Baseball

Weston started coach pitch softball during his last week of school.  He will only be able to participate in about half of the season since we will be out of town for a couple of weeks in June, but so far he is loving it and is pretty good at it too!  

This is a video of his first time at bat at his first game.  

He is lucky to have a skilled baseball coach in his Uncle Brad.  Uncle Brad has been able to go to both of his games so far and has practiced batting and catching with him at home.

School's Out for Summer!

Last Thursday was Weston's last day of 1st grade!  I can't believe how quickly this school year went by.  I don't know how to slow down the time, but I swear the years go by faster and faster the older I get.  Sigh.  Anyway, we are all excited for summer!  It will be a bit of an adjustment for me having all 4 kids home all the time, but we will make it work and the summer will fly on by. 

We started the summer off right by buzzing the boys' heads!  I did Weston's buzz a few weeks ago and ever since then Davin has been asking me to do his hair buzzed too.  Weston's already needed a trim and I decided to do Davin's too.  He loves it and I love that I don't have to comb anyone's hair in the mornings.

The kids are going to spend this entire summer playing with friends.  I love our neighborhood!  Especially the cute next door neighbor boys.  This morning they played Legos.  They made this scene of mini figures doing a cha cha cha dance then they did the dance and wanted their picture taken.  They crack me up.

Talia had a friend play last week too and Beckett is just adorable and goes along with whatever the rest of us are doing.  He especially loves the swing in the backyard.

Memorial Day Weekend

We had the best Memorial Day weekend!  My parents flew in Saturday morning to spend some time with us and we had a blast.  Saturday morning was Davin's last soccer game of the season.  He did great and had a lot of fun.  The weather was sunny and nice (if a bit windy) too, so we ended the season on a good note.  

(L-R Evie, Landon, Davin, Liam, Jacob, What'sHerFace, Belle)

After the game we went home for lunch and some down time.  Later that afternoon we went to the Salt Lake Temple with Brad and Mel and Mom and Dad to do a session.  It was really really fun!  I hadn't been to the Salt Lake Temple since we were first married, so it was all new and fun.  The temple is just so beautiful.  I can't believe we didn't get a group picture in front of it!  Oops!

After the temple we were starving.  We went to dinner at a Mexican place in Sandy.  It was yummy and gave us chips and salsa and bean dip as soon as we sat down.  So it was perfect.  We had a really fun meal and stuffed ourselves with good food.  We headed back to our house to relax and hang out.  When Mom was getting her temple bag out of the trunk it fell closed on her head.  Poor Mommy.  The ice pack and a JCW's shake helped.

Sunday was super chill and relaxing.  We don't have church until 1pm so we stayed in our jammies all morning.  Mom and Dad played Skipbo with the kids and they did some coloring/stickering.  It was fun that everyone got to come to see Davin give a talk in Primary.  Then we had Sunday dinner together.  Mel and Brad headed home fairly early that night since they had to get up early on Monday and we had stayed up really late on Saturday.  After they left we watched the first episode of the BBC Sherlock with Mom and Dad.  It's such a good show!  I think we got them hooked.  

Monday morning Mom and I ran a few errands, then we all went on an outing to Scheel's.  Scheel's is this humongous sporting goods store.  Think Bass Pro Shop or Cabela's, but in the center of the store they have a Ferris wheel!  We rode the Ferris wheel and wandered around the store a bit.  

That afternoon we had a bbq.  Aunt Barbara came down and Mel and Brad were there.  We grilled burgers, hot dogs and brats.  It was all delicious.  It was a nice day out so the kids played in the water table and we even filled up their new kiddie pool and made the Squishy Baff that Grandma B and Grandpa brought.  The kids loved it!  Mel made cute sand pudding cups for dessert.  It was a wonderful holiday.  We ended the night with two more episodes of Sherlock before we all crashed for the night.  

Mom and Dad flew home Tuesday morning.  I already miss them.  Luckily we will be going to their house in 2 weeks!  I am so super excited!  Thanks for the great weekend Mom and Dad!

Preschool Graduation

Davin is officially done with preschool!  Today was his graduation.  The graduation was really cute.  The kids all sang some songs for us and then they each got a graduation certificate, a cute gumball bag from their teacher, and their very own "sleepover pet."  The pets were Webkinz, which Davin LOVES.  As soon as he realized he got to pick one he couldn't think about anything else.  When Miss Mikki called his name to give him his certificate he went straight for the pet table instead.  :)  At the end there were some treats set out.  Unfortunately most of the kids in Dav's preschool class will be going to a different elementary school than him for kindergarten next year, so he likely won't see most of them again, but I'm glad he had a fun year and made friends.  

These are his little preschool buddies.  :)

He loved his teacher, Miss Mikki too.  This is what I put together as a thank you gift for her.  It's a planter pot and behind the flower is a packet of Dahlia seeds and a Target gift card.

I am so grateful that we found his preschool.  It was a good fit.  He learned so much and got to do lots of fun crafts and activities with his buddies.  He learned all of his Kindergarten sight words, passed off lots of take home reading books, can count to 100+, knows all of his colors and shapes, the days of the week and months of the year, the Pledge of Allegiance, etc.  Davin is a smart kid and is very excited to go to Kindergarten in the Fall!  I'm so proud of him.

8 Months

Beckett turned 8 months old yesterday!  That just seems way too big.  The first year definitely goes by faster with each baby, which means that with #4 it's going by at warp speed.  It makes me a little sad and there are moments throughout my days when it hits me that these are my last days, weeks and months with a little baby.  I know I'm going to miss it, so I try to appreciate the snuggles and giggles and babbling and even the crying (but especially the snuggles).  :)

Beckett at 8 months is pretty much the cutest ever.  He blows raspberries and babbles in his crib when he wakes up or decides he is not ready to fall asleep at nap time.  He has 3 teeth and is cutting 4 more right now.  He is a good eater and eats baby food twice a day.  He is easygoing and doesn't seem to mind too much when we haul him around to soccer games, preschool, the grocery store, etc.

He is finally sleeping through the night!!!  Hooray!!!  He usually goes to bed between 7 and 8 and wakes up in the morning between 5:45 and 6:30.  I don't love the early mornings, but I do love not being up in the night.  I think he will settle into a later wake up schedule when he is done cutting these teeth.  He also takes two naps a day.  Usually not really long ones, but 1-2 hours each.

Davin calls him the leader of the babies.  Both of his big brothers like to feed him baby puffs.  Talia is less loving.  She mostly steals his toys and books, but she does like to give him kisses and get his diapers when he needs to be changed.  He loves watching TV.  Especially Baby Einstein or Elmo.  He is a very good, easy, fun baby and we love him to pieces!

Summer is Coming

We finally got a real taste of summer last week!  The weather was actually hot, like high 80's and even 90 one day.  It was so fun.  The kids played in the water every afternoon.  I squirted them with the hose, they played in the wiggly sprinkler and Talia and Beckett are loving the water table!  After the first warm day that we played in the hose out front, the word got out and the second day we had 4 or 5 neighbor kids getting wet and sunbathing with us.  It is going to be a fun summer!

Mother's Day Weekend

Ian really outdid himself this year for Mother's Day.  I had a wonderful weekend!  Friday Ian came home with tulips for me.  They are beautiful!  I love tulips and I couldn't bear to cut any of the ones from the yard so I was really excited to have some inside too.  That night we went out on a really fun date to a Lyceum Orchestra with Peter Breinholt concert.  It was outside at the Thanksgiving Point garden.  Not only was the music wonderful and the weather great (we got sprinkled on a tiny bit at the very end), but it was also free with our membership.  Can't beat that!  

We really did have a lovely time. I must admit we played Settler's on Ian's phone during the orchestra's 40 minute performance of Dvorak's New World Symphony.  But it was beautiful.  And Peter Breinholt's songs were emotional and fun.  Loved it.  Love my husband.

Saturday morning I got to sleep in.  When I got up the house was quiet.  Ian and the kids went and got donuts for breakfast!  I showered in peace while they were gone.  We went to Davin's soccer game.  It was really muddy!  Talia was NOT a happy girl when she stepped in this mud hole and got wet and dirty.

That afternoon I went to a friend's baby shower and had a nice time visiting with some other ladies in my ward and eating the yummy shower food!  Later that afternoon Ian sent me off on a girls' night with my good friend, Alison.  Our husbands got us mani/pedis and then we enjoyed some Indian food for dinner.  It was really good to just talk with Alison and enjoy a little break from our kiddos.  Alison especially needed the break since she and her husband, Kerry, just adopted two little boys from Ethiopia last week!  Anyway, definitely a fun Mother's Day gift.

Sunday morning I got to sleep in a little bit and then Ian made me an omelette for breakfast.  I loved coming downstairs to see my three handsome boys snuggled up happily on the couch watching TV. I am so lucky to have such sweet, good, adorable kids.  Being their mom is a privilege.

After breakfast, Weston gave me his gift.  It was a cute poem which he read to me out loud complete with props.  :)  Love that boy!  Davin made me a card at preschool but he couldn't wait until Sunday so I got it on Friday.  Ian gave me a card, a silver heart necklace and a beautiful mommy ring!  I absolutely love it.  It's simple and just my style.  It has each of the kids' birthstones set in the middle.  I love it and am glad that he got me something I can wear every day with any outfit.

We got to talk to our moms and I went to church with the boys.  Talia fell asleep right before church and took a much needed nap until it was almost over.  Ian grilled burgers and hot dogs for us for dinner.  It was wonderful.  We spent the afternoon/evening relaxing on the front porch.

Honestly I didn't need the gifts or cards.  I would have been happy with the thought and effort I could tell he had put into the weekend.  The gifts certainly didn't hurt, but I was just so grateful to be shown so much love and appreciation by my family and especially my husband.  He took care of the kids and the house as much as he could and was so open about his appreciation for me.  It is so validating and uplifting to know that I, and the things I do for our family, are valued.  He is the best and I am a lucky girl.