First day of school, first day of school...

Tuesday was Ethan's first day of preschool. He was so excited to go and wear his backpack.

Over all we had a great morning. The biggest drama was when he had to get in the car. He wanted to ride the bus, so it was a little disappointing to ride in the car.

After I picked him up from school we picked up Papa and went for pizza.

Not sure what face he is making here..

Water Fun

After Bill got off the mountain a couple weeks ago he and Ethan were playing outside. What started out so innocently, see who can run.. touch the fence.. and back without getting wet, ended like this.



They all had so much fun playing in the water.



Aren't those eyes just beautiful?



This is one of my favorite all time shots. His face is perfect.

Cabin fun

The Bow hunt opener for Utah was on the 14th so we dropped Bill off at the mouth of the canyon and headed down to the cabin. We had a great time there and came back up to Salt Lake for the rest of the week.

Bill came off the mountain an armed hiker so we will be going down again this week, but he had a great time and needed the time up with Scott.

Sara showing me her silly face


Ethan and his rock

Porter and James. There is a 6 week difference between them.

I packed both of the boys and went for a ride. James loved every bit of it and even fell asleep on the way back.

Lauras boys came down and helped stain all the posts and decks so it only took about an hour to finish.

Ethan trying to figure out the "pumping" thing

Ethan and Sara playing on the swingset.

Nana and Shelby. Shelby is wearing a kimono that Scott brought back from Japan for Leslie.

Everyone Chillin'. The cabin is the best place to just hang out.

The yard update

Here are some updated pictures of the yard!

Bill's Hand

It's 6:30, Tuesday morning. I'm already out the door warming up to jog. Talking to Bill on the phone, knowing he was up and on his way to Rexburg already. "I'll call you after I stop and fill up the tire to the hand truck" he says. So I start jogging, thinking, I'll jog until he calls. I'm still jogging... yup still jogging... Finally when I'm almost back my phone rings. "Don't panic but I'm in the ER." "Whatever." I tell him. "I'm dead serious, I was filling up the tire and it exploded and sliced open my hand. I'm here waiting for them to stitch it up." Of course I don't believe him. Then he starts getting upset because I'm not believing him, but in reality he was going into a slight state of shock. When he started stumbling over his words and sounding funny I realized he wasn't joking. Just to make sure I believed him he sent me this photo from his phone.



I wait and wait for him to call me back... nothing. So finally I call him. "Susan is getting ready for the Dr to stitch me up, I'll call you back." Then a bit later I get this photo.


This is the piece that exploded off and sliced his hand.


He sent me a pic of how swollen his hand was.

This is what it looks like this morning.


He gets to go in Friday and have the stitches removed.

Swimming lessons in SLC

Last week we (the two youngest boys and I) went down to Salt Lake for swimming lessons and some family time.





That is the tip of his head poking out of the water.

It was Bill's dad's birthday so the kids got together for dinner (just the adults!) and I surprised Dad by being in town. I have a picture but I think I need to ask permission to post it first.. Laura?.?.? Mom?.?.?


Please?.?.?


Anywho, there is a little park outside Crestwood Pool so we went a little early and Ethan played before swim lessons.