Maddie's First Day of Preschool

Maddie was so excited for her first day of preschool. I was really excited for her to have fun and meet some new friends, but I was a little sad for me. I dropped her off and she wasn't sad or scared at all, it was just "see you later Mom!" Which I'm grateful for. I got a little teary-eyed, but I don't think anyone noticed. When I got back in the car Jack kept asking, "Where's Maddie Mom, Where's Maddie?" I was going to take him to the dinosaur park, but they weren't opened yet so we just drove past the one that's close to the road and he was ok with that. It's so much fun to have some one on one time with Jack. I've never had that with him and it's great. I'm so excited for Maddie and I'm so happy that she loves preschool so much.

A Mechanic in Training

All I have to say is how cute is that?

Our crazy life....

Since I haven't updated my blog I thought I would do some quick updates.

Jack: Is my sweet BLONDE little boy. He is becoming so independent. This is really bittersweet. I love that he can do things for himself, but at the same time I don't want him to grow up. He can dress himself, put on his own shoes, climb out of his crib, and is talking up a storm. Today Maddie was washing her hands and Jack yelled, "Ok Maddie, turn off the water and get a towel." I just laughed. He is starting to climb on EVERYTHING!! If he can't reach something, he will find something to stand on to help him get it. The other night Maddie came running over and said, "Jack is being naughty." I look over and he is standing on the kitchen counter with a cupboard door open, eating candy. Oh, help me.

Maddie: Is all girl. She loves dressing up, getting her nails painted, dancing, and singing. Along with all of this fun stuff also comes the DRAMA!! Most of the time she is so sweet, and always gives kisses and hugs and will tell you she "Lubs" you. There are also some times when I think, "Who is this girl?" One time I was trying to get her to eat lunch. She got really mad at me, ran to Jack's room and slammed the door. I thought, "Whew I'm glad that's over." Then she opened the door again and yelled, "NOT EBER, NEBER!" and slammed the door again. I just sat there in shock. She is so much fun and I love having a daughter, even if there is a little more drama in our house.

Derek: Started a new job! He has an internship with Wadsworth Construction. He LOVES it!! He gets to work in an office and oversees the construction going on on I-80. He still has a lot to learn, but he is loving it and learning so much.

Me: Not to much going on with me. I'm working 16 hours a week, which isn't to bad. One of those nights I get to work with one of my best friends. It's so much fun, we get to catch up and laugh about old times. I'm just trying to keep up with life and finding time to do it all.

Demoliton Derby

We took the kids to the demolition derby on the 30th. Of course I forgot my camera. We really wanted to take Jack because he LOVES cars. I thought Jack would absolutely love it and Maddie would probably be a little nervous. It turned out to be just the opposite. Maddie LOVED it!!! She would even count down, 3 2 1..GO!!! She hasn't stopped talking about it almost 2 weeks later. She tells me, "Mom I had fun at cars crash." Jack liked it, but he was a little nervous. He was holding on to me pretty tight. He watched it with his mouth open, like he couldn't believe his eyes. He turned his head away for a minute, and Maddie kept saying "Jack you need to turn around." Derek bought the kids some cotton candy and they wouldn't eat it, finally when it was almost over Maddie tried it and said she liked it. We were like, Yeah! She likes cotton candy! Oh wait a minute, duh! It was a fun and intersting experience. It's almost like walking into a different world. I don't want to sound snobby, but there are some crazy people that go to those things. I would personally like to thank the people who sat in front of us. We saw plenty of butt cracks, nasty making out, and heard plenty of burps and dirty jokes. A perfect family night out!

Happy 5 Years!

May 20th was mine and Derek's fifth wedding anniversary. I am so lucky to be married to such a great guy. He is perfect for me. He's so easy going and he makes me laugh everday, that's why I love him so much.
To celebrate we went to Park City for the night and had a blast. We went to the Olympic park. He wanted to ride the zipline, but since I'm kind of wimpy I said no way. So he went down the alpine slide with me. As we were walking down to ride the ski lift we passed a couple and Derek asked, "Hey, did you guys go down the slide?" The guy looked at him like he was crazy and said, "No, we went down the extreme zipline." It was fun, but I wish I just went down the zipline. Then we went shopping at the outlets. I had a blast, but Derek was crazy bored. Then we went to dinner at a pizza place on main street. Derek had a pizza and I got a shrimp pasta, it was really good. Then we went and bought treats and piled out and watched "Deadliest Catch" and "Jon and Kate plus eight." It was so nice to get away and have fun with just the two of us. Thank you Nema and Bumpa for watching the kids for us.

Fun at Toads

We took the kids to Toads the other night. We wanted to go mini golfing, but it was kind of cold so we just ended up playing at the arcade. We had so much fun. The kids were riding this mini merry-go-round and you can't really tell by their faces, but they were having fun. Everytime it was over they would yell, "Again!" So I would just swipe the card, I didn't realize it was $1 every time! Oops!

Maddie's Preschool Preview Day

Maddie officially had her first day of preschool. (sniff, sniff) It was actually a preschool preview day so it was only an hour long. She was so excited to go to school and play with Sammi. She had to take her "Bolt" and "butterfly" with her. I tried to get her to leave them in the car, but she wouldn't. So she did take her blankie with her to her first day of school. She had so much fun and loved every minute of it.