Apple Orchard

We went to Arbor Day Tree Farm again this year, with Grandpa and Grandma Fredericks, on Labor Day. 3 Years in a row makes a tradition right? We had fun as usual. We played most of the day and picked apples at the end.

William Goes to School

William is going to preschool again this year. He loves school. I was told I was allowed to take exactly one picture. God thing it turned out.

William's Birthday

William had his 5th Birthday in August. He was able to have to cakes. First we had fun with some cousins who were in town from West Virginia. We then had a friends birthday party and William had fun with his friends in the back yard. They had fun swimming, jumping on the trampoline, and playing on the slip and slide. We are so glad to have William's giggly happy face in our family. He is full of energy and is always looking for his next adeventure! William learned to ride his bake this summer and was the easiest and youngest of our boys when it came to teaching him to go to two wheels.

William Favorite things at 5
Food: Macaroni
Cartoon: Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Toy: All of Them
Color: Blue, green, and Red, and Brown, and white, and gray, orange, and black, and yellow, and all the boy colors.
Song: Spiderman Song ( I am not sure what this is)
Sport: Soccer
Best Friend: Nolan, Logan, and the other William
Favorite thing to do with brothers: Ride bikes

Soccer Season

William getting ready for a break away.

Kyle loves to pose! He did great in his game!


Brad is number 54, getting ready to make a great pass!

We have recently had a few problems with our camera, and are still working out the issues, so we have had a lack of pictures the past few months. We did however get things figured out long enough to get a few pictures of the boys playing soccer. Brad and William played for Gretna and Kyle played for the Omaha Football Club. They have each had very good seasons.

Brad's team has been very good for him. They are the under 12 team and they include 9, 10, and 11 year olds. Some of the kids on his time have obviously had or are starting to have their growth spurts. Brad is not in this category. It has been great for him to play with older players as it helps him increase his own skills. He learned a lot this year, and it was obvious that he was playing at a new level by the end of the season.

Kyle played OFC this season. He was originally signed up for Gretna as well, but they didn't have room on the team so we went to OFC for him. We were very happy with his coach and team. He learned a lot of skills and most importantly had fun.

William loves playing soccer and it has been really good for him in the past seasons and this season was no exception. It really helps him build his confidence, work together with others, and play fair. On one of his first games he asked, "If I score 10 goals can we go get an ice cream?" We thought there was no way this would happen and agreed. He scored 12 that game, and we got ice cream. Brad was helping the coach one day getting the balls that went out of bounds. When he ran past william he heard him saying, "Karate chop that ball." As he took the ball from the opposing team and took off down the field.

Matt was a trooper going to all the games. He is adimately requesting that HE gets to play soccer next time.

1st Day of School

Brad entering 4th Grade

Kyle entering 2nd Grade

Brad and his teacher Miss Gennarelli

Good-bye Kyle

Last Wednesday, Aug. 10th, Brad & Kyle went back to school. Brad is now in 4th grade and Kyle is in 2nd grade. Kyle has Brad's old teacher, Mrs. Miller. William will be starting preschool next month, which he is very excited about, because they have animals.

Quotable Quotes

William has said some pretty funny things lately. One of my favorites is a couple of weeks ago when my stomach was sick he said, "Mom, you must have eaten a bug." confusing the phrase CAUGHT A BUG.

Another common phrase he says lately is, "You just a bully, because you told me No! or because you won't let me stay up!" Yup, I guess we are bullies because we have rules.

"I really like Hokey Pokey's!" The sad thing is I new exactly what he was talking about, a rolly poly

Here's one from Matt. When he races he count "1,2, chicken" We are quite sure where the chicken part came in, but he does it every time.

Matt also recently started calling his Dad "Joe" "Joe dress my pants on" (in Matt language that means put my pants on.)


There are more but that is all the time I have for right now.

Part 5 - Heber, UT

Matthew

William

Joe, Kyle, William and Matt

Brad and his cousin Spencer, they paddled so fast the boat broke and they had to be towed back in.

Kyle

Campfire

Some of the kids ready for a hike

Helping Grandpa Fredericks with the fire

Inside one of the cabins

Captain Joe of the row boats.

Dancing at the Museum

Playing Chess

Playing at the Zermatt

Feeding the goats.

Visitor Center

We finished our trip by visiting Heber, UT. We stayed with Rob and Pam and enjoyed visiting with them. My sister Angie and her family and my parents stayed at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, UT. We spent a lot of time swimming their, as well as playing chess, feeding goats, as well as having most of our meals their. We went down to temple square one day and enjoyed the sights their with our kids.

Friday night we went to the Heber Valley Girls Camp and had a reunion with my Dad's family. We stayed the night in the cabins, went for hikes, went on the paddle boats, and visited with family. It was a lot of fun.

Part 5 - Preston, ID and Logan, UT

Brad, Great Grandma Carter, Matt, William, and Kyle

On the tractor

The big dairy cows.

The calf sucking Kyle's fingers.

Brad trying to get the calf to suck his fingers.

William and Matt feeding the calf

Joe and his cousin Brad

Off to Preston, Idaho we headed. We went go visit Joe's Grandma Carter, where we stayed the night. In the morning we headed to go see a cousin of Joe's, Brad (don't get confused here, stay with me) who works the family dairy farm. The boys loved the baby calves, and had fun letting them suck on their fingers. They couldn't believe the couldn't believe that the cow's just pooped and peed where ever they wanted, (they are still talking about it and telling people how funny that was.) Brad Lindhart, took us on a tour of the dairy farm. It is amazing the amount of work that they do everyday! On our way out of Preston, we stopped in Logan to visit my Grandma Hansen's grave, she was a wonderful woman and I wish my kids would have had a chance to meet her in this life. My grandma loved little red headed boys, she died in September 1999, before Joe and I married. I think she handpicked some cute little red heads to come to our family.

Part 4 - Porter Family Reunion

Teri and Aaron were gracious enough to open their home to everyone for the 1st Porter Family Reunion. We had a great time and the boys really liked playing with their cousins. We missed Tim, Amanda, and kids, but are so happy for them that they have a new job in Oregon. Here are a few of the fun things we did during the reunion.

Grandpa provided some fireworks for the kids to enjoy, and they were great. It is amazing what they come up with for fireworks.

The kids all had milk jugs on their heads creating cone heads for all of us to enjoy.

Apparently it is not just the kids who can't resist a picture on a metal animal. Joe and Aaron showing off their riding skills on some sort of lizard at the Dinosaur Park.
Please do not feed the wild animals here
Or when they grow up they will never out grow it and will continue to put their heads through the bars begging for food.

Like any good father would do, Joe is feeding Matt to the dinosaur.

At the Dinosaur Park in Ogden

Kyle and William

Eating lunch under the wings at Hills Air force
Kyle and I went home early on this day because he wasn't feeling well, but the other ones enjoyed making rockets and shoot them off at Hills Air Force Base.Fishing trip, the fishing wasn't so hot, but Brad did catch a duck and we all had a lot of fun!