RYLA 2010

Matt and I got involved with Rotary about 4 years ago and some day hope to join. We have tried to attend RYLA every year. It is the Rotary Youth Leadership Award. We pretty much spend 3 days with 130+ juniors in high school. We have a blast doing it and look forward to it every year. We would never be able to have this much needed break without the help of my mother-in-law. She took time out of her busy schedule to come and stay with the kids so that Matt and I could attend together this year. Thank you Thank you.

We went and got separate groups of about 7-8 kids that we were Team Leaders over. It was held at Heber Valley Camp. It was gorgeous.




The big service project push this year is called "Purple Pinkie's for Polio". Long story, but Rotary is trying to eradicate Polio from the world by 2012.



Matt and I got dressed up with newspaper as fictional characters. I was lucky enough to be Barney (in case you couldn't tell).



Matt was a space alien.



We love being apart of RYLA each year.

Preschool Man

Eston has started preschool. He is so excited. It is nice having something fun for just him. It is also nice to have just two kids for a few hours a week.



The parents were invited to stay for the first 30 minutes of school. Eston was so excited that he pushed me out the door within 2 minutes of us arriving at his school.



He wore his special hat the entire day and part of the next day.

Kindergarten and Knee Surgery

Samantha started Kindergarten yesterday. It was a big day at our house. Matt and I officially have a kid in the public school system.
She was so excited for this day we even had a count down.



Because I was out of commission, Matt took Sammie to her class and stayed with the rest of the parents for the first 45 minutes and did activities with her. He said she was just grinning from ear to ear.



While we were taking pictures Eston wanted his taken. He will start preschool this year and can't figure out why we haven't sent him yet.



On a different note, earlier this summer I had started having knee pain in my right knee. The doctor told me to wait a few more weeks before doing an MRI just to see if it healed on it's own. The pain decreased quite a bit and I had decided that it was just a pulled muscle and went about my entire (active) summer with some discomfort. Matt finally talked me into going back to the doctors office to have it looked at. I went in on a Monday and he told me to go get an MRI which I got two days later on Wednesday. I got a call from Dr. Hess the next day telling me that I had a meniscus (sp) tear and it would need surgery. It just so happens that he had an opening the next day.
So just this past Friday Matt took me in for knee surgery (a scope). I am surprised at how quick the recovery has been and that I am already walking around (kind of) without crutches on it. We are so grateful for all the friends and family that have helped with kids and for Matt's family for taking the twins for a full week back to Idaho so I wouldn't have to chase them up and down the stairs (among other things).