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.