Our New Home

We are building a new home in Kaysville. We are very excited about how quickly it is going up and the boys have loved playing in the big dirt and rock piles around the house. We had our first walk through with the builder this morning and things seem to be going just as planned. Hopefully we will be in our home before Christmas. I hope everyone will come and visit us when it is finished.

Preschool 2011-2012

Ethan has started his last year of preschool. So far he is loving it. He amazes me every day at how brave he is. He walks straight into his class room and never looks back. He is also very excited to bring the snack next week. He has requested cottage cheese. I hope the other kids in his class like it as much as he does. We love you Ethan and hope you have a wonderful year at school.

Words

About a month ago I decided to take the plunge and get rid of Landon's Binky. It was really an easy transition and I don't know why I waited so long. Ever since, he has been talking a lot more. These are a few of the things he is saying now.

Thank you = Tankoo
Please= pees
Drink= dink
Max= Mah
Ball= ball
Tomato= ball
Apple= ball
Grape= ball

Pretty much anything that is round is a ball in this house. We love to hear his cute little voice and can't wait to see the new words he will learn in the months to come.

Conversations

This baby makes me smile all the time. We have pretty funny conversations so I thought I would share a few.

Conversation 1: Walking out of the grocery store
Me: Ethan, I love you.
Ethan: I love you more!
M: No, I love you more!
E :No, I love you all the way to heaven.
M: (Huge Smile)

Conversation 2: Playing at the park
Ethan blowing a dandilion
M: Make a wish
E: I wish, I wish to go to the temple someday.

Ethan has such a sweet spirit about him, it is very contagious. He is so wonderful I don't know what I would do without that little man.

Camping, Stout Style

A couple of weekends ago we decided to go camping Stout style. We invited Joe, Suzie, and their kids up to camp with us.

We pitched our tents , set up the fire pit, and got our hot dogs ready to roast.
The kids played on the play set and chased each other around while we finished eating. It was so fun to hear them all laughing and having a good time together.


Aaron and Ethan slept outside and Landon and I slept inside. I don't thing either of them slept very well because at about 10am Ethan was asking me if he could go and take a nap, which never happens, usually he is trying to talk his way out of one.
It was a fun evening, maybe next year we will go camping in the mountains and go exploring.

Playing at the Bay

Before Aaron started his new job we went to play at Willard Bay with our good friends the Snows. The boys love water, mud, and being outside so it was a perfect day. We brought our shovels and buckets and were ready to play.




The kids had a great time riding in the Snow's boat. The kids were pulled around in a raft and it was so cute to see them smiling and having a fun time.



It has been about 5 years since I have been out on the water. I am usually very good at water skiing and wake boarding but I had a little difficulty this time. It was very fun to be out there again though, and I hope that I will be able to go out again.







Thanks for such a fun day Aaron, Roger, and Corene. We really need to do it again.

Swim Lessons 2011

Ethan ROCKED his swim lessons this year. He was so brave and did everything his teacher asked him to do. He put his head all the way under the water, blew bubbles while doing swim strokes with his teacher, and jumped off the side of the pool to his teacher.

We put Ethan in a class with his friend. They had a great time swimming together and it was so cute to see them swimming. I can't believe they are both 4. Time sure goes by quickly.
On the last two days of his swim lessons Ethan jumped off the diving board. I was so proud of him. He was so brave and never even thought twice about doing it. I am very excited to see what he does next year.
Way to go Ethan, you BRAVE little man.