Mountain Trip

We decided to go for a Sunday drive and look at all the colors in the mountains. The boys had a fun time.

Hayden loved throwing rocks in the water. That is pretty much all he did the whole time.

Blake's party

Happy 5th Birthday Blake!!

I can't believe that Blake is 5. We love him so much and can't imagine our family without him. He is a very good brother. Blake loves to cook and wants to be a chef when he grows up. We decided to get him an Easy Bake Oven. Blake usually holds his emotions in and tries not to let people see what he is feeling. He was so excited he was squealing with delight. He even loved the hotwheels. He just kept saying how awesome his birthday present was. Bobby Flay started his career with an easy bake so maybe Blake will be the next Bobby!! :) Blake will be having a birthday party later in the week. More pictures to come.

Block party

Our apartments had their annual block party. The boys always have a blast. This was Hayden's favorite moment. Sitting with a piece of candy with his Home Depot apron on. He kept sighing and smiling.
The boys love to check out all the trucks.

Lots of fun!

The highlight of the day for Jackson was to meet all the U of U basketball players. Blake didn't care about them until one of them told him that his name was Blake too.

Circus fun!!

We have some awesome friends that gave us tickets to go to the circus. Jackson and Blake really loved it.

The boys now only want to play that they are in the circus.

Blake's first day of preschool

Blake is so excited to be in school again. He really loves all the friends he has in his class.

Firehouse visit

State Fair

We went to the State Fair last week. We had a lot of fun. The pictures are all out of order but I don't care enough to fix them. My brother Wayne came with us. We were watching a comedic juggler and he came out in the audience and picked Wayne to come up and help him. It was pretty funny.
The juggler also picked Blake to help him. He kept dropping his pins and telling Blake to pick them up.

There was a very cute children's section. It taught the kids about farming and how things make it to the store. Here are some random pictures from that. Hayden collecting eggs.

Blake and his friend Bradlee shearing a sheep.

Hayden picking some vegtables.

Blake planting seeds.

The little tractor bike was stinkin' cute.

Blake picking some fruit.

Blake and Bradlee-best of buddies.

Hayden kept saying that this was his tractor.

Hayden loved the goats.

1st Grade

Jackson is now in 1st grade. We were very ready for the school year to begin. I was more nervous this year than I was last year. Jackson loves his teacher and going to school all day.

The boys were hugging each other all morning. Blake and Hayden do miss Jackson. They get very excited when he gets off the bus everyday.

Jackson and a few of his best friends.

Church History Museum

We took the kids to the Church History Museum. They really enjoyed seeing all the things from pioneer times. They especially loved the children's section of the museum.

Summer 2011

I have been horrible at taking pictures this summer. I either have forgot to bring my camera or brought my camera but was too busy wrangling kids to take pictures. We had a fun summer but are ready for school to start. Jackson will start 1st grade and Blake will be in preschool. That will leave 4 hours for Hayden and me to bond. It will be great to go grocery shopping with only one child. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it! Here are a few pictures at This is the Place. The boys had a blast.