September 2012

Halle started preschool the first part of September. We decided to do the neighborhood preschool this year so I get to teach every couple of weeks. Halle is the only girl. I thought it would affect her more, but she holds her own against all the boys. She's a tough girl.

Noah started walking all over the place. He gets into everything! He is a very curious boy.

 

 

Lucas, Trent and I went to the USU vs. Utah football game. It was awesome! Go Aggies!!

 

My Grandpa B celebrated his 83rd birthday. It was fun to have everyone there to celebrate.

The cake was delicious!

Some of the grandchildren and Grandma and Grandpa B

Halle finally graduated from a toddler bed to a big girl bed! I know it should've happened a while ago.

Catch Up

It looks like I have a lot of catching up to do. I don't know why I do this to myself. Here we go...

Before Caden started school we went to Cowabunga Bay. I liked that it was very kid friendly, but I thought it would be bigger. I definitely wouldn't pay full price for it, but it was fun for one day. The kids liked the lazy river and the kids cove area. I liked that you didn't have to pay for parking or tubes. That was a bonus!

We bought a Groupon that came with a night's stay at the Comfort Inn next door. The kids really thought we were on vacation. I liked that the drive home was only an hour.

Noah turned 1 year old on August 12th!

He was in heaven when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him. He was grinning from ear to ear.

I decided to do a brownie cake for him. I know I'm no fun. I figured he was just going to destroy it anyways.

Present time!!

He even shared his toys with Landon.

OPEN IT NOW!!!

Much better...

Noah had a lot of fun playing with all his cousins.

Noah and the Bear

Look how much he's grown in one year!

 

Here's his stats:

Weight- 19 lbs. 3 oz. 5th percentile

Height- 29.25 in. 33rd percentile

Head- 19 92nd percentile

About Noah

Noah can't walk yet unless he's pushing something around. He'll push anything: chairs, bar stools, toys, strollers. He loves cars!!! He plays with them and says vrooom vrooom. He thinks every picture is Jesus because I point out the picture of Jesus in our living room to him all the time. His favorite food is honey nut cheerios.

 

He loves his cousin Eva

 

Caden started 1st grade on August 14th. I'm sad that he goes to school all day. We miss him! So far he has really enjoyed it. He said his favorite part is lunch and recess. (isn't that every kid's favorite part)

Lucas' parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. We had a big party at Dave and April's.

Here's to 40 more years!

We went boating with our neighbors, the Holbrooks.  We had a lot of fun except for one little incident. (don't ask)

Halle

Brigham

Jaklynn

The kids were so brave! 

To be continued...

Summer Fun

The summer is almost over and this is the first time that I have blogged. There is a lot to blog about.

Caden's last day of Kindergarten was July 3rd. I can't believe he starts 1st grade in a week and a half. It's kind of sad to think that he's going to spend the majority of his day at school for the next 12 plus years.

 Here's Caden and Gabe with their teacher, Ms. Poulsen.

We've lived in Syracuse for 5 years and we finally went to the Heritage Days parade.

It was quite enjoyable since we got a nice spot in the shade.

For the 4th of July we went to the Magna parade with Lucas' family.

Yes, I'm having fun...

Noah was really tired and decided to take a little nap...

 

We went to the Ute Stampede festivities in Nephi with my family.

Halle is ready for the parade!

I wish they gave out something else besides taffy. It's not my favorite.

At least the kids like it.

Halle loves to wave to all the "princesses"

Look at those cute girls! Those clouds in the sky would cause problems in a few minutes. Everyone had to grab everything and run before they blew away. I felt bad for everyone in the parade.

Eva loves parades too!

And now the rodeo...

Waiting for the excitement to begin. 10 minutes into the rodeo Caden asked when it was going to start. I guess he doesn't appreciate good rodeos.

Aren't we precious...

This is what happened to our trampoline while we were at the rodeo. I guess they got the same wind storm in Syracuse. Our neighbor called to tell us it was in our neighbor's yard. That was fun for 3 months.

Noah turned 11 months old on July 12th. I can't believe he's going to be 1 in a week!

He loves to play with cars and he loves to stand up to the furniture and walk. Pretty soon he'll be walking by himself.

We went to the Wolf Creek condo with Lucas' family.

We did a lot of swimming. Luckily that's one thing my kids love to do.

Noah went on his first boat ride. He liked it until the last 15 minutes and then he was ready to take the life jacket off.

Caden is getting really good at the ski trainer.

Caden was very excited to play racket ball with Lucas.

We went to the Roy Aquatic Center with our ward. 

Noah has no fear. He crawls around everywhere.

Caden and Halle were very excited to go swimming with Gabe and Kent.

Here's a few random pictures of things we've done this summer.

This was Noah's first time in the kiddie pool. I think it was a little cold for him.

The Water Rock Band

Caden had to wear the ski goggles to ride his scooter.

Halle got a new princess bike!

 Noah likes to ride Eva's princess bike.

Noah has been trying lots of new food.

He loves to play in the bath tub.

We took the kids to the drive in to see Brave and The Avengers. Caden was determined to stay awake for The Avengers. I think he made it 10 minutes and then he was out.

It has been a fun summer! I think deep down Caden is excited for school to start (I know I am).