Latest Projects

I really enjoy making little things for my kids, and doing small projects, mostly sewing projects, but I've tackled some other things before. So, my latest projects were towel hoodies for Matthew, and Macey. Scott thought they were being left out, since I had made one for Michael, and never made any for them. To be fair, I think I made Michael's before the other two were even born... but I guess I was still a little behind. I also made "I Spy" bags for the kids to play with at church. These were really fun to do, because I got to fill them with all kinds of fun little toys. If any of you know Michael, then you know that he loves to play with these little tiny toys, and that he's constantly losing them. Well I got to take all of them and put them in one place... now they'll never be lost again. Which makes us both pretty happy. And the boys enjoyed "helping" to pick what would go in there bags. I had to take over after a while though, because Michael thought that most everything should be in his bag. Now... I need some help from all you crafty people out there. I was recently called to be the Enrichment Leader in our ward. At our next meeting we're doing some supplemental crafts to kind of go along with our theme. We need one that will only cost around a dollar to make. We're looking for something that will either bring reverence into your home, or provide something for your kids to do at church that will keep them reverent. Any ideas???? I really need help!

Swimming at Grammy's

We got to stay with Grammy for a whole week while Scott was doing a training in Phoenix. We had a really good time playing with Grammy, going to the Library, shopping, and of course doing lots and lots of swimming.

Both the boys have really come a long way this Summer with their swimming. Michael is swimming all over the pool, and Matthew is enjoying him self now, and he thinks he can swim as good a Michael..... But this Summer they both have enjoyed jumping off the diving board with out any coaxing from Mom or Dad. Macey also really loves swimming. When she first started swimming this Summer she would laugh the whole time she was in the pool... because swimming is really funny. Now she just has a good time watching the boys, and floating around in her lounger.

If you own a pool, then you must get some torpedoes. They are hands down the best pool toys you can own. Scott and I really like to play this game where we try and hit each other with the torpedoes. It can be especially difficult to get Scott. He's an excellent swimmer, and really fast... so trying to get him is quite a challenge. But well worth the effort if I can hit him right in his goggles.

Fourth of July

We had a great July Fourth this year. We always spend this Holiday with Scott's Mom. Her ward was having a patriotic breakfast, with some really good breakfast casseroles, and biscuits and gravy.... and of course lots of juice for Matthew. In the afternoon we went swimming, and then later that evening we went over to the Glendale Community College to watch the fireworks. We weren't sure they were going to have them, since the weather was a little iffy, but the set them off.... even if they were a little close to the ground. We hope everyone else had a great Holiday too!


Grammy, Michael and Macey in their flag shirts



Watching the fireworks

Macey's Crawling!!!

Macey started crawling about a month or two ago. She's really quite good at it. Better than both the boys were, according to Scott. She's not walking yet, though she's doing quite a bit of cruising. I keep thinking she should be walking.... but she's much smaller than the boys were. Every time I think that she's too small, I look back at the pictures of when she was born, and think how far she's come.

Pool Problems

We had been having quite a bit of trouble trying to keep the water balanced in the pool this year, and after much thought, and much money spent on chemicals that weren't working, we decided to drain our pool (I would not recomend doing this at this point in the year, we did this about a month ag0). While the pool was being refilled we thought it would be fun to swim in it. The boys had a great time being able to go every where in the pool while the water was only a couple of feet deep. Scott and I had fun too.

Here's the boys swimming

Here's cute baby Macey helping us fill the pool.

Tag???

I guess I'll play too. I'm guessing that this is the blog version of those silly forward emails with a hundred questions in them. Luckily this game only has 4 questions.

3 Joys in my life: Chocolate, Scott, my kids

3 Fears: Drowning, Falling off a giant cliff (with out a rope), bugs

3 Goals: Finish my triathlon (with out looking like a total goof), plan some Enrichment activities that people will actually come to, don't eat my entire box of mother's day chocolates in one sitting

3 Obsessions:Training for my triathlon, doing these silly puzzles on my DS, trying to watch all the episodes of Top Chef that I've missed this season

Michael

This is Michael's first time writing his own name. I was really excited when he called me to show off his work. I knew he could spell his name, but he had never written it before. We bought him a Leapster for Christmas, and then for his birthday we got him the Letter Factory (a good investment for your pre-schooler). He would always type his name in at the beginning of every game. Then when we started practicing writing, I guess he pulled it all together. I think he did a good job... even if his penmanship isn't great yet. An d I think it's cute that his "L" is backwards.