him work and concentrate on a project. His mind is so mechanical, like Cory's. Star Wars is by far is favorite ones to put together. Last summer, I hung shelves that span the length of a wall in his bedroom just so he could display his projects. The shelves are filling up fast. This is the latest. Thanks Chi for keeping him occupied for all of an hour!
Last week, we finished up swim lessons at the Riverton pool. All the kids improved so much. And they all had a great time and looked forward to going. I hated swim lessons, probably because I nearly drowned, but that story is for another time. Any way, here is Kelli and Katie at the pool.
Mak doing a cannon ball off the high dive!
Tim starting a flip off the high dive!
Saturday, we attempted to go boating. It wasn't the best outing. Too many boats on the water, not the best weather, and the boat's steering went out. Then, we almost got in a fight with another boater over an anchor. He had been drinking just a little:) The best part of the day was our dinner picnic in Provo Canyon. We stopped at Glen Canyon Park and roasted hot dogs. Cory and I shared stories about ward parties at the park when we were in college. The kids loved it, especially the Provo River. All would have gone swimming if Cory and I hadn't stopped them. They are all crazy! Is it time for them to go back to school yet?