1st day of preschool

Landon had a good first day of preschool. He was excited to see old friends from preschool last year. He told me last night with a sad voice, "Mommy, I thought I was going to start Kindergarden today, not preschool." I told him he would have to wait until next year, but he is excited to go to preschool again on Friday!

Summer Fun

Is this snow in August?...Nope just a big hail storm...but the kids thought it was little
snowballs!

We finally gave in and bought a tramp, okay well I didn't think they could hurt themselves as bad on this one...

Cutie Jasmine and her hansome Daddy!
Grandma JoJo and Jasmine hanging outside on a pool day
The coolest slide/swimming pool, Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Trevor don't spoil their grandkids Our fun little pool that the kids have loved this summer

Jasmine Chill'n outside with her cool shades

Best friends Elaine and Annie, but they are moving to Spokane, WA

Wow, I can't believe that summer has already come and gone. Well, I don't think it has actually gone, but school has started. Landon has his first day of preschool tomorrow. He is really excited to get back to preschool, but he told me tonight,"Mom, I will miss you." But I told him it was just 3 times a week and for 3 hours out of the day was all.

We had a great summer. We actually decided to end the summer with a fun trip to Water World yesterday. We were planning on going to Elitches, but apparently they were closed for the summer and only open on weekends now. Water World was having its last week day yesterday and is now closed except for weekends. We had a BLAST! Jasmine stayed with Grandma JoJo, and was very good for her. Matt, Landon, Brooklyn and I all went and had a good water day. I would recommend it to anyone with young kids. It was great because Brooklyn was still free, but able to do a good portion of the rides...she even got on some she wasn't tall enough for, but they weren't really checking heights. Landon was such a daredevil! I couldn't believe the slides that he went on. If any of you have ever been to Water World, he went on the big, tall, white slides...not the old white ones that I use to think were scary, but the newer ones that are like twice as high! I couldn't believe he did it, and he did it 3 times! Also there was this ride called the Boomerang...I think thats what it was called...and he did it 3 times too! It was a super thrill ride for me even. Needless to say, our kids are not afraid of going to the water park and having a good time. We got our monies worth and can't wait to go back next year!

I love summer time and I am glad that it is not totally over yet and that Landon is only in preschool this year so we can still play. I will be excited but sad for him to start "real" school next year. As for our big vacations this year...it was our camping trip, water world, and grandma JoJo's blow up slide! But we might still head out to Utah sometime..we will see. Maybe our Beach Money Jar will be filled up by next summer..Landon and Brooklyn both put all of their money in there whenever they find coins. We can't wait to go back to the beach some day. It has been 2 years and Landon still talks about it (can't believe that he ever remembers it).

Hope everyone had a good summer vacation! These are just some pictures from over the summer.

So Much For Seat Belts!!!

Although this looks like torture and very uncomfortable...she is not upset in the picture! Sweet little Jasmine is growing up. I guess that seat belts are not always the answer. I was busy cooking dinner and decided that I needed to set Jasmine down, so Ithought I would put her in her bouncer and give her a toy to play with...she dropped it....and was very......


.......determined to get it! She has learned how to set up all by herself now and I guess is too big for this bouncer. Although it is sad to say, it is also very fun to watch her grow up and progress. She actually just got her first tooth 2 days ago and I think the other one will be cut through tomorrow!

Long time

So, it is has been a while since I have posted on here. We have been busy and I just haven't had a chance. We had company come on Wednesday and leave late Saturday night, so I was busy with that. Now my sweet little Jasmine is sick, she has a snot factory going on in her nose...hopefully it wont spread to everyone, but it seems like it usually does. Our guests were sick, so I am sure that is where she picked it up from, because it spread to everyone in their family too. I just hate being sick, especially in the summer time, and I would have to say as for me, I HATE colds..they are my least favorite thing to get because they always last me FOREVER, and I always lose my taste. Matt doesn't understand that, he has never lost his taste when he has gotten a cold. So what do you people say....do you lose your taste when you get colds?

We went camping two weeks ago and had a blast! Landon turned into our little fisherman...every minute that he had he was casting his pole (and getting it tangled) but he was cute. He said he was a pro fisherman. He will have to go with his Grandpa Hartman sometime, then he can really catch a fish. Brooklyn loved the fire and and was our professional marshmallow roaster. Everyone slept well, for camping, and we had a great time. I planned on posting about this a long time ago, but never got to it. I will have to load some pictures on later.

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!