pumpkins and smiles

Yes, we have a smiler on our hands. He has been smiling for a little over a week now, but it is hit and miss. He also has to build up to it. Krista tried for a while yesterday, but she had to leave without seeing the fruits of her labor. Just a few minutes later the smiles started coming and we got this picture. All I can say is look out ladies!
The girls carved their pumpkins yesterday, mostly by themselves. It was time consuming, but they are proud of them.

Lately

The Baby
The Outfit So adorable. This picture does not do it any justice. Thank you Other Grandma!!
The Blessing
My first day of Kindergarten
Being a helper

First Day

Cassie officially started kindergarten this last Wednesday. She was very anxious, crying a lot because she didn't want a new teacher, afraid she won't have any new friends... any way the second she walked into her class she turned to me and said I like my new kindergarten! She likes her teacher and all the fun things they are doing; coloring, playing, hunting for the gingerbread man, sitting on the rainbow carpet and just being there. She is also excited because she gets to ride the bus home. She looks so tiny coming of the bus... makes you wonder how she got to be in kindergarten so fast.

We also took Ben in for his 2 week check up. He is growing well. He is now 20" long, a 2" gain since birth and weighed in at 7 lbs .03oz. Yeah!! You'll be happy to know he didn't get any shots this time... that fun starts at his next appt.

Jessie starts preschool this next Tuesday, she is so excited and cannot stop talking about it. I know she will have a great time!

Abbie is talking more and more each day. Our favorite has to be when she says "tank you."

Proud sisters

I think that these pictures speak for themselves.

The baby is here!

It seemed as though all odds were against us, but we did it, we had a baby boy! I was induced Monday morning and a few hours later, bada bing, Benjamin Henry had joined our family. 6 lbs 7 oz and 18" long, he is just a little peanut! The girls are so excited and cannot seem to get their fill of him. We had a very good experience with the dr, nurses and hospital. We are grateful that everything went so well and that Ben is healthy.

Good old summer time

A Brief summary once again of what we have been up to...

We had a great fourth of July. BBQ, firecrackers and swimming @ big Grandmas.

We went camping with our ward to Zion's camp. Also a lot of swimming and playing
~Swimming, swimming, and more swimming.
~We are helping Big Grandma with blueberries, which are delicious!
~Enjoying the heat wave (not really but lets keep positive here). It got 94 in our house a couple days so we set up camp at big grandmas and stayed there 2 nights. It was nice.
~Cousin Alexis stayed with us for 2 days. We watched the blue angels (from afar), swam, roasted marshmallows and played. It was good to have her.

~We went with the ward playgroup to Lake wilderness which was a blast. We swam again,
had a picnic lunch and played with friends.

~Cass and Jess got bikes so they can learn to ride with out training wheels. They are both pretty timid so it may take a little work. Jer and I also got bikes from a friend and it has been fun riding around with Abby in her seat on the back.

~Did I mention swimming?
The rest of the summer looks like we will be enjoying some more sunshine and waiting for the baby to get here. Just 3 weeks left! We are so excited.

Busy?!!

Well.... we have been busy lately. Time is going by so fast! I will try to give you an idea of all the fun that we have been having since the sun decided to shine around here, which has been a couple months now. We spent time with cousins, roasted marshmallows with Rich and Krista, working in the garden,





we are "working" for big grandma catching tadpoles, we went to Ocean shores (which was so much fun), Cassie finished preschool and is excited for break and kindergarten!,we picked and froze strawberries and made jams, we have been swimming a couple times a week,and just having fun. Jer and I were able to be a host family for youth conference and we loved it! The girls stayed with other grandma and grandpa and had a good time too.
We hope to have many more adventures this summer. We hope you do too!