Halloween

Our cute froggy! Ky, Max and now Coleby have all worn this costume! They all look so darn cute in it.

Our Big Eater!

Coleby likes to eat...well that is an understatement. He loves to eat. And so far anything that is not baby food. Believe it or not we prayed for this. We now have a child who eats very little and a child who doesn't stop eating. Our sweet Max is a picky eater compared to Coleby. Eating has been such a challenge in our household, it is os nice to make something for dinner and have it be eaten. Thanks Coleby! WE LOVE OUR BIG EATER!





Notice what a good mom I am...chocolate, ice cream, popcicles, cheetos! Hey at least he is eating yogurt. He really eats other stuff too. I guess these were picture worthy moments.

Maxwell's first day of Preschool

Finally, it is Maxwell's day! He has been waiting for this day for a long time. Max was so excited for school this morning that he could not sit still. He was running around the house making sure everyone knew he was going to school today. He actually had an orientation day last Friday, where he met his teachers and got familiarized with his classroom. I was able to go with him that day and see where he would be learning. It was so much fun.
Today however, was my first day dropping him off and going home with only Coleby. I was a little sad watching him go into the school with Miss Lola, however, I knew how excited and ready Max was for this. I could only be happy that this day had come. THe sad thought was that I felt like I was just dropping Kyler off here at preschool, and now somehow he is in First Grade. That will be Maxwell before I know it, so I want to enjoy this time. After I dropped Max off I went home and Coleby took a nap in fact he fell asleep on the way home and then I had to wake him up to go pick up Max. Great 2 hour nap! You would think that I would have got something done too...not really!
Love you Maxwell! I am so glad that you are so excited for school and ready to learn.

Bumblebees and Green Ninja's

Soccer has begun again and we are so excited at our house. This will be Maxwell's first year playing AYSO and Quinn is coaching his team. Max could not be more excited about that. Kyler has moved up to U-8 and Quinn was looking forward to watching someone else coach Ky this year. Well that was not in the stars I guess because Quinn is coaching Ky too. However he has one of his co-workers as an assistant and that has made a huge difference too. THis season Quinn has implemented a patch reward system that has been a huge hit. (His assistant coach actually had the idea) The kids earn patches for their uniform each game depending on how they played that game. Every child gets a patch and now it is so fun to hear them talk about which patch they are going to try to get next game. The parents have even gotten excited about them too.

Maxwell has been having so much fun. You can tell that he has watched Kyler play and that he has a little more soccer experience. He is so excited to play every week. He tells me to say.."Go Max Go" while I am watching and then "I will play really good!" It is so great for him to finally have his turn to play. His team is the Bumblebees.

Kyler is having a great time learning positions and playing harder this year. THere is such a difference from him last year. Quinn doesn't always admit it but Kyler is doing great and it is fun to see him with his dad again. I really think this has been good for their relationship. Kyler's team is the Green Ninja's.

Coleby is a great buddy for me on the sidelines. He loves the soccer balls and is happiest when we roll the ball back and forth. I am sure he is taking it all in and one day we will be going to 3 soccer games and 3 practices each week.. oohh... he can't grow up that fast! For now I will enjoy having him on the sidelines cheering Ky and Max on!

Happy Soccer Season!

Note to the Tooth Fairy!

Kyler lost his 1st tooth yesterday!! I can't believe he is old enough to be loosing teeth. He is so excited because at school he will be one of the first to be in the loose tooth club. It was so funny because the night before Ky kept wiggling the tooth and it just wouldn't come out so I said just go to bed and we will check it out in the morning before soccer. The next morning he woke up and said mom look at my tooth and he pulled it right out! I guess it was ready now. So in our house we are loosing teeth and cutting teeth at the same time. I wish Cutting teeth was as easy as loosing them!! Congrats Ky on loosing your first tooth!

The cutest thing was that night Kyler did not want the Tooth Fairy to take his tooth away, so he and dad wrote a note and put it with his tooth asking the tooth fairy to please leave his tooth too. It was so sweet. The next morning he was almost more excited that his tooth was still there then the dollar the tooth fairy had left him!

Kyler's in First Grade

What!! How is my Ky Ky going to go to school all day long?? What am I going to do at Lunchtime and Bakugan is not on the TV and there is not a bag of tortilla chips on the table? I guess we will see what happens. I am so excited for Kyler though. He has the best teacher this year. Mrs. Francom who was like my second mom growing up. I spent countless hours at her house with her daughter. I was thrilled when we found out Kyler was in her class. I knew he would be well taken care of.






Kyler had an orientation day on Monday 23rd, but his actual first day of First Grade was Tuesday 24th of August. (hence the two different outfits) I was able to go with him on Monday and meet Mrs. Francom and see his new classroom. It was so exciting to see where he was going to learn and be spending most of his days. Kyler was excited to see he has his own desk and that he gets his own cubby. I think I was most excited to find out that he gets to take a "sneaky" snack with him to eat during first recess. ( I am so worried about how he is going to survive on so little nutrition during the day) and when Mrs. Francom said they could bring Popcorn, Kyler got a HUGE smile on his face. At that point I knew he would be getting something in him before lunch. I just can't believe Ky will be in school all day long!! I am really going to miss having him around. I love you Kyler. Have a wonderful year.

Coleby 7 months

SO there is way to much to update but I do need to post a current picture of Coleby. He is growing up way too fast. This is the stage that I want to bottle up and keep forever. I wish he could stay 7 months for a while. Coleby is such a joy and such a good baby. He is a good sleeper and eater, which is huge for us! Some of Coleby's favorite things right now are
his blanket and the tag and binky
any toy with a tag,
He loves the car keys, bananas, oatmeal, mommy, daddy, his brothers and being right in the middle of what they are doing
He loves his own bed (which is good and bad, no more sleeping on the go!)
the bumbo, and saucer
Coleby is such a happy boy, and he brings such a spirit into our home, it is so hard to think of life with out him yet 7 months is not a lot of time with us. I am so happy to have him here and it is so fun to watch him and our other boys grow and discover everyday.

Secret Reader

In Kyler's class they have a secret reader come every week to read to the class. The kids don't know who is comming and they don't know when. When I got the sign up, I thought that Kyler would love to have Aunt Kimmy come and read to the class. For weeks Kyler would ask me if it was time for his secret reader and he would tell me that it was "taking so long for his secret reader to come". SO cute. Well the day finally came...It was so much fun. We came in the back of the classroom and Mrs. Hargrove ahd the kids on the rug and had them close their eyes. The secret reader(KimmY) walked to the front of the room and the kids opened their eyes. Kyler got a HUGE SMILE on his face. Mrs. Hargrove asked who knew this person and KYler's hand flew into the air. "It is KImmy!" he said. He then got to sit next to Kimmy on a stool while she read 2 of Kyler's favorite books. "How do Dinosaurs eat their food?" and "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". It was so fun to see Kyler be so excited about showing Kimmy his classroom and intoducing her to his friends. THis was such a fun and special day! THanks Kimmy!!

Happy Easter!

We had such a great Easter morning! Kyler & Maxwell came running into our bedroom saying "the easter bunny came! We found the eggs and our baskets!" At least they didn't say that santa came this year. The boys got sunglasses in their baskets and had to wear them the rest of the day!

Sweet Liza Bee

The newest addition to the family is here. Liza Bee was born on March 14th. She was 9 lbs and 20 1/2 in. long. What a sweet bundle she is. Quinn and I were able to go over to the hospital to see the new family of 4 after church. It was so neat to go back to St. Marks because it was only 4 months ago we were there welcoming Coleby into the family. It felt like it was so long ago as we walked through those doors. My favorite thing at the hospital was being able to watch Katelyn be with her baby sister. What a wonderful bonding time that is. I missed that so bad having a baby during flu season kept the boys on the outside of the nursery looking at Coleby through the glass. Katelyn looked so big and so excited to have a baby sister. We are so excited to have a new niece and cousin!
Congratulations Jeff, Tara and Katelyn~

Curling

For Christmas this year we gave my dad curling lessons. Thanks to my sister Tara we got it all worked out to go the first weekend in February, since Andrew and Megan would be up from St. George. We have talked about going curling since the olympics were here in Salt Lake, so this was a big deal to finally pull it off. So curling looks like it is an easy game to play...It is quite the opposite. Sweeping is so tiring and requires skill, as I learned early on. I fell right on my tailbone the first time. IT hurt the rest of the night but I still had fun. In between my turn to throw the stone I was sitting on the ice. No need for an ice pack when you are on an ice rink! I have a new respect for professional curlers, it is not as easy as it looks.

Coleby's Blessing

What a special day! I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present than to have all my family and friends together celebrating our sweet Coleby's blessing. Quinn gave Coleby a beautiful blessing and Coleby was just an angel all day. It has been so much fun watching Coleby's personality come out. He is definately more calm and mellow than his older brothers and he puts up very well with Maxwell wanting to hold hom and "maul" him all the time. Kyler has been such a good helper and he loves to hold Coleby and sing to him. We are really enjoying Coleby.
This is Coleby's great grandma and grandpa Newton. Granddpa's first name is Joseph and is who Coleby Joseph is named after. We hope that Coleby will grow up to be as charitable and loving as grandpa is.
Daddy & his baby colebers


Coleby laying on his special blanket crocheted just for him by his great grandma Jorgensen. It is beautiful!
THis is the blanket before Coleby was born. I just didn't get a picture of great grandma & grandpa Jorgensen with Coleby and the blanket.