Happy 6th Birthday!!!

Conner is 6! When did he get so old? I love this boy more and more everyday! He makes me laugh, cry, smile, scream, you name it. He keeps me guessing everyday, and honestly he changes everyday! I really don't want to know what my life would be without him in it.

Some of his favorite things:

*superheros - he loves them all and it changes everyday (sometimes every hour) which one is his favorite!

*School - he loves school. He would go on the weekends if he could.

*His sister - They have a love/hate relationship, but for the most part he just adores her and wants to spend time with her!

*Doritos - He loves to eat them any time of day. Sadly, because we are all trying to support Daddy he doesn't get them as often as he would like.

*Babies - well small children in general. He is so good with little kids and loves it when he can teach them to say things!

*Friends - Conner has become very social since he started kindergarten, and loves all his new friends, and his old ones too.

*His Daddy - he has his Daddy wrapped around his finger. They are best buds, they even call each other 'Brothers'.

*Halloween - His all time favorite holiday! In his head its like a gift to himself to have such a fun holiday right after his birthday!

I love my duders even when he makes me want to pull out my hair! He really is such a sweet boy, and loves to make others feel good.

1st Day of Preschool

Wednesday was Vika's 1st day of preschool. She was so excited that she woke up super early and got dressed right away. She didn't realize that she wasn't starting until 11:30, funny girl. She loved that she got her preschool shirt just like Conner's, and she got her own bag with her name on it!

She looked so pretty all ready to go and meet her new friends!

I can't believe that my baby is starting preschool already. She grew up way too fast.

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!