Kindergarten

So, the time finally came in my life for me to send my firstborn to Kindergarten. I was having mixed emotions about it, but I was actually really excited for Taylor. She couldn't wait to start. So, on Wed, we walked her to school and to her classroom. We had already met her teacher, so she was ready! I was doing fine until she gave me a big hug and told me she loved me. The tears came and I got out of there fast,so she wouldn't see me. When I came out of the classroom, a few of my friends from the neighborhood were there too and I got a hug. Some of them were crying too, so we all felt better. I cried the whole way home (5 minute walk) and then for about an hour and I was fine. I can see her playground from our back window, so I try to sneak a peak at her at recess. She loves her teacher and class, I just can't believe that she is there!! These are some pics of her first day, Ellie starts preschool next week, so I will be sure to let you know how that goes. She is really excited too, she wears her backpack when we walk Taylor to school, so cute!! On a side note, I just wanted to let my Grandpa George know that I ran at least 10 miles last night. A friend and I are training for a half marathon, which I am pretty sure I will do. Anyway, I am pretty sore today, but glad I did it. Enjoy the pictures.

Noah

Since he was left out of the last two posts I wanted to put some cute pics of just Noah. He is sick today, well he has been sick for a while and now he has a fever, so I am taking him to the doctor. I hope he feels better soon! He is doing some funny things lately, like standing up in the middle of the room. He doesn't pull himself up on furniture, he just stands up by himself. He can't stand for very long, but he thinks it is so funny. He also has started eating everything, he really won't eat baby food any more. Enjoy some pics of the cutest little baby boy around!

Utah County Fair

Even though the fair last year was really awful, we decided to go again this year. I have to say it was much more enjoyable this time. Mostly because it wasn't 100 degrees and I wasn't 100 months pregnant. The kids loved the animals and the tractors. We had so much fun, and the best part was, everything was free!! And it is only 5 minutes from the house so when the kids were done, we were home quickly! Maybe we will make it a tradition to go every year.

Fairies

I will be playing catch up on my posts because our computer is dying. I finally decided to use the laptop to update. So here is what we have been up to in the last week. Sorry for all the pictures!
Last Saturday Taylor went to a fairy birthday party and came home with a whole fairy outfit. Her friend McKenna has an amazing mom that made one outfit for all of the girls! Our girls have loved it and take turns wearing the fairy wings. SO CUTE!

Camera phone

So, I bet your wondering why I didn't post any pictures from our Vegas trip, okay maybe your not, well, it is because I forgot my camera! Yes, I forgot to pack the camera, bummer, but, Justin's camera phone caught a little bit of the action.
Awww, this is Justin and I in front of the Belagio hotel's fountain show, very romantic, right?

Justin in front of a crocodile at the rainbow cafe. It was the last day and we were just wasting time in the hotel.

Me pretending to eat the cornish game hen that came with our dinner at the tournament of kings show. They don't give you any utensils!

Me and my fruity drink by one of the pools at our hotel. I still didn't get a tan!

Justin in front of the strip, this was the walk way from our hotel to the New York, New York.

Rub a dub dub

Cutest kids in the tub! This morning Noah looked so cute during his bath that I had to take some pictures. I can't believe how grown up he is getting. He loves his bath, his favorite thing is to get me as wet as he can.



So, your probably wondering what this photo is in here for. I just wanted to mention my new hobby. Getting food for really cheap or free. I used to think the fact that I watched Ghost Hunters was the nerdiest thing about me, but I think couponing comes in pretty close. A while ago I started getting a newspaper and printing coupons online and stuff, well I have gotten pretty darn good at it, if I do say so myself. I really wanted to do it so I could bulk up our food storage a little. So most of the stuff in the picture I got for under a dollar each. A lot of it I got for free. You can't beat free. My freezer is packed full of good deals too, we are going to buy another one so we can fit everything. Sadly, it gives me a little high to go to the store and see how much I can save.

Here is my little Jos, who hates having her picture taken. She jumped in the bath with Noah this morning and wouldn't let me take a decent picture of her, oh well. She is still a cutie pie!

Titanic

Here is the picture I was trying to scan before.

We are home

Well, most of you know, Justin and I took a much needed vacation this last week. We really didn't have a honeymoon, so this is the first real trip we have taken. My parents happily took all four of our children and I am so grateful to them. I have a hard time leaving the kids, and hardly ever do, but I am so glad we did it this time. We really needed it. We flew out Tuesday and arrived in the afternoon, we rested and ate and then walked around the strip for a bit. We stayed at the MGM grand which is right on the strip, so we had access to just about everything Las Vegas has to offer. Our hotel also had 6 acres of pools and a lazy river. We spent the morning on Wed. swimming and relaxing. I haven't done that in so long. I love naps by the pool. We ate some more, we actually ate a lot on this trip, thank goodness for all the walking. Then we went to the tournament of Kings show at the Excalibur, we hadn't ever seen it before. It was fun and the food was pretty good. We then walked down to the Belagio and watched the fountain show. We also checked out a few of the newer casinos that we had never seen before. We tried to sleep in each morning, but old habits die hard and we were only able to sleep until about 8:30. Oh well. Thursday we went to the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor, which was so interesting. I love history stuff like that and I really enjoyed it. We had our picture taken on the grand staircase, and I am trying to scan it so I can post it, we will see. We walked to the forum shops at Cesar's next and went shopping. And had the world famous frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity's. So YUMMY!! Then we met up with Tamra and Ken and went to the temple for a few hours. It was so nice to escape the craziness of Vegas for a while. We came back, had dinner and hung out in the hotel room. It was really nice to see them. Friday we went swimming again, ate again, and shopped again. By then we were anxious to get home to the kids, at least I was. Anyway I know you probably don't care about all the stuff we did, but I wanted to remember it. The best part was spending time with Justin and not having a schedule and just worrying about ourselves, I know it sounds selfish, but we really needed a break. Justin and I didn't even argue once! We were having too much fun. We don't usually argue, but I didn't know how we would handle spending so much time together. Turns out we are crazy about each other, so it works! I am happy to be home with the kids and trying to get back into things.

Daddy!

Here are some cute pictures from yesterday. I don't know how we would fit another child! The kids love playing with Justin, he is such a fun dad!

Princesses

I have three little princesses and I love them so much!! Tonight they all had on Ariel pajamas and they thought that was so neat! I had to take a picture. Joslyn wasn't very excited, but she cooperated for the most part. It was a good day today. Justin got up early and painted our front door, we have been meaning to do that for so long. He also built some new shutters for the windows on the outside of the house. They are going to look so good in the new color. The old ones are so ugly, I can't believe we waited so long to change them. Anyway, Justin watched the kids for me while I went to Salt Lake with a friend to a decorating class at Pottery Barn Kids. It was really fun. We did some shopping and then met up with our neighbors who were also in Salt Lake today. We had lunch and then did a little more shopping. It was so nice to get away for a minute, and go to all the stores that I don't dare go to with my kids. Oh, I also need to mention Noah, my little prince whom I love very much also! He is now standing up in his crib, so we had to raise the sides, it happens too fast!! Here are my girls: