1st day of 2nd grade...

Well, today was the day I have been waiting for pretty much since the day school got out! Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my kiddos but it gets hard thinking of stuff to do everyday and when we don't do anything, I feel bad that my kids are just sitting home! I love having a schedule and we need the structure!
Kayston was more excited than I was! He has been ready for school to start for a while now! He came upstairs chanting..."today I get to go to 2nd grade" Over and over!
I was actually surprised to find myself a little sad that he was going back to school! He has been my good helper and I enjoy spending time with him when the girls are down for their nap!
He got to start at a brand new school that was build just up the street from us so now he gets to walk to school! He wants to ride his bike but I'm still a little too paranoid for that! His teacher is Mrs. Pita and I think she is going to be awesome! When I told Kayston her name was Mrs. Pita he said..."Pita, what kind of name is that???" Silly boy! It turns out she is from Hawaii and he thinks that is pretty cool!
Brylee was pretty sad that brother had to go to school! She was whiny the whole day and kept asking if we could go get him! It's funny cause she mostly likes to start fights with him throughout the day so I thought she would be glad he was gone!
I'm having a hard time accepting that I have a 2nd grader! I know I say this all the time but I seriously can't believe how fast time goes by! Before you know it, he'll be starting Jr. High. YIKES!
I really am so proud of this little guy! He is such a sweetheart and I can't wait to see what the future holds for him! Love you buddy!

He was excited...to say the least!

Walking to school!Him and his buddy Carson in front of their school!Bry wanted to go to school with her brother!I'm pretty sure that smile can't get any bigger!Going into school with his class! I have to admit, I was a little teary eyed at this point! He ended up having a great first day! Daddy even came home a little early so he could go with us to pick him up! Kayston loved that!

Last day of Summer break fun....

Our good friends invited us to go boating with them at Utah Lake last night! We of course said yes since both me and Preston LOVE boating and we are having some major withdrawals from having our own boat!
We were originally supposed to go to Seven Peaks on our last day of Summer break but when I asked the kids what they would rather do, they both chose boating! Smart kids!
We had so much fun! Kayston even tried water skiing since he saw Brynley do it but got freaked out after being dragged under water! He said he will NEVER do that again!
All of the kids, however, LOVED, loved, LOVED the tube! We were able to fit 5 of us on at once and it was so much fun!
Brylee kept yelling "More bumps!" This girl loved it! Kayston was still a little nervous from the skiing incident but he ended up loving it as well!
Thanks to are awesome friends, Reed, Kat and Brynley for another super fun day!

Here we go!!!
Why is it that my kids never look at the camera??

Swimming in the pretty greenish brownish not so clean water! The kids could have cared less! Rita showing us his moves on the wake board Reed trying to help Kayston learn how to ski! I think it would have been a little easier if Kayston wasn't almost as big as Reed! =) Brylee loved watching her daddy knee board. She kept yelling "good job daddy!" and giving him thumbs up! Can you believe even I was able to get up on the knee board? First try too! Who cares if I can't lift anything today...it was worth it! The mom's and the kids! The dad's and the kids! Hubba wasn't a huge fan of the tube! Kayston mad an awesome flag holder! Bry was a little nervous to swim by herself so she hitched a ride on daddy! We were loading everyone in and Bry decided to lay out her towel in the middle of the boat and bask for a minute!

Love this girl!

It's what fun is!!!

We were lucky to get some awesome discount passes to Lagoon from my cousin! (Thanks again Shawnee) We wouldn't have gone if we didn't! That place is a rip off!

Our friend Kat and her daughter Brynley, joined us for a very fun day!
It was such a good day! The lines, if any, were short, the weather was perfect, the kids were awesome and to make things even better, the power went out for an hour so we got to go back for FREE a second time!

If I didn't know better, I would have thought Brynley was famous from the way Kayston and Brylee were always competing who got to ride with her or who got to hold her hand! It was pretty cute!

Our first ride...the haunted house!
(Kayston looks a little nervous)How cute is this?? I think I see a future with these two! =) The girls LOVED the bumper cars! Bry didn't care if she got to drive or not! All she cared about is that she got to ride with Brynley! Kayston was excited to ride "The BAT"!!Poor Brynner's wasn't feeling too hot! Luckily she felt much better after this episode! I'm pretty sure this was the highlight of their day!Our very wet monkey's

The 2nd time we went back, Kat and Bryn couldn't go at the last minute. So, we were happy that Preston's dad and brother Jakob drove all the way down from Idaho to spend the day with us! The kids had so much fun with their Grandpa and Jakob!
On this day, we actually ended up losing our camera!! AHHH! Luckily, there are still some honest people out there and it was turned in to the lost and found! phew! They both, of course, wanted to ride every ride with Grandpa!This cute little girl.....Was attached to Grandpa's hand almost the whole day!
It was so cute! It was so nice to be able to spend some extra time with Grandpa and Jakob! We hate not being able to see them very much!

And we ALWAYS have a good time with our good friends Kat and Brynley! Thanks for the fun time!

10 friggen years!!!

Holy moley!! I honestly can't believe that me and Preston have been married for a whole decade!! It's weird cause it seems like we have been together forever but then... it's gone by so fast too!
All I can really say is that it has truly been the best 10 years of my life!
I am so lucky to have found my soul mate...my other/better half! I remember our first date and I could not stand him!! I wished he would have lost my number or something! But, he didn't and he kept bugging me to go out with him one more time! After a while of saying NO THANKS, I finally gave in and went out with him again! And it was the best choice I could have ever made! We have been together ever since and it literally has been the happiest I have ever been!
Now, I'm not saying that we haven't had our rough patches cause we have, but I feel lucky to say that they were tiny bumps and our marriage is stronger than ever!
I often find myself looking at him or watching him play with our kiddos and I get totally smitten over him!! I am still wondering what I did right to deserve such an AMAZING guy!
One thing I love about him is that after all these years, he can still make me laugh! And he does...every day! He is such a great dad too! The kids are constantly asking when daddy will be home from work! Brylee even cries some mornings cause "she doesn't want daddy to go to work"!

The other day I accidentally shut Brylee's fingers in the door (I felt HORRIBLE!) all she wanted was her daddy. So, I called him and told him what happened and guess who was home in 5 minutes to hold his little girl??? Yep!! He left work just so he could come home and make her feel better! After crying for over 15 minutes with me, she didn't make a peep after she got her daddy! I don't know what our family would do without him! Especially me! I am OBSESSED with this guy of mine!So... Happy Anniversary to my best friend and soul mate!! You make my world a better place and I am SO thankful to get to spend the rest of eternity with you!!!

Love you CO CO CO much!!