Friday, August 28, 2009
The Lake
So, there's a story behind it, but to keep it simple, we went on a boat with Jeff's sister and her husband this summer. Its an older boat and not THAT exciting, but since we've never really been boating, it's been a fun addition. It's been out on Deer Creek multiple times this summer. Jeff recently learned how to go fishing while trolling the boat, so he's also been out to Scofield recently and had a ton of fun fishing. Four people caught 60-80 fish in one day, so it was pretty successful. Thankfully they only kept five of those fish. Anyhow, my boys didn't know what to except in the beginning about the boat, but they've had a lot of fun. We have a two person tube and they've been able to ride in the tube, albeit always with an adult so far. They don't like to go very fast, but they do like to go boating. I haven't been a ton because of Addison, but I have been able to go a couple times.
We had a major break though the last time Nate and Zach went out at Deer Creek. My boys are chickens in the water and not big swimmers yet. They haven't really trusted that their life jackets will keep them up in the water. However, the last couple of times, Nate's been more prone to do swimming with his life jacket. The last time he went, he swam all the way from the boat to the shore and back, in his life jacket, without any problems. I think Zach might have, but the water was too cold at that point. Hopefully he'll get the hang of it soon.
Anyhow it's been a lot of fun. The boys love to just ride in the boat. When I asked Zach what he wanted to do the other day he told me he wanted to go boating. Hopefully we'll have fun with it for a while. I don't think anyone in Jeff's family has had a boat. My dad had a boat growing up, but I think I'd only been boating a couple of times before this. It's been a fun addition this summer and hopefully we'll have a lot of fun with it next summer as well.
We had a major break though the last time Nate and Zach went out at Deer Creek. My boys are chickens in the water and not big swimmers yet. They haven't really trusted that their life jackets will keep them up in the water. However, the last couple of times, Nate's been more prone to do swimming with his life jacket. The last time he went, he swam all the way from the boat to the shore and back, in his life jacket, without any problems. I think Zach might have, but the water was too cold at that point. Hopefully he'll get the hang of it soon.
Anyhow it's been a lot of fun. The boys love to just ride in the boat. When I asked Zach what he wanted to do the other day he told me he wanted to go boating. Hopefully we'll have fun with it for a while. I don't think anyone in Jeff's family has had a boat. My dad had a boat growing up, but I think I'd only been boating a couple of times before this. It's been a fun addition this summer and hopefully we'll have a lot of fun with it next summer as well.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Zach's b-day
My baby boy turned three last week. I made him pancakes in the morning and put candles in them to blow out. He thought that was pretty cool. He also got a two wheel scooter like his big brother and he thought that was awesome. He's dragged his scooter everywhere with him and man, he can ride that thing well. Great balance. We went to dinner for his birthday that night and the boys were great. Addison was great too. She was a happy girl who just smiled and kicked away while siting in her car seat.
On Sunday, we had cake and ice cream at our house for anyone who wanted to come. I am always touched about our sweet and loving family members who come to these things to celebrate my boys birthdays. Thank you for being the sweet people you are. It means so much to have such support. Anyhow, Zach had a great time. He loved spending time with our extended family, loved opening presents, and loved the chocolate cake and ice cream. I hope I can always remember how he says chocolate. It's adorable. I need to have it videotaped. He got a fishing pole, which he's excited about and tried to cast inside the house (not a good idea), a baseball and a bat (which he loved practicing with), a fishing game (which he loves), motorcycles, a monster truck and missionary money (fabulous!). He got a set of Lego's, which the next morning Nathan put the set together all by himself (we were impressed) and Zach had played with those and dragged them all over. We went to the store and he put them in a bag to take with him. I let him with the understanding they were to be left in the store. Zach also loved his birthday cards which are proudly sitting on his dresser.
For Zach's birthday, Grandma and Grandpa he also got this inflatable castle (on clearance for a KILLER deal) which is massive, and now sitting in my living room/kitchen area. The boys have had a ball with it and will run into it shouting "cannonball!!!". It came with two inflatable swords to "protect the castle" and are now being used as light sabers. It also came with 25 balls. It's crazy and massive (relatively speaking), but the boys have had a ball with it. They had a couple of friends over today and at one point, I had five kids sitting inside the castle eating pretzels and just hanging out.
I also promised the boys I would take them to the dinosaur museum or Zach's birthday, since with the discount it would only be $6 to get me and the kids in. However, everyone else loved the idea of a discount as well, so we sat in line for about 45 minutes before we were able to get in. Crazy. I asked the boys if they really wanted to stay in line and they said yes, of course. So we waited. And waited. When we were able to get in, they had a great time and really seemed to enjoy it. Addison slept for the most part and overall it was a fun morning. I'm glad they had a lot of fun.
So, it was the birthday that kept going on. And on. But we all had a great time. It's crazy to think that my baby boy is already three. In no time he'll be off to kindergarten as well. Sigh.
On Sunday, we had cake and ice cream at our house for anyone who wanted to come. I am always touched about our sweet and loving family members who come to these things to celebrate my boys birthdays. Thank you for being the sweet people you are. It means so much to have such support. Anyhow, Zach had a great time. He loved spending time with our extended family, loved opening presents, and loved the chocolate cake and ice cream. I hope I can always remember how he says chocolate. It's adorable. I need to have it videotaped. He got a fishing pole, which he's excited about and tried to cast inside the house (not a good idea), a baseball and a bat (which he loved practicing with), a fishing game (which he loves), motorcycles, a monster truck and missionary money (fabulous!). He got a set of Lego's, which the next morning Nathan put the set together all by himself (we were impressed) and Zach had played with those and dragged them all over. We went to the store and he put them in a bag to take with him. I let him with the understanding they were to be left in the store. Zach also loved his birthday cards which are proudly sitting on his dresser.
For Zach's birthday, Grandma and Grandpa he also got this inflatable castle (on clearance for a KILLER deal) which is massive, and now sitting in my living room/kitchen area. The boys have had a ball with it and will run into it shouting "cannonball!!!". It came with two inflatable swords to "protect the castle" and are now being used as light sabers. It also came with 25 balls. It's crazy and massive (relatively speaking), but the boys have had a ball with it. They had a couple of friends over today and at one point, I had five kids sitting inside the castle eating pretzels and just hanging out.
I also promised the boys I would take them to the dinosaur museum or Zach's birthday, since with the discount it would only be $6 to get me and the kids in. However, everyone else loved the idea of a discount as well, so we sat in line for about 45 minutes before we were able to get in. Crazy. I asked the boys if they really wanted to stay in line and they said yes, of course. So we waited. And waited. When we were able to get in, they had a great time and really seemed to enjoy it. Addison slept for the most part and overall it was a fun morning. I'm glad they had a lot of fun.
So, it was the birthday that kept going on. And on. But we all had a great time. It's crazy to think that my baby boy is already three. In no time he'll be off to kindergarten as well. Sigh.
First Day of Kindergarten
Today was the first day of Kindergarten for Nate and I survived. He's been excited about it for a while. I asked him a while ago if he was nervous at all and he said he was a little bit. We met with his teacher last week to do a one on one assessment. When we first got there, he gave his teacher a big hug. I've been trying to build up Kindergarten for a while and he did great at the assessment. He told me afterward that he thought his teacher, Mrs. Herman, was nice and he wished school would start the next day since she was so nice. It made me feel better. I've been the nervous one for a while.
Anyhow, last night I put him to bed without any complaints. We had him take a bath, lay out clothes for the morning, etc. This morning, I had to wake him up. He got up great and told me, "Thanks Mom for waking me up so I can go to school". Nice change from some mornings. He immediately got dressed and got ready for the day. I took pictures (we'll see if they ever get posted) and he posed and did goofy smiles in tons of them. We also had Dad give him a back to school blessing. Zach was jealous and, since he's starting preschool next week, he got a blessing as well. Nate also told me this morning, that he thinks his teacher will like him because he's awesome.
Because the boys slept in, we didn't have time to walk to school. I drove Nate instead and Zach had to come with. We did more photos, and I watched him line up with his class and walk in the doors to the school. Nate was excited, I was the one who had a really hard time. I've known for a while I would. It's just hard to see him grow up. It's hard to know that one phase of his life is over and we're going to the next. I'm sure he'll do great, but it's just hard. Sad, but great at the same time. I worry about what will happen when I'm not around, and worry that I can't always be there to protect him. I know he gets frustrated with me because he wants to be a big kid, and I don't always want him to have the freedom he thinks he's ready for. I just goes by SO fast.
Anyhow, I cried. The school had a breakfast for the kindergarten parents, which made things slightly easier. I'm just glad I've got two more kids at home because if it weren't for that, I would still be a total mess.
It sounds like he had a fun first day. They read the book "First Day Jitters", which we have. He's excited to make new friends. He liked recess the best. He told me he did the monkey bars at recess. I've always known he's a "monkey boy". He really likes his teacher. I think he'll handle the growing up great. I'm not sure if I will.
Anyhow, last night I put him to bed without any complaints. We had him take a bath, lay out clothes for the morning, etc. This morning, I had to wake him up. He got up great and told me, "Thanks Mom for waking me up so I can go to school". Nice change from some mornings. He immediately got dressed and got ready for the day. I took pictures (we'll see if they ever get posted) and he posed and did goofy smiles in tons of them. We also had Dad give him a back to school blessing. Zach was jealous and, since he's starting preschool next week, he got a blessing as well. Nate also told me this morning, that he thinks his teacher will like him because he's awesome.
Because the boys slept in, we didn't have time to walk to school. I drove Nate instead and Zach had to come with. We did more photos, and I watched him line up with his class and walk in the doors to the school. Nate was excited, I was the one who had a really hard time. I've known for a while I would. It's just hard to see him grow up. It's hard to know that one phase of his life is over and we're going to the next. I'm sure he'll do great, but it's just hard. Sad, but great at the same time. I worry about what will happen when I'm not around, and worry that I can't always be there to protect him. I know he gets frustrated with me because he wants to be a big kid, and I don't always want him to have the freedom he thinks he's ready for. I just goes by SO fast.
Anyhow, I cried. The school had a breakfast for the kindergarten parents, which made things slightly easier. I'm just glad I've got two more kids at home because if it weren't for that, I would still be a total mess.
It sounds like he had a fun first day. They read the book "First Day Jitters", which we have. He's excited to make new friends. He liked recess the best. He told me he did the monkey bars at recess. I've always known he's a "monkey boy". He really likes his teacher. I think he'll handle the growing up great. I'm not sure if I will.
Going private
I've decided I'm going to go private on my blog. We'll see if it lasts, but that's the plan for now. If you have any desire to read it, please email me at melhillhouse@hotmail.com and I'll send you an invite.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sad baby
My baby was so sad today. We did the shots this morning. I had 3 bids planned for a furnace. The first two went ok, though my boys were kind of crazy. The third was planned on 2:00 p.m.. Addison woke up a little before then. I got the boys settled and thought I'd try to feed her. Every time I did, I hit against her leg where the vaccinations were. She was not happy. I tried to give her more Tylenol to see if that would help. The lady came for the bid and I got her started. Addison was really sad so I ran upstairs to get her taken care of and try to feed her. The lady came up a couple of times and Addison started screaming. She was in so much pain because of the vaccinations. The lady did her thing and then came up to talk prices. At that point Addison was screaming. I was told before to try to massage the area to see if that would help. Every time I touched one of her legs around where the vaccination was Addison screamed. Even a light touch hurt her. I told the lady I was going to take her to the doctors, she left, and I called the nurses. They made more suggestions, which included massaging her leg. She is normally such a happy baby and it killed me to see her like this. We did a hot compress (Washcloth), a warm bath, Tylenol, pacifier, etc. The poor thing. I was hart broken. She finally settled down and fell asleep in my arms. I continued to very lightly massage the area. She slept for the next few hours and when I checked on her after dinner, she was back to her normal self. I just broke my heart to see her in so much pain today. Hopefully the four month shots will go much better. Not looking forward to it.
For Zach's b-day, we got him a bat and a ball. I had a lot of fun playing with the boys today. I would pitch, one of them would bat and the other was the catcher. They both did pretty good and we had a lot of fun, until the ball rolled down the driveway and is lost somewhere in the backyard. It was fun while it lasted. We also played soccer for a while and that was a lot of fun as well. Love my boys
For Zach's b-day, we got him a bat and a ball. I had a lot of fun playing with the boys today. I would pitch, one of them would bat and the other was the catcher. They both did pretty good and we had a lot of fun, until the ball rolled down the driveway and is lost somewhere in the backyard. It was fun while it lasted. We also played soccer for a while and that was a lot of fun as well. Love my boys
2 months!
Addison had her 2 month check up this morning and she is doing great! She weighs in at 10 lbs 8 oz and is 23 inches long. That means she's gained 3 lbs 2 oz and 4 inches in the last 8 weeks!!!! She's at the 50th percentile in weight and 90-95% in height! She has chubby legs which I am very proud of since I usually don't have chubby babies.
She's a very sweet baby and has been such a good girl. Her brother's adore her and will play with her when she's laying on a blanket on the floor. She's got an adorable smile and will "talk" to me as well. She kicks like crazy. She LOVES her pacifier, and has recently found she can suck on her fist as well. She'll usually sleep until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. most nights so I do get some sleep. We've also gotten tons of comments on her red hair. Both of the boys had red in their hair, but they've darkened at bit as they've gotten older. We'll have to see what happens with her hair. It looks more auburn inside, but does get a bit red in the sunlight.
I am so in love with my baby and can't imagine life without her!
Once again, I'm still working on the quest for being able to get to my photos. Maybe one day soon, I hope.
She's a very sweet baby and has been such a good girl. Her brother's adore her and will play with her when she's laying on a blanket on the floor. She's got an adorable smile and will "talk" to me as well. She kicks like crazy. She LOVES her pacifier, and has recently found she can suck on her fist as well. She'll usually sleep until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. most nights so I do get some sleep. We've also gotten tons of comments on her red hair. Both of the boys had red in their hair, but they've darkened at bit as they've gotten older. We'll have to see what happens with her hair. It looks more auburn inside, but does get a bit red in the sunlight.
I am so in love with my baby and can't imagine life without her!
Once again, I'm still working on the quest for being able to get to my photos. Maybe one day soon, I hope.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Questionable timing
We've known for a while that we need a new furnace because of it's age. It turned 20 this year and we knew it would need to be replaced soon, but we haven't had any issues with it. My brother did a home inspection recently and suggested we have it looked at. So, I called and had a company come out to do a bid. The guy went through the bid, gave me some pricing, and I told him I'd let him know what we would do after we got a couple more bids. He was a really nice guy. So, a couple of hours after he left, my thermostat read 88 degrees, very hot. I checked and our central air unit was working, but no air was coming out of the vents. I finally called the guy's cell number to find out if he could have done anything since it was working just fine when he left, and had worked just fine beforehand. He went through a handful of things that I could check, and he finally suggested leaving it off overnight, which we did and used fans to cool things down since it was still pretty hot.
The guy called me at 8:00 a.m. and said he had lost sleep last night trying to think of what was going on and if he could have caused it. He told me he'd come over today, which he did. He did it on his own time and didn't charge me anything. He just wanted to make sure it wasn't his fault. Turns out my air conditioning unit is just fine, no problems whatsoever. However, the motor for the fan on my furnace apparently died within an hour of two of him leaving. He was a really nice guy and said he knew the situation looked fishy and if he were in my position he would really be questioning what was going on, but he figured it was just the age of the furnace. He suggested I get more bids on a new furnace and compare prices and let me know if I want to go with them. Really, he was a nice guy. But seriously, what are the odds of something like this happening????? Either way, looks like I have to get a new furnace. Grrr.
The guy called me at 8:00 a.m. and said he had lost sleep last night trying to think of what was going on and if he could have caused it. He told me he'd come over today, which he did. He did it on his own time and didn't charge me anything. He just wanted to make sure it wasn't his fault. Turns out my air conditioning unit is just fine, no problems whatsoever. However, the motor for the fan on my furnace apparently died within an hour of two of him leaving. He was a really nice guy and said he knew the situation looked fishy and if he were in my position he would really be questioning what was going on, but he figured it was just the age of the furnace. He suggested I get more bids on a new furnace and compare prices and let me know if I want to go with them. Really, he was a nice guy. But seriously, what are the odds of something like this happening????? Either way, looks like I have to get a new furnace. Grrr.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Happy Birthday Zach!!!!
Today is Zach's 3rd Birthday!
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He is a wonderful addition to our family and we love him very much! He's a little boy that is always on the go, even from the day he was born. He came 10 days early. The night before he was born, I had a hard time sleeping and was trying to sleep on the couch. It was about 2:00 a.m. and I was awake thinking about the things I still needed to do before he was born. I went through the list in my head, and then literally thought, well, it will be ok if I don't get everything done before he's born. Within about a minute of thinking, that, my water broke. I went upstairs to tell Jeff it was time, and he was in a panic since I had woken him up from a deep sleep and it was 10 days earlier than expected. We went to the hospital and Zach was born at 11:14 a.m.. He also broke my tailbone during the process and I will really enjoy that I can tell him he's literally a pain in the behind when he gets to be a teenager!!! (and yes, I know I'm a nerd). He's my monkey boy and always climbing and on the go. I've got him signed up for gymnastics this fall and we'll see how it goes.
Favorite dinner: dinner is a fight, but likes pizza, hot dogs, and peanut butter sandwiches. I just asked him and he said cookies for dinner. This is my little boy that almost a year ago, he dumped what as left on his plate onto my plate when I wasn't looking because I told him he could have a treat when he was plate was empty
Favorite food: Unfortunately almost any kind of junk food. Love cheetos. We really do try to get him to eat healthy and he enjoys lots of stuff, but he loves junk food. Hopefully we can turn him soon...
Favorite color: orange and blue
Favorite sport: t-ball and soccer, badminton, football, golf, and any other sport he has tried. He loves sports. When we've gone to Nate's games, Zach is always practicing with one of us. He loves to play catch
Things he likes to do: ride his bike (especially going really fast down our hill), play legos, jump on the trampoline, read books, work in workbooks and color, climb EVERYTHING, including scaling up my cupboard doors when I'm not looking, up the desk at the library, and anywhere else he can climb.
Best friend: this big brother, Nate. Also likes to play with Kamden, and Nates friends
Special things: he's been very sweet and gentle with his new baby sister. He likes to remind me about how cute she is and that she's so sweet. He has these big puppy dog eyes. He'll come up to family members, look at them with these big brown eyes, and ask if they'll come play with him (anything from in the sand to sports, to anything). He looks just adorable and it's usually too hard to say no. He's also a mommy's boy and usually prefers mom when he's upset or sad. He's a really good boy who likes to remind me about chores that he needs to do, or that they need to work in work books.
He's adorable and we love him very much. Happy birthday Zach!!!
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He is a wonderful addition to our family and we love him very much! He's a little boy that is always on the go, even from the day he was born. He came 10 days early. The night before he was born, I had a hard time sleeping and was trying to sleep on the couch. It was about 2:00 a.m. and I was awake thinking about the things I still needed to do before he was born. I went through the list in my head, and then literally thought, well, it will be ok if I don't get everything done before he's born. Within about a minute of thinking, that, my water broke. I went upstairs to tell Jeff it was time, and he was in a panic since I had woken him up from a deep sleep and it was 10 days earlier than expected. We went to the hospital and Zach was born at 11:14 a.m.. He also broke my tailbone during the process and I will really enjoy that I can tell him he's literally a pain in the behind when he gets to be a teenager!!! (and yes, I know I'm a nerd). He's my monkey boy and always climbing and on the go. I've got him signed up for gymnastics this fall and we'll see how it goes.
Favorite dinner: dinner is a fight, but likes pizza, hot dogs, and peanut butter sandwiches. I just asked him and he said cookies for dinner. This is my little boy that almost a year ago, he dumped what as left on his plate onto my plate when I wasn't looking because I told him he could have a treat when he was plate was empty
Favorite food: Unfortunately almost any kind of junk food. Love cheetos. We really do try to get him to eat healthy and he enjoys lots of stuff, but he loves junk food. Hopefully we can turn him soon...
Favorite color: orange and blue
Favorite sport: t-ball and soccer, badminton, football, golf, and any other sport he has tried. He loves sports. When we've gone to Nate's games, Zach is always practicing with one of us. He loves to play catch
Things he likes to do: ride his bike (especially going really fast down our hill), play legos, jump on the trampoline, read books, work in workbooks and color, climb EVERYTHING, including scaling up my cupboard doors when I'm not looking, up the desk at the library, and anywhere else he can climb.
Best friend: this big brother, Nate. Also likes to play with Kamden, and Nates friends
Special things: he's been very sweet and gentle with his new baby sister. He likes to remind me about how cute she is and that she's so sweet. He has these big puppy dog eyes. He'll come up to family members, look at them with these big brown eyes, and ask if they'll come play with him (anything from in the sand to sports, to anything). He looks just adorable and it's usually too hard to say no. He's also a mommy's boy and usually prefers mom when he's upset or sad. He's a really good boy who likes to remind me about chores that he needs to do, or that they need to work in work books.
He's adorable and we love him very much. Happy birthday Zach!!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Busy busy day
Ok, so I know I'm WAY behind on my blog, but life has been a little crazy. We're adjusting to three kids and trying to fit things in at the end of summer. I'm trying to fit in some work hours here and there at home, which adds to things. One day I'll update everyting that's happened lately. However, I wanted to do a quick post. Unfortunatley, I still have issues with photos. Jeff, being the "Camera snob" that he is, takes all of his photos in "raw" format because there are larger sizes and he gets more detail, can do more things with photoshop, etc. Since they aren't jpeg's, I can't upload them or open them unless it's in a photoshop program. Since we had to replace our computer hard drive, we've had issues with photoshop and still trying to get that worked out. ANYWHO, I can't upload most of my photos. I'll add to it down the road.
SO, this week has been a busy week. On Sunday, we had a picnic up the canyon with my family. It was a lot of fun, the canyon was great, and my boys had a ton of fun since they got to get dirty, climb rocks, hike up the side of the mountain by our picnic table, and play with their uncles. I am so grateful to have brothers and parents that are willing to play with my boys. They just love them and had a ton of fun. They had fun running around with their uncles and playing frisbee. Overall, they had a lot of fun but were very tired. Zach fell asleep on the short drive home.
On Monday we played with friends all day and they had fun. I was very touched that the last few times Nate has played with one of his friends, he has asked his friend if Zach could play as well. I thought it was so sweet that he cares about his brother and wanted to see if he could play as well. The friend was very nice and has played with Zach the last few times. Sweet boys.
On Tuesday, they played with friends in the morning, and that evening we went to the Gardens in the evening. It was great! It wasn't that crowded and the boys loved it. Jeff took a bunch of photos (of course) and we had fun. They were very excited about the waterfall and really enjoyed it. I think we'll have to go again soon. Nate was hillarious. when we first got there, he had to get a map. We started the trail with him looking at the map. Jeff and I overheard him say "Oh look, there's a waterfall I'd really like to see. But we can't slide down it because they would get mad". He was very concerned about his map and pulled it out multiple times to help us find our way and decide what else we wanted to see. He's such a funny kid. Anyhow, we wore the boys out. On the way home we had to stop to feed Addison and we got home WAY to late and way past bedtime. Overall, they had a lot of fun.
Zach woke up the next morning at 7:00 a.m.. I can't get that kid to sleep in. Anyhow, we eventually got all ready for the day and headed out around 9:30-9:45 or something like that Wednesday morning. We hit the zoo with my parents, who were sweet enough to want to take the boys out while they are on vacation this week. We had a lot of fun and Addison was wonderful and slept through, pretty much all of it. The boys were really good and seemed to really enjoy it. Nate was all about the maps again, until I tried to hide it and Grandpa told him to look at the signs to show us where to go. They had a lot of fun. We got to see the baby giraffe, baby snow lepoard, baby wildcat (I think) and video of the baby elephant. She won't be on display for a couple more weeks though. We got to see part of the bird show and grandma and grandpa were sweet enough to hold the boys up to see it and, in the process, got buzzed by some birds! Anyhow, they had a ton of fun and we really appreciate Grandma and Grandpa!
After the zoo, we headed to Jeff's grandma's house for a visit. She was tickled that we stopped by and the boys loved it. Jeff joined us and we got pictures of this sweet 96 year old lady holding our baby Addison. I love Grandma and she is such a sweetheart! I'm amazed at all she does for being 96 years old! She was thrilled for the visit and so were we.
After Grandma's, we headed out to the Bee's baseball game. We were given tickets through a company that I deal with at work. My boys had fun and Jeff was excited to get more photos. I think my boys favorite part was playing around with one of the sweet attorney's I work it. He was so sweet and I felt bad that my boys were attacking him. I told Jeff to try to get the boys to leave him alone, but he said Scott, the attorney, was the one that started it! The boys ended up playing with Scott's grandkids at the end and they seemed to have a lot of fun. We cut out a little early, but then had to make a pit stop to feed Addison again. By the time we made it home, it was around 11:00 p.m., which made for one VERY long day. The boys were really good, but had their never-ending supply of energy.
Today, our plan is to just catch up. I think I'm more worn out than they are! We'll have to see if we can fit anything else in before Nate starts Kindergarten in a couple of weeks. He's excited, but a little nervous. I think I'm more nervous than he is and I'm sure I'll cry on his first day of school, since I start to tear up every time I think about it!
SO, this week has been a busy week. On Sunday, we had a picnic up the canyon with my family. It was a lot of fun, the canyon was great, and my boys had a ton of fun since they got to get dirty, climb rocks, hike up the side of the mountain by our picnic table, and play with their uncles. I am so grateful to have brothers and parents that are willing to play with my boys. They just love them and had a ton of fun. They had fun running around with their uncles and playing frisbee. Overall, they had a lot of fun but were very tired. Zach fell asleep on the short drive home.
On Monday we played with friends all day and they had fun. I was very touched that the last few times Nate has played with one of his friends, he has asked his friend if Zach could play as well. I thought it was so sweet that he cares about his brother and wanted to see if he could play as well. The friend was very nice and has played with Zach the last few times. Sweet boys.
On Tuesday, they played with friends in the morning, and that evening we went to the Gardens in the evening. It was great! It wasn't that crowded and the boys loved it. Jeff took a bunch of photos (of course) and we had fun. They were very excited about the waterfall and really enjoyed it. I think we'll have to go again soon. Nate was hillarious. when we first got there, he had to get a map. We started the trail with him looking at the map. Jeff and I overheard him say "Oh look, there's a waterfall I'd really like to see. But we can't slide down it because they would get mad". He was very concerned about his map and pulled it out multiple times to help us find our way and decide what else we wanted to see. He's such a funny kid. Anyhow, we wore the boys out. On the way home we had to stop to feed Addison and we got home WAY to late and way past bedtime. Overall, they had a lot of fun.
Zach woke up the next morning at 7:00 a.m.. I can't get that kid to sleep in. Anyhow, we eventually got all ready for the day and headed out around 9:30-9:45 or something like that Wednesday morning. We hit the zoo with my parents, who were sweet enough to want to take the boys out while they are on vacation this week. We had a lot of fun and Addison was wonderful and slept through, pretty much all of it. The boys were really good and seemed to really enjoy it. Nate was all about the maps again, until I tried to hide it and Grandpa told him to look at the signs to show us where to go. They had a lot of fun. We got to see the baby giraffe, baby snow lepoard, baby wildcat (I think) and video of the baby elephant. She won't be on display for a couple more weeks though. We got to see part of the bird show and grandma and grandpa were sweet enough to hold the boys up to see it and, in the process, got buzzed by some birds! Anyhow, they had a ton of fun and we really appreciate Grandma and Grandpa!
After the zoo, we headed to Jeff's grandma's house for a visit. She was tickled that we stopped by and the boys loved it. Jeff joined us and we got pictures of this sweet 96 year old lady holding our baby Addison. I love Grandma and she is such a sweetheart! I'm amazed at all she does for being 96 years old! She was thrilled for the visit and so were we.
After Grandma's, we headed out to the Bee's baseball game. We were given tickets through a company that I deal with at work. My boys had fun and Jeff was excited to get more photos. I think my boys favorite part was playing around with one of the sweet attorney's I work it. He was so sweet and I felt bad that my boys were attacking him. I told Jeff to try to get the boys to leave him alone, but he said Scott, the attorney, was the one that started it! The boys ended up playing with Scott's grandkids at the end and they seemed to have a lot of fun. We cut out a little early, but then had to make a pit stop to feed Addison again. By the time we made it home, it was around 11:00 p.m., which made for one VERY long day. The boys were really good, but had their never-ending supply of energy.
Today, our plan is to just catch up. I think I'm more worn out than they are! We'll have to see if we can fit anything else in before Nate starts Kindergarten in a couple of weeks. He's excited, but a little nervous. I think I'm more nervous than he is and I'm sure I'll cry on his first day of school, since I start to tear up every time I think about it!
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