Preschool!!

My sweet, innocent, adorable, smart, funny, did I mention sweet little boy started preschool today. I am a very sad mama right now! It's hard to send the baby off anywhere. This morning he was very excited about it up until it was time for me to leave. He started getting a little clingy so I walked with him into his classroom and showed him where to hang up his backpack. He sat back down on my lap and we had a small little chat. I pointed out all the toys and told him I promise to come back and get him in two hours. He said, "no, one hour". I said, "ok, I promise I'll come get you in one hour". That's all it took, he hopped up and went over to the toys and I made a beeline for the door. Thank goodness he can't tell time yet! When I picked him up he had a big grin and told me how much fun he had. His teacher said he was a little standoffish at first but warmed up just fine.

Me and my BABY! (Colby took this picture, didn't he do a good job!)

He's so grown up!

We Have a Birthday!

Today this sweet little boy turns 6 years old! I don't know where time has gone, it feels like just yesterday we were at the hospital with him. I love this boy more than words can even describe. He is so smart and funny. I can't believe some of the things he comes up with. For the most part he's a good big brother to Cameron and loves playing with him. His favorite things to do are play outside with his friends riding bikes, scooters, swinging, playing on the tramp, or just hanging out with them. When he grows up he wants to be a ROCK STAR!

Happy 6th Birthday, Colby, we love you more than you'll ever know.

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Chris and I took a trip to San Francisco a few weeks ago. It was the first time I had ever been there and I absolutely fell in LOVE with the place. We were only able to spend about a day and a half there and I didn't want to leave. Since it was my first trip we did all the touristy things like Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Chinatown, Cable Cars, Street Cars, Harbor Cruise, Union Square, Lombard Street etc.

The weather the first day was very very chilly as in like 58 degrees, cloud cover and breezy! We were not dressed for the weather at all. The second day it was much warmer and very pleasant.I thought I'd share a few, err, I mean several pictures from our trip. I cannot wait until we can go back again and stay a few days!

A real live cable car! I had no idea how much effort it takes one of the conductors to run the thing. It's a very manual job!

Chris was dying to eat from the fresh seafood stand. I was in such amazement that he would be so brave to do such a thing that I had to document it

We weren't able to take a tour of Alcatraz because all the tours were full but we were able to get up close to it with our harbor cruise.

Famous Lombard Street

Biking on Four Wheels

Cameron has been watching all the fun the kids have been having on their bikes and wanted to try it for himself. Our gracious neighbor had a bike the perfect size for him they were no longer using so he gave it to Cameron. He's still not very good at keeping moving but he sure gives it his best effort. And I have to admit he looks adorable doing it! Hopefully he'll be zipping up and down the alley in no time at all!

My Big First Grader

Today was the first day of the next 15 years of no sleeping in for me. Colby started first grade! We were so used to staying up late and sleeping in that we are having to make a lot of changes around our house. It's hard to make a kid go to sleep when it's still light outside and when none of his friends are on track right now so they don't have to go to bed early. I'm sure over the next few weeks while we are all trying to adjust to this new life of ours there will be a lot of tears shed and fights with the boys. Then as soon as they get used to it he goes back off track. Yep, in three weeks he goes off track. Stupid if you ask me, track C is horrible but we didn't get to chose our track since it's the only track with the Chinese program. So then in six weeks when he goes back on we'll get to start this all over again. Ahh, the joy of year round school!

I thought I'd share some pictures of Colby on his first morning of first grade. I'm sure as the week goes on he won't look quite so chipper.

Friends, Family, and Fireworks

What a fun Fourth of July weekend we had this year! We contimplated going to California for the weekend but decided to stay home and continue the traditions we've started for our family and I'm so glad we did, we had an awesome weekend!

Friday afternoon started with a trip to Incredible Pizza in Draper. If you've not heard of it, it is a buffet restaurant with a bunch of games for the kids to play and rides such as bumper cars, go carts, mini golf etc. The boys had a blast! Then that evening we continued cleaning our garage. Since Chris was sick of looking at the garage he offered to help our neighbors move mulch to their flower beds. I ran a few errands and the kids played outside with their friends.

Saturday started out early with us heading to the Murray Parade which we've done every year since we moved to Salt Lake. We sit with the rest of our Weeks Family and the kids have so much fun. This year was a bit different because the weather here cooled down so much that it was actually cold! Usually we are all fighting to get in the shade but this year we were all fighting to sit in the sun-strange huh!

After the parade we came home and I got a call from a friend to go see Eclipse with her. So three of us girls headed to see the movie while Chris and the boys took a nap. I got home around six and Colby was still napping so we woke him up and headed to our friends, The Viall's house. We had an amazing time with them and other friends, The Payne's. All three of us have kids in the same class so the kids played outside while the adults ate, drank, and were merry! Then we walked over to the ridge to watch the fireworks over the valley. It was so neat to watch all of them going off at the same time. After that we went back and shot off some fireworks of our own.

Since Saturday night was such a late night we slept in Sunday morning and hung around the house being lazy for a while and then got back to work cleaning up the garage while the boys rode bikes and scooters with their friends. That evening we went to Target to get a scooter for Colby that he earned by cleaning up all the toys in the basement by himself. I have to admit, this was a huge job for him. The basement was such a mess that you could not walk through it without tripping over all the toys. It probably took him an hour and a half to get it all cleaned up and it looks incredible! After Target we had dinner at Red Robin and then went home to get ready for fireworks that night. Chris bought a few the day before and we set them off in our ally with our neighbors. It was a good day!

Monday Chris took the boys to see The Last Airbender and I went and got a pedicure. Then we hung out the rest of the afternoon with our neighbors. That night we had grilled hamburgers for dinner, got the boys bathed, and then relaxed with a movie. Serioulsy we could not have asked for a better weekend!

Now it's back to reality but I'm hopeful for more weekends like this one in the near future!

Our cute little family at the Murray Parade.

Silly boys!

Cameron, Colby, Lizzie, Jamie, and Ethan being patriotic with their flags.

Neighbor friends-Aubrie, Maelynn, Cameron, Adele, and Colby with Adaline and her sister in the chair.

See, they can be sweet sometimes! I love them!

Cameron Turns 3

My sweet baby Cameron turned 3 last Monday and I can't believe it. Seems like just yesterday I was driving home from the hospital in 110 degree heat with him as a newborn. I love this little boy so much, he's such a sweet little soul! Here are a few pictures of us celebrating on his big day.