My Favorite Time of the Year!

I love fall! The weather is beautiful, the leaves change colors, the neighborhood is quiet during the day with all the kids at school..hehe

I also love it because I love General Conference. I get so excited to keep with traditions and have yummy meals over conference weekend. On Saturday I will make breakfast, between sessions we will have homemade eggrolls with friends, and on Sunday all the fixens for hoagies come out. YUM!

Tanner is getting really excited for conference also. He has an activity book that he got from church and he has been listening to this: (You will have to pause my music so that you can hear)



I posted this last year, but this is the updated version with all the new apostles.We hope that you all have an enjoyable General Conference weekend!!

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Sweet Boys!

To my three handsome young men,

I know that sometime in the future you will get to the age when you will be able to read this. I want you to know that I am honored to be your mom! I couldn't have asked for three sweeter little men. I know that I make mistakes in the mommy catagory but you guys are awesome for looking over those mistakes and loving me anyway.

Tanner,

You make me laugh! You are so silly and loving and kind. I admire your ability to make friends with everyone you see. The elderly lady in CVS, the teenage boy at the DMV, even the very eccentric gentleman in the checkout line at the grocery store. You are a wonderful example of accepting everyone and loving all those you come in contact with. I am very proud of you for learning how to read so early and having the desire to learn new things every day. I look forward to the day that you become a missionary, even though you say now that you do not want to change your name to Elder, I think you will witness the rewards that will come to you :) Always remember bubba, your mom loves you!!

-Mom

Gavin,

What can I say? You are such a gem! That little smile of yours just melts my heart and I will never get tired of your sweet hugs and kisses. I know that learning to talk is hard, but I am very proud of the things you are learning. I cannot wait for the time when you fill my days with your darling conversations. I look forward to it! I love that you enjoy the Primary songs so much and as long as you want to sing Popcorn Popping, I will be right there by your side doing the actions with you. I cannot believe that you are almost 2 years old! The time has gone by so quickly! Please stay little for just a little while longer! Remember Monkey, I love you lots!

-Mama

Zach,

You light up my life! You are so sweet and kissable! I am so honored that you were sent to our family. Your brothers and dad and I love you so much! I am thrilled every day to see you learn new things. Right now you love to roll and you are trying some new foods. I love that you enjoy laughing and that you find a way to do so every day. It makes my heart melt when I walk into the room and your little face lights up with acknowledgment of your mommy, what a blessing you are! Remember munchkin, mommy loves you!!

-Mommy

Tanner's New Treasure..

Tanner went to the orthopedic surgeon today and found out that he has broken both bones in his arm/wrist. He is now in a cast up past his elbow for 6 weeks. He told the doctor that he wanted a red and blue cast so that he can look like Spiderman. The doctor fulfilled Tanner's wish and on the way home he told me, "Mom, I sure do love my new treasure! I want a whole costume on me like this!" I am not to sure that he would really appreciate a body cast, I know I sure wouldn't :)

Bent and Broken!

That may seem like a strange title for a post but it best describes our sweet Tanner's arm. On Monday we were heading out the door to our friends' house and Tanner fell while running down the wheelchair ramp we have. He cried a little and complained about the scratch on his wrist. We went ahead to our friends house and he just wasn't the happy little man he usually is. When we got home I took him to the ER to get it checked out. We had kinda decided that maybe it was sprained. He wasn't really complaining, he was just mellow and he wasn't using his arm.

After a few xrays it became apparent that Tanner had a buckle fracture. He bent the bone right above his wrist on his left arm. He is in a temporary cast until Friday when he will go to the orthopedic doctor and have a hard cast put on. They said that they may have to fully break his arm so that it will heal straight. Tanner was so brave and we are very proud of him!

Fun & Learning the Gavin Way!

Tanner has been having a great time at school and is meeting so many new friends. With him being gone all day, Gavin is a tad bit lonely. He looks for Tanner all day. Today I took Gavin to the new childrens museum that we have here in Greenville. I was thinking that it was a little over priced, $12 a person, but I was wrong. That place is awesome! There is so much to do and everybody is entertained. Here are a few pictures from our outing today :)

There is a section where you can play in the water. Of course our little water man loved this..

There was a room where everything was upside down. This is a picture of the ceiling..

They had these tables where little kids could sit and play in the water without being bothered. Kinda like highchair seats in the table.

Next came the sound proof music room. I think Gavin could have stayed in there all day :)

After the music room we went upstairs to the farm. There was a farm house which Gavin spent the majority of his time in, a treehouse slide, a garden, rocking chairs, chicken coops, and much more! Gavin liked piling the apples in the wheelbarrow

After an afternoon of great fun with even greater friends, he called it quits. What a fabulous day!

My first Day of School!!

Today was my first day of school! I was afraid that it would be boring but I was wrong! It was great!! Last night daddy gave me a blessing and it made me very happy. I went to bed and got up early in the morning. I have to be there at 7:50 am. I was tired and I didn't want to get up.

Mommy took a few pictures of me before I left and daddy came home early so that he could wish me luck and see me go to school.

When I got to school I started to get nervous. I cried a little because my mom told me she could not go to school with me. My teacher gave me hug and sat by me for a little bit and then I was happy again.

I got to color, we learned a new poem, we read Brown Bear, Brown Bear and we had circle time. Recess was my favorite. I played outside on the toys but it was very hot. Mom says that I can wear shorts tomorrow so that I feel colder.

I get to eat lunch at school and when I opened my Spiderman lunch box there was a note with Spiderman on it. It was from my mom.

Mommy picked me up and I was so excited to see my Gavin. I missed him so much! I ran in the house and gave Gavin a hug.

Tomorrow is another school day. Mom says that I will have lots of them. I can't wait!

Odds & Ends

As we have been getting Tanner (and mommy) ready for school we have been doing lots of other things also.

There has been lots of playing:





A very cool science birthday party (Tanner got a science apron, a bag of goodies, and a jar of gummy eyeballs):



And Tanner had his first sleepover last night. We watched our friends kids so that they could go away for their anniversary. I took all the kids to the park and out for Rootbeer floats, they watched 3 movies, ate cookies, and I made pancakes in the morning. We cannot wait for them to come back!!!

This is the dog pile on Tanner:



The dog pile on Ashley:



We have had a great summer! There are all new adventures starting as we work our way into Fall and Winter. Bring it on! :)