Swimming

We are hoping Fall is coming, but it is still pretty warm, so it was a good time to go swimming! We were invited to a Birthday swimming party. We had a good time. We felt like the water felt perfect. It was nice and cool.

Leah took a little while to get used to the water, but ended up loving it. Thanks to our friends we had a great time yesterday.

We have been enjoying a little bit cooler tempatures. I have been walking Joshua to and from school. The boys only like it sometimes. I have had so many people offer me rides. I guess people just don't go outside as much as they used to, but it is nice to know that people are willing to help. :) I am always suprised when people "know me" just because they have seen me around the neighborhood. It is nice to know people are looking out for us. :)

Doing our thing

We are getting the hang of dropping and picking up Joshua from school. I have been trying to walk at least once, usually dropping him off. It is just still so hot here, but good news yesterday was supposed to be the last triple digit day of the year. Finally!!!! He is doing great at school. He likes his teachers and have made a few friends. He has his first field trip coming up so it should be exciting!

Leah is seven months today! I can't believe it. 7 months means to me that she is almost not a baby anymore. I am usually ready for the stages, but I love the 4-7 month stage. She is trying so hard to crawl. She gets up on all fours and rocks. She is scooting forward on her belly more, but still prefers rolling to get around. She has now decided that she can go on the our laminate flooring, so now I have look out for her when I cook. :) Cristina Sanchez made her dress and bow in the picture above. Cristina is talented.

Dallin is working on controlling his temper. We have some days better than others. I really enjoy the time with him when Joshua is at school It is pretty short because Dallin still naps, but I just love watching his personality come out strong. I have started working the alphabet with him, but he prefers counting so we go in the direction more. In the above picture we took Dad to the aboretum. It was fun. We of course had our good friends go with us. Our kids are just so cute that I had to share the picture.

We have actually had a little rain. We are in a nasty drought so we can't help but go play in the rain when it happens. We need more rain!

First day of School

Joshua went to school today. I have had anxiety all summer about this day. It was so easy for him. He put his backpack in his locker and sat down on the rug with the other kids. He waved by and pretty much shrugged me off. I did pretty good myself. Dallin, Leah, and my van that wouldn't start were good distractions. I did think that Joshua and Afton were so cute walking back home with their little backpacks on.

This school is all high security they have to wear id badges and lanyards. I guess I really do live in a the city. A special thanks to Elise for helping me out my van decided not start an hour before school started. After all of that he made it and had a good time. He said he will go back tomorrow. He did however tell me he would like to take Fridays off. He was very disappointed that he still had to go to school on Friday.

Tree Crashing

We went to bed on Thursday night. I had barley checked in on Leah around 11 PM. I went to bed and we were all fast asleep. At midnight I heard an awful loud noise. I sat straight up in bed, (which I thought only happened in movies) and asked Michael what that noise was. He went in and checked on the kids and asked me if it came from outside. I answered Yes of course it came from outside, no good thing could come from that noise. I can't believe he didn't hear it. Michael went to the deck and could hear noises. He called me out there and told me someone was on the deck. Later I asked him why he wanted me out there with him, and he answered I thought two people were better to fight off someone than one. Anways, we flipped on the light and saw that it was actually a huge tree branch crashing into our deck. The tree belongs to our neighbor so they came over. They decided that it could be taken care of for less than what insurance deducible would be, so we all chipped in and cleaned up. We started at 7:30 AM and finished for around 10:00PM. We finished cleaning everything up the next morning around 10AM. We have such good friends who came to help. We are so blessed to have wonderful friends! We were also blessed that no one got hurt and their was very little damage. Our neighbor is going to come back to fix our deck and our power line to our garage. This could have been so much worse and we feel so blessed that it turned out the way it did. We have no idea why the tree fell. We only figured that it was stressed due to the drought, but it looks healthy. Green leaves and all.

This is what we put out for the City to pick up, we kept the rest of the wood for camp outs and what not.

Saturday was also our Anniversary. We went to dinner and movie. Jenny and Tony babysat. It was so nice of them to sit for us. We had a good time. 6 years down and an Eternity to go, and still happy. :) Now we are gearing up for the first day of school tomorrow! Go Joshua!

6 months Stats and an Update

Flowers are so pretty and uplifting. A friend gave me these this past week. So pretty!

Joshua starts school on Monday. We have all of the school supplies and he is so excited. I am more nervous than he is at this point. We are definantly moving on to a new phase in life. The boys are getting along much better than last week. As we were all getting out of the van Dallin refused to get out so I pretended to leave him in there and shut the door. Joshua started screaming and said he would die in there. I love when they look out for each other.

At the campout the Scoutmaster said he was going to throw Joshua in the lake and Dallin started to scream no. This morning I told Dallin we were going to take Leah to the doctor. He asked if she was getting shots. I said yes. He said she is a little baby she shouldn't get shots. I just love my kids espeically when they stick up for each other. :)

Leah is 17 lbs and 1 oz. She is 27 inches long. She is all healthy and doing well. She likes to be on the move and rolls all over the place. She will also scoot on her back and on her belly a little bit. On her belly she scoots with her face down on the carpet. Ouch. She hates being left alone. She always wants someone with her and that someone is usually me. The kids will do sometimes, but usually she likes me around. She has started to wave at people. It is adorable. She can sit up briefly but prefers to travel around and discover what is around her. I will often find her under chairs and always by the tv playing with the cords.

She is great sleeper and is usually happy. I love this stage and sometimes wish it would last longer. She is just so cute and squishy.

Busy Week

We had a really busy week. We had lots of meetings and activities. I had a food storage meeting on Friday. It went rather well thanks to everyone who helped me put it together. I also put on a baby shower for someone who goes to our Church. I also had help with this and it went well. I have such wonderful friends and family to help me in time of need.

On Friday Michael took the boys camping. They had a good time and it rained!!! We haven't had rain in so long. It was wonderful. All the boys came back exhuasted. Dallin took a four hour nap. I could not wake him up. He refused to get out of bed. It will be interesting to see what he is like as a teenager.

Leah still isn't a huge fan of other people. I had to get a baby sitter on Friday because Michael was gone and I had a meeting. She cried until she fell asleep. I wish she would be happier around other people, but I guess it will come. I will do another post about her six months stats on Tuesday after she has her well check.

Michael and I also did awesome yesterday bowling. We had a great time hanging with friends at the bowling alley.

My sister Jenny is engaged! We are so excited for her and her finance Tony! We have been having fun looking at wedding dresses and centerpeices.

Race Day

Lately Leah has been putting in her bink like this. I thought it was funny so I decided to post it. She is rolling all over the place. I have to keep reminding the boys to watch out for her. She has been stepped on. Poor girl. I think it is funny she will roll and until she hit a wall or counch and gets mad when it doesn't move out of the way for her. She is growing up so fast. It is strange to me that she is on the move now, but loving every minute of it.

Joshua told me this was his favorite race thus far, which suprised me because he didn't get a medal or anything. He told me the reason it was his favorite because it was the longest run. Michael ran with him so he wouldn't get lost. He did great!! He got a water launcher instead of a medal. Lily and Brock came in right behind Joshu and Michael. Dallin didn't run because he had to go to the bathroom and he can't use public restrooms so he held it for a long time. Poor kid.

This was my cross country relay team. I ran the first leg. It was so hot! Katie ran second. Elise ran last. She had to wait for all of us and run when it was even hotter. We all did great. The results weren't posted yet, so I have no idea how I really did, but feel ok about it.

Jenny, Tony, and Gina ran too! They finished before us. They all did amazing!