Preschool Graduation

Andrew's preschool graduation was on May 21. It was so fun. They sang a bunch of songs, one for each holiday/season. They even wrote their very own song about President Obama. We should have gotten there sooner, because it was packed and we had to sit in the back. I need to get the video camera out and have him sing me the songs. They make me laugh when he sings them (plus I'd love to show it to his kids someday!).

Here's a picture of Andrew singing. I was just able to zoom in and avoid all the heads in front of me.


He has the sweetest smile. Tasha told me he was the prettiest baby ever (even compared to her boys...amazing).

This is him just being Andrew. I wanted him to show me his diploma and graduation gift. He wanted me to get the picture taken quick so he could go get some juice and cookies!

I can't believe he starts kindergarten at the end of next month. He is so excited and I still can't believe he's really old enough. My little baby boy...

Wienie Roast...

In May, we had a wienie roast with my brother and his family. I love hanging out with them.

Here's my nephew, Landon, getting ready to go down the slide in the backyard.

This is his little brother, Kaden. What a cutie!

Abbie was not excited to get stuck in the playpen with her cousin. She loves her freedom!


Cooking the last of the hot dogs and working on the smores.


Of course, I have to get some embarrassing ones on here of my family. Here's Tasha enjoying her smore...


and Aaron devouring a hot dog...


and Ashley make a complete mess with her smore. Aah, good times.

This is Jim and Tasha's dog, Peanut. She is the only dog that I like (no, I'm not a dog person at all. I've got a cat).

This is their cat, Patch. She thought she'd finish up the hotdogs the kids didn't finish eating.

I'm looking forward to the next get together!

Austin's Field Trip

I took the day off on May 15th and went on Austin's field trip to Willow Park Zoo. He was so excited for me to go with him. He insisted that I ride the bus with him. I haven't ridden on a school bus since I was in school, but I've never ridden one with 75 2nd graders. That's an experience!

Willow Park Zoo is a very small zoo. It consists of mostly birds, but there are a couple coyotes, deer, monkeys, and other assorted small animals. The first thing on the agenda was a presentation. The zoo lady showed the kids a snake, an albino hedgehog, and a parrot.

My favorite was the albino hedgehog. He was comfortably curled up in a little ball and didn't want to come out to play.

She even ran him under some water to try to wake him up. I guess he usually likes to splash in the water, but it didn't work. He did wiggle around a little which had the kids giggling.


After the presentation, we ate lunch at the pavillion. Then I had to take the three kids I was in charge of around the zoo. They had a paper they had to fill out with all the different kind of animals they saw. The boys favorite thing was the turtles. I couldn't believe how many turtles we saw. They were everywhere!


After we made it through the zoo, we headed to the playground. Nothing like having hundreds of kids wandering around and playing. Apparently we weren't the only ones there on a school field trip.

Here's my little Austin climbing on the top of the round slide.

The Three Freaks
This is what I called Austin, Garrett and Humberto.
They thought it was pretty funny.

After the playing on the playground for almost an hour, it was time to head back to school. I'm really glad I was able to take the day off and go with Austin. I'm lucky to have a job that lets me take time off for fun things like this.

He finally gets to play!

Austin finally got to play his first soccer game on Saturday! He was pretty excited. It's his first year playing positions, and he missed most of the practices to learn them, but he caught on pretty quick. He's the youngest and smallest on the team, but he's doing great!

He spent the first quarter playing goalie. Only one ball got past him.

While he played soccer, the other kids were throwing around a football with their dad. Ashley has a pretty good arm on her.


It's funny to watch Andrew throw left handed. He's got a good arm on him too.


Abbie wouldn't throw the ball. She always walked over and handed it to Andrew.

I'm so glad the weather is finally cooperating. This was the first nice weekend we've had in a while. Maybe spring is finally here to stay!

Austin's baptism

On May 2, 2009, Austin was baptized and became a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was baptized and confirmed by my brother, Jim. It just so happened that my niece, Grace, was getting baptized on the same day, so we had Austin baptized in her stake.

Austin and Uncle Jim (aka Uncle Jungle Jim)

Jim, Austin, Grace, and Sean

Cousins...what a fun memory for them

Skyler, Rachel, and Raeyne

All of my mom's grandkids...Kaden, Austin, Landon, Andrew, Abbie, Ashley, and Raeyne (7 reasons for her to move to Utah!!)

Jim and Tasha with Kaden and Landon

Unfortunately, Abbie was sick the weekend all weekend.
Poor baby.

My mom flew out from Pennsylvania for the weekend so she could be at the baptism. I'm so proud of Austin for making the decision to be baptized.