Hailey's off to Preschool

So, this was a week and a half ago :) I'm catching up! Some friends and I decided to start a little Joyschool for a few of the little girls Hailey's age. They are so cute! I had them this week and it is so funny to listen to some of the things they come up with. Anyway, Hailey LOVES to go to school and feels so big like Tyler. She asks everyday if it's a "school day". She has such a good time. This week we had a "safety" theme. So we took a field trip to the fire station. More pictures on that to come...

The Blue Hole

This is the Blue Hole. It's in New Mexico--I guess it's pretty popular among divers (like the deep sea divers--tanks and all) If you click on the pictures to enlarge it, you can see all the divers in their wetsuits getting ready to go down.




It's pretty deep--as the picture shows :) I'll have to ask Trevor to remind me why it's there--I guess there's a spring at the bottom where all the water is coming in? I don't really remember, he read about it. But we stopped here on our way home to stay the night in a hotel, and this Blue Hole was like 1/2 mile from us, so we visited it before the long drive back home.


And this is my crazy husband. It was pretty cold outside that day (weird for New Mexico) like 55-60 degrees. And the water is freezing, I think it was like 42 degrees or something ridiculous like that--seriously, the sign above is lying. That temperature must be on a mid-July afternoon or something. Really, it was COLD. But Trevor decided he couldn't pass up the chance to jump in a couple of times. So he did--we didn't have any towels to dry him off, so we used the kids blankets. Everyone around was staring at Trevor for not having a wetsuit for this, but being from Idaho...he's used to this cold water :)
It was fun, I was a LITTLE jealous and wanted to try it out. I didn't for a couple reasons: the shock of the cold water would put me into labor (not to mention the looks I would get), and also because then we REALLY wouldn't be able to tell the kids they couldn't do it.

Baby Names

Now, I know I promised lots of posts to come--I just haven't gotten to them. So today I will try and catch up with any spare moments I have.

When we were on our vacation, we had a baby shower for my little sister. This was like 3 weeks ago :) She's since had her baby...

Now, this said sister had in her list of names the only boy name Trevor and I could agree on: Jason. I told her she could use it if she'd like (like she needs my permission, she DID have her baby first) because I didn't LOVE it--and if she used it, then we would be forced to come up with something else.

By the time the baby was born, her and her husband had narrowed their list to two names, one of which was Jason, and they were going to see which name fit when they saw him. Well, apparently he's a "Jason"

Now me and Trevor are stuck with what to do. I think we should go with one of the many other names I like (ie Austin, Brian, etc) but he seems to think there are enough duplicate names in my family (plus he doesn't like the names I like), what does it matter if we use Jason, too? I think it's a little too soon to duplicate a name (all the other duplicate names are like uncle/nephew-25 years apart) and my sister thinks this is a ridiculous idea. Like we should listen to her... :) Any opinions out there?

The Wedding

So, we took our vacation to go home for Briana's (Trevor's sister's) wedding. It was a LOT of fun to be able to see everyone and finally meet our new brother in law :) Things were a little crazy because we drove and only had a little bit of time to see all the family before we had to drive back.

Here is a slideshow of the reception in Bountiful. A couple stories:

1. Hailey had on a really cute dress to begin with. Not the one in the pictures, it kind of matched Ashley's, but wouldn't you know it--she threw up all over it on the way to the reception. All my kids were sick with some ailment at one time during our vacation. Good times. Plus, Hailey gets carsick too. So that didn't help.

2. There are some pictures of Tyler dancing with a little girl. This was the groom's niece, Parker. She was so cute--she came and asked Tyler if he'd like to dance (there was dancing at the reception) and he told her he "didn't know how to dance very good." Then Trevor pushes him toward Parker and says, "she'll teach you." It was so cute. Everyone was stopping to watch her teach him how to dance :) My little boy--such a ladies man.

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The New Driveway

So, I have PLENTY to blog about. This is from a couple weeks ago (before we went on a little vacation). But I only have time to post one thing this time, so I figured I better go with the oldest pictures first.

BEFORE:


DURING:


AFTER:



I'm telling you, he can do anything. Concrete is one of his favorites, though. Trevor worked construction through college. He really likes hard labor--weird, I know, but I'm not complaining. Anyway, our driveway looks one million times better. And I'm so excited to finally DRIVE on it (he wouldn't let me drive on it for 10 days--but we were on vacation anyway.)

First Day of Kindergarten

My little boy is growing up. It's a little sad to see them go off to school for the first full day of school. I'm always worried about what words he's learning on the bus (or any new anatomical terms he has not yet heard). I always worry about the kids at school and whether they'll want to be his friend and play with him--he tends to be a little shy at first. I DID worry about his teacher (after a less than stellar teacher last year), but after meeting this year's teacher I think she's the best thing since sliced bread. So I worry a little less. Here's a picture of Tyler before school.



I didn't even cry.

He told me his first day of school was good, but he didn't make any friends. I then proceeded to assure him that it would be like last year where he didn't know the boys and girls at first, but pretty soon he would get to know them and become friends. Then I asked him about recess and he told me all about some of the kids he played with and the people he sat by at lunch. I asked him if these people were his friends and he said they weren't because he didn't know their names. Funny kid.

After all is said and done, I hope I've taught him well enough about right and wrong. I hope he's got it through his head he should not talk or go with a stranger. I hope I've taught him the things he shouldn't be doing, even if his friends want him too. And I hope I've taught him to be who he is no matter what. I know, a little sappy.

Waterskiing and Tubing

We went waterskiing this weekend with some friends. It was a LOT of fun. I really miss having a boat--one day we will...

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I wanted to post this little video. Bear with me--the beginning is a little boring. The friends we went with had never seen anyone do this before, so they were impressed enough it convinced me to post the fun tricks Trevor's learned on a tube. It's kind of old news (to us)because everytime we go tubing, it's Trevor's favorite thing to do. He IS amazing :)

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Here are a few pictures of us too. The kids had a lot of fun on the tube--I should have gotten some of Hailey and Ashley on the tube. Oops--but since we were both in the tube with them, we didn't think to take pictures.

Yep, I did go waterskiing. I know, a little taboo when you're pregnant. But I asked my doctor and he said if I was REALLY CAREFUL and I also had to wear something besides my swimsuit for protection. Without going into too much detail, he tells me a really common injury is when you hit the water in a sitting position and it temporarily "inflates"...an area you don't want inflated...this causes like an air embolus = bad for pregnant women. So he told me to wear some shorts or a wetsuit besides my swimsuit to protect any areas from inflation :) But as far as hitting on my stomach, it's still early enough the baby is low and protected by all the bones around. Just so you all know, I wasn't being negligent...and I didn't fall, I let go :)

I didn't get any pictures of Trevor waterskiing because he's better than me and makes me look bad. Just kidding. I was trying to keep all the kids sitting down and I forgot to grab the camera...conveniently :)