Baby Room

This is what I have finished in the baby room so far.  The inspiration came from the owl fabric in the first photo.  I made the quilt first. It has the pink, bumpy, soft fabric on the back.  Annesa made the stuffed owl also shown on the bed.

Annesa and I made these cute owls to hand on the wall while I was in San Diego. 

 I also made these pom poms to hang above the crib.  They need to be fluffed up again.  Ian and Ava like to play with them.

 Then I made these owls out of some scrap wood I found in the back yard.  Drilled holes for the "feet" and put in the dowels.  Now I will have something to hang the diaper bag, jackets, hats, etc. from.

Now I just need to finish covering the changing table, with the same fabric from the quilt, and I think I will be finished.  I sure wish I could paint the walls to match, but hopefully that will be coming in a different house.

Ian's Goal

Ian scored 3 goals this game.  Here is a video of one of them.

Ian's soccer game

Ian has started soccer season again.  This time he is on team White Lightening.  He seems more hesitant so far this season.

We have noticed though, that when he is concentrating he puts his tongue in his cheek.  Notice how many of these photos you can see his cheek poking out from his tongue. Like the one below.

The kid next to him is his friend Jasper.  They also go to preschool together.

 I feel like I got some really good shots of him this game.  He has good form.

 This is my favorite photo of Ian, celebrating right after scoring a goal.  This one may need to be edited and framed.

Homecoming Parade

September 21st was the Homecoming Parade in downtown Los Alamos.  The kids had a blast!

                                                           Mikaela, Ian, and Dax

                                            The kids are getting ready for the parade to start.

                                                                     Sadie, Ava, and Jasper

 Ava with the Scottish Bagpipe players.  She definitely has Scottish blood with her blue eyes and super fair skin.

                                                        Ian waving to the fire truck.

After the parade was over.  Ian, Hyrum, Benson, and Addie.

The parade lasted about 1 hour.  I was suprised at how long it was.  It is the biggest parade of the year.  I am hoping to have candy left to hand out on Halloween.

1st Day of Preschool

Ian and Ava are in the same Preschool this year.  (Little Sprouts Preschool).  They have 13 kids in their class, and the moms take turn teaching.  There are four moms there at a time.  School is on Mondays and Wednesdays.

 The preschool is at Stacey Gartz's house (a girl in our ward).  It is nice not to have to rotate houses like Joy School. We have 3 class pets.  2 birds and a fish. 

 Fine motor activity.

 Circle time.  As you can see Ava was not that interested in joining the rest of the class.

 We did a tour of the house, to show them where to watch their hands, go to the bathroom, and hang up backpacks and jackets.

 We made American flags so they could practice the pledge at home.

 And the kids loved the parachute time.

Ian of course was a natural.  He listened and did everything asked of him.  On the other hand Ava was not that thrilled to be there.  I think she will do better when I am not the teacher.  She was very clingy and didn't want to listen.  It doesn't help that she was getting sick as well.  Ian never wants to leave when preschool was over.  I wish he was in Kintergarten this year, but he will get there soon enough.

Pioneer Day and vacation with the Llewellyns

July 20-26 We spent in Utah with our good friend the Llewellyns. I don't know why I don't have any pictures of their kids. (Holly, Matt, will you email me some). We started the trip at the cabin in Duck Creek.  Dustin's parents and neices met us up there.  The boys had so much fun playing outside.  We went on a wonderful hike, and had amazing weather.  We went for a few walks, played card games, and ate amazing food.  Next we went to Panguitch for pioneer day. 

 

Here is the parade...

                                                                                 Jade

                                                                             Jaelyn

                                                  Dustin and Ava

                                             Matt, Brinkley, and Holly

 After the parade, my parent's neighbor let Ava ride on their horses.  She was so excited!

 

That afternoon the town had the Kiddie Races at the park and a small carnival.  Ian won his age group. If you remember last year he tripped on the starting line.  So he was there to redeem himself.

 

 

 

While Matt and Holly were with us, we also rode the bikes through Red Canyon, played some baseball, the boys went fishing, and ate some more great food.  We had a lot of fun with them.  It is too bad we don't get to see them more often.

4th of July

The White Rock Ward hosts an amazing 4th of July for the community.  It starts with the National Anthem, and a prayer.  Then they have a parade, where anyone can participate. 

 Ian riding his bike in the parade.

 Ava on her bike. We had to carry it part of the time because it was too slow, and she was at the back of the parade.

 After the parade there was a carnival, with face painting, tons of games, snow cones, and popcorn.

 Olivia came home with us after the reunion and spent the following 2 weeks with us.  We had so much fun with her.

 Ava with her popcorn.

 Ian has a blue mustache from his snow cone.

This is an amazing event the church puts on for the community. I am grateful we are in such a great ward.

Page Family Reunion

I can't believe how huge my family is!  All of these people came from my grandparents in the middle of the photo.  He is in white and she is in blue.

I stole these photos from my mom and sister Annesa, Thanks guys! Annesa did a great job of going around taking photos of everyone.

We had breakfast at my parents house, then had a luncheon at the church.  Along with a lot of socializing and games.  We needed name tags, to learn the names of our cousins kids. There were around 170 people in attendance.  Which doesn't include everyone but gives you a pretty good idea about how large the family is.

 This is my immediate family.  Top left to right: Sydeny, Casey, John, Landon, Michael, My Dad, My Mom, Jaelyn, Josh, Jacob, Zachary, Mindy, Ian, Dustin. Next row: Jaxson, Bryan, Haylee, Emilee, Nicole, Rebecca, Danika, Kennedy, Logan, Sarah, Ava, Holly. Next row and kids on laps: Tate, Samantha, Hannah, Jeffry, Joseph, Lisa, Jonathan, Annesa, Bently, Jade, Tiffany, Jaren, Olivia, Emily. Next row: Cari, Paul. Front row: Quinn, Isabelle, Eden.
Sorry if I spelled names wrong. It is so hard to keep track of everyone.  We are missing Jim and Madison.

 Part of the reunion we had a horseshoe tournament.

 Annesa, Casey, and my Dad laid new wood floor in the front room.  Everyone was checking out their handy work.

 Bently, Annesa, Holly, Rebecca.

 My Mom and My Grandpa

Ava and Jade.

 It was interesting trying to get all of the family lined up for a photos.  I give props to the photographer.

 Lego fun in the family room.

 Watching the horseshoe tournament.

 Ava and Bently.  Ava saw Bently with her pink blanket so she had to go get her pink blanket.

 Paul and Cari brought their huge projector screen to have and outside movie.  We watched Kung Fu Panda 2.

 If you look closely you can see Dustin and I kissing in the background. :)

 It is amazing what came of two people being in love.  My grandparents, Garn and Rose Page.

My parents did an amazing job hosting the reunion.  It was a lot of work, they had to plan and purchase all of the food, and get it set up.  They had people sleeping in tents in the back yard, and  family coming and going for days.  They were gracious hosts for anyone stopping by.  It made me realize how hardworking my immediate family are, and I appreciate them even more now.  I am happy we decided to go, who knows if we will ever have a reunion of that magnitude again.