Just being brothers

Garrett and Richard would wear their shark and whale shirts every day if I didn't have to wash them occassionally. :) They love naming their toys and things they build by adding an ending to the toy. Like, Garrett's pet shark is creatively named "Sharky" . Spencer has also been dubbed "Spency". But because Garrett is a bit lazy with his 's' sounds at the beginning of words it sounds like "Betsy". We are working on that. :)

Here are just some fun pictures of the boys together.

First Day of First Grade!!!!!!!!!!

This was before school in front of our house. Richard's class starts at 8am! He is sporting his awesome new Star Wars Legos backpack and Darth Vader lunch bag. I actually enjoy making lunches for him...we'll see how long that lasts, right?! Ha! We were really prepared...chose his clothes the night before, lunch made, etc. I feel like I've accomplished something too! I am just as excited about school as he is! He is such a good boy.

And these pcitures were after school. Richard looked a bit like he was in shock! But he was happy and really loves school. He talks about it a lot. His favorite part is writing-ha!!!! Garrett is excited to possibly start preschool at the end of September.

Camping and First 'loth' tooth

We went camping at Nunn's Park up by Bridal Veil falls last weekend. Ben tented it with all 3 boys! Ha! Everyone had a great time and even slept well! I got to be at home in my own bed and sleep all the way til 7am without being interuppted! (I am not too fond of sleeping in tents.)

Also, Richard lost his first baby tooth, with another on the way! The tooth fairy left him 50 cents too!

July 24th...

That's Pioneer day here in Utah. :)

We had a picnic in Sugar house (south Salt Lake) and the kids loooooved throwing pebbles into the stream, especially Spencer. WE also went to the Tracy Aviary and Spencer liked the little Tinamou the best...they were his size. :) I was disappointed the peacocks seemed to be hiding that day.

New apartment

All 3 boys share a room and do great with it! I'm sooooo glad!

Just some pictures of our new apartment.

We love summer reading!

Richard sporting their new public library hats from the summer reading program.

Spencer being cute

Great-Grandpa!

This is my maternal Grandpa, Burke Visick Waldon. He babysits for me sometimes and absolutely loves the boys! He had 3 boys of his own (and two girls, my mom and my aunt) and loves being a Grandpa to the little guys! Richard and Garrett call him "Great Grandpa Burke". He was in the Armed Forces Day Parade and is very proud to be a VFW (Veteran of Foreign Wars).

Mischievious Spencer

This is what he usually looks like...meaning, he's always testing the limits. But he's so cute...

Springtime planting

Here are Richard and Garrett planting in the garden at my parents' house. Richard stays outside all day with Grandpa when there is nothing else to do. Garrett will help for a while, then wander inside saying he's done helping. Richard also loves to wear his hood.

Easter/Conference Weekend

We spent the weekend and a few days before at Grandma Margot's house in Bothell. Ben's sister's little family lives there also so we got to spend a lot of time with cousins Natalie, Lizzy, Tyler, and Jacob.

Egg drop

This morning Richard's kindergarten class had an egg drop experiment. Each child was supposed to place a raw egg in a container that they thought would sustain a long fall. Richard put his in some memory foam inside a cardboard box. He was really proud of it, and it worked! Good job Richard! We decorated it too. :)

It survived!

Park Day!

To show that Washington does actually in fact have sunshine! It was a beautiful day so we went to the park. They wanted to stay a lot longer, but I didn't want the boys to get 'bored of the park' so we left when I was ready so we'd have more to experience next time! Ha!

Fun Videos

In the world of Spencer...

Spencer is my piano prodigy.

Spencer prefers eating his yogurt, pudding, anything extremely messy by hand.

We don't usually let the baby eat out of the garbage...

Guess it wasn't as good as he hoped.

He has been suffering with a yucky tummy lately, but over all is growing and doing well. He takes some steps now, but mostly still crawls. After all, crawling is faster!