HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY COLTON!

I can't believe Colton is already 1! Where did this past year go? He is such an amazing kid! Colton turned 1 on June 2nd, and we had a family party for him on June 7th. Here are some highlights of the party!

The Birthday Boy, Colton! He loved the balloons. In almost every picture I have of him, he is hanging on to those balloons for dear life! If I had know that was all it took to entertain him, I wouldn't have bought him any other presents!Birthday Cake # 1. We had a second Birthday Cake because we have a lot of birthdays in June. Besides Colton there is my niece Sara Jane, my brother Mike, my mother-in-law Carole, another niece Annabell and another niece Brooke.
This pic is of Matt, trying to lit the candles on the 2nd b-day cake(it was windy!), along with Sara Jane, Elliott, Missy and my Mom. Missy and my Mom are holding Missy's twins, but in this pic I can't tell which one is Charlie and which one is Jack.
Colton about to get his first bite of birthday cake. (Notice the death grip on the balloons)

In it goes....
This is the face Colton made right before he threw-up the birthday cake! Oh well. Maybe cake isn't his thing. (And no, I don't let my kids dive into the cake with their hands and mouth. I am a bad mom that way)

We had a pinata for the kids. Colton taking the first turn at pulling a string on the bottom. We let Logan go second, and he pulled the right string to send all the candy falling out the bottom so no one else got a turn! What can you do? But I think the candy and toys inside the pinata made up for that!
Then it was time to open presents!
Logan was a good big brother and 'helped' Colton open presents

I think everyone had a good time. Here are some misc. pics of the family:

Grandpa Harker

Sweet little Annabell (one of Missy's daughters)

Mitchell, Logan, Elliott, and Max playing tether-ball (at least in this photo, no one is crying!)
Mitchell and Max belong to Mike and Meredith, Elliott belongs to Jeff and Missy.

My mother-in-law Carole sitting on the steps with my niece Savannah, with Rhett's brother Robert, and sister Holly next to her. Then Rhett's brothers Randy and Ryan with Ryan's daughter Brooke and son Jacob. And in the foreground is Colton playing with the balloons!

Meredith, Max, Mike, Missy and Jack.

Amberly(Ryan's daughter) on the slide, Max in front, Mitchell behind him, Sara Jane and Mason(Mike's son) on the swings, Mike on the grass.

Colton with all his new toys!

And there you have it, Colton's 1st Birthday! What a great day! We are so happy you are part of our family, Colton! Although we have only had you for a year, it seems like you have been part of our family forever! We love you!

(Cotlon eyeing Logan's balloon)

Graduation Day

Wednesday was the Graduation Ceremony at Logan's school. I have loved Logan's school/daycare. He has been going there since he was a year old. I have loved all the teachers Logan and Colton have had! And even though I quit my job in February of this year, I kept Logan enrolled for the school and social aspects.

A little background: Logan started the preschool program at the daycare when he was three, had a second year of preschool when he turned four, and although I could have put him in public school kindergarten this past August when he turned 5, I wanted to wait another year so he would be the oldest instead of the youngest in his class. So he will be going to Kindergarten at Herriman Elementary this fall, but was still in the kindergarten class at the daycare 2 days a week since that was his age group. Make sense? If not, just pretend and go with it.

At the beginning of the ceremony, they all said the Pledge of Allegiance, sang a couple of songs and each child shared a poem they had memorized!

Logan's poem:

(for those you know about my cow fetish, this poem is fitting for my kid!)

The Purple Cow
I never saw a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow,
I rather see than be one.

Then the kids each got to get up and tell everyone 2 things they learned this past year. Logan told us how he learned about 'homework' and 'how to write top to bottom and left to right.'
Logan also received an award for having the best handwriting in his class.

It was so much fun for Logan and all his friends! I know he will miss them!

(1st attempt at a class photo)

(2nd attempt at a class photo - there was no third attempt!)

Logan with his wonderful teacher, Miss Sharon

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Richards for driving up to see the graduation!

Grandma Harker also came, but spent most of her time holding a fussy Colton in the hall so that mom could enjoy the ceremony. Thanks Grandma Harker!

Congratulations Logan! Your Dad and I LOVE you and are so PROUD of you! (Colton is proud of his big brother too, even though you can't tell that by looking at this photo!)

Happy Easter!

Well, we survived another Easter! This year was fun because Logan was really into the Easter Bunny coming to our house to give him candy!!! We had a fun time coloring eggs the day before.





Logan was full of questions leading up to Easter - "Do bunny's eat eggs?", "Where does the Easter Bunny live...Disney Land?" (He thinks everything/everyone lives in Disney Land, from his favorite Transformers to his favorite super heros), "What color is the REAL Easter Bunny?". So many questions....

Easter morning Logan had more questions - "Why did the E.B. bring me this kind of candy?", "Why did the E.B. hid my eggs?". It was "why this..." and "why that... " most of the morning, but Logan had a blast looking for candy and eggs. Colton didn't know what to make of it and just stared at Logan running around. I think he was more interested in when he was going to get his breakfast!

The night before Easter, we went to my sister's house for a family dinner. My mom's parents were in town so it was fun for my kids to meet their Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa for the first time. It was fun to catch up with them and visit with my family.

Easter day we headed over to Rhett's parents house for dinner. Not all of his family was able to join us, but we had a great dinner and a wonderful time hanging out and playing!

We had a wonderful Easter and hope you all did as well!

Cookies Anyone?

So last Saturday I invited Logan's cousin Elliott over to play. We decided to make Easter cookies. We had a lot of fun and the boys did a pretty good job. Unfortunately the cookie dough spread too much during baking and so you can't tell that they are suppose to be bunnies, baby chicks, flowers and Easter eggs. Oh well, they taste the same regardless. Watching them frost the cookies, then licking the knife and dipping it back into the frosting made me glad that I frosted some cookies before they did! I am sure I will find colored sugar sprinkles all over the kitchen/family room for days! But both Logan and Elliott had a good time! Here are some pics of the day.



Looks Yummy Boys!



Thanks for comming over Elliott! We had fun!

I Don't Want To Grow Up!

So the other day, Logan told me he didn't ever want to grow up and leave our house. I told him that was sweet, but one day when he got older he would want to move out and live on his own. (Of course, in my head, I am thinking that I don't want him to grow up and leave either) No, he assured me, he didn't ever want to leave our house... not unless he could take his Wii with him. Seriously...?!