The Latest

Since we are leaving this weekend to head up to Montana, I thought a quick post would be in order to catch everyone up on all of the latest. I am really excited to get to spend time with my family and am looking forward to the road trip with my cute boys. Yes, I am driving up alone with the kids, and yes, I am a little crazy (no news there). Scott will join us over the weekend of July 4th and help me drive everyone home. I will, of course, post some fabulous Montana pictures when we return.

In spite of the never ending rain we have received (to be honest, I have loved every minute), we have managed to kick off summer by doing some of our favorite things. Scott and Miles attended the Father and Sons camp out. It was Miles' first experience with camping and he had been looking forward to it for months. Needless to say, it did not disappoint. He had a blast and enjoyed the bonding time with dad. We also headed to the great outdoors with some families from our ward for Family Home Evening one Monday night. We made smores and the kids ran wild. It was a fun evening.




Miles had another karate testing and received his camouflage belt. He has moved up to the Advanced Tiny Tigers class and will get to use sparring gear. Exciting stuff!



We made an outing to Hogle Zoo and the Aquarium (sorry I post so many of these, but hey, we have yearly passes).








The boys have perfected their television viewing skills and have really gotten the hang of lounging.





Miles did another round of preschool sports, improving his t-ball skills.







Tate continued to be a cute spectator and his brother's biggest supporter. He can't wait until it's his turn.

May Memories

Well, another month has sped by, and it was filled with many fun memories. Scott and I got to take a couples trip to San Diego. It was really nice to have some time together sans kids, and even nicer of my sister and dad to take care of the boys while we were away. My sis got the stomach flu and my dad stepped up to run the show. We are unbelievably grateful and, of course, forever indebted. Scott and I logged plenty of beach time, boogie boarding, playing beach volleyball and perfecting our tans. We saw a couple of movies, hit an amusement park and enjoyed a great kickoff to summer.

Miles and I picked a beautiful bouquet of lilacs from our backyard and got the mood lift we needed by bringing the warm weather indoors. Miles insisted we include some of our yellow flowers, also known as dandelions.



Miles became a superhero.

Tate became Mexican.

Miles participated in soccer at preschool sports.

Tate decided he wanted to participate as well.

Miles also started in a t-ball league where I am his personal coach. I am not sure who thought up the genius idea to get parents to pay to teach their own children to play baseball, but in spite of my personal objection to the method, I have enjoyed having the one on one time with him and have seen his skills improve.



Miles finished his first year of preschool with a teddy bear picnic at the park. They played games and put on a really cute program.

We love Miss Sue! Looking forward to another great year . . .

Our sweet neighbor gave the boys her children's old picnic table and they insisted on having lunch outdoors.

My mom came for a visit and the boys loved all of their time with Grandma Lana.

Miles has somehow managed to talk me into hitting every park in the greater Sandy/Draper area.

Tate insists on doing everything that his big brother does.

Ahhhh, looking forward to the lazy days of summer . . . .

Amazing April

After a vacation, I have found that there is often punishment to be served for allowing yourself to have a good time. When I returned home from Las Vegas, I spent most of the rest of April taking care of sick children. I still haven't fully unpacked, but am finally close to being caught up with laundry and housework. Amidst all of the illnesses, we still managed to have some fun.

We colored eggs for Easter and had to be extra careful due to Miles' egg allergy.




We created eggs with silly faces this year, and Miles offered up a silly face of his own.

The Easter bunny arrived and left outfits, goodies and toys.

Tate was very sick with a high fever Easter morning, so we let him sleep and Miles got to find all of the eggs without any competition.

Miles enjoyed what the Easter bunny brought and we spent the morning playing with the new things and getting a little hopped up on sugar.

When Tate awoke he checked out his new things and rediscovered the eggs Miles had already found.

Miles got dressed in his Sunday best, as he had to give a talk in Primary. Scott had to teach a lesson and work in the clerk's office, and I was supposed to help out in the nursery and assist with Miles' talk, so we got help with what we could and juggled what we couldn't, so that we could take care of Tate. Consequently, I couldn't get a picture of the boys together in their Easter clothes. But I got these great pictures of Miles, even if he didn't want to have them taken.

Miles had another karate testing this month and received his cheetah patch and corresponding bandanna. He is really doing well and it is fun to see his growth.

I normally take a few pictures of Miles at home in his new attire, but this time grabbed a few pictures in the parking lot at karate instead. Turned out to be a smart decision because we didn't make it home before he started throwing up.

The next Sunday, after more than a week of high fevers, vomiting and extreme crankiness, Tate was able to put on his cute Easter outfit and pose for a couple of pictures. I would like to point out that he was also wearing some darling pants and shoes, but somehow managed to get melted chocolate on the pants and so he was just in his diaper for the waist-up photos. And how about that new haircut?! What a little doll (in my usual unbiased opinion).

Miles illness caused him to miss out on a friend's birthday party, as well as dinosaur sharing day at preschool, both of which were devastating to a 4-year old boy. But, he had recovered enough to be able to accompany his class on their field trip to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. Tate and I went along as well and we all had a really lovely time.

Miles got to feed the animals, take a wagon ride and have snack time with his class. After the rest of his class left to go home, I let Miles and his friend Talmage stay a few extra minutes and play in the little jailhouse on the farm.

Here's to a May with no sick children!