Our second "first" day...

Here is Noah on his second "first" day of school. There were actually quite a few tears on this day. I think he was a little bit more nervous than he was the first time. We said prayers and then I think he felt better! Aidan had to get in on the action too! I sure love my boys!

Getting on the bus...

Here is my baby getting on the bus! I love how he says he is not scared! He has grown up way too fast!

Can you believe he is in Kindergarten???

All ready for school! He picked out which shirt he was going to wear on the first day a month before school started and never changed his mind!!
Almost ready to head down to the bus stop!
I couldn't keep up with him...he was so excited to get in line for the bus!
He was headed to his seat and luckily the bus driver told him to come back so I could get a picture!
Noah wouldn't let us take him to school on the first day because he HAD to ride the bus. So we just followed him and showed up anyway! He didn't notice us for the longest time. It was fun to watch him without him knowing we were there! He really wasn't scared at all!
He spent a lot of time talking to his teacher while he waited!

All lined up and ready to go!
Getting ready to go into the school!

He was so excited and I think he was having a great day until he got sick and puked all over his classroom! We all got the flu and lucky for Noah it hit about an hour after he got there! They thought it might have been nerves so they took him to the office to see if he would feel better but he just kept throwing up so they called me and I went and picked him up! I don't think I will ever forget his first day of school! I hope we NEVER repeat a day like that again!! Our second "first" day was a lot better and now we are LOVING school!

Asher's first haircut...

I finally gave in and gave my baby a haircut! He was starting to have a dumb little mohawk so I knew it was time! I hate when they grow up but he sure looks handsome!

Aidan's new best friend...

How cute is that boy carrying the mitt???

I love these pictures of Aidan holding Uncle Hyrum's hand. He looks so small!



I think Aidan may have made a new best friend! He loved Hyrum...crawled all over him!! Hyrum was so good to him and Aidan loved all of the attention! I just love all of these pictures!!

The Mariner game...

This game was truly the highlight of a perfect vacation! Noah had been talking about going to see the Mariners play since the spring when we started to make our plans for the summer! He was so excited and I can't even tell you how wonderful it was to watch him at the game. All of the kids had a great time but I know it meant the most to Noah. Grandpa got us the BEST seats and we could see everything so well...especially Ichiro! We were in right field just behind Noah's favorite player! It was the best game I have ever been to and watching my kids have the time of their lives was priceless! Thank you so very much Grandpa and Grandma for the wonderful game and the shirts! You will never know how much it meant to us and the kids!

The fire station...

My brother-in-law recently became a firefighter. We got to go see him at his fire station. When we got there he was out on a fire. They said he should be back soon so we went inside and waited. They gave the kids a bag of goodies...coloring books, pencils, hats...the works! The fire took longer than they expected so we went home and came back later.



Everyone got to try on the boots!! Asher was really funny because the boots came so far up that they actually held him up so he could stand on his own. Talia was the first one to do it and Aidan chickened out!! She said the coat was SO HEAVY!!


Uncle Daris showed them the inside of the truck which thrilled Aidan because he LOVES firetrucks!!
I love this picture of the cousins together!




Everyone got a chance to sit in the drivers seat! They loved pretending to drive that big truck!!
They even got to get inside the aid truck! I hope this is the only time I see them on a gurney!!
It was really neat to see where Daris works! We are so proud of him and are happy he is finally doing something he really loves!! Thanks for the visit Daris!!

The Seahawks practice...

We took Noah to see the Seahawks practice. We had seen the Seahawks practice facility earlier in the week and had commented on how much fun it would be to take him since the practices were open to the public. Unfortunately the ones at their practice facility were sold out. We thought we were out of luck until we found out about an open practice being held at the University of Washington at Husky stadium. We left the little ones home with Grandma and Grandpa and took Aunt Rachael and Uncle Daris with us! It was a lot of fun. Rachael let Noah wear her jersey which looked just like a dress but Noah didn't mind. Noah had fun using the binoculars even though we were only like 7 or 8 up from the field. Noah really wanted a shirt as a souvenir but everything was so expensive. We settled on a Seahawks pennant that we hung over his bed! We ended the evening with a yummy dinner at Dicks!! All in all, it was a great day!!

The Seattle Temple...

Our kids love the temple! We were able to take them to see the Seattle temple while we were visiting! We headed out right after lunch but got stuck in traffic so unfortunately Aidan fell asleep in the car. We decided it was better to let him sleep rather than wake him and have him crying all over the temple grounds! The kids had fun and Noah was excited to see that they had a Moroni on their temple too!

My big boys...

Piggies...

I just love his little toes!!


I loved the picture of Asher's piggies in the sand so I had Nate take one of all of my kids! I can't believe how fast they are growing! Fun pictures for this Mommy!