First day of 2nd grade!

Today was Tyler's first day of 2nd grade!

Tyler was excited about entering the second grade until he found out who his teacher was, then he was terrified! When he found out he called me at work on the verge of tears saying, "I have Mr. Cowen and he's the meanest teacher in the entire school!". The morning of his first day I got him up, made him pancakes, and gave him a pep talk. I explained that he shouldn't be judgmental and should give Mr. Cowen a fair shot. Besides, normally when children think a teacher is "mean" its because they are good teachers who mean business.

Once he got to class and saw his favorite friend Madison (girl in the bottom picture) he forgot all about being scared. He was then excited to be in class with his friends again. I called him after school and asked him what he thought about Mr. Cowen, his response: "He is the nicest teacher! The best in the entire school!". The lesson today is not judging a person based off rumors, get to know them yourself and create your own opinion!

Ward Camp Out

Last weekend we went on a ward camp out at Camp Nauvoo up in Placerville. Its a quaint little piece of land that our stake owns and we have camp outs there almost every year. Next to the site there is a little river that's dammed off and they have these boards that you can stand on and move along with a long stick. It was so cute seeing Deke and Tyler paddling along, I went to grab my camera and lo and behold, DEAD BATTERY! So I snapped a few pics with Deke's camera phone. Next year I'll be more prepared!

Tyler said "they were landing"

This is Deke's "Huck Finn" picture.

Family Reunion 2010

Here is one picture I didn't have for my family reunion post. This was the gang for the second event on July 5th. I got it off my cousin Tricia's blog... thanks Tricia! :)

Family Reunion 2010

THE FIRST EVER LARSON FAMILY REUNION IN UTAH!

At the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
I even found some girlfriends in Utah! Lindsay and Sara :)

This was the day I got my endowments out at the SLC temple.

I was told that we have 91 descendants just from my grandparents, Blaine and Luana Larson. This is part of them...not everyone was able to make it. We still have a great turn out!

Trying to get a picture of the great grandchildren of Blaine and Luana. It was difficult lol

Tyler with his second cousins Ivan, Brian, and first cousin Jenna.

Here are the children of Blaine and Luana along with their spouses. They had 7 children, starting from the right (oldest to youngest) Joni, Diana, Dennis, Susie, Noel, Colleen, and Kirk.

Some of the grandchildren of Blaine and Luana along with spouses.

I love how they wrote Mr. Heather Hyde and Mr. Kimberly Hyde on their name tags. Silly boys.

Tyler is AMAZING at hula-hooping! He must get that talent from Grandma!

Tyler and Ivan enjoying the Provo 4th of July Parade. Ivan is holding the metal he won running his first race that morning. We were all very proud of him!

Some of the kids (and Tiffany) enjoying the parade on the curb.

Tyler is holding my cousin Tiffany's son Lil' Tom. He was so cute and we were all fighting over him!

Deke's turn with Lil' Tom. He's such a pro with babies ;-D

Eating dinner at my Aunt Diana's house in Orem.

Deke blowing bubbles for the kids....aaaand Jonathan trying to eat them. :-/

Tyler, Travis, and mischievous Jenna! They couldn't wait to tackle those water balloons!

Sista's!!!

I love how my brother-in-law Josh is photo-bombing us!

Filling up the water balloons!

The kids had races in the wobble cars!

Blog Update

Oh my gosh has it really been 2 months since I've posted to my blog?!? Wow! I guess I've been really busy... here's the skinny on the past two months... Tyler had his first PGY show (performing groups for youth), baseball season came to an end today and we celebrated with a pool party at my house, we hiked Horse Tail Falls on Memorial Day, and Deke discovered his newest obsession - KARAOKE!

Horse Tail Falls!

Tyler's first trophy!

Cake I made for the party.

Strike?

PGY!