It's Summer Time!!!

Dallin finished his first year of school. He loved going to preschool, and he is really going to miss his friends. Here is Dallin with his teacher and best friend in his class, Bryce.

Dallin on the tire swing with some friends at school.

Dallin finally learned to swing by himself! He is so proud, and we are so excited! My arms were getting tired pushing both kids :) This is a video of him doing it the very first time!

Our playset finally arrived! It took Jeff awhile to build it because he was busy at work. As soon as he would walk in the door, Dallin would be waiting with tools in his hands. The kids were such a big help...

 Here it is! It isn't quite done yet. There are little things like the chimney, steering wheel, rope ladder, etc., but the kids are excited about everything else so it might be awhile before it is finished :)The kids really wanted 2 slides AND a bouncy bridge, so they are pretty excited.

They want to swing ALL the time.

We had a really hot day, and the kids wanted to play in their sprinkler. Alyssa is really scared of the sprinklers when we water the yard, but she likes hers. I was surprised at how brave she was.

And here is a picture of Brooke :) She is now 6 weeks old! She has found a new favorite spot, which is the corner of the couch. This was Dallin's favorite position too.This is the only picture I have taken recently of her. I need to be better about taking pictures.

One Month Old

I really should be doing something more productive, but I don't really feel like it. Brooke is actually sleeping while not being held, but we will see how long that actually lasts. She turned a month old this past Sunday, and it really has gone by way to fast. She is a very pleasant baby for the most part. For the last week she has had a crying time between 7 and 9 at night. She REALLY likes to be held all the time, so I don't get a whole lot done. I do like my little cuddler though :) The kids are still obsessed with her, and run to see where she is 1st thing every morning. Then they fight over who gets to hold her first. 

We have done a lot in the past month though. We celebrated Jeff's 29th birthday and our 7th anniversary. We have painted 3 bathrooms, and we are finally done with all the major painting!!! YAY! We are very sick of painting. Lots of other random projects have been done, and now we have our playset to build. It never ends with your own home I guess. 

 

 

Dallin and Alyssa really aren't sleeping well lately. Alyssa fell asleep like this for nap the other day. She only slept for about a 1/2 hour, so probably not the most comfortable position. 

Alyssa loves to wear her purple snow boots that we bought for her to use next year. She wears them all the time. Dallin went through the same phase. Silly kids. 

Brooke really likes Dallin. He is so cute and good with her.

Dallin and Alyssa have been good buddies lately. They still love to just sit and watch them work on the house behind us.

Our Garden

We planted our garden last night. The kids were very excited to get to help us out. We planted some green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, lettuce, and cucumbers. When the kids woke up this morning, they ran to the window to see if it had grown yet. They were a little disappointed. This will be our first garden, and I'm excited to see if we can actually grow anything or if it will just be a learning year :) 

Brooke wanted to join us outside...not really, but she came outside with us and fell asleep for a few minutes.