The Best Babysitters

We have found the best babysitters, and they don't charge us when we need them! Their names are Bear, Belle and Emma. One evening the kids were running around, being crazy, and Casey and I were trying to relax after a long day. All of a sudden it was quiet, and I thought, "oh dear, what are they getting into now?" I found them in their room, laying in their beds, lights off, with their dogs. They can do this for a good hour. We have such good dogs to put up with these boys!

Gavin's computer

We have this broken computer, and for some reason Gavin thinks it is his now. The other day he said, "Oh, I got to go get my computer to play my game!" A few minutes later he shows up with his computer, plugs it in and pretends to play a game.

Messy...again

We love our little Kyson, but he is always getting into something! He is so funny and is my little assistant when I am doing my make-up in the morning. He gets out my lip stick and my mascara and will open them up and give them to me when I am ready. I thought it was harmless, because he didn't care to put them on...until I left him alone for a few minutes.

Water

Gavin loves anything that has water. He is always trying to pull the hose out to the sandbox to fill a hole or trench he made. When he is at Grandma and Grandpa Spence's, he likes to fill up their pond. At Grandma and Grandpa Losee's, he likes to fill up their sandbox. Well, the other day, he hit the jackpot! The stream at Casey's parent's house fills up in the fall, and so now there is water there. He was so excited and got to work to build a dam. Such a boy!

Cold Mornings

Since the nights have gotten cooler, Casey likes to open all the windows in the house to let the cool air in. It makes it pretty cold in the mornings, and I always get in trouble from Gavin. "Mom, I tell you not to open the windows! It's too cold!" Here they are this morning snuggling in their blankets as Gavin waited for his ride to pick him up for preschool. I just thought they were so cute.

It's a GIRL!

We just found out this week that we are expecting a little GIRL! We are so excited, well, I am so excited, Casey is so nervous. I thought for sure we were having a boy because this pregnancy was just like my other two. We even had a boy name picked out. Now, we have no idea what this lady's name will be! My sister-in-law just had a girl, and my sister Autumn will be having a girl a month before I am, so I am excited for these little girls to grow up together!

Pregnancy has gone well. I am glad to be out of the yucky stage. I hated not being able to enjoy food like I usually do. I miss my daily nap now that school is in, but I do fell like I have more energy now.

Here I am at 20 weeks. I broke out the maternity clothes this week, and it feels nice to be able to breathe again!

Messy!

Need it say more?

Sadie Marie

My little brother and his wife just had their 1st baby! We are all so excited to have her here and we think she is just beautiful! Gavin has been very interested lately about babies, so he was really excited to see her for the first time.

My Little Preschooler!

It is so much fun to be a teacher and finally have one of my children join the school world. I do wonder what kind of a student he is, but he comes home happy every day and is already learning so much, so I hope he is doing good for his teacher!



And we can't forget my little side-kick. He's going to miss his little buddy for a few days of the week, but I love being able to spend time with just him.

Happy Birthday to me!

My birthday was on the 16th of August, day before meetings and school started, so I wanted to spend it all day with my family. I never can get Casey to Thanksgiving Point with me, so that is what we did. We visited the Farm Country with probably about everyone else in Utah Valley because it was $2 Tuesdays. I probably should have chose another part of Thanksgiving Point, but it was still fun and the boys loved seeing the animals.

That evening we went up the canyon for dinner. It was so nice a cool up there. It was a wonderful day!

Gavin's fish

We went fishing to Highland Glen park and Gavin caught this little beauty. He was so excited, and wanted to take it home to eat. But as you can see, it was pretty small, so we let it go. I think we found ourselves a little fisherman.

Swimming Lessons

I put Gavin in swimming lessons and he loved it! Every day he would tell me, "Mom, when it is time for swimming lessons, say 'Gavin, lets go to swimming lessons!'". He wanted to make sure I never forgot! When we would get there, he always tried to find his teacher, and wouldn't get in until his teacher acknowledged he was there. He does really good following his teacher. And when it is time to go, he has to make sure his teacher says "bye" to him.
Here he is showing you chicken...
airplane....
soldier...
He's a pro at that, he can do it really fast!

Oh...and a little plug for Kyson...he is my little Angel who just sits by me and watches. He wants to get in so bad. Next year maybe Kyson!

Highland Glen Park

Hidden just a few minutes away from our house is this pond that we love to go and visit. We usually go to feed the ducks, but one afternoon we tried doing some fishing and taking the kids out on a raft. It was a lot of fun! It is something we'll have to do again!


Grandpa Bill helping them fish.
Just hanging out being cute!

Syim

We have done a lot of "syimming" as Kyson says it. We have gone to the splash pad a few times, Thanksgiving Point Children's garden, and the pool in the backyard. What a way to enjoy the summer!

I love to see the Temple

"How far is heaven?
It's not very far.
In temples of God
It's where we are!"

Gavin gave a talk on temples in church a couple of weeks ago. I thought it would be fun to visit the temple (since it is only down the street!) and get some pictures. He held up his picture as he said the poem and did a great job!

Baby Ducks!

My next door neighbor has a little ditch that runs through her yard, and one day we saw a mommy duck and her six baby ducks come and visit. We had fun feeding them bread. They have come back another time and hopefully we'll keep seeing them!

Cousins

Gavin was so excited to have his cousins come up from Arizona for a visit! He loves Andee and Nick and had a lot of fun having sleepovers, swimming and just being with them.

Andee, Tyler, Kyson, Brock, Gavin, Nick

Gavin loved Nick!

Happy 4th!

We had an enjoyable 4th of July. The balloons were a bust though! Because of the weather, they never made it up in the air. The boys didn't care though, they still had fun looking at the balloons.

Grandma's Buggy

My Grandma is moving in with my parents, so my mom and dad have been busy going out to Tooele to clean her house and get it ready to be sold. I went out to help one day and we found this little gem. It use to be my Grandma's when she was a baby. Kyson hopped right on in and wanted to get pushed around.