More Stress

So, I sewed this in 5 days. Okay, it was a one hour easy sew pattern, but I am a little busy with other stuff too. I am quite proud of myself because I told the girl I couldn't do it at first and she told me no one else could do it for her (it's for her cousin's wedding luau/reception this Saturday). Unfortunately, I don't have much of a backbone says Brad and I couldn't say no even though I have a lot of other things on my plate right now (like 5 kids). I had to take a picture of it before she comes to pick it up because I am so amazed at my talent:)

Preschool

So, yesterday Ian started preschool. I'm glad I got him in because this was much needed in our lives (mine and Ian's). It's really not for very long, but luckily it still tires him out a little:) Here's some pics of the dropoff:


One bonus because I waited until this year to send Ian to preschool (we skipped it last year) was that while other kids were crying for their mommies, Ian was pushing me out the door. Did I mention he was ready?

Brad's Accident

So, Friday night Brad made a new friend at a church bbq. Brad takes the longboard everywhere so he's skating around the park and his new friend is real impressed and wants to go skating together after the kids are in bed. As Brad is leaving I remind him that he is old and to be careful, but he still comes back pretty scraped up. They took a hill that cars actually drive on (Brad does not usually go this crazy). Brad's excuse is not that he is old, but that his longboard is not made for that kind of skating. It's true, it picks up speed way too fast.


So he has a few injuries and some lortab to help with the soreness. Luckily no broken bones, mostly bruises. Unfortunately, somehow this trumps my pregnant invalid status so that we have to take care of daddy. We did learn a valuable lesson:

Helmets and padding are a good idea!

First Day

When Aaron went to kindergarten last year I took his picture and I worried about him opening that big door all by himself. This year I believed I was prepared and ready for him to be gone all day long so I could have one less child to cater to. I was wrong. I had nightmares the night before and I woke up early, anxious about my little boy making friends. As we walked to school on the big day I wondered if I had prepared him enough for the tough days ahead. After I kissed him good-bye I remembered I never taught him to tie his shoes by himself. And at lunch time I worried that he wouldn't be able to open his fruit roll-up by himself. Finally, 3:15 rolled around and I could find out how everything went. When I picked him up I excitedly asked how his day was. This was his response: "Mom, we get two recesses!" What was I nervous about when he gets two recesses? Here's some shots of my first grader.

Monster Jam

Okay, this deserved a post all it's own. Brad told the boys on Thursday that he had a surprise for them on Saturday. They knew they were going to take the train, but had no idea where they were going or what they would be doing there.



Just a little background-Aaron, so of course Ian, loves anything that has to do with cars or trucks. For three years he has checked out nonfiction books about drag racing, Nascar, and monster trucks from the library. I do not encourage this, but it seems beyond my control at this point. Anyway, he's begged us to take him to the Rocky Mountain Raceway, but neither of us feel real compelled to go so we tell him no. Anyway, Brad's work was offered these discount tickets for the Monster Jam at Rio Tinto Stadium and he couldn't pass up the chance to take his boys. What a good daddy! As Ian said when I picked them up from the trax station, they had a great adventure!

Gymnastics, Babysitting, and Lani

I am way overdue for a blogging update, but we've been busy and I've been tired. I do need to document that Lani had another birthday-oh, 2 months ago. She turned two and we had jello to celebrate because Ian's birthday was the week before and we had Ian birthday cake, then Father's day cake and we were all caked out. Lani didn't seem to mind.

Fast forward a couple months and here is our Lani after school shopping looking her usual cute self. She's our little chatterbox and her favorite things are care bears, babies, and telling her brothers what to do. (She got the great dollhouse for her birthday).


Things have been a little busy here because I am watching my nieces everyday while their mom coaches the Murray High Soccer team. It's been a lot of fun for the kids and I'm glad to have this time with them. Soccer season will be over just before my brother's wedding, then I'm pretty much due to have my baby. So I figure I'm booked til Christmas and I'm sorry if I can't remember anything these days:)
(Arie and Zoe are on the right).

And finally, Ian's summer gymnastics ended and I had to post a few highlights. He looked so forward to this every week that we may have to find another class:)

Summer Fun

So, I've been a little bit lazy with the updating. This is our summer in a nutshell:
As soon as Aaron was out of school we headed up to Idaho.

"Sister Week" with Brad's sisters involved kids, Ian's dinosaur party, a little bit of shopping, and lots of fun! Despite a lot of rain, the kids had a blast and I did too! Thank goodness for nearby playgrounds when the rain took a break and even if it wasn't summer hot, the kids still loved the waterpark.








A week after recovering from our first two week long vacation, we set out for our long drive to California to see my parents.
I'm not great at the picture taking so (none of the Idaho pics were actually from my camera) I don't have any of the swim lessons, or the fourth of July parade or even of mema and tutu man. But I took a couple:





So since I've been back, we have been trying to relax. I'm trying to stay out of all the heat, but for some reason the kids won't let me. Next week is another Jones family reunion as Jana gets married, then I register the boys for school again. Wow, summer has gone by fast!