Memorial Day Cookout

We had a cookout with friends and there families on Memorial Day. It always seems to be my favorite cookout. It's hot but the pool still feels nice and everyone is freshly out of school and excited. I love seeing the kids run around playing and it's great having adult conversations!

Steph's Baby Shower

 I took a weekend trip to go to Colorado for Steph's baby girl shower Darren stayed home the weekend with the boys and have their own fun. It was great to get up there in the cooler weather and spend time with great friends.  I stayed at Kristin and Chris's house which was very comfortable and very quiet. Kristin put on a great baby shower for Steph and Steph's baby got spoiled with a lot of great gifts.  I got to see their houses and have some great food and great conversation. It is pretty cool that our baby girls will only be 6 weeks apart!

Summer Break 2017

 It is officially hot and summer break is upon us. The boys have either been playing wonderfully together or wrestling and calling each other names.
Brice 1st grade recap

• Got academic achievements each quarter for first grade.
• Had two field trips I got to chaperone. Went to the science Museum and went to the zoo. 
• Made his first shoebox diorama and had to do the habitat of a walrus.
•  Has excelled in reading. And is doing very well with the math.
•  Ms. Newsom said she wished all of her students would be doing as academically well as Brice.
•  He loves that I come into volunteer in the class. And I love being able to volunteer in class. 
•  He did 34 laps at his school fun run. 
•  He mostly had white clip behavior. White is where everybody starts for the day if you go down to blue that's bad but if you go up to green that's good.  We had handful of blue clip days mostly due to chatting. One day he was seeing who was taller and they decided to stand on chairs and see who is taller. 
• He still needs to work on his hand writing. 
•  Families got to go to a nice end of year first grade breakfast. 
•  One of my favorite first grade quotes from Brice is " William is moving to California. That means I am now the smartest kid in my class."

 Nathan's preschool recap

• Has gotten so much better at writing his first name.
•  Is very articulate and is not afraid to use large words. 
•  Teacher says he likes to sing a lot in class. 
•  Has made a lot of friends in his class. Likes to play with the twin boys Jaden and Bryson and his friend Zane at recess. 
• I got to volunteer on water day and see all the kids have fun. 
• Nathan loves when I come into volunteer. And I love going in tovolunteering. Preschoolers are so innocent and sweet. 
• The preschoolers put on a very cute end of year performance. Nathan memorized all three songs including their dance moves. 
• Nathan absorbs a lot of information and asks good questions and remembers.  His brain is a little sponge. 

We made a list of things that we would like to do over the summer things like summer reading, a tent in the downstairs, Sleepover at grandma,  birthday party for Brice, swim lessons, playing with friends, iPad time, a sleepover in the living room, movie nights, going to the movies etc.  Nathan took his early kindergarten readiness test and we will find out in a week if he goes to kindergarten next year at Gateway. I think he is more than ready and will be going.  He is very excited to be a gator like his brother.  There's already been a lot of swimming this summer,  lots of playing with the neighborhood kids and is already finished their first round of swim lessons. Brice is a level 4 and they are already teaching him butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and he's picking up on it pretty well. Nathan was hesitant at first in our pool even though he was swimming last year, but since we've been in it almost every day he's right back to where he was jumping and swimming.

Hawaii

Darren and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary a little early in Kauai and it was amazing! My parents watched the boys for 8 days so we could go. The flight felt a little long and my ankles were swollen when we arrived, but it was a small price to pay to sit and relax by the beach!  We stayed at the Kia Kea resort which is a small resort but very quaint and relaxing. It was a small walk to poipu beach and had walkways all along the beach.  We rented a car and got to go see Waimea Canyon and the waterfalls. We enjoyed the resorts lawn and pool. Got to see the endangered Hawaiian sea turtle and endangering Hawaiian monk seal's which are out almost every day on the beach. We thought they came out every day but apparently they are only there every once in a while so we lucked out.  We drove to the north side of the islands  and stop to see the lighthouse their but it was awfully rainy so we didn't get to do much. The whole drive was pretty much on the coast it was very pretty. We enjoyed the Kauai coffee tour.  One day was particularly rainy so we went shopping at a couple of their  shopping centers.  We went to a really awesome luau at a family garden and they had great food and a great show.  We also did a catamaran snorkel barbecue trip which started out great and the snorkeling was pretty cool Darren got to snorkel with the endangered turtles and we saw a ton of spinner dolphins and bottleneck dolphins. But after the snorkeling after sitting and bobbing darre got seasick.  A nice lady gave him something to help and it did.  We could not see The Nepali coast because it was too rough of seas over there so we saw the southside which was still very pretty. Darren did runs most mornings while I sat in the relaxing lunch chairs and actually finished an entire book! It was a great trip and I'm so glad we got to go and reconnect a little!  We would FaceTime with the boys at grandma and papas and Nathan was so sweet and would just burst into tears when he saw me.  Brice was a very good big brother  and would try to hug him and tell him that I'd be home soon and try to get him to play something else to get his mind off of it.  Seeing my boys and missing that made it easier to leave the beautiful island.

28 weeks with baby girl!

I have hit my third trimester! This pregnancy has been going the fastest for me. I have been having much different  symptoms and with the boys. I definitely have restless leg syndrome at night and my right lower lip will go numb or tingly  every once and a while.  I still get nauseous from time to time but overall they do smaller meals throughout the day I do fine.  She's already gone on a couple adventures one to Hawaii and to Colorado! We had a second ultrasound and she was very active and gave us some good pictures! The ultrasound tech kept saying how cute she was :) I had my glucose test done and I am not diabetic or have low iron, but I do have mildly low platelets which they will keep an eye on. I can feel her move all the time which I love. The boys have been able to see and feel her kick. Nathan is still obsessed with baby girl and touching my stomach all the time and talking to her. Darren found a cute side table that I repainted with chalk paint to put books and other things in for her room. I also repainted the crib with white chalk paint because it got faded in the garage. I also finished the pictures for her room. Just need to hang pictures, put up her wallpaper and put some clothes away! Darren and I are so excited to see and hold baby girl! Now we just need a name!!!