Still summer...

Ethan and Colby are always wanting to play outside, but it is still just so darn hot! Today, we stripped off their shirts, put them in the shade, and gave them some Otter Pops. They were two happy kids! We are ready for summer to be over so we can actually enjoy our backyard again!

Why I love preschool

Where else would Ethan be able to make a Cat Clock? Yikes!!

Despite the sometimes scary artwork, I am loving him being in preschool. He loves all the games and songs and everything that he gets to do there. And it is nice to be able to spend some one-on-one time with Colby while Ethan is gone. I still just can't believe how old my boys are getting!

Labor Day

We had a fun Labor Day weekend. Our friends, the Maddox's, came down for a few days, and it was so good to catch up with them. Of course, anytime one of Zak's high school friends comes to visit, we seem to always get a whole crowd together. We didn't really plan anything too exciting, but we had fun just hanging out.

On Monday morning, while Zak was in the shower and I was talking on the phone (with Kerri--so I guess I can blame this on her!) Colby decided to help us get the floor clean. He found the dish soap under the sink, opened the lid, and held it upside down as he walked around the kitchen...through the dining room...down the hall...back to the kitchen...into the dining room again.... It was such a mess! Soap everywhere! I thought, okay, we'll just wipe up most of it with paper towels and then mop the floor to get whatever is left. That did not work! As soon as I started mopping, the mop and the bucket both got full of soap suds, and I was just spreading the mess around. You've got to love concentrated dish soap!

Finally we decided the only option was to pull in Zak's tile cleaning equipment so we could rinse and vacuum up the soapy mess. I was so glad he was able to do that! I could have been mopping for hours! Anyway, thanks to Colby, I got my tile "professionally" cleaned, for the third time in a month!

Tagged!

I've been tagged! Thanks Heather! Here it is:


4 jobs I’ve had:
Shivers and Twists (An ice cream shop that had maybe 5 customers in the 2 months I worked there)
Einsteins’ Bagels
Receptionist at NAU Provost’s Office
Co-Owner of Sunbright Chem-Dry

4 Movies I could watch over and over:
Top Gun (I’ve had it memorized since I was 7)
Pride and Prejudice
Sweet Home Alabama
Hitch

4 Places I’ve lived:
Ogden, UT
Gilbert, AZ
Flagstaff, AZ
Tucson, AZ

4 Favorite TV shows:
Clean Sweep
Lost
The Office
Gilmore Girls (yes, Heather, it is sad)

4 Favorite Places I’ve been:
San Diego, CA
Camping in Rocky Point, Mexico
Provo Canyon in the Fall
My bed

4 favorite foods:
Pretty much any kind of ice cream
Pretty much any kind of Mexican food
Oregano’s Pablo Picasso salad
French toast with strawberries and whipped cream

4 websites I check often:
Hotmail
Blogs
Craig’s List
Overstock

4 hobbies I enjoy:
Reading
Running
Cooking
Scrapbooking (if I ever get around to it again)

4 people I tag:
Katie
Ashlee
Karlie
Emily

Nursery

Colby will be officially part of nursery next Sunday. (Yea!!) Yesterday, I decided to try to get him used to the idea. I took him in there, and was planning on staying with him since he is not so fond of strangers. But as soon as the leaders saw him, they took him, distracted him, and waved me out of the room. I kept checking on him over the next few minutes through the little peep hole in the door (which is the best idea ever!), and he was just sitting there contently. I thought I was home free, so I went to Sunday School. I was even brave enough to pull out my scriptures and everything since I thought I would be in there for the whole class. Boy, was I wrong. After about 10 minutes I hear some screaming coming from down the hall. I went out there and found one of the nursery leaders holding Colby, who is bright red, and coughing because he has been crying so hard. (Why they didn't come get me I don't know.) Anyway, I had to sit with him for the lesson and coloring time. I didn't get to listen to my Sunday School lesson, but at least I got to learn where some different animals live and why we are thankful for our homes. Once the toys came out, Colby got distracted once again and I was able to sneak out to go to RS. Poor kid! Church is always hard enough for him because it is right during nap time, but now I try to abandon him in nursery! Hopefully he will get more comfortable with it and the transition won't be too hard! I would love to be able to listen to a real lesson for the first time in months!