These Days...

This boy loves to be upside down. Always. Yesterday he just mastered drinking upside down. He's such a silly boy.

Random pics

Look! A blog post! Random pics! I actually just cleaned off a memory card and thought, I should do something with these!

Parker and his beloved blankie and his 'pretty sure' (pediasure). He may be looking sad, but he's not. Any time he drinks anything he swishes it between his teeth. Its half gross and half just plain weird.

Parker did the whole potty training thing this summer. Potty training is easier with mom's kindle.

He loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates. (show). He would wear Jake jammies every night if we let him.

This smile and giggle get me through the days. Sometimes he is the happiest child. :)

Colby started kindergarten! That should probably warrant his own post. Sorry Colbs. If I didn't do one for preschool graduation then you are pretty much out of luck for the 1st day too.

This is his "Mom I'm humoring you, but can we be done and just GO already?" face.

His adorable backpack. Santa brought it for Christmas. He chose to save it for the first day of kindergarten :)

Waiting in line for his teacher to call them inside. I post this mostly so that when Colby goes through school with these people, he can laugh at that boy and say he has a pic of him picking his nose. :)

So happy. So brave. He didn't need me. *sniff*

Admiring the grandeur of his new school.

The happiest I saw him all day is when Grandma Smith came out to wish him luck. He was positively beaming!

And there they go! For the record, I didn't cry. I really really wanted to, though.

The school cheered on all the new kinders <3

Parker enjoying his first Colby-less morning.

Awesome pic of Parker. Obviously he didn't care much if I was following him

Our 24th of July

I've been playing around with videos more, they're so much fun to have! This is our evening of fireworks with the Jex fam. It was totally last minute and very laid back, but it was still a lot of fun!

Tonight...

Tonight, while at the Church, someone asked "oh, do you blog?" I had to clarify... "well, I HAVE a blog." Totally not the same thing. I keep getting subtle hints from my mother-in-law (oh, I wish I could see more pictures of my beautiful grandsons!) and not-so-subtle hints from my own mother (Did you know that it has been 17 days since you have posted anything? I may die lonely and miserable and then wouldn't you feel awful for not updating your blog as my dying last wish!)

So uhm, here's my update?

Grant got a new job a couple of weeks ago, he doesn't start for 2 more weeks though! Its in the same company... the same building... the same floor... different department though. He will sit 50 feet away from his current desk and making $2 more an hour doing it! I am very glad for this move, make things a lot less tight around here. We may actually go on dates now! *Snort*

Colby starts kindergarten in T minus 56 days. Not that I'm counting down or anything! He graduated preschool (erm, did I never post pics of that? whoops!) and then graduated his other preschool ( I didn't even take my camera to that lol). He recently got a bunkbed, which he thinks is the most awesome thing in the world. (also no pics of that... I'm on a roll!) He is very responsible with his new bed, he treats it almost with reverence. And here's a pic of graduating preschool, in case I never actually post all the pics of the real thing.

Parker is now 2.5. He is so stinkin cute. I wish I could capture his adorableness and stick it in a bottle. Dani, the little girl I babysit is potty training, so just for kicks one day I put Parker in underwear. Imagine my surprise when he did GREAT. I did not want to start this yet, but he's doing so good that I guess he's ready. One of my favorite quotes lately, while sitting on the potty, he asked me "Jesus go pee in the potty?" "Uhm, yep, I'm pretty sure..." "Jesus go pee in potty! Jesus get stickers?!" He has definitely earned his fair share of stickers for going potty. :)

Me? Busy busy as usual. Lots of photo shoots, not very much time left for myself. I love it, I do, its just very draining! I recently got released from my calling, which was RS Activities Coordinator, aka Cruise Director (ahem). At first I was very bummed, I really enjoyed it! But I just got called into Young Women's, as the Laurel Advisor. I am so excited! I miss YW, you can't beat the discussions and spiritual moments for sure. I am thrilled for the next couple of years as I settle into this calling!

Tons of things to blog: camping trips, 4th of July festivities, etc I may or may not get to it :)

Amy

Happy 4th of July!

This is one of those traditions that I just love. Photography plus my cute kids? Awesome! So without further ado, our yearly firework pics!

COLBY

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PARKER

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I made my first printable!

There's lots of cutesie things going around on pinterest, adorable printables, etc! Well, I thought for sure they would have what I needed for Father's Day, but nothing that I really liked. So I made my first printable!

I just printed this out (adding my kids' names) and then tied it to a t-shirt! A bit corny, but I was proud of myself :)

Pic of the Day, June 2

The boys with their Grandma and Grandpa Smith. The sunset was gorgeous so I pretty much dragged everyone outside! I can't remember the last time either of my boys had a picture with them!

Pic of the day- June 1

During Parker's bath, he gave me this funny look and I just had to love it!

Pic of the day May 31

We had a BBQ with some of Grant's school friends tonight. It was a lot of fun, chatting and letting the kids explore. This was towards the end, when a cuddly and tired little boy snuggled with his daddy. Melted my heart to goo :)

Pic of the day, May 27

We have a field nearby my house, so I took my kids out to get a few pics. Oh, I love this sweet boy!

Pic of the Day- May 26

We had a small bbq in our backyard, just the four of us! This pic cracked me up :)

May 24- Pic of the Day

I may want to frame this one. Oh how I adore this face!

May 23rd- pics of the day :)

Overheard at our house...

Parker is a funny little guy. He is full of odd sayings that he'll just spout off whenever.

Today, he turned to Colby in the car and said "Colby, what happened you face?" We were cracking up in the front seat :)

As he's running down the hall chasing Colby he shouts "Colby! KNOCK it off!"

And my personal favorite, tonight as I'm getting him ready for bed, he has a Batman in one hand and a Robin in the other. I'm changing his diaper, and his hand goes down south. Never would I have ever expected to say this in my life, but I tell him "Parker, Batman does NOT touch our pee-pee." He looks up at me, and says "Ok mama. How about Robin?" "No Parker, not Robin either." Without missing a beat he says "Maybe Green Lantern?"

Oh how I love that kid :)

Special request for grandma mitchell

Grandma Mitchell bought these shirts for the boys, and felt they needed to be immortalized on the blog.