Wwwhhheeerrreee's Johnny?!

I went in to check on John last night and couldn't find him... he wasn't in his bed. Here is where I found him. Silly boy.

It was a perfect fit.

School and Bus Reviews

Kyla has weighed in with her official opinion of school. Steve asked how it went and she told him, "School is so much fun!"

And when I asked her about riding the bus yesterday she said, "It was so cool!"

Looks like things are going well for our little miss Ky.

I hope the rest of the year goes as well!

get onto the bus...

A lot of my titles are one liners from songs... so can you name that tune? I don't know if Beave gets to guess, I am sure he knows every song I do, except maybe that 90's country music that I love... :)

Kyla rode the bus for the first time today. I think putting her on the bus was harder than the first day of school, yesterday... She, of course, was super excited to ride with Kaitlyn and Ryan, again, I am SO glad she had someone to ride with!

Waiting for the bus. It works out pretty well, the bus stops a half block from our house and our stop is the last one before heading into school, no extra time driving around the neighborhood!

Off she goes. All morning I have been having panic attacks, thinking about whether or not she made it to her class... OK not really attacks just the worries. I guess I am a worrier, some is genetic, thanks Dad ;), and some just comes with being a mom.

First Day of School, First Day of School!!

Kyla started Kindergarten today!! It was a rough day for mom, starting with a little insomnia... but Kyla was nothing but excited for school! She has a great teacher and a girl from our ward in her class. It is going to be a great year!

Ky and John, they always want pictures together, they are such good buds! We are going to miss Kyla while she is at school, BUT Leo will be in the buddy to play with stage soon... Yeah!

Kyla Ballerina. She is so adorable!

Waiting for the bus. Kyla didn't actually ride the bus today, I took her, first day and all. She is so excited to ride it tomorrow. I am so excited that our friend, a third grade boy, is going to take on the role of big brother on the bus! :)

As hard as the change is, having Kyla gone 4 hours a day, I am really excited for her to go to school. She is going to love making friends and learning!

"Mom, do you want more pizza?"

"No, I'm full."

"All the way, up to your brain?!" -Johnny

Steve dropped something and Ky says "smooth, Dad" with just the right amount of sarcasm... isn't she too young to be doing that?!

"Tickle, tickle, tickle!" -Leo

It fits that one of our gigglie boy's first words is tickle!!

Cute or Creepy?!

My neighbor came to my door last week to pick up her little girl and when I opened the door she informed me of a little furry friend taking a snooze about the door...

BAT!

Steve and the kids thought it was so cool!

I am afraid I have to vote creepy.

A few "to do's"

This has been half made in my someday box for years. Part of the reason it was stuck there is that I couldn't figure out how I wanted to hang it. I decided to go with the raw look... raw edge with a decorative stitch a quarter inch in and some upholstery tacks and TA DA!

Steve thinks it is funny that I put birds on it... I have an irrational fear of birds, don't like them much... But little fabric ones are kinda cute. :)

This is the powder room.

I saw the idea for this message board online and wanted to make one, so easy, just a frame, cute paper and a dry erase marker! We had to do a last minute Mutual activity last week, so guess what we did... made these cute message boards!!

They turned out pretty stinkin' cute, and so useful!

I felt so accomplished that day, I went on to paint Leo's wooden L, stain a frame, and make a few hair bows. I didn't make it to painting the stool, but I did dig the paint out from under the stairs, so there is a really good chance it will get done... soon. :)

Happy Happy Birthday Daddy-O!!

Steve had his b-day the end of July. The kids were so excited to have a party for dad! Dinner, games, presents, and cake... crazy cake! It is a Seamons' tradition to have chocolate crazy cake on birthdays. When Kyla and I were talking about making a crazy cake, she said,

"Yeah, cause our dad's crazy, right?!" Yep, that's it!

33 candles!

Steve re-lit the candles a few times so Ky, John and Leo could have a turn to blow out candles too.

First Steps!

This is mostly for the Grandma's out there...

Yeah Leo!!

The boys.

Mr. NO COSTUME

Johnny has been Mr. No Costume for Halloween 2 years in a row. He just doesn't like to dress up, not even as a shepard for the Christmas Nativity.

This week I was in the attic and pulled out this costume Kyla wore for Halloween when she was one. Ky put it on and they played "chickie" for awhile then, SHOCKER, Johnny put it on. I took a couple pictures knowing this would be a once in a life time thing. Then he surprised me again by wearing it all day and then to bed!

Here is our cute Chickie Johnny Boy!

Fresh from the bath, Johnny put the costume right back on.

And here he is the next morning, reading Leo stories, as a chicken...

He Stands!

Leo is taking his sweet time with this whole being mobile thing, which is fine with me, most days... While in Utah I was telling my brother about how "ok" I am with it, and he said, just keep telling yourself that... :) The thing is, once Leo is walking it is all over, he will be off and running and I may never see my baby again. ;)

So yesterday in the bath Leo decided he would stand... and stand... and stand! He was so cute! If I said "show me standing, Leo." He would do it and then look so proud of himself and of course we all had to clap, Leo included. I didn't take any pictures due to the location... :) We did get him to show us the new trick later, in his jamies.

Way to go LEO!

Not sure where or when he learned to pull this face when the camera comes out... I love it!



More of the official "CHEESE" face... And you can see his fangs in this one. We have a little vampire baby, he has two teeth on bottom and two on top... the top two happen to be the fangs, not the front two. :)

Ky took these last two pictures, she does a pretty good job!

UTAH!

We went to Utah the end of July for a week with family. Beave had a work trip and not enough vacation time left so we drove up without him and he came later. The kids did so great on the drive, we took our time and stopped A LOT! The long drive was worth it when we got to spend a week with Grandma, Grandpa and cousins! All of my family was in Utah except my sister, Jess. We missed her! It was great to be with everyone else though! I have a brother in Michigan, Jess in Kansas and another brother in Colorado, then with me in Arizona we don't all get together very often. Good thing 2 sisters and a brother are already in Utah and didn't have to drive... :)

Cousins and ice cream; Boo, Ky and Bella.

Leo has a new trick, you ask him; "What does a cow say?" and Leo says "MOOOOO!" Sometimes he says moo for other things too, like asking for food... :)

I just love those big blue eyes!

Grandpa and Leo.

Grandma as a pioneer. We had family night and grandma told us a pioneer story of one of our ancestors. She dressed up and everything, the kids loved it.

Bounce House Blast from the Past!

I got together with some friends from high school, that's right the famed CHICAS! It was great to see those girls! Funny how no matter how long its been, we can pick right back up, like we still see each other every day.

Isabella and Ky, they are about 6 months apart and have a ton of fun together!

Johnny dude thought the bounce houses were AWESOME!

We didn't get any pics of us, just our kids...

The place we went to was Jumpin' Jacks and Tara and her husband happen to own it... it was tons of fun and a great place to take the kiddies, Thanks Tara!

The Olivers

We made a few field trips and had some fun times while we were all together.

We went to Temple Square one day.

Brothers.

View of the temple from the conference center roof.

Most of the family.

The kids turned Grandma's back yard into their own private water park: Slip n' slides, water balloons, kiddie pool, and water guns.

Uncle Matt showed them all up with his super long slip n' slide!

Devon contemplating whether or not it would be a good idea to get Grandpa with the water gun...

BBQ/Birthday Party.

The Birthday boys. Steve and my brother, Keith have the same b-day. They were both excited about the picture... really.

Too old. You are too old when you can't get up out of your chair to blow out your candles.

The princess table. Ky was in heaven, she had tons of girl cousins to play with all week!!

South Willow Canyon.

I have lots of great memories of going to the canyon for picnics. We tried to relive the glory days with a big old picnic one day.

Ring around the rosie girls.

It was so great to be with family, we can't wait until we can see them again!

TIRED!

At the end of our week at Grandma and Grandpa Oliver's we were all worn out!

Glassy eyed Leo.

He just moved to a big boy car seat right before our trip. Sad to say he was happier in the infant seat... quite the opposite of our other two kids.

Johnny caught some bug and it went to his lungs... it has been over a year since he has had to use a nebulizer, and we got out of the habit of taking it with us when we travel, lucky for us, my brother had one we could borrow. John was so good about "making his face into a fish face!"

Kyla was so upset about leaving Grandma's and cousins she cried and cried. Then she fell asleep before we even got out of the driveway, her sleep deprivation might have attributed to her DRAMA!! It is things like that, that make me really wish we could live closer to our families!

Oh and the bucket, it is a puke bucket, she was so upset, she insisted she was going to throw up... I'm really glad she fell asleep before she convinced her body to go through with it... :)

Hangin' with the Seamons'

We spent a day with our Seamons' cousins while in Utah. We had a fun filled day, but I didn't take any pictures until we were all getting ready to leave...

Amy and Brad

Mindy and Jeff




Brian and Jeanne




Beave and Millie




Spencer and Natalie... One of Beave's best friends from high school.

Thanks for the fun day everyone!