4th Grade Field Trip

I was lucky enough to go on Tyler's field trip this year. We went to This Is The Place monument.
The bus ride there was hilarious. All the kids in the back of the bus were trying to get ANY car/truck around us to honk or give the peace sign. They would roll with laughter if they got a honk.

Our first stop was to the hospital... where we learned a waltz.
They were short on girls, so the moms participated. I wish I could have seen Tyler dance w/ a girl. It was killing all the other 4th grade boys that they had to lock arms and hold hands with the ladies in their class.

Next was on to the Black Smith. It takes 7 years to learn the art of a Black Smith. WOW!

3rd we stopped at the school. Those poor pioneer children had it so hard. When they would line up, they had to do so in silence and boys went to one side, girls the other. The girls had to curtsy and say to the teacher, "good morning" or something like that.
If the kids wanted to ask a question, they had to stand with hands cupping and elbows out.

One of the funnest things the kids did was the handcart pull. Each cart is around 150 lbs. empty!


After lunch we caught the train and went around the park.

I found this little kids part I've never seen before. The houses were mini, just for the littler kids.

You can see how small they were by looking at how big Tyler is.

One of the boys was very anxious to go to the farm section. I am glad we went, there were tons of new baby animals. They kids even got to pet the new ducks.





These cute boys and their big muscles!!

It was such a beautiful day. Perfect weather. On the bus ride home, it started to pour. We had lots of windows open and the hatch on the top of the open too. It was so funny, we got soaked. Okay, not soaked but plenty wet. The boys tried to catch the rain in their hats.
Right as we pulled up to the school, it started pounding rain! We FINALLY got the top of the bus shut and the rain stopped, just as we were getting off the bus.

I am so glad I got to go on this trip. It's fun to meet Tyler's friends and hopefully it helps him to know how much I love spending time with him.

A Day With Caely

       Caely's class had their field trip up at This Is The Place Monument. I went when Tyler's class had the same field trip so I was looking forward to going with Caely. 

 They started with the hand cart pull. Caely got to be at the front, then half way through they swapped places and she pushed at the back. 

We learned a new dance; all the boys were so embarrassed they had to touch a girl. After lunch we were on free time so we headed to the animals. The kids got to pick up the baby chicks and ducks. Caely really wanted to take one home. 

 Caely has such a cute group of friends. We walked around to the park, road the train, peeked in the windows of the shops. It was a great day. 

Macey's Field Trip

Yesterday Alexa got to go on a field trip with her class to Macey's grocery store. They walked them around telling them how they place items on sale, showed them the produce, the fridge and the freezer. They all watched how a rose of frosting is made for the cakes and then they got to sample one on a cookie.
After, we did a little grocery shopping ourselves. At Macey's they have mini grocery carts at customer service, so the girls ran around the store with me getting a few things. We of course couldn't leave with out doughnuts! They loved it.

Caely's 1st Grade Field Trip

Today I got to go with Caely to the Pioneer Park, behind West Jordan City Hall.







These are some of her cute friends in her class.













The kids got to play at the park, red rover, don't mix the fruit basket, and kick ball.



















































It was so fun to be with her class. I just love the friends she's made this year.
One of the biggest perks of me going for the kids is that they get checked out after the field trip.
It's funny how that totally makes their day.


I love this little lady of mine!

Kennecott Copper Mine

Some friends and I decided to take the kids up to Kennecott. I've never been there before and wanted to check it out. I checked the girls out of school for an "educational field trip". 

It was amazing! The trucks are huge and the hole they've dug out of the canyon is fascinating. They probably loved the gift shop the most, until I told them I wasn't buying them anything.

The Real World

The 5th grade kids at our school have been preparing to be grown-ups for the last month.





They learned how to balance a check book. They applied for jobs, interviewed and were assigned jobs and had a little training for their field trip to JA City.

On Tuesday I got to go with them and help them in the grown-up world.


They received pay checks and they were payed according to their job and level of hierarchy. They had to open savings accounts and checking accounts. They carried cash and got to spend, or save, what they earned.

Tyler was assigned CEO of Qwest. He had to make sure everything ran smoothly, everyone received service, pay bills and pay back their companies loan.

He also had to give a speech at the town meeting.




The kids had rotating break schedules when they could go spend their money. They could buy flash lights, hats, request songs, soda's, candy, pencils, and other things I can't remember.

It was a really cool experience. They play is amazing, it looks like a real town and every one has to contribute, just like a real citizen, for things to run smoothly.

I think all the kids were a little stressed out at their jobs, they all wanted a little more money to buy extra stuff, and they all ran out of time to complete it all


.....just like the real world!