THE REST OF THE SUMMER

after we got home from utah we spent most of our time at ZOOMBEZI BAY. for those of you not in columbus, it is a water park at our zoo.

there were a few of us who had passes, and i think we tried to go swimming at least twice a week. i think this is most of us. this is not the best picture but you get the idea.

tate got in a few rounds of golf with dallin. he just loves being able to go and play at the real course.

and i keep getting bigger and bigger!

MY BIG KINDERGARTNER

I can't believe I have a kindergartner. I don't feel like it should be possible. I never really thought I would be one of those emotional moms when their kids go to school. Well I guess I was wrong. I completely balled the day he started. Must be the pregnancy! :)

The morning that he started he was getting dressed and getting ready and we had a conversation that went like this...

me: tate i don't think you should go to school today, why don't you stay home with me?

tate: MOM, i have to go to school

me: no you don't you can just stay home and play with me all day.

tate: mom... i have to go so i can learn stuff

me: why don't you stay home and i will teach you everything you need to know.

tate: but mom... you can't teach me how to be a dentist! i have to go to school so i can learn dental school stuff!

me: (holding back the laughter) oh, ok, i guess you can go then.

I hope he realizes soon that he's just going to be doing numbers and letters for a while.

Waiting to be picked up after school. He is lucky enough to be in the same class as his best buddy Isaac.

Tate's Birthday

Tate turned 5 during our trip home to Utah. He was so excited to have all of his cousins and grandparents at his party. He feels so old and so cool to be 5. I love it. He has turned into such a big boy. He is such a great big brother and good example for Boston.

On Tate's birthday he graduated from swimming lessons, and then chose to go to McDonald's for his birthday lunch.

After a busy morning and afternoon we headed to the park for his BATMAN BIRTHDAY PARTY! I can't tell you how excited he was for a real Batman party. I think he had been talking about it for 11 months.

He got lots of cool presents from everyone.

Boston thoroughly enjoyed the left over cake. I'm not sure how long his fingers stayed black.

Happy Birthday Tato Bug! We love you.

OUR UTAH TRIP

The boys and I took off for the month of June to Utah while Dallin was home taking finals, studding for and taking the boards.

While we were there we had a lot of...

rainy weather

fun with the cousins

activities w/GMA's and GPA's

birthday parties

laughter

swimming lessons

throw-up

GNO's :) can't get enough of those!

memories made

band aids

late nights

and

frosting

in no particular order.

we spent the day camped out at the air show

we got to go play at Kangaroo Zoo for alex and emma's 4th birthday party

we went to the dinosaur museum and the kids got to hold a snake

hanging with gramps and baking with grandma

grandpa's annual fishing trip to the fish farm. boston was finally big enough to fish this year. but as soon as he caught his fish and pulled it out of the water he ran through jasons legs and hid from the fish. tate was able to do everything all by himself this year. he even tried getting the hook out.

swimming with cousins and grandma

gno with mom and amy

we went to idaho to visit my grandma just before her 92nd birthday!

AND we had a batman party!

Memorial Day

For Memorial day I didn't care what we did, I just wanted the family to go and do something AWAY from our house.  We decided on a REDS GAME, and it was sooo much fun to get away with just our family.  The boys had a blast... all three of them, and so did I.  Cincinnati is such a pretty city, the ball park looks over the Ohio River, and the boys loved watching tug-boats go by all game long.  

The first few minutes of the game our seats were in the HOT SUN.  So we quickly decided to move up higher to some shady seats.

 

 

We had ALL YOU CAN EAT seats, which we took FULL advantage of.  I think we went through $50 in just drinks.  For sure the way to go at a ball game!

 

Here is a view of the river and Kentucky on the other side.  The boys were talking about the blue bridge all game long, so after the game we had to go for a drive over to Kentucky on the blue bridge.

We lasted all the way to the 8th inning, and then decided to head to the hotel to cool off at the pool.

Mothers Day

I had a great Mothers Day weekend.  All day on Saturday I was able to take a GIRLS DAY away.  A few friends and I went down to the outlets and shopped all day, and then went to dinner.  When I came home I had this fun surprise waiting for me.  The boys made me some cards for me, and Dallin surprised me with a few fun things. (I kind of thought he forgot ;) )

Tate took this picture of me so just pretend the top of my head is in the picture!

The boys hard at work.

Oh and one last Mothers day gift... a few days earlier we found out that we are having a GIRL!!  I really didn't expect a girl, but we are so excited, and it made my shopping day that much more fun.  I think Tate was the most excited of all of us when we found out.  He has been telling us it's a girl the entire time.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

why am i so bad at blogging? i just can't figure it out.  you would think being across the country from family i would want them to see what we're up to...  but that's what cell phones are for.  i'm just lazy, that's all it is!  i know it's REALLY BAD when other husbands from the ward tell me how long it's been since my last post. (you know who you are)  :)  eventually i hope to make a real post and back date everything that's been going on, but for now this is what you get...

*our friend riley came for a quick visit

*boston turned 2

*amanda had a birthday

*dallin had a birthday

*spring break trip to palmyra and niagara falls with dallins family all in a motorhome 

*tate is back in soccer

*dallin got to go to the NCAA championship game (thanks to riley)

*easter fun

*oh yeah and we're having another baby due in september :)

that is our past few months in a nutshell.