The Thornleys

My dad has been working on our house like crazy!   We were rushing to get the whole dug, and so he spent a lot of hours on it.  

 The boys had a wrestling tournament in Moab on the 23rd.  Since we were going down anyways, we decided to go to Arches. Justin hasn't ever been.  We found the back-pack and Swayzie loved it!  She looked so high and might

 We went down the night before and stayed. Erik, Brianna, and Vance also joined us.  We ate at a little diner that was attached to our motel.  They had a guy singing and playing his guitar. It was really neat. 

 Eastin did such a great job.  He wasn't feeling the greatest and had been freezing (no fever) since the night before,.  His first match was against a kid from Carbon.  They really were tough and fast paced.  Easton held his own, and ended up pinning him!!  The second kid was from Colorado and only knew 1 move.  THE CHOKE! Poor Easton, was gasping for air because of it.   He ended up getting pinned.   Easton beat the last kid by points and ended up taking 2nd place!!  Way to go Easton!

 Mason did such a good job as well. He pinned his first kid (5 or 6 times)!  The next kid was a little tougher but he also won.  He ended up taking 1st!!  He was so proud of himself.   What a confidence booster for him!   

After the tourney the weather started to look yucky.  We decided to still head to Arches and at least drive through it.   We hiked to the double arch and then by the time we got to the Delicate Arch viewpoint it was snowing like crazy.  We bundled up and walked to at least see the arch.  It was cold, all the kids were crying, it was great!! 

Mason and Swayzie are the best of friends. I just love watching them.  Swayzie will often run over and give him a hug. 

Swayzie's fun hairdo! 

We signed Mason up for Kindergarten last week.   He did such a great job.  They asked him if he knew what a fork was, expecting him to give a simple answer.  He of course replied, "It's silverware !"   The speech person was so impressed. Mason is already reading and knows a lot of basic math.  Pretty sure he should skip kindergarten and go to first grade :)

 Easton was still freezing everyday.  I figured he was getting sick but he never got a fever.  He did start to get a cough.   On the day of wrestling practice he started warming up and couldn't stop coughing.  I got him an appointment and they were sure he had influenza.   He tested negative for it.  So they tested him for Strep.  Once again it was negative.  They decided he had a virus and would have to tough it out.  He ended up getting a fever of 102,7!  Poor kid missed the next 2 days of school, and is still trying to recover from him cough. 

Swayzie grabbed Mason's leapster, wrapped a towel around her legs, and found a seat to play!

Last week was Jr. Prom. Justin and I are both on the Prom Committee.   We spent all week working on the decorations and it turned out really well.  The theme was James Bond, "License to Live".   We had to chaperon the dance and had a good time like always!

 We closed on our loan and so now the fun can begin. They delivered a load of equipment to set the footers. 

 The hole is finished, just needs to be leveled and compacted down. 

Saturday was such a warm day we spent it outside.   Swayzie was too small last year to really enjoy the outdoors.  She absolutely loved it. she was climbing on everything!   She ran from one place in the yard to the next. 

We started to get baby calves.  This one loved the kids. Swayzie and Mason especially loved petting it!

Starting her young on riding motorcycles!

Justin and my dad started to wet the soil so it could be compacted.   Of course, wet dirt can't be left alone so it tuned into a mud fight.   I'm pretty sure I kicked Erik's Trash!

Swayzie loves her babies.   She climbed up in Grandpas chair, and cuddled her baby and played the Ipad!