First day of School...

Yes you read that right. It is time for back to school, they start so EARLY in AZ. The boys were so excited for the first day of school they woke up at 5:40 in the AM. Crazy little turds!! They were so cute walking to school together. We stopped at the church to meet up with the cousins and get the back to school pics...Mason wanted in on the picture and he had to wear his back pack to school too, he is going to do preschool with his Aunt Emily and he is SO EXCITED. He was a little disappointed to not be starting the same day as the other boys. He is also missing them (mostly Porter) terribly. He asks all day when the boys are coming home and if it is time to go get them. It is really kind of sad. Brody was taking a nap today and we put Mason down for one too. Mason didn't nap long and when he got up he asked if Porter was home and if it was time to get him and then when we said no and put a movie on he asked if we could go get them after the movie. NO! :( Then he asked if we could wake Brody up so he could play trains with him. TOO SAD!!They all wanted in on the action...This just happens when I want to get a picture...Crazies!!Garrett the BIG 1ST Grader...Porter the Big Kindergartner...The boys and their cousins...Garrett at his big kid desk...Porter was a little more nervous this day because there were so many parents hanging out (we think). I wanted a picture of him sitting at his table but he wouldn't let go of Trevor's leg. Trev went out and most all the other parents cleared out and he finally sat down and was good to go. The boys have been loving school and have been so excited every day when they get home to tell us all about it and show us what they were up to for the day!! So happy they are loving it!! Hope Mason learns to play better on his own and with Brody. Fun little boys!!

Oh the Torture...

Oh the torture this poor little Monkey Moo must endure while he befriends this little munchkin. This is only a small fraction of the abuse this monkey has gone through and I am sure he will live through much, much more!! I love how this man LOVES his Monkey Moo. They are so cute together!!He is ticked that I took his pacifier out so I could get a cute picture without it...But he got over it quick enough! :)

The Middles...

These little middles seem to get the short end of the stick a lot because they are the middle children and it seems no matter how hard you try they end up being left out of a lot of different things and for sure they get far newer clothes because they get the hand-me-downs from Garrett that are still in good condition and so how do you go out and spend money you don't really have on more clothes? Well, for school we did. These little cuties got to pick out a couple of new shirts for them to start school. The sad thing is when we washed Mason's it is now too small for him and has been given to Brody. We just can't seem to get it right. That is what happens when I try and shop somewhere other then my normal children's clothing stores. Anyhow they wanted to get some pictures together in their new clothes. Such cute little boys!! They make me smile!!

Preview to KG...

Porter had a little preview to KG the week before school actually started he was so excited and did so well. We were not even aloud to go in with him, we just dropped him off at the gate to the play ground at the school and he lined up by his teacher and we watched him from afar until he walked into to the school. He took it like a champ, he was REALLY QUIET but he never got emotional. In our last ward in TX it took Porter a year to talk to the teacher and so I have been really worried about him and have been trying to practice with him at home to try and make sure he would at least answer his teacher if she asked him a question. Well on his way home from his little preview he says to Trevor, "I talked the most." Trevor says, "You talked the most?!" Porter, "Well, not the most most." He is so funny!! When we saw his teacher on the first day of school we asked her if Porter talked to her at all and she said not a peep. Too funny! I love to see him get so excited about school, he is so quiet and cute about it, but his face just lights up! I LOVE IT!!!

White Tanks Hike...

The other weekend we decided to hike the White Tanks because we have hiked them a couple of times and you hike to a waterfall but there has never been any water. Well there happened to be a hard rain the night before so we decided to hike up and see the waterfall with actual water falling from it!! The boys were so excited to take their hiking sticks that Papa Don helped them make and while I was getting Porter ready he says to me, "Mom, we are famous. Do you want to know why?" I asked him, "Why?" And he goes on to tell me, "We are famous because we have walking sticks. Papa Don is really good at making walking sticks!" It was so cute and matter of fact!! This is a picture of Trev pretending to be drinking the fresh water. :/The boys loved trekking through the water...This is just a random pic of Brody when we were getting ready for the splash park. I just thought it was too cute to not post. I love this little stinker!!

Road Trip...

Road trip back home from Utah we decided to stop in Vegas on our way home and wanted to show the boys the big toy store they have. After a great adventure in finding a parking spot and getting into the right building we found out it was no longer there. :( It is still an adventure seeing all there is to Vegas so we walked around the shopping center we were in took a picture at a statue and then drove down the strip, picked up lunch and headed on our way...Hoover Dam. It felt like we were in the dam line for EVER. It took a good hour or more for us to get over the dam and on our way!!! Since it took so long we decided we better get out and get a picture because we will never go that dam way again!

UTAH...

We had a quick trip to Utah on our way back home to AZ. We were only able to see Leigh and his girls for a quick lunch on his lunch break. Emma and Kendal are so cute and sweet and very shy. We loved getting to see them and wish we lived closer so they knew who we were and we could play more often!!My sweet friend Lisa and her family let us crash at her house and we were able to walk around Temple Square with them. I am so sad we didn't get a picture of her adorable little family! :(Mason and Lisa's cute little girl, Mia.We were able to take a short tour of the conference center. This is a shot of the Temple from on top of the conference center... They grow trees on top of the conference center...

All the boys got to throw a coin in the fountain on top of the conference center and everyday someone gets all the money out of it and donates it to a children's hospital...

Thank you Lisa for letting us stay with you!! We loved getting to visit with you guys and wish we could have stayed longer!! You have the most adorable little family!!!

Army Hats & Walking Sticks...

These are the rest of the boys in their Army hats from Papa Don. These boys are so cute they crack me up!!Have I ever mentioned that Mason is a SPAZY GOOFBALL?!Mason just loves his big brother Porter!!! Papa Don fixed up Mason and Porter's walking sticks that they had found and surprised them with them and Porter didn't believe it was really the walking stick he found because it looked so different!! He was a little upset until we convinced him that it really was the one he had found and then he was happy as a clam about it. Funny kids!!!