Coleman gets mad and Caleb goes to preschool

Grandma gave me her bread recipe so I decided to try it out. It's still a work in progress. While I was kneading the dough Coleman got into the flour. He was really happy and having a fun time until I put the lid on the bucket. I guess he liked to eat the flour plain. Why bother with making bread? I should just give him a bucket of flour to eat.

 Caleb's preschool went on a field trip nature walk. I went with the class to help out. We had a fun time. It's amazing all the cool nature you see when you are actually looking. The kids even found a birds' nest.

 Here is Caleb with his sack trying to find some rocks

 Back at school to get a drink of water and make our nature collage

 Caleb dumped his bag out. His teacher put glue on his paper and they glued everything they found on the paper. I don't know if it will all stay. Some of the kids had pretty big rocks. Some of them every found some apples. Even if they don't all stick to the paper they had a lot fun creating!

Iron County Fair Parade

We had a great time at this years parade. The kids got so much candy. And I got to see the band. (YesIwasabandgeek)

Caleb got a frisbee. With those big eyes who resist? Tyler got an SUU shirt. With those glasses he looks so smart and ready for collage.

After the parade we went to the fair to eat and look at the exhibits. It was crowded, but fun. The parade brings back such good memories!

Back to School 2012

School started last week for Kaelynn and Tyler. Caleb started preschool this week. Kaelynn is in 3rd grade and Tyler is in 1st grade. I always hope/worry that my kids will be good and have good experiences in school. They both seem happy so far. I hope it continues. Caleb was happy with preschool. Coleman and I spend mornings together and it's kind of nice.

Kaelynn - 3rd grade

Tyler - 1st grade

Caleb - preschool

I just had to add these pictures. Coleman LOVES the dishwasher. He can hear it being opened a mile away. When it opens up he drops whatever he is doing for a chance to play with dirty dishes.

Panguitch

Right now I feel like my life in limbo. Since our house plans fell through we don't know what to do, or where we are supposed to be. I am kind of mad at Panguitch. Ben and I have been looking for a permanent place to live since we have moved here. It seems like homes and property are so expensive. If it wasn't so hard to reside in Panguitch things wouldn't be so bad. The people are very nice and the kids seem to really like it here. I think we will probably be in this rental until at least next summer, or until this home sells (in which case who knows what will happen). It is such a beautiful place. This picture is taken from our backyard. It has been raining a lot lately. Which makes things nice when you don't have an air conditioner.

Coleman's 1st Birthday Party

Coleman's birthday was really fun. We had his party in Cedar City. Grandma and Grandpa, Ben's Dad and his sister all came. We played relay races, had cake and just relaxed. It was a perfect evening.

Happy Birthday Coleman!!

 Happy 1 year birthday to Coleman. Coleman is such a happy baby. We love him so much and are so glad he is a part of our family. I took him the Dr yesterday and he is doing well. He weighs 20.8lbs. We will still keep him in his rear facing car seat until it he doesn't like it any more. We went to the park today for a picnic lunch. We are having a party for him on Saturday with family. Here are some fun things about Coleman:
~Coleman's middle name is my maiden name. I thought a lot people did this with their sons, but the more I talk to people it's less common then I thought.
~Coleman is a walker. He now walks everywhere he can. Once he falls down he has to crawl somewhere to get help to stand back up. I think in the next month he will be able to stand from sitting position.
~He hasn't been the greatest sleeper ever, but we are working on it.
~Loves to smile and laugh!!
~Eats everything in sight, including rocks and dirt.
~Drinks out of a sippy cup. The Dr told me yesterday that you don't need to buy whole milk for babies. They can drink whatever milk the rest of the family drinks.
~Has six teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom)

Coleman 2weeks old

Coleman 1 year!

Goodbye house

Yesterday we pulled the plug on our home building process. It was a very hard thing to do. We tried almost everything that we could think of to make it work. I guess some things just aren't meant to be. Try as we might, it just wasn't the best thing for us at this time. Maybe someday we will know why and maybe we won't, but we have faith that everything happens for a reason.

Fun in the Sun!

Lately I've had to exercise a lot of faith. We have been trying to build a house and ran into problem after problem. I have been so frustrated with it. Last weekend we went to St. George to go to the temple. It was great as always. It was 12 years ago that Ben and I came out of those doors as newly weds. (That picture of us is horrible by the way.) I felt some peace by going to the temple. I just know that whatever is meant to be will find a way.

 We took the kids the visitor center and watched a sort movie/presentation on family. It was only 11 minutes and well worth the time.

Another fun moment we had was Bryan's birthday party. He had a cowboy party. This kids were so cute

 Here I am sporting a Red Rider BBgun

 Homemade ice cream! YUM

 Pour me another, Bar keep!

 Yes, we did have mustaches!