Brynn's First Day of Preschool

I can't believe my little girl is now in Preschool!!!  Brynn had her first day of school on Sept. 6th.  She goes to Leap and Learn Preschool in Pleasant Grove, and her teacher's name is Miss Shaneen.  She LOVES school!!  To be honest, I have also enjoyed a few hours a week with just one child!  So far they have had a field trip to the fire station, and a big Halloween party.  This month they get to go get class pictures taken, and are having a big Thanksgiving feast!  Sounds like fun to me.  Needless to say, I am very happy with the decision we made to send Brynn to school this year and I am so impressed with her teacher!!

Bear Lake

This summer for the Shelley Family trip we went to Bear Lake.  We had a lot of fun, and it was great seeing how much Brynn was enjoying playing with the cousins!  The kids loved playing in the sand at the lake too!  We all stayed in a big lodge together which was lots of fun, but sleeping arrangements were a little tricky for small children!  Our family all had to stay in one small room with a queen sized bed which left Brynn on the floor and Blake on the pack-n-play.  We had to put Blake to bed first, then Brynn after he was asleep, then we could go to bed when they were both sleeping.  It was nice staying in one big building though because once the kids were asleep, the adults could play!!

Visiting with Grandma Sherryl

This is Blake the day that he got his tubes in. He does not look happy in this picture at all :( He actually did really well though. He didn't even cry when the nurse took him from me!
My mom came to visit for three weeks this summer. These are just some really random pictures that were taken while she was here. The kids had lots of fun with Grandma, and Jesse and I enjoyed going on a few dates while we had a babysitter in the house!!

Going Private!

Ok, I know I am WAY behind on updating my blog (will get around to that soon), but I just wanted to let anyone who still looks at it to know that I am finally making my blog private! I have wanted to for some time now, but just keep putting it off. Please leave a comment or send an e-mail with your e-mail address if you would still like to view it!

4th of July

Our 4th of July started out bright and early waking up at 5 am to go to Provo for the Balloon fest! My mom flew in from Pennsylvania on Sunday night and was such a good sport for getting up so early with us. Sadly, it was too windy for any of the balloons to go up!!

Here is Blake checking out Smokey Bear with Grandpa!

And as you can see, Brynn still hates Smokey!! This is the closest she would get. The funny thing is that the day before, she was telling us how excited she was to see Smokey and that she loved him...not true!!

My mom and I :)

Then in the afternoon, we had my sister and her family, Uncle Bill, and cousin Dan over for a little BBQ! Cameron and Brynn had a blast swimming in the little pool, and we all had fun eating and playing bocce in the backyard. We had a lot of fun spending time with family, but my kids are suffering today from lack of sleep...they are so grumpy! Hopefully everyone recovers soon!!

Brynn loves holding her cousin Lacy!

All of us minus Blake (he was already in bed)

Stadium of fire

Last week Jesse surprised me with 4 tickets to stadium of fire! We have always wanted to go together, and he bought tickets the day they came out and waited until a few days before to tell me about it. We brought our friends Michelle and Jaron, and had a great time! It was so nice to have a late night out without the kids!!