Starting Kindergarten

The time has come. 

Time for kindergarten. 

Time for my little boy to start going to the "big school". 

Isn't he too little for this?  Yes.  Yes he is!

He doesn't think so, he is more than ready.

Mama's not quite ready, I still have mixed feelings about letting you be away from my nest just yet. 

I can't stand the thought of you growing up.

...I'm workin' on it.  :)

You are my sweet Mama's boy, the first of three Mama's boys.

I hope you stay my Mama's boy forever and ever!

He looks so cute with his huge Buzz backpack strapped around his shoulders.

Excited and ready for kindergarten!

Ready for the dinner prayer. . .

Such a reverent little boy!  :)

GOAL!

Fall soccer is in full swing for our oldest two hoodlums. 

Poor Quinney couldn't play in his game because he went off a jump, crashed and burned, and split his little knee open.  :(  It wasn't quite healed enough for him to run and kick.  He loves soccer, well actually, all sports, but he was super bummed knowing he couldn't play.

     I'll have to take pics of him in his game next time.

Avery played a great game and made the final goal. 

She was ecstatic!  

GO Ave's! 

She's a STAR!

 Even for an early 9:00am game it still gets pretty toasty out there on the field.  We have to bring the umbrella to shade our little white boy from the sun.  :) 

 I think Quinn and Hayzen paid more attention to their baby brother trying to make him laugh than they did their older sister playing soccer. 

Shhh!  Don't tell her that...  :)

The King and his Crown

Quinn put this ring on Levi's head and declared him,

"King of the castle!" 

Little Levi was so tired he didn't care if he was "King of the castle" or not.  He just kept tipping further and further over. . .

Need a nap?

Starting 3rd Grade

Today was Avery's first day of 3rd grade.  She was so excited to get up this morning and go to school.  I'm so glad she has such a good attitude about school and hope it sticks in the

school years to come!  :)

My little beauty had a great first day! 

She told me all about who was in her class and who she played with at recess, what they did in class and how delicious her lunch was.  And, she came home excited to start on her homework!  :)

Love her!!!

Lip Tuck

Levi has been tucking his bottom lip in lately and it is quite possibly the cutest thing ever!



{ P. S. Why does my hand/fingers look like they belong to an alien?  Weird. }

I could just kiss him ALL.DAY.LONG!

He was watching the hummingbirds outside the window at Mom's and could not peel his eyes away for one second!  Not even when I was muggin' on his sweet face.  Not even when Grandma put the camera right in front of him. 

He was mesmerized!

North Beach

As tradition would have it, we packed a lunch, snacks, 'sun-scream' {as my kids call it}, and made our annual trek to Bear Lake for the day with Mommy's family before school started.  This year we went to the North Beach, with the best sandcastle building sand around!  It was SO fun and relaxing! 

 The kids had a grand ole time playing in the lake, building things in the sand and relaxing on the beach. 

Avery, Lily and Taysia putting the final touches on their sandcastle.

The two babes stayed in the shade under the canopy

in their pack-n-plays.

Would hate for that little white boy of mine to get sun-burnt!  :)

I was debating if I was going to go this year because I would be flying solo.  We went on a Friday so Justin was at work.  :(  Making the long drive by myself and then being in the sun ALL DAY with my 4 little hoodlums alone wasn't sounding that appealing to me.  Not to mention packing for a full day of fun in the sun for a Mom, three kids and a baby. . . sunscreen, swimsuits, beach towels, lunch, snacks, drinks, bottles, formula, blankets, diapers, swim diapers, pack-n-play, change of clothes, beach toys, etc. etc. etc.  Phew!  Now that's a lot of crap! 

But, alas, my sisters did a little sweet talking to me and the adventure started sounding more do-able by the second, even for my weak, anxiety ridden, OCD mind.  :) 

I'm pretty sure it was knowing that we would have Mom's AND Julie's shade canopies with us that sealed the deal for me!  Seriously though, how could I keep a 4.5 month old baby, who can't use sunscreen yet, in the sun all day without him getting sun-burnt?  Wrap a blanket around him and then try and keep him from smothering to death?  I don't think so! 

You see, do you see what my mind does to me and what I have to deal with every.day.of.my.life??!  ha ha! 

It's okay, you can feel bad for me.  Really, you can. 

I certainly do sometimes!  :)

We had a great time!  I'm so glad I got my witts about me and went!  It was a really fun day!

{Levi's first taste of oatmeal cereal}

At first Levi didn't quite know what to think.  When I fed him the oatmeal, he just sat there with it sitting on his tongue and stared at me with a "uh, what's this and what am I suppose to do with it?" kind of look on his face.  :)

I was making noises and smacking my lips trying to

get him to swallow...

...he thought it was pretty darn funny!

Eventually he swallowed but still had a

"not-so-sure" look on his face.

He kept eating even though he still wasn't acting

like he liked it much.  :)

After, he was all smiles!!

Not too bad for his first time!  Way to go my little cutey Levi!

lazy summer morning :)

Weber County Fair

Cute lil' piglets!

We had a lovely time at the Weber County Fair. 

We ate dinner, browsed the booths, saw the animals,
let the kids ride a ride
{yes that's right, ONE ride, to save our pocket book and the lives of our children!},
and gobbled up cotton candy.  

Our favorite part was the animals!! 
Loved every one of them!!

Feeding the billy goats. 
The kids loved that they ate right out of their hands!

funny furry cow :)

Seriously, can you believe the size of that thing? 
Look at those ears!

Talk about taking the bull by it's horns, Avery!  :)

We love the Fair!