B's Preschool Graduation

Bryson graduated from Preschool Friday night. It was so cute. They sang a bunch of songs that they learned, and they marched in wearing these cute little caps and gowns. Bryson's teacher was Miss Kim and he absolutely loved every minute of Preschool. He says he's going to miss his little friend Jennifer, but he keeps asking if Kindergarten starts tomorrow!

Here's a little video of when Bryson received his diploma and the Skor award for being the most athletic! He is quite competitive!

Boys at the Park

I thought I should post some pictures of the boys at the park after I took Hayden's pictures... they had fun!

Unwilling Model

I finally got some pictures of Hayden, although it took some serious bribery. We had to go up to Highland to deliver a paper so that Eryn could get her savings bond she won in the Arbor Day writing contest... and the boys were being so good. I asked if they wanted to go to the park! I did have one condition... I told Hayden "you can play at the park, but first Mommy wants to take a few pictures." Of course he SAID okay, but actions speak louder than words. He was NOT feeling the picture taking thing today. The only smiling picture I got was a FAKE SMILE. Everything else (almost) was looking at something else, or pointing at something else. So we were satisfied with what we got, and the boys got to go play for a bit. Someday, hopefully he won't hate my camera so much!

Kids and Dogs

Well, I guess it's been about a month now since we got our little dog Mushu. He is still trying to decide if he likes the kids... He is MY shadow. I swore I'd never have an inside dog, but I must admit that he's growing on me. He's pretty good for the most part. He's having the hardest time adjusting to Mr. Hayden (thus, no picture of Hayden with Mushu). I'm absolutely sure that he is named after the dragon on Mulan. He is tiny, but thinks he is big and important. The kids LOVE him, and he tolerates them fairly well.

Backyard Project Pictures

Backyard Project

Well, we decided to take down our old ghetto fence and put up and new one... and put in a rock patio where we just had a patch of dirt where nothing would grow, and the dirt would just follow us into the house. Jared took down the old fence, and DeMar Young came by and helped him set some new posts. Saturday, Jared's brother, Matthew, and our friend, John Ortiz came over. They helped put up the new fence, and started setting the rock... yes there is much more to do, but maybe next week we'll have some "After" pictures of the finished product. It was fun, hard, busy, hot, crazy... we were exhausted afterward (and a little sunburned).

Pictures of Bryson

These are the pictures I took of Bryson yesterday. He is so
cute to let me practice on him. He had great ideas for
poses. Hayden isn't as cooperative, but I'll keep trying! If you click on it, you can see the pictures bigger.

Fun in the "Forest"

Well, here we go, I guess. My sisters all have blogs, and I LOVE to read them, so I figured I should "jump on the bandwagon." I guess I'll share a little adventure I had with my boys yesterday. We went to the ball fields where the kids play baseball, and we decided to explore the "forest" of trees that surrounds it. The boys thought it was pretty cool. Later, when we told Jared about it, Hayden said "We ate fishies in the forest." He ate some goldfish crackers while I practiced taking pictures - Bryson was my model that day. They caught a butterfly, climbed over logs and rocks, and "hiked" all over the place. Hayden kept falling down - on his tummy - poor kid. He's got scrapes all over! They thought it was a pretty fun adventure, though!