We are doing a co-op this year for Emma's preschool – 3 darling little girls.  I got to start out teaching, and it was so, so fun.  She was so excited – one old friend, one new friend, a pretty backpack, school supplies (especially glue!!!) – it was a perfect way to start preschool.  Oh…

You jump on the blue part and it shoots plastic rockets up into the air.  WAY up into the air.  Seriously – as fun for adults as for kids.  Emma saw one at Zach's friend's house and has been saving her money for one for months.  Totally worth it!   Download MOV01443.MPG

Ready or not… Zach is a kindergartner!  The ready is for him, the not is for me.  He has been so excited!  We got to go for an hour together on Wed. to tour his school and see how a day goes, get his locker, etc.  He loved it and couldn't wait to go back…

Here it is – actual video footage of a micro-soccer game.  It is this fabulous 3 on 3 league they do for 5 and 6 year olds here… they sub every 3 minutes, they don't keep score (although Zach always did), and they get to touch the ball so much – it is so fun.…

Another day, another Target story… this time I wasn't the last shopper in the store (barely).   I was, however, the shopper who (15 minutes before closing) broke a huge bottle of applesauce on aisle 2.  Without ANY children in tow who I could blame for it.  Floor, flip flops, feet and legs covered in…

We were thrilled to have TV this year to watch the Olympics – we've come a long way from watching events on the lobby TV's at the hospital in Logan.  Anyways, the kids got into it too.  They loved watching the swimming, and we even had to call Zach Michael Phelps for a few days.…

I had several people tell me today that Zach made quite the comment in primary today.  Apparently in sharing time someone asked the kids if they knew anything about their family history.  Zach raised his hand, and they had him come up to the podium.  There, he proceeds to say, "When I was a baby,…

I love surprises.  Knowing this, for my birthday this year, Nate tried so hard to surprise me.  He openly worked on a gift for me and secretly got me a snow-cone maker (since sno-shacks are nonexistent in Rochester and I have been dreaming about them and wishing for them ever since our trip to Utah).…

We had the good fortune of having my parents fly out for a little less than 48 hours last weekend.  It was just a day that my dad could get away from work but it worked out to be over Carter's 4 mo. mark, my birthday, and when Nate was out of town for his…