"Cash Cab" Cheney Style

My kids are so funny!! We watch a TV show "Cash Cab", which is a trivia game show in a cab in New York. Anyways, Jared and I watch it occasionally, what I didn't realize was that Lexi and Spence paid attention to the show. (It is not a bad show by any means it is just a trivia show). So the other day while I was making dinner I hear Lexi and Spence in the other room on the stairs, playing like they were in the "Cash Cab" and saying the things that the driver says and then making up questions. Lexi was the driver who asked the questions and Spence was the passenger. If I had thought about it I would have taken a picture. It was so funny I didn't even think they paid attention to that show when we watched it. So last night I played it with them I asked them questions and they could earn candy for after dinner. It was a great game to play while I was making dinner. The kids absolutely loved it and then played it again with Jared when he got home. I will have to remember this game in the future. It was also great because we asked them all sorts of questions from school stuff, TV shows they watch, and church questions also. Helps you to realize what they know and what they don't know. Just thought I would share.

First Day of 1st Grade

Lexi had her first day of 1st grade on Tuesday. She was so excited. Last year she went all day every other day, but this year she is there everyday all day. I wasn't sure how I felt about this at first, but after her first day I realized that is wasn't so bad. Especially because I only have two kids at home to take care of. Here is a picture of her right before she headed off to school.
Jared took this picture of us all right before we walked Lexi to school. It is sort of nice having the school right across the street. We decided we would all walk her to school her first day. Lexi liked us all being there to see her room and teacher for the first time.
While Lexi was at school Spence wanted to be the big helper for mom. I set her in the bouncer while I went in the other room to do something and when I came back Spence and Bella were watching cartoons and Spence was bouncing her and talking to her. It was so cute.
I had to put this picture in here. This is a look Bella gives sometimes when she is wondering what you are doing. I just love that I got a picture of it. Something to look back on and laugh about.

Now that Lexi is almost done with her first week of school, she has had a pretty good week. We will keep you updated on her 1st grade year.

Ward Campout/Labor Day Weekend

This last weekend was a pretty busy weekend! First off on Friday we headed out to our ward camp out for the night at Cape Lookout State Park. Jared was able to get off work a little early, so when he got home we packed the car and off we went. We got there at dinner time and quickly fed the kids. We let the kids play for awhile until it was time for the ward campfire. They had a big bonfire on the beach, it was a gorgeous day and night, so being on the beach wasn't bad at all. Though Bella didn't like the dark and we ended up heading back to our campsite early. Above is a picture of Lexi in her bed in Jared's parents camp trailer. The kids loved the trailer and it was a lot nicer then sleeping on the ground.
Here is Spence in his feety pj's. He doesn't wear these at home because when he sleeps he sleeps real hot. So this was the first time in a long time that he had worn them.
This is Bella on Saturday in the car. I sat her in there for a minute to help the kids with something and she was just so cute sitting there that I had to take a picture. When we woke up Saturday morning we went over to have a ward breakfast with he rest of the ward. This was nice, with pancakes, bacon and hash browns. Then we packed up camp and headed down to the beach for a little while before we had to head back to town. We only had a little time to play at the beach, because we had to be back in Beaverton for a baptism/blessing. The weather was so wonderful we really didn't want to head back, but didn't want to miss out on the baptism and blessing.
Here is a picture of the kids and Jared playing on the beach.
Here is Bella and I on the beach, she practically lived in this carrier the whole time we were camping.

So we headed back to Beaverton for Delia's baptism and Lela's baby blessing. Which we barely made it to. It started at 2:30pm and we had to hurry to get there. After the baptism and blessing was over we went to Craig and Pam's house for dinner.

On Sunday Lexi gave her very first talk in Primary!! She had always given prayers and scriptures, but this was the first time she was able to do a talk. She did such a great job. We were so proud of her.

Then on Monday in the afternoon we went to my brother Jon's, Graduation party. He just graduated from college and got a real good job. We are so proud of him and that he stuck it out.

That is how our weekend went and I am glad to get back to the routine of school and regular life.