Grandpa Jamie’s Boys

“Grandpa” Jamie had a surprise 50th B-day part this month.  My boys were SO excited to go to their 1st surprise party.  I took their picture and put it in a frame that said “My Amazing Grandkids”.  The boys even pitched in and made him cards.  Happy Birthday Jamie!!  We love you!!

I couldn’t believe how easy going the boys were about getting their picture taken. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that they smile good. Gotta love this goofy stage!…well sometimes.

Whiting “Campout”

We have a tradition of camping over Labor Day Weekend with family and friends at Whiting.  This year life was a little crazy, so Dan and I took the boys up for a day to play with the group instead of camping out.

The boys loved the craft this year.  It was race cars, airplanes, and tanks they got to assemble and paint.  Garrick still carries his around everywhere.

Baby Z was great.  Slept most of the day.  Poor thing just gets pictures taken while sleeping in a car seat.
Looking forward to life being a little more stabilized next summer!

Zander’s Birth Announcement

I finally got my butt in gear and put together baby Z’s birth announcement.  And then it took me a week to get the stuff to mail it out.  I have decided to go the “cheaters” way this time and only mailed copies to those who care (Grandmas).  I’m posting it online for all you I was to lazy to mail one to. No offense intended.  Simplification has become my middle name lately and this is a lot easier…hmm, time to start thinking about the Christmas cards?

Here it is:
Can you believe this was at 2 weeks?  It totally fits his personality, so I had to share it. 

As a side note we are blessing Zander on Sunday September 30th at 11am.  If you are interested in coming let me know and I will get you directions to our church building.  Oh, and there will be a luncheon afterwards at our house.  So let me know if you want to come!

Only Half Crazy

Dan ran the Only Half Crazy Half Marathon during Labor Day weekend.  He has been training hard the past few months and was excited to see if the work would pay off.  It started in Herriman and ended at Daybreak.  Most ironic thing is that his next half marathon starts pretty much where this one finished.  Dan’s getting to know the west side!
It was a stormy start to the morning, but by the time we got to the finish line it was a lot better.  The boys were great cheerleaders.  Connor won a t-shirt for cheering so loud.

Waiting patiently for Dad to finish the race.

I repeat….waiting “patiently” for Dad to finish the race.

He did it!!  Dan was a little disappointed with his time.  He did better on his last 1/2 Marathon, but this one had more intense hills, so he was felt a little better after looking at the elevation changes. 

Way to go Dan!!  We are proud of you!!

School Starts

We had a staggered start to school this year with Garrick starting preschool, but here are pics from the 1st day of school.

Connor 3rd Grade

Haden 1st Grade

Garrick 1st Year Preschool

The boys were more excited about Garrick getting to start preschool than anything.

Garrick was really disappointed when he realized he wasn’t going to be riding the bus with his brothers to school.  Oh well, a couple more years to go. When did they get so big?