The mancave....

We decided that it was time to make a change. The boys have really wanted to make a move to the basement. I have been contemplating letting them for awhile but the thought of cleaning out the toy room has made me put it off. We have another bedroom in the basement but its more like a closet and I knew that unless they both went neither one of them would brave it alone. So we decided to purge the toy room and move them into what really is our second family room. We don't use it for anything but toys so it was going to be the perfect move! So one day me and the kids and by that I mean trey purged the toys down to the bare minimum. I let each one keep one storage container of toys and everything else had to be donated aside from a few bigger things. It was amazing! The toy room has always been a thorn in my side because its always a mess. You can clean it one day and you'd turn your head and it was war zone again. We gave it fresh coat of grey paint like the rest of the house moved them In and this is what it turned out to be!

It's working out amazing! I don't know if they really like sleeping down there or if they are just so tired from school that by the time they go to bed they are to exhausted to care, but it seems like they are loving it! It's been staying so clean and nice because we don't have the mass of toys that we once had. This little project has sent me on a decrapping of the whole house! Which is good because now I have something to do while the boys are at school and Harper is napping! 

Five....

The day finally came for jack to turn five! I don't think I mentioned before that he was still four when he started kindergarten so he was pretty stoked about turning five! He woke up bright and early because he wanted to open presents of course so that's just what we did! He got totally spoiled!

For his birthday all he wanted to do was go to the beach! Who could complain! We packed this family up and headed to the lake where we basked in the sun, built sandcastles and played in the water!

Jack had the time of his life relaxing in the sand! Him and richard built a pretty wicked awesome moat around me and harpers mermaid castle! Trey and jack tried to "surf" the waves, they forgot this wasn't the ocean. After awhile he was ready to head home and play with all his new loot!

I'm so proud of the little man jack is growing up to be! Happy birthday jacky!!!

First day of school...

The first day finally came and honestly I was a little sad! As much as these three make me a little bit nuts I hate to see them leave me and go back to the big world. This year school starts bright and early at 8:10am!! Meaning trey has to get his butt in gear way to early for any of us! We are barely surviving! 

Trey was super excited for the first day because he got the teacher he wanted this year and word on the street is she is the nicest so that's a real step up from last years experience! He was so excited about his classroom too because it won coolest classroom in the school. I totally agree it was decked out in everything chevron and polka dots! So far things are going great for him and I have no doubt it will only get even better!

Oh my jacky Bair!!! I can't believe he started kindergarten this year! He was so excited to start but he was also very, very nervous! Don't tell anyone but it made me feel a little better that he was a little nervous to leave the nest.

He paced around all morning waiting for afternoon get here already so he could just get this show on the road!

He was very excited to see his buddy Radley at the bus and he felt a bit better having his friend by his side. I felt a little better too! The first day went pretty good he wasn't overly excited about it. Having to wear underwear all day really got him down in the dumps but he is slowly getting use to the non free bird lifestyle ;) He is loving it more everyday and he comes home so excited about all the fun stuff he is doing and learning and all the new friends he is making!

I'm so proud of my two little guys! They are both loving school and doing amazing and They are the smartest kids out there too did I mention that!

Movie night......

One of great neighbors had a outdoor movie night the other night and we were invited! It was the cutest! We had dropped off a huge bag of popcorn earlier in the day and they had set it up just like a movie theatre! There was a ticket booth and concessions! We watched wreck it Ralph which was great for us since its harpers favorite movie of the moment!

She loved the movie but really liked hanging out at the ticket booth! The boys had so much fun hanging with all their little buddies on the street (there is a ton of them)!

Father son camp out....

Last weekend was our wards father son camp out. Richard decided that since he is in the elders quorum presidency now he better take the boys and go. He's not a camper! Luckily where they went it was more like glamping then camping! 

They had a great time playing on a super fun swing set, playing with all the ward kids and especially going canoeing!!!!

Trey loved it!!! I think jack was a little nervous being in the boat! They had so much fun hanging with dad and having man time!!!

A decade....

Can you believe it's been ten years! I know I can't! Here we were ten years ago....

And here we are now! We've done so much in this time and I can't wait to see where life takes us! Love this man more and more everyday! Here's to the rest of forever together!!!!

Seven....

Can you believe it's been seven years since trey baby came into this world? I surely can't! I can't believe that I'm even old enough to have a seven year old!!! 

For treys birthday he requested a day at the pool! We had to go three times! He had it all scheduled out! Who could complain...I wish I could spend my birthday sunnin' poolside! We hit up the pool at 8:30 in the morning and stayed til the water aerobic ladies kicked us out! 

Then we got ready for the day and headed to lunch! I can't believe how grown up he looks he's going to be taller then me before I know it!

He picked Freddy's for lunch! We heard about it from some friends and it was delicious!!! After lunch you guessed it we played at the pool! It was pretty much the best day ever!

For dinner trey wanted to go to the Harley Davidson restaurant! He loves it! Seeing all the motorcycles hanging around was just amazing to him! It was so great!

We didn't forget about the cake either! We brought this thing all the way from Logan and drove it all the way back! Trey is really into hot wheels and racing so it was perfect for him! We've been enjoying ever since!

You might be wondering what he got for his birthday! He got some wrestlers of course but his favorite gift was jinga! Totally not weird! He loves it and we play everyday! So far our highest level it 31!He just can't get enough of it! Happy birthday trey baby! We love you so much and we are so happy you are apart of this crazy family of ours!!!

Vegas baby....

Oh Vegas! We have been looking forward to this little summer get away for months! We were so excited when the day finally came! We got up early, richard headed to work and me and the kids got everything ready to go and we were out the door by 9:00am! We thought we were doing great....

That was until we had to make a million pee stops! Ok it was only three but it felt like we were stopping way to often especially since it was for the same kid every time. Apparently we haven't trained him well enough. 

But we made it! It was hot I tell ya! I thought it was hot in Logan but it was nothing compared to Vegas! But we love it!

The kids couldn't wait to hit the pool so we did just that, multiple times a day everyday! It was so nice to soak up the sun and cool off in the pool! We were in love and I have an amazing tan to prove it!

We did some fantastic school shopping! Jack was so excited because it was his first year! He got some cool new kicks for school he can't wait to show them off!

Richard and myself even got to sneak away for a relaxing date! As far as dates go, this was amazing! We got pedicures and went to dinner! It was fantastic!!!

One night we decided to venture to the strip we haven't really done this with the kids so we thought it would be fun! Parts were fun but the part where the porno people tried to hand my little jack and naked lady picture were not!!!

We saw the pirate show! Jack was in heaven! He loves pirates that kid and trey was loving it right along with him. Harper on the other hand hated every second of that thing! She screamed she cried! We are in a full fledge terrible two nightmare right now!

Next we hit up the volcano at the mirage! We got right up by the fence because we didn't want to have eyebrows anymore and it didn't disappoint! The fire made jack nervous, Harper screamed and treys mind was blown! It was great! It made the heat of Vegas seem like a warm tropical breeze! We loved it!!!! 

We had the best time!! We love visiting Vegas and its always nice to go and have  quality time with the family!!!