Joseph's Birthday Party July 16th

Josephs Birthday is July 11th (7-11 easy to remember) and that was the same week we got home from our big Utah trip. I just didn't have it in me to throw a big party.... so when Joseph told me that all he wanted was a Chuck E Cheese party I was probably as excited as he was ;) No cleaning the house first, no dishes, no mess! All I had to do was send out an email letting everyone know about it, and show up! This was just what I needed and just what Joseph wanted so it worked out for both of us!

It was so fun to see the excitement in Joseph's eyes when we got to Chuck E Cheese and HE got to be the center of attention for a few hours. Being the "middle child", Joseph sometimes gets overshadowed by his "show off" big brother and his "cute" little baby brothers, so I was happy to see him get the spotlight for a little while. Joseph is such a sweetheart and tries so hard to make sure everyone else is happy so it was great to see him enjoy his special day!

Joseph LOVES his grandmas and is lucky to live close to both of them. It was fun for him to have both of them at his party!

I can't believe he is 7 already!

This was the reason Joseph wanted to have his birthday at Chuck E Cheese. They have been advertising this little machine on TV for months now! He was really excited to finally get his turn in the "ticketblaster"!

He had to try and grab as many tickets as he could while the tickets were blowing all around him.

We all had fun watching him have such a great time!

After the ticketblaster we all sang Happy Birthday to Joseph!

Make a wish....

I love this picture of Joseph and his cousin Bryce. These two are best buddies! You can tell how excited they are just to be together!

Just a few of his gifts.....

And here is the whole group (minus the kids that we couldn't tear away from games)

Being silly!

Ben TRULY enjoyed the birthday cake! Apparently he thought the cake was more fun than the games :D

Gotta love this face!

Brig was so disappointed when he realized he wasn't in any of the pictures that he asked if we would take one of him and Joseph "so that Joseph would know that he was at his party", and Joseph was just happy that Brig wanted to take a picture with him ;)

First Day of School!

So this year Brigham started 1st grade and Joseph started Kindergarden! I think they are the most handsome boys in the whole school, but I'm not prejudice or anything! They are both really loving their teachers and there classmates. I asked them both what their favorite thing about school was, Brig said playing on the big playground and Joseph said going to the same school as Brig! I was really worried about how Joseph would do because he just didn't seem as ready as Brig did last year, but he has done great! We were so excited because he got the same teacher's Brig had last year and we just loved them!!! A perfect fit for Joseph, they are both sweet and bubbly which is exactly the type of person that motivates him. Brig also got an amazing teacher and has alot of the same kids in his class as last year. Here are some pictures.


Brig's 1st day of 1st grade!


Joseph's 1st day of Kindergarden!


Paul wanted his picture taken too! It
was so funny because he just walked
up like it was his turn after Joseph and
said CHEESE! Mike and I were laughing!
He thinks he's such a big boy!


Joseph at his desk.


Paul wanted to say goodbye before we left.

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Joseph's teacher's Mrs. Manhire on the left and
Mrs. Jacobsen on the right. They are such great
teachers! And of course Paul had to be in the picture!

Josephs Birthday Party!

What a fun party! Joseph really enjoyed himself and I think the other kids did too! I cant believe my sweet little Joseph is 5 years old!!! Man they grow soooo fast! I love you Joseph!

Joseph's pre-school graduation

On June 20th Joseph graduated from pre-school. I can't believe he is going to be in kindergarten this year...they grow up tooo fast! He was really cute performing his songs. These pictures aren't that great and I can't figure out how to download the video, but when I do I'll add it to the blog.

Joseph and his teacher Mrs Bandhari. He just loves her, she is so great!!

Joseph and the teachers helper Mrs Garcia. She was new but he loved her too.

What a sweetheart!!!

Joseph is such a sweet boy!! He came up to me with these flowers from our yard and said "Mommy, will you marry me??? Do they get any sweeter than this?

Grandma to the rescue!!!!

While I was sick my mom came to the rescue!!! My kids hadn't been out of the house in like a week and I was so sick I couldn't gt out of bed, so she came up and saved me! You should have seen my kids when they saw grandma! My mom brought me some food, cleaned my house and took the boys for 2 days!!! When I went up to Gavalin Hills to pick them up they didn't want to go home! What kid would, it is like Disneyland up there for them! Here are some pictures of the fun they had while mommy was so sick!


Brig and Joseph feeding the horse.


Joseph chasing the chickens!


Planting a garden with grandpa! Something
mommy remembers doing with grandpa at
about that age.


Petting the horsey!


Paul had a good time chasing the chickens too,
after he warmed up to them.


What a great place! My kids will definately
have lots of fun memories with grandpa and grandma!

The Perfect Date

Mike and I always go on a date Friday night and Brigham and Joseph are always telling me they want to go on a date too, so Saturday night I took them on a date!! We had soooo much fun! I got them all dressed up and told them they were going to take mommy on a date. They were so excited! We decided to go to Victoria Gardens to have some dinner and to see The Bee movie. When we got to the food court I told them that since we were on a date they needed to do everything by themselves... order their food, carry their tray etc. They were so dang cute. Brigham said "I'm a man huh mom". They were perfect gentlemen during dinner and I was very proud. After dinner we went to see the Bee movie and on the way to the movie Joseph said "we have to hold hands" then Brigham said " yeah, cause that's what you do on a date"(he said he heard that on one of his favorite TV shows Drake and Josh). When we got to the movie I bought them their OWN kids packs with the small popcorn drink and candy (this was a big deal because we always share everything). They walked very proudly into our movie and I was laughing as I saw people pointing and and making comments about how cute they were. They LOVED the movie! It was funny because after the lights came on Brigham said "mom this movie really made me think, and I don't think I'm gonna hurt bees anymore".

After the movie we took some pictures in front of the Christmas tree and it started to snow!! I guess every night at 8:00 the snow machines blow out fake snow. The boys had a blast running and playing. Then we decided it was time for dessert so we headed to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory where we got chocolate covered apples...YUM! On our way out we stopped by a Game Shop and I let them play video games for a while. The whole way home all they could talk about was when we were going on our next date! I had so much fun I think I'm going to make this a monthly event.

Halloween Happenings

I was going to post a slideshow of all our fun Halloween festivities but I haven't been able to get my hands on a few of the pictures I was waiting for, so I'll have to post what I've got. My camera went dead so my sister an mom took some pictures for me and when I get those I will put them up. I feel bad cause I don't have one picture of Paul on Halloween, but he was being such a stinker it was hard to corner him. I do have pictures of him at the pumpkin patch though, and as soon as I get my hands on those I will post them.

Brigham...or should I say Captain Jack Sparrow

Brig's Kindergarden class

The Halloween Parade at school. The kids

loved being the center of attention!

Is Joseph the cutest cowboy you

have ever seen or what!!

This is Joseph with his preschool teacher.

He just loves her!! He gives her a big wet

kiss on her cheek every day and talks about

her all the time!

Here is Joseph's class singing for the parents

after the little trunk or treat in the parking lot.

The Dorothy standing next to Joseph is

his "girlfriend".

He won the award for "most original

costume" at the ward Halloween Party!

A trip to Gavalin Hills

We love going to Gavalin Hills! Last week Brigham had an early out day so we headed out to Gavalin Hills when he got home. On the way I had to stop by Todd and Kristen's House and we decided to take Kate with us. My boys love Kate, last week they had a fight over who Kate loved more! My mom and Dad are so great with the kids and my boys just love going to see grandma and papa. There are all sorts of adventures on their 5 acres, swings, slides, frogs, bugs and a whole lot of dirt! Paul was really funny though, he followed my dad around the whole day!! I think my dad must have had chocolate hidden in his pockets or something.


Kate and her boys (see how happy they are)


Grandmas are great!


Paul loves to swing.


He also loved this little picnic table my parents
bought. He sat there and ate better than he has
all year!! I told my mom I need to buy one now...
he thinks he's such a big boy!!!


Funny Boy...He is always laughing or smiling!


Paul and Grandpa eating lunch together...Too cute!