Peaches!!

We have peaches!! I LOVE peaches, and so do my boys. Since they saw us picking the peaches, they feel that whenever they go outside, they get to pick peaches too. So I often find them with peaches in their hands, and peach juice running down their chins. Yesterday I sent them out to play in the backyard, and I went upstairs to do something. I came back down a few minutes later, and there was Kyson, hiding in the corner, eating his peaches.

Trucks and Trains

Gavin's life revolves around trucks and trains...as you all know. We have been having construction at the end of our street. They took out a lot of homes, and are widening the street. This has been the most exciting thing for Gavin. Every day we take a bike ride to the end of the street to see what the trucks are up to.


I was so impressed with Gavin! He made this train track all by himself (minus the waterfall part). It's pretty creative!

Gavin got out ALL his trucks and cars and lined them up on the stairs. He insisted that they stay there until I came home from work. When I walked in the door, I heard him calling for me, "Mom! Come look!" He was so proud of what he had done.
p.s...no, Kyson didn't wet his pants, he had just spilled water down himself!

What a boy needs

We were lucky to find a house with a sandbox. Not just a regular sandbox, but a BIG sandbox! I send the boys out there, and they can entertain themselves for a long time. They haul sand with their trucks, make holes, make hills, or Gavin's new thing is to make bridges. It is fun seeing their creativity and imagination work!

Cute boys

A new love

Kyson has recently gotten attached to this blanket. Whenever he gets tired, I find him walking around with it, or just laying in the middle of the floor with it. One morning I was cleaning the house, and he was laying on the floor with it, and I had to vacuum the floor, so I picked him up and laid him on my bed, and he stayed there for a good 15 minutes! But when those 15 minutes were up, he was running around like crazy again!
still sucks on those 3 fingers!

Where's Kyson?

When the house gets really quiet, it usually means Kyson is in the laundry room playing in the dog water, feeding the dogs their food, or doing this...it may look innocent, but this is usually what is happening inside...
He loves his Emma...maybe too much

Indoor Pool

We really need the hot weather back so we can get out the pool again! Gavin loves playing in water, and found out that the sink is pretty fun to play in. He was pretty entertained here for a while playing in the water. His little side-kick was right there by his side the whole time!

Crazy Kyson

Kyson seemed to be a quiet little boy, but he has really shown his true colors lately! He is going to be our little comedian. He does funny things everyday that make me laugh. This is what he did today...

This is where I found him hiding:


He is also talking more and more. On my birthday we were eating cake, and he would walk around to everyone and say "Pees" so he could get a bite of their cake. The first 2 videos show him saying please. I thought it was so cute I had to post it. The last video is just a little glimps of what he is like.

Summer comes to an end...

Well, summer is coming to an end. Today is my last day home. Tomorrow I start meetings and testing, and Wednesday is the 1st day of school. I am actually really excited for school to start. I love teaching, and this summer I took a couple classes, so I'm excited to make some changes in my teaching. We'll see how it goes. I'm teaching part-time again this year, and we are back on our crazy schedule with Casey working early mornings so he can be home by the time I leave.

I just had to post these pictures because I am so proud of Casey and I because of what we accomplished this summer! We have been working really hard at getting our yard to look green, and look how beautiful it is! When we moved in the grass was brown, weeds were everywhere, but Casey fixed the sprinklers, we brought in compost, and I was a crazy lady at 11:00 at night out there fertilizing in the middle of our summer storms. We got our garden planted late, so now we are finally getting some tomatoes and peppers, and I see little cucumbers, squash and zucchini on the vine. I'm so excited to eat those!

Here is the front yard...

The backyard. Most of this was dead when we moved in. Amazing what water and fertilizer can do!
My garden
The deck

You can kind of see our next project. The grass around the sandbox is dead, so we have tilled it, and are going to bring in more dirt and plant grass. It looked much worse, we were going to take out about half of the back yard, but Casey got the sprinklers working and it revived most of the grass, just not what was around the sandbox.
View from our back deck. Not the most beautiful view. It is the Country Club's shed. At least is it quiet and private.
We still have a lot to do, but that can wait for next summer...

Camping

We have had a busy summer, but wanted to squeeze a trip in before school started. Since we are trying to save our money, we decided to stay close to home, and camp out. We went up AF canyon and camped at Timpanooke. We origonally planned to stay 2 nights, but glad we only stayed 1! It was a lot of fun, but with blow-up mattress that had a hole in it, and 2 little boys and 3 dogs, sleeping wasn't the most enjoyable part!

We had fun hiking around, making good food, and relaxing by the fire. Gavin thought it all was so exciting. He was so excited before we left to go camping, he just sat in the car while we were packing up the car. When we got there he kept asking Casey to make a fire. He also loved hanging out in the tent. In the afternoon, we decided to go lay down, and have the boys play around in the tent. Gavin just laid in his sleeping bag next to us. He was so excited to go to bed that night. We thought we'd put Kyson down first, but Kyson kept crying, so I told Gavin it was his turn to go to bed. I thought he'd have a fit, but he went right in and laid down. He did play for a little bit, but stayed in his sleeping bag and quickly fell asleep (we purposely didn't give him a nap, hoping this would happen). The next morning when it was time to pack up and go, he got kept saying "I want to sleep 1 more!" Meaning he wanted to spend another night here. When Casey was taking down the tent, Gavin stood in front of it and said "No Dad!" He had too much fun, and when you ask him about his weekend, he gets so excited and his face gets so animated as he says "Camping! Fire! I sleep in tent!"

Kyson was a very messy child at the end of the trip! He LOVED running around getting dirty, and getting the dogs dirty. I kept finding the dogs with piles of dirt on their backs. Kyson tried to do everything he wasn't suppose to do. Getting into food, climbing on the dutch ovens, picking on the dogs, etc. He was my little cuddler though. When it was cold and we were sitting by the fire, he would just sit on my lap and watch the flames. He had a rough time when it was time for bed. He is use to his warm bottle of milk before bed, but he only got a cold bottle, and he didn't like that! He was also up at the crack of dawn, but he did lay in bed with us for a little bit.

Casey grew up backpacking in the Uintas and camping out. He has good memories of those trips. Some day when our kids get older, I hope to create those memories for them, but for now, we'll settle for a night at a campsite at Timpanooke.

Thanksgiving Point Children's Garden

We cooled off at the Children's Garden at Thanksgiving Point a couple weeks ago. Gavin and Kyson had so much fun playing in the water. It took Kyson a while to get in, but once he got in, I couldn't get him out!