Apricot picking

I heard from someone that the Gilcrease Orchard was opened so I called my mom and we took the boys Saturday morning. I had never been out there before and the boys were excited to see everything. We saw corn growing, squash, apple, pear, plum, peach and apricot trees. Logan loved picking the apricots from the trees (the unripe ones) and we all had fun looking for the best ones. Trevor said, "Grandma is the boss because she has a garden so she knows if the fruit is ripe." Afterwards we came home and everyone ate some fruit. It was so good. The boys had a really good time and it was fun showing them where some of our food comes from. Trevor has loved going to my mom's house to see what she has in her garden. He loves picking peas and eating them right then and there. He wants us to plant a garden in our backyard, so maybe one of these days, with the help of my mom, we'll try it out.

Swim lessons

The boys started swim lessons this week. I wanted more than anything for them to be comfortable in the water so we could take them swimming more often. They've done really well for their first week. Trevor and Colin have both had fun getting in the water, playing and learning some of the basics. While the boys swim, Logan likes to "jump" on the trampoline.

Trevor practicing his kicking

Colin loves being in the water. When it's time to leave he gets upset and says, "But Mom, I LOVE swimming!"

Last day of school

Tomorrow is supposed to be the last day of school but all we are going for is to pick up Trevor's report card and say good-bye to his teacher and friends. Today his teacher put together a fun little event. She had all of the parents come and as each child took a walk down the "runway" she told things about them from the school year. Here are some of the things she said about Trevor:

*Trevor is thankful for his family and friends
*If Trevor was a Christmas present he'd be a Hot Wheels set
*When Trevor grows up he wants to be a bug scientist
*Trevor's favorite thing to do at school is paint

*Trevor loves chocolate

*If Trevor had a wish it would be to eat 100 donuts and not get sick

*Now that Trevor has gone to kindergarten he can write

His teacher also put together a bag full of things they did this year, she made a memory book of their work and gave us his journal from the school year. In his journal it shows how his writing has improved. He's a smart boy and loved school this year but I think he's ready for a break. We'll have to keep busy over the summer so he does not forget all he learned. I'm so glad he had a good teacher and good friends to make this such a fun year.

Water party

We have a good groups of kids in our ward between the ages of 4 and 6. They all like one another and play well together. This year a lot of us have had little playgroups for the different ages. Since school is ending one of the girls invited all of the preschool and kindergarten kids over to her house for a water party. Her mom got one of those huge blow-up water slides, had hot dogs for lunch and let the kids just play. It ended up being a lot of fun. Trevor and Colin had such a great time jumping on the trampoline, shooting kids with water and playing on the slide. Logan splashed around in the wet grass, chased a duck around the yard and walked around eating food from everyone's plates. The moms had a good time talking and watching our kids. It's so nice to see all of the friends my boys have to grow up with. No matter if they are younger or older than Trevor and Colin they all get along so well and have such a good time together. It makes me wonder if they'll have water parties with these same kids when they are all teenagers. I hope so. I loved growing up with same group of kids and still knowing them today. I'd love for my boys to have that as well - childhood friends they stick with all their lives.

Finally! Well, it's 99% done

The boys new room is finally done. We had the carpets in the house cleaned today and I wanted to switch the furniture in the rooms before Dave got home from work. I did it all and I think it looks great. There are 2 more things we have to do - put up the shelf for the closet so they can hang their clothes and move the big dresser out. I worked while the boys played and when I was done I told them I had a surprise. When they came up to see Colin was excited but Trevor said, "Oh, man I wanted a new toy." Oh well, maybe he'll like it more when he goes to sleep tonight. So here it is....

Colin

Colin was born on Dave's birthday. His due date was May 5th but I wanted to try and have him on my own so I waited to go into labor. Well he was late, but we ended up doing a C-section anyway. Dave was excited to have Colin on his birthday - I remember he told all of the nurses and people at the hospital it was his birthday that day. We celebrated their birthdays this weekend with breakfast at IHOP, then we went to the Shark Reef, then home to have cake and open gifts. It was a fun day, the boys all got along well and enjoyed playing with Colin's new toys. Colin is such a funny little kid with his unique facial expressions, big blue eyes and his funny way of seeing the world around him. Here are some things about Colin:

He loves to draw, loves to eat everything except dinner, can't sit still in Primary, likes to throw tantrums, likes to run away from me at the store and hide (but if he has paper and a pen he'll sit in the basket and draw the whole time), loves going to Grandma's house because she has better food, loves playing with Trevor and he's starting to like to play with Logan, he used to not like to be held as a baby but he does now, LOVES to wear pajamas, loves taking baths, has itchy skin and hates when we put lotion on, says cute prayers, sings off key, loves to play the computer, loves his dad.

Dance Festival

Trevor's school does a Dance Festival each year. They have been learning about Australia in class and they learned a parachute dance for the festival. We all went last night to watch and even though we were all sweating from the heat it turned out so cute. The little kindergartners were so cute and when Trevor saw us he was smiling so big and kept looking our way. He did a great job on the dance - when I asked if he got nervous he said, "I had some grasshoppers in my stomach."

After taking pictures Dave decided we need a new camera that has a zoom feature.