Camping and Tooth

We went camping this last weekend.  The boys had a blast.  Leah had a little trouble going to sleep, but all in all  I would call it a success.  Joshua and Rayna here are playing crossing gaurd.  Joshua loves the crossing gaurds at school.  Michael took pictures this camping trip, so it is interesting to me to see what moments he captured compared to me.  :)

We had lots of yummy food at the campout.  Everyone was so willing to share.  It was a lot of fun!

Afton, loves bugs.  Can you see the bug in her hair?  They were crawling on our van and she was excited and wanted to pick them up. 

We have been waiting for Joshua to lose his bottom front teeth for a while now.  He has been avoiding them.  The campout was enough of a distraction that it fell out.  We have no idea where the tooth is, but it is gone.  He has one more ready to fall out.  I can't believe he is old enough to lose teeth. 

Flex Fridays

I love that Michael has every other Friday off.  We love spending time with him and doing fun things on those days.  Saturdays just seem to fill up with so much other stuff, that it doesn't really seem like a fun day off.  Friday I feel like we get Michael to ourselves.  :)  We headed to the zoo last flex Friday.  We had a good time.  The weather was perfect and the zoo wasn't crowded at all.

Dallin is so goofey.  He thinks it is fun to make faces at the camera.  It is so fun to see grow.  He is so sweet.  He will help Leah with everything she needs without even being asked.  He will take off her shoes and socks when they come in from outside.  He will push her in the swing.  She is pretty lucky to have Dallin as her brother.  :) 

Leah is growing and learning as well.  She is a little dare devil so I have to keep an eye on her. She wanted to walk through the whole zoo this time.  She doesn't like to get too close to the animals.  She likes to see them, but not too close or she gets scared. 

  The only thing missing from our flex Friday fun is Joshua.  I always feel so bad that we are going and doing fun things while he is at school.  We do miss him while he is at school, but Michael will pick him up from school.  He loves when Dad picks him up, because Dad is more fun than Mom.  :)  Joshua is doing well in school.  I had parent teacher conference yesterday.  Joshua's teacher just thanked me for doing her job, and I was on my way. 

Adding one more!

We are adding one more to our family.  This one came as a little surprise   I knew I wanted another it just came a little earlier then expected.  I have been slow to tell, so don't feel bad if you didn't know.  I am feeling really good and staying very active.  We just found out today that we are going to have another little boy.  I was totally thinking that it would be a girl.  ha ha  We are excited for his arrival at the end of February.

Fall Break

Joshua has had the last two days out of school.  It has been fun having him home.  There is just something so satisfying about watching your kids play so well together.  :)  I love the Fall, and we have been taking advantage by playing outside.  We are hardly in doors during the day except for nap and meal times.  :)

Leah my silly girl keeps bringing me her pajamas at various times of the day.  She wants to change into them.  I don't want her to get them all dirty before bed so I usually say no, or put them by the bath and we can put them on later.  She likes to take matters into her own hands.  She will strip off her pants and try to put on her pajamas. 

 

Arboretum fun

On Friday we headed to the Arboretum.  Dallin wasn't in a cooperative mood to get his picture taken.  He is so funny. 

 

Leah was dancing around in the wonderful Arboretum grass.  We love the grass there.  Our grass isn't as soft. 

We finally got a semi smile from him.

Michael's flag football team took silver on Saturday.  He really enjoyed playing.  I'm sad we missed all of his games.  I guess next year we will have to catch one. 

Fall is coming!

We are loving the cooler weather.  It is so nice to open windows.  We can play outside without sweating!  The only downside is that Leah gets herself so messy!  She comes in looking like the picture below more than once a day.  She and Dallin are playing well together.  I am so glad that they are getting along.  Dallin will bring her in and said Leah needs to be cleaned up.  Dallin does not like to be dirty.  Everyone told me girls are easy.  They are clean and like to sit and color.  This girl below does not.  She is always getting dirty.  She is daring and loves going down slides and climbing ladders.

We are also excited for Halloween we have our costumes already.  We wear them around for fun.  Leah isn't going to be a dragon for Halloween but she does like dressing up in one.   

 

Joshua changes out of his uniform first thing.  He does not like polo shirts.  He tells me that they make him sweat under his arms.  ha ha.  Joshua's favorite subject in school is science.  It is the only thing he will tell me about without prompting. 

Michael has football games all week.  He is excited for that.  I don't think we will make the games  because they are far away and at 8:30 pm at night.  I am glad he has found something he enjoys outside of normal daily things.  This Saturday he has organized a Scout Merit Badge Academy.  He always keeps himself busy. 

Labor Day

Joshua was looking forward to having an extra day off of school.  He tells Dallin that Dallin is so lucky that he gets to stay home and play all day.  Joshua doesn't hate school, but he would rather do whatever he wants.  The first week of school the exciting things he would tell me about was who had wet their pants or who started to puke.  He tells me Kindergarten is too long, and has too many rules.  We had a fun and relaxing Labor Day.  We grilled some yummy hamburgers and had Jenny and Tony come over.  We were suppose to have other guests but other things came up. 


Leah enjoyed Joshua being home to so she can dress up in his shoes and back pack.  :)

We played with blocks in the afternoon.  Michael was very proud with how tall her got his tower to be.  Leah even helped and it still didn't tip over.

Dallin was also proud of his tower.  He is doing well adjusting to be the big boy at home.  He plays well with Leah.  He is doing pretty well with our homeschool pre-K.