Summer Fun!

This summer seems to be speeding past us and I am already feeling nervous about my new teaching assignment in August. In the meantime, we are trying to stay busy. Daegon survived 2 weeks of summer camp-Critter Camp and then was joined by Trenton for Dino Diggers. They had a great time. They also both completed a level of swimming at Summit Athletic Club. Trenton didn't love it so much and only got in the water once. The rest of the time he sat on the steps, but even that was an improvement from his previous boundary of 20 feet from water. :) He did put his mouth in two
times and blow bubbles. Daegon swam like a fish! He improved SO much.
Jayden liked going to the pool and putting his feet in the water with mom.
Yesterday, we pulled out our creativity and made our own crayons out of leftover crayolas. Daegon had a lot of fun picking colors to mix together and they turned out really cool. We had to make 2 batches. Here is a photo of our first batch.
While we were in Salt Lake for Father's Day weekend, we went to Toys R Us and Daegon picked up a WII game called Raving Rabbids 2. It is the craziest, strangest thing I have seen. This rabbits tear things up and shoot plungers at each other. Daegon and Trenton play it all the time and is funny to watch. Trenton is surprisingly good at it. Of course, Daegon is good at any game he plays. He is upset when he gets second place out of all the people who have played it. Perfectionist?!?
We are really enjoying our free time and love being able to do whatever comes up. We have some fun things this upcoming week. It is Eric Dodge Night at the Roadrunners baseball game and we are excited to go to that. It will be our first "real" baseball game. We are also travelling north to hear Eric and Andy open for Carrie Underwood at Stadium of Fire. That will probably be one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences for us...who knows! We are looking forward to it!
Rob is crazy busy with events this month and has hardly had time to come up for air...we are looking forward for some quality family time with him soon. :)

Good posting luck right now

So, I was able to post photos to two posts in a row. I kind of stopped blogging because it was so frustrating to post. I have so many photos to share. Here are a couple more...

More of the garden

Planting the Garden

There is something refreshing about the energy of the earth whether it is the life in the soil or the power of waves hitting the shore. We were able to help plant Grandma's garden today, a tradition the little boys are starting to love. I haven't had the opportunity to help plant, but every year I enjoy the fresh vegetables. Grandma puts SO much time and love into that garden every year just like Grandpa used to. She isn't able to do so much anymore, but everyone else stepped up and helped today. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

I can't believe it is Mother's Day. As I reflect on back, I remember missing my very first Mother's Day as a new mother while baby Daegon was in the NICU in Las Vegas. I was so sad and I remember calling the hospital from my own bed just about every hour that day. I was given the greatest gift that year as I was able to hold him in my arms once again while on the path to recovery. Things could have been very different. Last year, I was sick with labor pains and high blood pressure with Baby Jayden and this year, I get to celebrate being the mother to three healthy, happy, and incredibly active young boys. I am truly blessed!

Sweet Daegon

Daegon has grown so much lately and is very smart. His accomplishments include scouts and basketball. These are some of my favorite pictures of him lately. He came up with the idea of a rocket valentine box. He decorated it himself and he got a certificate for the "out of this world" valentine box. He is getting baptized in a couple of weeks and we are excited about that. He loves to read and is working toward an IPOD drawing at the Kite Festival. He reads 20-30 minutes every night. He wants to be a science teacher/scientist and a weatherman when he grows up. I am so proud of him and I look forward to seeing him grow into a young man. :)

What is normal?

Three days at work this week and finally feeling like a human being again. I was thinking last night life was just starting to get back to normal then that thought led to "What is normal?" Normal is such an abstract concept it is different for everyone. I guess for our family, we haven't had a family routine or schedule for so long, none of us know what to do with each other. While I am looking forward to the weekend, I am not really sure what to do with the kids in all that time. We want to participate in a family fun day but we all have different likes and tastes. While on our Vegas retreat, we talked about things to do with the family that will help create memories. Maybe we will start tomorrow...

Elefun game

The boys got the game Elefun for Christmas from Miss Katie and they love it! Cousins Dominic and Daxton came over to play and they pulled out the game. It was crazy...see the action here!