27 August 2009

My Little School Girl


I still can't believe it! My little baby girl is already starting Kindergarten. Where has the time gone!?!! She and her sweet friend Matayia have Mrs. Hyre who they both seem to adore. Yesterday they had a little orientation to introduce them to their teachers and show them around the school. It was so fun to watch her and Matayia just cling to each other. They held hands pretty much the entire time. So cute! I think it's made it a lot easier being able to start with such a close friend. Today she made it through her very first day. She absolutely loved it... and she looked so cute! She has been dying to wear her new clothes and the time has finally come. She had such a hard time picking out which outfit to wear. I love this girl and it's been so much fun watching her grow up. Everybody said I would totally cry sending her off to her first day of school but oddly enough, I didn't. I was so excited for her! She is such a smart little girl and she has been so excited for this day to come.

(Orientation the day before she started school)



23 August 2009

Spur of the Moment

Our good friends from Vegas were in town last weekend. Joel called Jer Thursday afternoon to see if we wanted to go to Lagoon with them on Friday. We had been meaning to take the kids all summer long but with the baby and all, we just never got around to it. So long story short, it worked out perfectly that Jer took the day off work and surprised us with a fun day at Lagoon with our friends. We spent the afternoon letting the kids ride whatever they wanted then my awesome parents so lovingly drove all the way up there to pick them up for the evening so Jerry and I could ride some of the roller coasters together.

Sweet Ivy riding the Whales


Kate and Kaitlee on the Ladybug- These two were completely inseparable all day long


Not so funny story- On our way out to drop our kids off with my parents we stopped at the gate to get my hand re-stamped. Then we walked all the way to the back of the parking lot where the drop off loop is at. As we walked up to the car my mom calmly asked where Sonrisa was at (just thinking we left her with a baby-sitter). Both mine and Jer's eyes popped wide open. Jared immediately took off running back to the park. I looked in the front of the stroller and sure enough... no Sonrisa. I then took off running back as well and was balling and shaking by the time I got back to the entrance. The lady at the gate looked at me with a smile said, "Lost your daughter?" That obvious, huh? She told me where she was at and by the time I got there Jared was just walking out the door with her. They had found her right by the entrance gates. I guess while I was figuring out where to get my hand re-stamped, she had crawled out of the stroller and was probably standing right next to us as we walked away. But did we notice? Nope! We pushed a half-empty stroller all the way across a gigantic parking lot and didn't even notice. Are we great parents or what!?! For those few minutes running back to the park I had all sorts of horrible things going through my mind. I am sooo incredibly thankful that she is okay!

Ivy and Reesie on the helicopters


After we finally got the kids sent off with my parents and our nerves settled down, we ate some dinner and then met up with our friends again. They dropped their kids off at Brooke's parent's house right there in Fruit Heights and her mom came back with them just to ride a couple of the big roller coasters while her dad watched the kids. Thanks so much for inviting us Brooke and Joel! Other than momentarily losing Sonrisa, we had a blast spending the day at Lagoon with you and your kids... and your adorable, roller coaster loving mom!


Kate and Kaitlee on the spaceships

This picture is so hilarious to me! Look closely at Ivy and Sonrisa's face. Think they enjoyed riding Puff?


I wish we took more pictures of everybody that we were with but sadly this is all we have. Didn't even get one of Lincoln while we were there.

Since I didn't have a picture of Lincoln to post from Lagoon I just had to post something about him. This is my sweet little boy in an outfit that Jared wore when he was a baby. Kinda cool, huh!?!!

14 August 2009

Thanks Nettifer!!!

My super close friend, Lynette, came out to my house a couple weeks ago and took all these amazing pictures of my little Lincoln and my girls. She is seriously like the coolest person I know and she is so hilarious to be around. Thanks so much Netters! I LOVE the pictures and I had so much fun spending the afternoon together! This was the best present ever!!!

(These are just a few of my favorites)





Reesie was being such a little Rascal! I thought all her pictures were going to be a complete disaster so I was so surprised to see how adorable some of them actually turned out.



Sweet Ivy was being such a cheeeezball!! But I think her pictures still turned out to be so beautiful!



Lynette only had to take a few pictures of Kaitlee because she was so cooperative and she is SOOO incredibly photogenic!!!


Lincoln and his sisters

This is Lincoln in his blessing outfit. He looked like such a little stud on his special day!