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Lily and Grandma Yeager

Miley

Has anyone else noticed that Miley Cyrus has a new clothing line in the teeny-bopper section of Wal-mart? Austin has. He's had a healthy obsession with Miley/Hannah for about the last six months. I try not to feed it, he's not allowed to watch the t.v. show but he continues with his little crush. He's even asked if we could go to the beach and visit her.
While waiting in line the other day at Wal-mart Austin ran over to the Miley display, grabbed one of the shirts (the same one that she was wearing in the ad. picture) buried his face in it and took a big sniff. He came running back to me with the biggest smile on his face and announced that he had smelled Miley Cyrus' clothes! I think he truly believed that she had worn them, sometimes he just melts my heart.

1st Grade

Sivai would only give me this face when I told him to smile...what a ham.

Sivai started 1st grade this week after much anticipation. I think he was most excited about eating school lunch and playing at recess, like most 1st graders. But we did have a little excitement that morning.

The day before school started we went to our splash park for a little fun. After being there a while Austin came running saying that he got stung by a bee. Apparently he had caught it and was trying to pull off it's legs. I didn't feel much sympathy for him. He went on his way and then about 10 minutes before we left Sivai came running saying that his foot hurt. I can't remember if he said it was a bee or not, but it wasn't red, and there wasn't a stinger. I told him he probably stepped on a sticker and to keep playing. He didn't mention it again until the next morning, the first day of school. I looked at his foot and it was swollen and had a black and blue circle where he obviously had been stung. I debated out loud whether or not I should take him to the Dr. or not and he begged to go to his first day of school. After some antihistamine and a fathers' blessing I let him go. It cleared up after 48 hours and luckily I didn't have to take him in to the Dr's. (Notice the note pinned to his shirt alerting his teachers to the situation.)

He had an exhausting first week of school, but loved every minute of it. I thought he would like having a half day Friday, but when I asked he said he was mad because he only got one recess instead of three. He's really lucky this year because his kindergarten teacher moved up to 1st grade to team teach, and Sivai was lucky enough to be in her class again.

I thought Austin and Lily might have a hard time adjusting to him not being home but they seem to enjoy their freedom for the most part.

Lily

Isn't she cute? I have to remember this while trying to potty train.

ALASKA

Sivai with a Coho

Sarkar River- Sivai, Dad, Mom, Keely

Afternoon catch -Keely, Bridgette, Renee

Patrick and I on the ferry from Ketchikan to Prince of Wales Island

Morning Catch, one of many -Evan, Dad, Irvin, Sivai

Wildflowers

We just returned from a 2 week vacations to Southern Utah and Alaska. We spent the 24th of July with Patrick's family and had a great time seeing everyone. Sunday Patrick, Sivai and I took off to Alaska for vacation with my family. Austin and Lily stayed behind and were watched by our nieces in Cedar City. We caught a lot of fish, had a great time and already miss everyone.

Austin is 4!

We had a little party for Austin at the park on his birthday. He was so excited to invite all of his friends. We had cupcakes, pizza, and a water balloon fight. Despite him being a little ornery he had a great day and hasn't stopped playing with all of his new toys. I can't believe he's 4!

Squashing the squash bugs!

These little guys are evil! I've heard of them but up until this year my garden hasn't been enticing enough for them to make a visit. After all but killing my pumpkin plant and starting to get to my zucchini plants I found a quick and easy solution to getting rid of these pests. First look under all the leaves on you plants and cut off any that have their eggs on them. They look like little brown poppy seeds in a clump. Then spray some water on the plant and wait for the bugs to start climbing up. Quickly spray every bug with a mixture of dish soap and water, make sure to soak them. After about a minute they are completely dead! It's such a great way to get rid of them because you're not using a pesticide and it doesn't contaminate your' produce. Sometimes it's the little battles in life that bring a smile to my face.