Nixon's Birthday!

I can't believe my baby is 3. Where did the time go? We had a great day celebrating Nixon's birthday. We went and saw Toy Story 3 in the movie theatre. Then we had family come over for a hot dog roast and cake & ice cream.

Nixon is one cute little boy! His big brown eyes and blond blond hair get him compliments nearly every where we go. He is very sweet and his little voice just melts me. He is very much a boy and loves 4 wheelers, trains, cars and playing with his little buddy Cooper. The other day Lexi asked him if he wanted to play dress up. His response was, "No never ever ever ever ever". I am so glad Heavenly Father sent this sweet little boy to us to have forever! Now I need to get this 3 year old potty trained.

Off come the Training Wheels

A couple of weeks ago Lexi learned to ride a bike without training wheels. This talented little girl even taught herself how to do it! Lexi got her bike a couple summers ago, but this is the first summer she rode it very much, and still she didn't ride it a ton (compared to her older brother). When the kids are out riding around with the neighbors most likely Lexi would be running along side, riding on a scooter, or riding the big wheels. So one morning Lexi was out in the garage and she was calling for me to come watch her. When I got there I was so surprised to find Lexi riding Tanner's first little bike that had two flat tires and a very wobbly front wheel (I guess it was a good thing that I hadn't taken it to the D.I. yet). After a few days of practicing on that little bike, and a lot of convincing to try her slightly bigger bike she was off!

I am defiantly not up for the mother of the year award. Where is her helmet? While I was out taking these pictures she had her first bike accident. I didn't see it happen but she told me it was because she was closing her eyes. She also informed me it wasn't an accident, she just feel off, an accident is when you run your bike into car.

Lexi was really upset after her fall. She cried until she fell asleep. I'm so proud of her for learning to ride her bike. I'll make sure to get that helmet on her now.

Nixon's Shinner

Can you believe out of all the places for Nixon to get a black eye he gets it in church. It didn't even happen in nursery, but in sacrament meeting. Poor little guy tripped and feel right into the corner of the hard folding chair during the closing song. Ouch.

Back to school & a birthday!

I can't believe my Tanner has started kindergarten. I use to anxiously await for this day, but I completely surprised myself when I started tearing up as I was walking him to his class.

Tanner was very excited to start school! He has a great teacher, and I'm excited to see how much he will learn this year. He is very sociable and makes friends very easy. He is going to have a great year!

A few days after Tanner started school it was his BIRTHDAY! We celebrated as a family by going bowling

Tanner had a great time, and loved every second of it. Lexi and Nixon had fun too, but half way through they were more interested in playing with the candy machines.





After bowling we had the neighborhood kids over for cake & ice cream. I had planned on making this cute bowling lane cake.

I thought it looked simple enough, but As I was taking the cake out of the pan it broke in half. I decided right then I didn't want the hassle so I put it right back in the pan and frosted it and put some sprinkles on it and called it good.
After cake & ice cream he opened presents! Jeff & I gave him his present that morning before Jeff left for work. HE LOVED IT....... A NEW BIKE!

The bike is a little big for him, but after a few minutes he was riding it like a pro!

After labor day Lexi had her first day back to preschool! She was so excited to go back and see all of her friends that were in her class last year.




Last month we had a family gathering at one of my aunt's home. I was using their bathroom and she had this quote in a frame, and I really liked it. It basically said enjoy the little things in life because when you look back on them you will realize that they were the big things. I love my little family so much, and I wish life came with a remote control I could pause certain times, rewind time and even sometimes fast forward through some things. I'm the type of person who is always looking forward for the next thing, and that quote was a good reminder to enjoy the little things right now.