2008 Preschool Graduation

Friday May 23rd, Ethen graduated from preschool. Grandma Davidson, Alex, Steve and Melissa all came to celebrate with us.

It was done at Logan High School, which I thought was crazy until I saw how many people showed up. It was amazing to see that many friends and family there for a preschool graduation - great turnout for the plays that the kids wrote themselves.

As you can see, Ethen was a spider. It was a take on the little red hen, only it was about a little red kitten who was making Macaroni and Cheese. It was really cute and you could tell the kids had a lot of fun writing the story.

The teachers each said a little something about the year.

And of course the kids got nice and squirmy, with plenty of waves to the crowd.

As they got their diploma each was asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. They have been practicing this for the last 2 weeks and even that day in practice Ethen's answer has always been "A DAD" but tonight: "A Transformer" just like all the other boys in his class. Oh well.

The Graduating Class.

Ethen's Reading Teacher

Ethen's Art/HomeRoom Teacher

One Proud Mom!

The Graduate! Congrats bud, WE LOVE YOU!

Newspaper stuff

So if you didn't see it or don't live in the area, here is the article they put in the local paper about the housing program. Yes I am quoted, no that is not Nait in the picture, it is Ethen, and no we didn't do the house though habitat for humanity, it is though the Neighborhood Non-prophit housing corporation Self-help program. Boy, newspaper people, you would think they could get their facts strait!

http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/04/13/cache_magazine/story01.txt

Mom Momements

So I thought I would share my week of MOM MOMENTS.

Monday: Ethen decided I could brush his teeth before school that day. Mid-brush he says "Mom your eyes are really beautiful, I really like the color green." Talk about an ahhhhhh moment. Nothing like making your mom cry while she is brushing your teeth. That boy got brownie points today!

Thursday: No work for Matt because it is ANOTHER snow day in the middle of spring. (that's Cache Valley for you) We spend the 1st half of the cleaning out the basement and arranging our crawl space. Ethen and Nait were great helpers it was nice to see them share and WANT TO HELP CLEAN! The 2nd half of the day going from place to place to get bids for our landscape and basement project which meant lunch at Sams club (pizza and churros!) and NO NAPS! One of these days I will learn that no naps means cranky boys at 6pm.

Friday: Spring break for Ethen, and while it is nice to have him home, BOY DO I MISS THAT 3 HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND LEARNING! It was cold in the morning, but look how my boys decided to go outside and play:

Ethen in short sleeves and no shoes, "but I have my hat on mom!" and Nait in his pajamas, no socks or shoes, cowboy hat, and the diaper I had asked him to get for me so we could change him. GOTTA LOVE BOYS!

Saturday: First nice day in a while, and it was a really nice day. We had planned on working out in the yard all day with a couple of our neighbors. We started out with breakfast and sunscreen and making sure everyone was appropriately dressed for the day. Lunch comes around and all is well. Kids are happy and fed, and the 3 yards are coming along smoothly, but of course that sunscreen could use some re-applying. Do you think we did? . . . . . . . . . . . . .

After lunch Ethen decided it was too hot for his jacket and his hat. I of course was busy and didn't think about it because I had "allready put sunscreen on".

So his poor ears this morning both have blisters on them. His face doesn't look as bad as it did yesterday, but those poor ears.... talk about mom feeling really crappy to say the least!

Nait on the other hand kept his hat and jacket on for most of the day so only his cheeks got a little burned. But of course they were playing so well that no one got naps AGAIN today, (when will I learn!~) so by 6 he was really cranky and while I was fixing dinner . . . . . he fell asleep. YOU Try waking a 2 yr old up to have dinner when he hasn't had a nap

And of course us moms don't need sunscreen right! As long as the boys are covered I am good! Hahahahaha. Don't you just love the glove line. SOOOOO fashionable. And boy did I look good in church today!

Oh boy. The life of a mom!

Easter

Yep, it was a cold day in Logan..... Of course it was. So we did Easter inside. Oh well.










My boys and their trucks/cars......Of course it was their favorite part of Easter!

The Boys "New" Beds

For their new room we decided to paint the boys bunk beds blue. It took some time (and some of mom's patience), but after a week of sleeping on the floor in the nursery the boys got to finally sleep in their new room on their "new" old beds.





Ethen was so excited to help dad put together his bed. He held it "like a strong man mom" while Matt put it together.





The finished product:

Nait was so excited about his bed, that he was twirling circles inside the frame. Needless to say, he got dizzy and bonked his head on the frame.

He's one tough cookie, as long as he has his bear Trampus with him!

Our New Home

So I think we are finally "kindof" setteled. We have painted most of the house, (not sure what to do on my own bedroom yet....open to any suggestions, and the nursery/scrapbook room hasn't been touched yet!) and most of the boxes are unpacked. We can even fit a car into the garage! yeah :) So here are a few pictures of the house....... Now if I could just figure out the 'finishing touches'

Here is the living room:

Love my red wall, it really turned out well. Now if I could just find the right black clock to fit in the middle of it we would be in business!

Our front door:

Here is the kitchen/dining room/computer desk:





The boys room turned out great! Thanks to Grandma for all the painting she did, she is awesome!




The boys bathroom:

Matt and his friend did the tile in both bathrooms the weekend before we moved in. It wasn't fun going with out a toilet for 3 days, but it turned out wonderfully, and we are glad we did it!

As you can see, not too many accessories in the place, but we will get there. I just have to find the 'perfect' pieces. The search continues, but if you find anything good let me know.

Love to you all and thanks again for all the support as we made this big move in our life!