First grade here we come!!

I have to admit I was a little teary eyed watching my two little boys headed to school for the first time ALL day.  It helped that they were excited, and I loved the welcoming committee of kids who were at the front doors giving them high fives as they arrived.  Daniel's teacher is Miss. Jensen and Nathan has Miss. Porter.  Here's to hoping for a great year full of learning, fun, and new friends!!

Ava 2 Months Old

She doesn't seem super excited about her little flamingo outfit.......but I am!!!  Girls are so much fun.

A Sunday Stroll

 I'm always excited when Matt suggests we take a walk on Sundays.  It can be kind of a long day cooped up in the house with all the kids.  Peaceful walk by the Logan River is the perfect way to end a perfect Sunday.

GO AGGIES!!!!

It's that time of year were everything revolves around Football.  It takes up most of our Saturdays, and seems to be on the T.V. around the clock.  It really is my favorite time of year.  It starts getting cooler outside. The holidays are just around the corner. School starts again, and it is just gorgeous outside with all of the changing leaves.  I think this year will be a little different having a newborn at all of the games but it is a tradition and one day Ava will appreciate Football season as much as her sister Marie......well maybe not that much!!  Marie wakes up everyday saying she needs to wear her Aggie clothes for the game.  She knows the cheers and sings them all over the house.  We are an Aggie family and we are raising our children right!!

Precious little Ava

I'm pretty sure it's normal to be bias and think that your baby has to be the most adorable baby that ever was.  This is what I think of my sweet Ava girl.  I don't think I could have dreamed up such a beautiful baby. My Heavenly Father has blessed us with such beautiful, sweet, healthy children.  Ava has been such a joy in our family.  She is a pretty good sleeper and an AMAZING nurser.  I have not had one issue with nursing and have never had to feed her a bottle.  One thing I always want to remember about my Ava is her trying to communicate with me from the tiniest age. It seems that right after bringing her home from the hospital she would stare into my eyes and she would just start moving those little lips and that little tongue would poke in out out as she would just jabber away.  I felt like she was really trying to tell me something and i hoped it was stories about the other side of the Vale.  It's amazing the Spirit these babies bring with them since they were so recently with their Father in Heaven.  I couldn't ask for anything more. I am truly blessed with an amazing family.

Lagoon

Probably a little bit crazy to take a newborn baby to a theme park, but Lagoon has always been one of my favorite places, and my boys have been dying to go there ever since we lived right behind it when living in  Farmington.  Sure it was hot, and not the easiest most comfortable place to be when it came to finding a place to nurse but it was sure worth it!!  I don't know who had more fun the kids or Matt!!  He took turns going with the boys on ride after ride. Because the lines weren't too long we were able to ride what we wanted over and over again.  It was so fun to see the Joy on Marie's face as she went on the rides for the first time.  She talked about the whale ride and how "it goes around and around," for weeks. And cute little Ava did great!! She just slept the whole time.  In fact it's probably easier to take her as a newborn then it would be to take her next year at this time as a toddler!!  Lagoon will for sure be a family tradition for years to come.  It was so much fun to be with Natalie and her kids as well as Grandma and Grandpa Noel.  Grandma amazes me with her ability to go on so many of the spinning rides without feeling a bit sick.  Our kids are sure lucky to have such fun Grandparents!!