We're all in this together

Monday, August 31, 2009

Kindergarten?! Ahhhh!

And, here I go, sending another kid off to school! How do they grow up so fast!

Porter was way excited for his first day of kindergarten today. I told him this morning that I would walk with him to school so he could see where to line up. He started complaining that he didn't need his MOM to walk him to school, he'd be just fine walking with Korinne and the others! Colby was finally able to convince him that it was okay for me to walk with them just for the first day.

Porter said "Okay, I guess. But you're NOT holding my hand mom!"

Ahhhh! Why does he have to want to be so big!

Porter & Sam

"Bye mom!"

me (sniff, sniff)

Soccer!!

Porter's soccer has started again! We had his first game on Saturday...and he gave it his all, as usual. He's sad that Will isn't on his team again this year, but Sam is, so that works out okay.

Way to go, buddy!

Happy Birthday, Colby!!

Wow...another year older! We celebrated Colby's birthday by finally making it back up to Bear Lake in some somewhat decent weather. It wasn't the warmest day, maybe mid 70's, but we still had a great time!

36 things I love about Colby:

1. Loving husband

2. Fantastic father

3. Extremely good-looking!

4. Holds the priesthood

5. Works hard to support us

6. Always follows through on what he says

7. Practical

8. Knows me sooooo well.

9. Always willing to help around the house

10. Knows when I need a break the most...and makes sure I get one!

11. Puts up with my moods

12. Loves to take the kids to do fun things

13. Selfless

14. Smells good

15. Is a good sport

16. Can fix a lot of things around the house; cars; ect.
17. Brilliant

18. Hilarious

19. Keeps me laughing

20. Proud of our kids' accomplishments

21. Knows when to have fun

22. Knows when to NOT tease

23. Puts up with chaos

24. Doesn't expect the house to be spotless every day

25. Encourages me in whatever I'm doing

26. Good listener

27. Knows how to do dishes & laundry...and actually does them sometimes!

28. Always remembers to tell me "thank you" (for dinner; clean house; taking care of kids; ect.)

29. Gives blessings when needed

30. Notices seemingly insignificant things that I do to keep the family running

31. Likes to take us on fun trips

32. Good sense of humor

33. Forgiving

34. Says "I'm sorry"

35. Beautiful smile

36. MY BEST FRIEND

Happy Birthday...love you forever!

Colby's birthday cake on the beach....yeah for Zingers!

Since there are three in the family with birthdays on the same day (and Chase's a couple of days before), we just have a big celebration all together.

Happy Birthday...

Chase (you can smile for pictures sometimes...ya know!)

Kennedy

Hayley

and Colby!

Everyone was trying to get all those candles lit!

Friday, August 28, 2009

Bye, bye superman...hello Mr. Incredible!

Well, a new superhero has emerged....we no longer get superman to take care of us...we get Mr. Incredible! As long as we've got someone...who knows what we'd be faced with without him?!

He's been wearing this all day, every day, for the past 4 days...this kid cracks me up!

1st day of school....or a political career?

Well, so it starts! Monday was the first day of school. I must admit, I'm glad to be getting back into a routine...although it's always a little sad to see the summer come to an end.

Cute Korinne ready to head off to 3rd grade!!! (wow, the time is flying by!)

So, she came home from school on Monday just bubbling over with excitement and had to tell me all about how much she loves third grade and her teacher, Mrs. Hales (well, everyone loves her!) But then she says:

"Mom, there's one thing I don't like about 3rd grade."

"What's that sweetie?"

"There's no show and tell!"

"Oh, that's too bad. But, they do stop show and tell when you start getting older. I'm sure you'll find other things that you love better."

"Well, I'm going to start a petition!"

(me trying not to laugh) "Really?! Well, good luck. It might not change anything though."

So, sure enough, she gets a piece of paper and writes at the top "Can we please have show and tell in 3rd grade?"

Then, on Tuesday and Wednesday during recesses, she went around to all the third graders and got their signatures, then put her petition on Mrs. Hales desk as she was leaving on Wednesday.

Thursday, she got home and tells me:

"Mom! Mrs. Hales got my petition and guess what? She said we could have show and tell in 3rd grade!"

"Wow sweetie! That's great!"

My daughter....out to change the world!

"Go Home"

Holt loves to watch home movies, especially the ones of himself. He calls them "go home"
Almost every day, he asks me "Mamma, watch go home please?"
Cute.

Summer's last weekend...

Aug. 21-23...
Our summer started off with a bang (Disney World), so we had to end with a bang, just somewhat smaller....Lava Hot Springs with Colby's family. The camping was good, the food was good, we always have lots of fun with the cousins...
Here's Korinne and Reagan cruisin' around the campground...