Grandparents have more influence

and I am okay with that. We have been working weeks with Trent on riding his bike without training wheels, when I say weeks, I mean, 2 times out of a month span. Working with Trent went like this: "Get on the bike Trent". "No". In a louder more stern voice, "Get on the bike Trent". "FINE!!!!". "I will hold it, you get on. Okay, ready?". I give him a push and then run along the bike, Trent gets frustrated and crashes. We do a couple more times. We all are frustrated, put the training wheels back on and call it good.

Every summer or track break, my parents take the kids for a week. What a special time this is for my kids to spend with grandma and grandpa. When I say a special time, I mean this is a rocking free week for mom (oh yea, and I guess dad too). Scott and I had big plans to paint while the kids were gone, but long story short, color wrong a lot of frustration, "We are going out to eat and the movie". No arguments here.

Over at grandma and grandpa's they had a little more success with Trent. We got the "small" bike out of storage, when I say storage I mean along side the house and it went with the kids to grandma's house. First time out, Trent asked grandpa if he could ride the bike. Grandpa takes him out and away Trent goes!! Trent's confidence level rises 1000% and he is the master of riding a bike without training wheels.

If that wasn't enough mastery for grandma and grandpa, they had to rub it in a little more. Grandma taught Emmett (yes, Emmett) to ride the electric 4wheeler. It is the cutest thing.

When I went to pick up Emmett from a weekend at grandma's, both Trent and Emmett had to show me their new tricks. Emmett only got to spend the weekend of the week, I thought it would be more fun for the older ones to not have the "baby" around, when I say more fun I mean Emmett had therapy appointments.

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A fun Saturday afternoon

We were looking for something to do today on this hot summer Saturday. I have been hearing about this Settler's Park in Meridian and seeing other people blog about it. So today, we decided to check it out. I wasn't completely prepared with the kids getting wet, but either way, we all had a blast!!!


One of the main attractions at Settlers Park is Adventure Island Playground Area ~ Idaho's first universally accessible playground, splash pad, Sound Garden, Little City of Rocks, Tree of Hope, swings, rock monuments, concessions building, restrooms, picnic shelter, shade structures, and tables & benches.

What a treasure this park is. It wasn't too crowded and there was something for all my children to do. Most of the time when we head to the park, Garhett is bored, but not today!!! Scott even enjoyed himself on the swings.

Horse Riding

We were invited to a family birthday party for Abby Halladay. Paige was so excited to see Abby and celebrate with her. She was even more excited when she saw the horses. All she kept saying was "I need to ride that horse, mom." When it came time to ride the horse, Paige was the first one running the other way. We couldn't get her on that horse until she brave Trent show her how it's done. Way to go Trent!!


My dad (grandpa) always calls Trent "cowboy". So before Trent got on the horse, he said to me, "Mom, I guess I better get on the horse and ride it like a cowboy, cause grandpa calls me a cowboy". Too cute!!!