7th birthday

I somehow forgot to blog for Ethan's 7th birthday, so here's a few pictures. We had an Angry Birds themed party. I had tons of cute decorations that I made, but didn't really get any pictures.
Here are some of Ethan's favorites for his 7th birthday:
Favorite foods: smoothies, Cafe Rio beans, tortillas, and ranch, pizza, chicken rollups
Favorite friends: his brother is his very best friend, but he also loves to play with Cohen and Layton, and he also loves playing with his cousin Nicholas
Favorite toys: Wii, blocks to build angry birds houses with, Legos
Favorite things to do: ride his bike, go to the park, go to his grandparents houses
Favorite subject in school: math
What I love most about Ethan: Ethan has the most sweet, tender heart. He LOVES me more than any kid has ever loved their mom. He is always telling me how great, wonderful, pretty, cute, funny, amazing I am (what a self esteem boost, eh?). He is really smart and memorizing and learning just come easily to him. And don't get me started about how amazing he is with numbers. Crazy.







I took this picture of the sunset on the night of his birthday, it was beautiful, and I love the city we live in.

Picnic in the Canyon

There's nothing better to do in Utah than spend a day in the mountains. I always forget how much I love it til I get there and then I wonder why I'm not there every day!
We went to Provo Canyon with my family a couple weeks ago. We had a picnic and then hiked around with the kids. Adam and Ryan got invited to join in a football game with some Mexican family; at first they said no but these guys were persistant! They played and ended up having a lot of fun.

Here's my family, minus Kristin who was there but had to leave early, and minus Eric and Lara who are in Colorado. Kylee was DONE with pictures.


Brothers


Kylee was laughing as we dropped leaves on her


T-ball


The happy couple


Our little family


She kept sneaking away from the picnic table to go to the Provo River to throw leaves and rocks in the water. The water is pretty fast moving and high this year, and Ethan has fallen in the past 2 times that we've come to this park, so she was making me a little nervous.


The leaves are changing


Climbing a tree. Sorry for all the pictures of her, I'm kind of obsessed with her.


The Big Game

Bubbles

When Ethan is off at school and I have just my 2 youngest at home, I'm reminded of how easy life with 2 kids was. I'm sure that's true every time you add another kid. We can go places easier, play without fighting, get ready quickly, etc. (Don't get me wrong, I miss my sweet Ethan while he's at school!) Today when Austin got home from preschool, we spent about an hour outside just blowing bubbles, riding bikes, etc. Austin could blow bubbles for hours and be perfectly happy. And Kylee is content to chase all the bubbles Austin blows.

Thanksgiving Point

I took Austin and Kylee (Ethan was already back to school) to Thanksgiving Point a couple weeks ago with a few of our friends. We went to the Petting Zoo and rode the ponies, saw all the animals, and went for a wagon ride. Kylee LOVES animals right now, especially cows, so she was absolutely in heaven at the petting zoo. When we stood in front of the cow pen, she paced back and forth and stared at that cow so hard, and kept saying loudly, "Moo!!! The cow!" She even turned to complete strangers and would get their attention and say, "See the cow???" It was so much fun to watch her there. Then we headed to the Dinosaur Museum and Austin got to see the t-rex that he's been asking to go see for months.

Lemonade for Sale

Our neighborhood was having a big neighborhood-wide garage sale a few weeks ago, so the boys decided they wanted to open a lemonade stand in hopes of making a little cash. Since they didn't tell me they wanted to do this til the day of, there wasn't much planning put into it, but it turned out fine and they had so much fun. I was so worried no one would stop and buy anything from them because there were 3 or 4 other lemonade stands in the neighborhood, but luckily we had a few customers. Grandma Karon even drove all the way out to Lehi from Mapleton.

Caught red-handed!

First Day of School

Ethan started 2nd grade this year and Austin started his second year of preschool. Ethan loves his new teacher and already has made a few new friends. Austin goes to a preschool 3 houses down the street from us with a bunch of his friends. I, for one, LOVE the convenience of being able to walk to school.

Picnic and Water Fun

Summer is almost over, so we're trying to enjoy our days outside while we can. Today we had a picnic in the park by the Mount Timpanogos Temple. Kylee is in a stage where she REFUSES to look at the camera and smile. That should make 2 year old pictures fun this year. To make it worse, she wanted to hold my hand all around the park, so it was next to impossible to get a picture of her.






We've spent a lot of time this summer on the slip n slide and blow up pool in the backyard. I swear I have a bunch of pictures of the boys playing, but I can't find the camera with those pictures. So for now you'll just have to enjoy this cute gal with her pigtails.