1st Day of Kindergarten

Today was a very big day for Conner. I can't even express in words how excited he was that today he could actually go to school. I am very excited for him too, but I'm also nervous and sad. I just know he is going to love it and have so much fun, and learn a lot!!

Last night he couldn't wait to lay out his new school clothes! Dave told me he used to lay out his clothes just like this! :)

He was so ready to go that he practically left us all behind!

It was super hot when he dropped him off, that he is sweating! He kept pointing for me to come stand by him. I wanted him to adjust without me, so I refused. He seemed to be ok.

He is waving Goodbye as he walks into his classroom! He is kind of smiling! :)

I'm super excited that he is in his classroom, and no one was crying! Yea!

I am just waiting for the time I need to leave to pick him up! I can't wait to hear all about his first day!! Vika of course is really whiney, because that's what she does when I'm not giving her 100% of my attention.

Slimming Down

Since October Dave has been losing weight. He currently sits at a 70 lbs weight loss, and is still going. I am so proud of him. He started out just watching what he was eating, and counting calories. He has now added some gym time to his routine. The kids are learning more about what it takes to be healthy and stay healthy, and its been an adjustment at times for them when Daddy isn't able to be home because he's at the gym. We fully support him going to the gym, and are very proud that he is choosing to go. I love Dave so much and I'm glad he is choosing to be healthier and stick around longer with me and our family!!

Before pic was July 2010, Current pic was August 2011.

Our 24th of July Fun

For the 24th (well actually 23rd) we went to the Salt Lake Bees game! We went with Dave's family, curtesy of Bro-in-law Matt!! It was a really good game. In the first inning they hit 2 homeruns!! They ended up winning 18-8, they played amazingly well.

Dave's aunt took the kids to get their faces painted. Vika got a girl bee that was glittery!

And Conner got a boy baseball bee, notice the baseball bat and hat!!

After the game they had a very awesome firework show, the kids loved it! Right at the finale of the fireworks Vika had to go potty. She was very bummed when she heard the crowd cheering at the end. :( It was a very late night, but we had a ton of fun!

Our 4th of July Fun

Our 4th of July was lots of fun. We had a great BBQ at my parent's (tradition). The kids had fun playing together, and the adult kids had fun as well. Deb brought really yummy festive cupcakes, my Grandma brought her delicious chocolate cake, and I made 2 apple pies. We definitely had our fill of awesome desserts. Not to mention all the other yummy food we had. :)

My parents had fun with the grandchildren, pictured are only 6 of their 9 grandchildren (we really missed the oldest grandchild Devun who wasn't able to be with us)! This pic was taken while some of the grown-ups were playing football or volleyball.

My sweet little girl had so much fun playing in the muddy garden. I had to take a pic so that I wasn't yelling at her for getting so dirty in her new white skirt. I guess I have only myself to blame for buying her white!!

We ended the night with a pretty good firework show, with a little bit of rain!! On the drive home we enjoyed even more fireworks!

St. George

Dave and I celebrated our 8th Anniversary in June by taking a 9 day trip to St. George! It was fabulous. We went to the gym together, which we are never able to do at home. We lounged and watched movies, and basically did whatever we wanted to do without kids!!

We even took a couple days and drove to LA for a Dodgers game. The game was at noon so basically we roasted for 4 hours, but it was a lot of fun. And we totally lucked out by going on throwback day. The concessions were all half price, they wore old school jerseys, and they were even calling themselves the Brooklyn Dodgers for the day!!! :)

We had excellent seats! We were front row on the 3rd base side! That is Matt Kemp signing autographs!

We forgot to take more pics so you get stuck looking at this awful phone camera pic! We are just hanging out on the nice comfy couch!!

All in all we had such a great vacation! We will definitely be doing this every year!

Big Happenings

Vika had her 3 year well check! She absolutely loves going to the dr, and she was by far the happiest person in the whole place! She had the nurses and the dr cracking up. The dr even said he would hang out with her all day long if he could!! :)

She is still really tiny. 25 lbs 5%, 33.5 in 1%, BMI 54%. At least she is healthy, and potty trained, and also very happy!

Its time of year! Conner will be graduating from his last year of preschool. I am kind of sad to see my boy grow up so fast, but it will be fun to see how he does in kindergarten next year!

If you would like to come see him graduate just let me know and I will give you the address! :) BTW this pic was taken at school for his graduation invitation. It says "School is cool, and so am I!"

Vika is 3

Happy Birthday Vika!!! My little girl is not so little anymore. She is already 3. I can't believe she is that old, mostly because she is so tiny. I am so glad she is in our family, I honestly couldn't imagine not having her in my life.

I love that she dresses herself, and loves to pick out her own clothes (even when she doesn't match). I love how independent she is becoming. She has to brush her teeth every morning by herself, and then at night after I do it.

I love that she reads books to herself. She has gotten really good at memorizing her books and then reading them to herself at night before she falls asleep. Its really cute to hear her over the baby monitor reading all her books! I have even found her snuggled up to her books in her bed, instead of her mounds of stuffed animals!! Funny girl.

I love her fiery personality, and that you never know what is going to come out of her mouth. She has the biggest vocabulary, and since she was a baby has been copying everyone. I love her temper and that she can get so mad at something so fast and then quickly forget about it. She can get an attitude with people, usually me, and I still find it hilarious. She is way too much like her mom, and sometimes I wonder if thats really a bad thing.

Her most recent accomplishment is being potty trained! She passed with flying colors! She only had 2 accidents in 3 days and loves to sit on her princess potty because it plays music when she goes in it!!! I am so proud of how fast she picked up on it, and that I am no longer dealing with diapers all day long!

I love this little girl to death and wouldn't trade her for anything. Some of her favorite things include, but aren't limited to:

*Hello kitty everything

*Princesses-right now its Rapunzel (Mapunzel), and Cinderella

*Coloring especially with markers

*Looking pretty

*Fruit snacks

*Chocolate

*Grandma

*Playing with her brother

*Going to lunch with Mommy

*Getting a treat for going potty

*Girls Scout Cookies-Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Dosi Dos

*Getting her nails painted

*Books

*Wearing her princess cape and calling herself BatGirl

*Watching movies

*Playing with her cousins

*Going to nursery-so that she can sing the songs

*Bagels with strawberry cream cheese (because its pink)

*The color pink-she thinks that anything that is pink is hers

There are tons more things I could name here, but I will spare you hours of reading.