iSN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! mY SWEET LITTLE GIRL STARTED PRESCHOOL YESTERDAY. The class sang happy birthday to her and she got a Happy Birthday Crown to wear. She was very excited to share her cupcakes we made with her class for her birthday treat. It was so fun for her and she loved telling me all about school on the way home. When I went to pick her up she was swinging at the outside playground with the other kids and a girl came up next to her and grabbed Zhoee's arm and said, "Princess, lets go over here." and then when Zhoee and the girl kept going in their conversation she continued to refer to Zhoee as "Princess" How adorable is that???

i DON'T KNOW WHAT bOSSY IS DOING????


tHIs IS thE sEcOND dAy OF sCHoOL

Happy Birthday Zhoee!!!

Funny story: I left Bart in charge of writing Zhoee's name on the cupcakes while I was making a salad. When he announced "I'm done, how does it look?" I noticed he had spelled her name wrong. HA! He was just too into his work- He wrote it "Zhooee"good thing they were cupcakes and we could just take out the extra "O". Thanks for making me laugh babe!

We love our Zhoee so much and can't believe she's already three and ready to be a big girl and start pre-school tomorrow. We'll have two of our kids in school this year. I know Zhoee will just LOVE school she is the happiest, smily, little girl and makes friends with everybody. Since today is crazy being the first day of school for Jadon and he has a football game tonight we celebrated Sunday night. We had dinner and cake and ice cream and, of course, presents. She got a new baby (she named Sarah, and Sally- she switches off) new leggings and shirts for school, 2 new pairs of shoes, and a My Little Pony Family. Grandma and Grandpa Romer gave her a cute little pink coat, cute scrub pajamas and a girly pink laptop. She thinks she is so big time, we went to Walmart after taking Jadon to school and she had to sit in the cart and type away. She looked very sophisticated-which she was going for.
After Jadon was at school and we ran some errands every 5 min. or so Zhoee was asking where Jadon was. She misses him already. Even though they fight and bug each other all day she just doesn't know what to do without her big brother.
I told her we could do something fun for her birthday today and the first thing she blurted out was "I want a pop-ee, and go to the park". (her name for slurpee's) So that's what we did. Bostyn, Zhoee, and mommy celebrated at the park this morning. Get this- last Tues night we went to the same park and during the week have noticed one of Zhoee's flip flops was lost. This morning while she was sliding down the slide I noticed it, just laying there. HOW FUNNY!! We had no idea where she had lost it, either.

1st Grade

Jadon is such a smartie pants- he's going to love 1st grade. He said he can't wait for break and P.E. He's very good a math though and I think he'll have a great year. Last night he asked Bart to give him a fathers blessing and asked Bart to bless him that he can understand everything and not forget it and that he will have fun at lunch. Zhoee asked for a blessing right after his was finished because she thought it was such a neat thing. Thanks for being a great example J, We love you!!!

XTERRA Triathlon

Bart participated in his 4th Xterra Triathlon today and his relay team did awesome. They took third place!!!!!! Bart has to mountain bike from Pine Lake up to Snow Basin its over 12 miles and straight up hill the whole distance. Last year they took third place too, but they were in a more competetive division this year. Bart did some damage to his back 2 weeks ago while he was at youth conference and wasn't sure how well he would ride. But he did great!!!!! Congrats!!!! I was really bad with taking pictures (I don't know how I forgot to get one of their team) so, we'll wait till pics are out on the website and post one of him riding. Good job babe, you amaze me.

Garden Fresh

Yummy!!! Today I picked some tomatoes and got my mom's recipe for her fresh salsa. I love this stuff and can scarf it. Look how yummy. Bart keeps getting caught popping the garden goodies straight into his mouth when he's in the backyard instead of letting me cook with them. He insists veggies tast much better when they are home-grown.



I had to post a surprising pic of Bossy when I went to check on the kids in the yard. I thought I was safe just checking the gates to make sure he couldn't go in the front and in the road. Nope now he's climbing all the way up to the tree house. I hurry and took a pic and then went to help him down. He shoved my helping hand out of the way and climbed down the ladder himself. I swear my other kids didn't do that at 15 months. He's not my helpless baby anymore.

Ice Cream Raid

I let the kids have ice cream cones in the backyard after lunch. They had been playing outside most of the day and so it was a nice treat for a HOT day. The each shared with Bossy because I didn't want him to have his own and smear it all over everywhere..... I guess he just wasn't satisfied. I went upstairs for a couple min. and he had helped himself to licking the container clean. Clever little thing- he tipped over the garbage found the ice cream container and got busy!!! I just mopped my kitchen an hour before his little raid. (doesn't it always work that way)
Bart and I went to the Logan Temple last night and I told him the story and we both just laughed and immediately missed our cute little trouble makers.

pUshInG TrUcKs

I just thought I'd share these cute pics of Bostyn. This is truly his favorite thing to do. He will go outside and be fine for an hour just pushing his tonka trucks back and forth across the length of the yard. He's adorable. This time I caught him sitting in it!

Breaking Dawn

Yes, I was amongst the thousands of people who waited in line for hours Friday night to get their hands on this book. I waited with a couple friends from our neighborhood and we had a great time just sitting around without our kids for a few hours. I'm about 2/3 through the book and it is GOOD!!! I won't give anything away but it's sooo worth reading for anyone who hasn't got it yet.

Mamma Mia- our movie weekend

Carlie, Mom, and I went to see Mamma Mia on Thursday night since Carlie came up to visit for a couple days. It was such a fun girls night. I laughed really hard at some part and, to my surprise, found myself singing along. I didn't know most the words because Abba songs aren't my generation, yet, I knew most the chorus lines thanks to my dad and his love of all 60's, 70's, and 80's music. It was a fun show, I encourage all to go with a fun group of girl friends. We took the kids to the drive in last night and we saw Wall-e. I thought it was cute but Bart didn't care for it too much. We stayed late to see the 2nd show and saw Get Smart- it was funny!! OHHH- but hard to drive home at 2:30am!!!

Are we healthy yet?

So, It's so funny how everyday the clock reads 5:00 and I get so excited for Bart to get home from work. I think to myself "YES, he's about ready to leave, he'll be home in 1/2 hour" It means the laundry, cleaning, dishes, yard work, organizing, cooking...everything is finished for the day and we're going to play with DAD. Some of my excitment is because he will relieve me of our three kids for awhile but really I am so excited for him to just be home with us. Life is better when he's here. That being said...... Monday Bart called from work at about 3:00 and said he would be coming home because he felt so sick. Tues he stayed home and this morning we took him to the Dr. becuase he still had 102 degree fever, chills, body aches, and a terribly sore throat. He has a bad case of Tonsilitis (is that one word) He'll be home tomorrow too, because he'll still probably be sick, but because of Pioneer Day too. My point, I get absolutely NOTHING accomplished when he's home. I don't know what it is... I'd rather check on him, watch TV with him, whatever... I just stay busy doing nothing. I'm kinda ready for him to be healthy and go back to work. I love him more than anything but I am just not productive when he's here. Why is that???

Who's her mother?

I just had to post these pics of Zhoee. She looks identical to her aunt Kelsie. If I could erase the memory of labor and delivery I would believe she was Kelsie's daughter. Everytime Kelsie visits and she is seen with Zhoee people totally assume they are mother/daughter. I just would feel bad if Kelsie's daughter ends up having nappy hair, big ears, and looking homeless like I did when I was little. Sorry Kels. Anyway, we just love our Zhoee so much and think she' s the cutest thing ever. She went to Costco with me yesterday and pushed her baby in her little stroller and man she was so stinkin cute!!!! Clicking her princess high heels the whole way. (at least I couldn't lose her)

Other fun camping pics

I was cautious to make sure we had enough water in the trailer till the last day so I told Bart he had to wash the old fashioned way. In the lake. Clancy borrowed some shampoo and joined in.

At Calf Creek
Zhoee attempting to get more tickets by talking to the "grandpa's"
Two dirty faces. Bart just returned from a 4 hour ride
Bossy saying #1
I'm so sad Zhoee doesn't see Bella more often. They were such good friends and loved hanging out together. We've been waiting for them to get old enough to really "play" together instead of just pushing and scrathing and crying because they didn't know how to share.
The three boys: Bostyn, Tate, and Gus

The Carnival

The last day of the Reunion we had a carnival. It was so much fun. Everyone did such a great job preparing their booths. The kids all earned tickets a few days prior to the carnival by asking questions and talking to the "grandma's and grandpa's" It was such a great idea to get the young kids and Bart and I talking to and getting to know Bart's great uncles.

The cotton candy was a huge hit

Nana Tucker was in charge of the fish pond

Jadon shot some bottles with the bow and arrow
Zhoee just took a break to concentrate on her sucker