Silas and Logan Pictures

These are the 5-year-old Silas and 3-year-old Logan pictures from our photo shoot at the farm:

Farm Fun

In September we were able to visit the farm two times, good thing, since now it will be many months before we visit the farm with a new baby approaching.  The first trip was for the family reunion which I took no pictures at :(  On Labor Day though, the boys were able to see some of the things that Grandpa and their uncles do around the farm.  Silas was fascinated by all the machines and how they do their job.  They even got to ride on the combine and help Grandpa cut the wheat.

On trip #2, we got to have Aunt Styfe come with us.   We went to watch Brodie's senior homecoming football game.  Sadly he had been sick all week and didn't get to play in it :(  But we still had a great time and the boys had fun helping to hold posters and cheering on the team at the game.  Much fun was had on the 4-wheelers, and the boys just pretty much can't get enough of Uncle Kes!

Our Kids Say the Cutest Things

Silas
S:  Mom, is it still Holy Ghost week?
M:  (Very puzzled).  I don't think there's such thing as Holy Ghost week.  What are you talking about?
S:  Yeah Mom, you told me it was Holy Ghost week.
M:  I'm pretty sure I never said that.
S:  You know, where we wear hats to school or our clothes backward?
M:  Oh!  You mean Spirit Week!


S:  (While rubbing my chest, he whispers in my ear)  Oh Mom, good job making lots of milk!
M:  Thanks Si.  But those are private parts.
S:  I know Mom, that's why I whispered!


Logan
The boys were scared from watching "Chicken Little" and worried that bad aliens or robots would come to get them.  Tyrel had to explain to them that Jesus didn't make any aliens.  So now, every prayer that Logan says includes:  "And thank you that Jesus made no aliens."

(At church during the opening hymn, there is a substitute chorister in Sacrament Meeting)
L:  Dad, why isn't organ leading the music.
T:  Who do you think Organ is?
L:  You know, on that trip that we went to that wasn't to Montana, he filled up our gas. 
(In Oregon the attendant at the gas station fills up your gas).

First Days of School

How is this day already here?  I have no idea.  But somehow I have one old enough to go to school everyday!  Silas started Kindegarten last week and he was sure ready for it.  He had been doing the countdown for about a month.  On the first day, we walked to the school (I LOVE that it takes us 2 minutes to WALK there!)  and there was a flag ceremony in the front, then all the kindergarten students and parents went into the classroom for an open house.  We got to know his teacher, did a scavenger hunt to find things around the class and school, and he even got to pick his seat.  It lasted an hour and then we both went home.  The next day was the "real" first day for him.
We walked to the school and got there right as she was walking the class inside.  It all happened so fast that I said, "Wait, I need a hug and kiss".  He gave me one, then filed inside the big school with his class and I was left standing there with Logan.  It was a little emotional but this year I didn't cry.  Log and I just walked home and each day we have been enjoying some one-on-one time where we play Candy Land and do some Mommy Preschool.  

So far, Si has loved that there is a castle and a keva in the school library, he loves playing tether ball at recess, and he loves his teacher! It has definitely been an adjustment that our life now revolves around school.  We are working hard at getting to bed on time, and I am working hard at rolling myself out of bed in the morning and waking up to an alarm.  I really was so spoiled before!

 I have another little man who also has proved that he is ready to go to school and GLUE things!  The other night the boys were in the office playing.  I should have known better when it was quiet for 10 minutes straight.  When I opened the office door, this is what I found...

 a smiling Logie who said so proudly, "Mom!  Look at all the pictures I put up!"  He had glue stick stuck all these index cards to the door.

 Yesterday, my littlest man started neighborhood preschool.  This week it was at a house he had never been to before with a teacher he had never met.  But he just walked right in and jumped right in...he was ready to be at school like his big brother.  All week he had been wearing his backpack when we walked Si to school.  And every prayer that he said this week included, "And thank you that I can start school and that Si can start school."  Starting school has been very important to him.  At school, he had to make one thing for himself and one for Si.  It was weird after Tyrel and I dropped Logan off, we were driving home with no kids, and they weren't even at a babysitter!  So we came home and got stuff done.    Tyrel also started school a few weeks ago.  He started working on his Master's of Finance at the University of Utah.  He will have classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  It's going to be an exciting and interesting new stage of life we are in.

On Monday Si rode his bike to school and even remembered the combo to his bike lock.  Logan of course has to ride his bike there also, and Mom and Dad are enjoying being walked twice a day!

Fun at the Zoo and Fair

I have been avoiding going to the zoo because it costs SO MUCH!!!  But we heard about these sweet b1g1 coupons so we went for it.  We went with Ray and Grayson on Tyrel's day off.  The kids had a blast, and I didn't melt too much.  The favorite place of all three boys was definitely the park, the bat cave, and watching the otters swim.  

ANGRY BIRDS

 COUSIN BIRDS

 FUN WITH GRAYSON'S COUSINS

 The giraffe makes me look skinnier right?

 MY MONKEYS

 We LOVE going to the fair every year, mostly for the rodeo and the young farmer's exhibit.  Sadly, our boys are old enough to realize that there are also rides at the fair, so we couldn't get away with not emptying our wallets on a few rides.  They sure had the best smiles on them though!  Then we did the young farmer's exhibit and went to the rodeo with Teebo and Aunt Styfe.  Logan is so funny to watch as he claps along with the crowd and to the songs.  He really gets into the music.