Yearbook Yourself

Ok, so we found this web site that lets you see what you would have looked like from 1950 - 2000. We laughed so hard! We just had to share some of these.

First off, here is Steve like you've never seen him

And... our favorite from 1998

Mine didn't turn out quite as funny as Steve's, but here it is....







































And lastly, 1998...(I think I've had this hairdoo..)
We had such a good laugh.

Were does the time go...?

M's favorite part about playing soccer are the games.

He would rather give it all on the field when there is an audience, than to over exert himself in practice .

Going for Goal!!!!

I think the other team is trying to get him...

Yeah... they got him...

"oh no! I can't watch this."

E: "I wonder if anyone will notice if I take a few pictures..."





















.... Oh, busted! Me: "E, what are you doing with the camera?"





We couldn't live in C City without experiencing the Festival of Festivals here. Through getting to know the right people, we were able to get free tickets to go see Cyrano de Bergerac in the outdoor Shakespeare theater. It was such a great experience! It made me realize how many words we have lost in the English language. When Shakespeare describes something, you know exactly what he means, versus the standard "That's awsome!" we use today to describe anything good.








The play started at 8pm and ended after 11 pm - but it was a beautiful evening, the actors were fantastic and the crickets made a great back ground chorus.

After being out of school for almost 3 1/2 months (including the month or so of home schooling in May), the time has come to start again... This time, one year older and wiser.
Here they are dressed (minus K's shoes) in their very lax uniform / dress code. They are going to a brand new Montessori Charter School. Because the building still needed some finishing touches by the first day of school, the kids got to attend 3 days of school at SUU. They came home excited that they had gone to 'college', but tired, because they had to "walk for miles between each building".

The kids are swimming Monday - Thursday after school. M and E are now on the Pre - team level and are working hard to be able to compete in the next swim meet. M insists on wearing his cap over his goggles, just like Michael Phelps did in the Olympics. Most parents only take pictures at swim meets and I haven't wanted to stand out too much by being the only parent taking pictures at practices yet, so I will post some pic's of the kids swimming after their next swim meet.

But... I do have footage of the youngest Price swimmer, working on perfecting that free style stroke...

Steve flew to St. George early this morning. Hopefully, I can post that he is an instrument rated pilot soon.

Olympic Venues, Making Cookies, and Studying

Thought I would just share the diversity of interests going on in our house right now.

While Steve was in his own zone ...studying for his test with the FAA (to get his instrument ratings), K, lacking things to do, thought she should fix my hair: .......


...in PIGGY TAILS???

The bad thing was that the Primary President came to our house, and I had forgotten how my hair looked and talked as if I didn't look like a "wanna bee" 1o year old ...-she did give me a strange look...





After watching some of the Women's Olympic Gymnastics, the kids decided to take some blankets and hold their own gymnastic venue in the drive way across the street (good thing those houses are still empty)











After all this fun, time to check on Steve - what is he still doing?...

Oh! Still studying...

So we decided to make some cookies and got busted in the act.















This morning I decided to make some zucchini bread and since O had already developed a taste for cooking, she insisted on helping me.



She wasn't counting on the noise of the wheat grinder though. She was yelling on the top of her lungs "turn it off, turn it off!!"

But we managed to grind a few cups of wheat anyway.

Grouse Creek, Birthday PartyFamily Reunion, Horse Riding, Back to school shopping and more....

What a fun time we've had this past week!!!














It started with our Family Re-union... something the kids look forward to all year long. Since Steve was not able to take the time off from school, he flew up to West Jordan on Wednesday night with M. After a nice dinner out with the whole family, Steve flew back leaving Michael with grandma and grandpa, a day before I drove up with the girls.

The weather in Grouse Creek was unbearably hot during the day and uncomfortably cold at night. But, ...horse riding, playing with the cousins, good food, and ...did I mention horse riding?... made it all worth it.

One of my favorite things to do in Grouse Creek:












K










M and E and
O




And... of course, because Steve wasn't there, I had to get a flat tire. Luckily Steve's cousin Brian was there and very helpful (he did kind of owe us - since Steve and I set him up with his wife of over 10 years now). I didn't have to do much and someone in Grouse Creek patched my tire - free of charge. It was very nice service.

After the family reunion, the kids and I decided to stay a few extra days with grandma & grandpa in Riverton. It was wonderful to see old friends and neighbors again! I hadn't realized how much I missed it up there until I was there again.

Those few days went way too quick though. With school starting again on August 18th, I had lots of back-to-school shopping to do - that couldn't be done in Cedar City. So while the kids played with friends and cousins, Olivia, grandma and I ran errands. Our first stop... to get O some "sparkly earings" - she was actually really excited to do this.


Pretty earings!!!

Cousin E turned eight on our last day in Grouse Creek - so what could be better than a birthday party at Chuckie Cheese's on Monday?!

Ka and E also got to play a little at Sonja's house with the Escobar cousins. But our time was way to short!


E and Cousin M







Cousin A and O make cute fairies!

















Fun on the tramp with J and A






We left Salt Lake on Wednesday morning, after a brief stop at IKEA - of course - and made it home in abt. 4 hours. It was so great to see everyone again - the time was too short. Hopefully we will be able to come up again - ...when the cost of gas goes down, and when Steve can come too!