The Critchfield Family: September 2011

First day of school!

Amanda & Kaitlyn's first day of school. Amanda's first day at Kindergarten

and Kaitlyn will be going to Iliana's Daycare/Preschool.

Showing off their backpacks. I had to laugh that they are bending over.

Kaitlyn's backpack is a little ballerina frog that says "tippy toes" on it. My sister, Diana, gave this to us and thought it would be perfect for Kaitlyn's diaper bag when she goes to Iliana's.

I was able to take the morning off to get my girls off to school. It was fun to see Amanda excited for school and even her excitement when she came home running say, "Mommy! I have homework!" She said she had a blast!. :)

Funny Little Things

There are times you see things happen and just bring a smile to your face. Here are some photos that made me smile with our kids.

Kaitlyn cuddling up to her lady bug pillow pet and all of her blankets on the floor.

Amanda hanging out and playing with her stuffed dog.

Look what I found...oreo cookies with the filling eaten out of them.

Looks like Jessica didn't hide them very good.

There's the culprit in action.

She seemed a bit surprised when I walked in. I wonder why? lol

Looks like Kaitlyn was taking care of daddy while he was sleeping. :) What a lucky dad!

July Birthdays

Well July was a very busy month along with two birthdays! Amanda turned five years old and very anxious to start kindergarten. She will ask us to drive past the school all of the time! :) Her favorite thing right now is Rupunzel. She is wanting to grow her hair out like her so we had a bit of a Rupunzel theme.

Also on this day, my orthodontist & Jessica's have a free Seven Peaks day. We were able to go as a family for free and enjoy all the fun rides and pools for the evening. I think everyone had an enjoyable time. Quite the big day for Amanda!

Jessica had her 13th birthday also this month. We were not able to get pictures due to her having her birthday the day she went to girls camp, but we made sure we packed presents for her in her backpack and note to let her know we were thinking of her. Jessica went to her mom's ward girls camp earlier in the month and then she went to our ward campout. I think she realized how fun and spiritual girls camp can be. :)

Stillwater Dam Hike

One side above the dam

The view other side of the dam

Looking down from the top

Us sitting on top

The bottom of the dam. There is a little door to go inside.

We were able to have a tour inside of the dam.

Amanda inside

Roy & Kaitlyn inside the dam

We were able to go down a spiral staircase to lead us even deeper under water. :)

The spillover of Stillwater Dam. It is beautiful!

Front view of the spill.

One of the fun things we get to do with my job is we have wellness hikes at different times of the year. Our Duchesne office was able to put together our wellness hike at Stillwater Dam this July. It was the time of the year the dam was spilling. This usually happens once a year and the dam is made to have a spillover. It was my first time seeing the spill this year. We were able to bring our families on the hike and have the tour of the dam and inside of it. It was pretty cool and I think our family enjoyed it. Here are some of the pictures from this activity! :)

June - Happy Father's Day!

Well we had quite the Father's Day! The two days before Sunday, Roy & I helped out with the ward campout food. After the campout was all over, I started to think more about Father's Day. I asked what Roy wanted and he said it would be nice to have a grill like what they had at the ward campout. We noticed they had a good deal at Cal Ranch so we ran over and got one for him. Spoiled guy! :)

I also bought him a shirt I thought was kinda fun but maybe nerdy to some. I order a "Super Dad" shirt with the Superman design but instead of a "S" it said "Dad". Well, it didn't come in time for Father's Day but came the following Monday. I told Roy there was another present to arrive. So on Monday, I decided to not worry about taking it out of the package and just have him upwrap it.

While he was unwrapping it...I noticed there was white on it. It was suppose to be all black shirt except for the little superman logo in front. I told Roy to stop and then I thought, maybe I didn't realize there was writing on the back of the shirt...so then I told him to keep going. Well he unfolds the shirt, with all the kids around and I just about died!!! It wasn't a "Super Dad" shirt. It was some "Gaydar Activate" shirt. Roy was looking at it and I am saying "I didn't order that! I didn't order that! It was suppose to be a "Super Dad" shirt!" Roy starts laughing and I run to get the receipt and wanted to show him that even the receipt said "Super Dad" on it. I was a bit disgusted by the shirt and was embarressed Roy even received the shirt. lol Roy was a good sport about it and was joking around saying he was going to wear the shirt to the gym.

Well the next day, I called the shirt store and told them I received the wrong shirt and would like my money back. They apologized and said that I could keep the shirt and they would refund me the money within two days. It was very nice of them...but I didn't really want to keep the shirt. We may have to white elephant this shirt sometime. lol This story has been so funny telling to other people. They all have had a good laugh!