Family Photos 2014

Harrison Family

September 2014

 

 

   To take some of the wording from our blog post last time we had family pictures (Oct. 2012)...

 

The Harrison family began......

 

When a boy named Jim.............

And a girl named Alisha..........

Met.....

And fell in love.........

 

 

Along the way came 4 beautiful kids

 

 

Ethan- 12 years old

Lizzie- 10 years old

The twins......

 

Afton - 6 years old
 

and
Lilly - 6 years old

 

 

So lucky to call them ours.

 

Were going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Last Saturday (September 5th) we met my parent up at Hogle Zoo.  We went just a little bit before closing so it was hardly crowded at all.  Plus the weather and company were perfect.   Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Grandma and Grandpa with their grandkids

Measuring up to the ape

The new African Savannah was pretty cool. 
 I really liked these giraffe statues.

Typical picture of an elephant :)

Such a cute picture of Afton and my Dad

Lilly trying to measure up to a bear

The boys. 
 Only a few more inches Jim.  Just a few more inches.....

The crocodile that may or may not be real :)

Caboose of the train ride

Merry Go Round fun with Grandma

 

Color Run

Yesterday (August 23rd) the kids and I did the Color Run

 in downtown Salt Lake near Liberty Park. 

It was the kid's first 5K.  I think they had lots of fun and really

liked the fact that they could get as colorful as they wanted.

 

This is our "Before" picture in our Color Run gear. 
 Notice how clean we are :)

Afton and I walking to the start line

We met up with a few friends from our neighborhood. 
Of course this is still a before.



At the finish line! 
Afton and Lilly did great.   
 They walked about 90% of the 3 miles with those little legs of theirs. 
 I am so proud of them for trying their first 5K.

Our group "After" picture

Lizzie really enjoyed getting colors on her.



At the end of the race there is a place where you count
 down and everyone throws their color up in the air. 
 It was fun, crazy and awesome!



A little more colorful than our "Before" picture :)



And of course to celebrate the kid's finishing their first 5K,
we stopped and got Slurpees!

 

 

7th, 5th and 1st

First of all, how can it already be back to school time? 

And second of all, how can my kids be old enough to be in 7th, 5th and 1st grade?

 

 Despite my denial, here we are. 

Another school year begins. 

 Early mornings, schedules, homework, etc. are now upon us.

 

So here is my attempt at a picture of all 4 of them

 on the first day of school-

 August 20th 2014. 

 

It is almost impossible to get a good picture of all 4. 

 So just enjoy the hilarious attempts.

Afton was being entertained by Lizzie's silly faces

Afton and Lizzie forgot to smile and Lucky decided to photobomb :)

 

Okay now let's do some solo pictures. 

These ones turned out a little better.

 

 Ethan

7th Grader at Midvale Middle School
Favorites:
Color: Blue
Food: Good food
Movie: Star Wars
Things to Do:  Legos, Wii, reading, eating
Be when grow up:  Don't Know



 Lizzie

 5th Grader at Altara Elementary

Teacher: Mrs. Easter

Favorites:

Color: Purple

Food: Spaghetti

Movie: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Things to Do:  eat and everything except go to school or dentist

Be when grow up:  Don't Know

 

 Afton

 1st grader at Altara Elementary

Teacher: Mrs. Spencer

Favorites:

Color: Pink and Blue

Food: Spaghetti

Movie: Woody the Woodpecker

Things to Do:  eat

Be when grow up:  mom and a teacher

 

Lilly

1st grader at Altara Elementary

Teacher: Mrs. Richardson

Favorites:

Color: Dark Blue

Food: Tacos

Movie or TV show: Twisted Whiskers

Things to Do:  color, watch TV, play on trampoline, play with Afton

Be when grow up: artist, singer, teacher, scientist, dog trainer, and a mom

 

The new 1st graders in the house

It is big news this year that my "babies" have started 1st grade.

 

Now ALL of my kids are in school ALL day!

 

  Luckily I have been very busy with work and haven't had a day alone.... yet.

 

 Starting tomorrow - Mondays, Tuesdays and half of Wednesdays it will be just me and Lucky hanging out.   Although I am ready to catch up on a few things, I am really dreading how quiet my house is going to be and that my lunch buddies will be gone.

They are in good hands though and I am excited to see all the fun stuff they will get to learn.

 

Here's to another school year.

Nickel's Worth of Fun

 

Last night (August 18, 2014) we went to Nickelcade as a family. 

 The kids had tons of fun and thought it was so fun to play games and collect tickets.

 

Lizzie started  to get so many tickets
 she decided to wear them as a necklace



Afton and Lilly liked being able to
 get in and start their own rides.

Afton on a motorcycle she found

See... Even Jim was collecting tickets

Ethan with his cup of nickels

For the final picture....
 a picture of everyone with their prizes from tickets :)
 Fake teeth, stuffed animals, candy, dice, rings, key chains, etc. came home with us.

It actually was a really fun night together.
 We hadn't been for about 4 years so the kids thought Nickelcade was AWESOME! 
 

"Back to School" Party

August 16th 2014

 

We just had our 4th Annual "Back to School" Party with cousins. 

 It is always fun to hang out and spotlight these cute kids.

Adults just hanging out

More hanging out

Elementary Age kids - 5th grade through Kindergarten
Lizzie (5th), Trevor (4th), Vince, Afton, and Lilly (1st) Grey and Shaelynn (K)

Representing the Middle School group-
 7th graders Ethan and Andrew

All the cousins-
 in chronological order ranging from 12 years old to 9 months old