Old Boy's Room Remodel

This should be a 2015 blog post, but oh well. So after we moved the boys out of their old room, we moved the computer into their room and made it the office/computer room/craft room/movie/book room, all of thee above room. So we painted it so we wouldn't have to worry about moving everything out of it to do that before/if we move. So here is the before and after!

It was a baby blue color

We painted it a Mint Green Color

2015 Year in Review

Here is the 2015 Year in Review!

January - Garett turns 1. Mike turns 34! No winter really. Mike breaks his hand. I try to get into Dental Hygiene school. New Year's Day in the ER with Grey. New Pictures. Mike starts a new job at Jake's Automotive in Pleasant Grove.

February - Valentine's Day. Sickest month I think we have ever had. At least 1 of us was sick every single day in February. ER with Grey for Croup, ER with Garett for RSV and being admitted. Gavin loses his first tooth.

March - Gavin turns 6. Garett's first haircut. I got a flat tire on the road home from work. We spent a lot of time at Home Depot because we started our kitchen remodel, and downstairs bedroom remodel, and living room remodel, and boys room remodel, and master bedroom remodel. 10 Years of Marriage Celebrated! Gavin got accepted to his Dual Immersion School, but I didn't get into Dental Hygiene School. We are all starting to feel better, except Greyson and his acid reflux

April - Greyson turns 4. Soccer starts for Gavin and Greyson. We find out Grey has acid reflux and we work to fix it. Gavin has bladder problems starting. I get Bells Palsy. Gavin gets Strep. New Dining room table. Celebrate Easter.

May - We move around rooms. Mike and I downstairs and the boys from their room and the Master Bedroom. Trip to California for LegoLand and Michelle's Wedding. More Soccer and getting healthy.

June - My Grandma passed away, so we made a trip to Montana. Schools over for Gavin and Greyson. Still more soccer. Mike Joins the Air Force.

July - Summer! Zoo trip. Preparing for yard sales. Got our food storage set up. Garett is 18 Months.

August - I've been at my job for 9 years. Mike has been in the Military for 7 years. My Uncle Ron passes away. Yard Sales.

September - Gavin starts 1st grade Dual Immersion. Greyson starts 2nd year Preschool. Garett gets Surgery. Trip to the Aquarium.

October - I turn 33. Halloween, and all the activities that includes.

November - Gas Leak. Thanksgiving.

December - Christmas, and all the activities that includes. Going to New Mexico. Greyson gets croup in NM. Playing in the snow.

It was quite the adventurous 2015! Here's to less sickness and more fun and family in 2016!

2015 Family Pictures

In August we got family pictures done at a Studio in Saratoga Springs. We weren't very impressed, so it will probably be the first and the last time we go there, but at least we got some family pictures done.

Halloween 2015 (So Far)

We have the boys costumes for Halloween this year, and they are all really excited. They ask all the time if they can wear them. We got Pumpkins from the Pumpkin Patch that Greyson went to for his Preschool Field Trip, but they weren't very good ones and have already gone bad, so we will have to go this weekend and pick some more.  Gavin is going to be Lightning McQueen, Greyson will be a Dinosaur/Dragon and Garett is going as a Monkey!

We had a make a countdown chain to Halloween because the boys have been so anxious for it to get here. Don't worry, it has already been torn down and destroyed, so now we are counting down days by the calendar.

The Zoo 2015

We took our yearly Zoo trip last Saturday and they have this Dinosaur Exhibit going on right now that Greyson loved. We had a fun time looking at all the animals, finding the Dinosaurs and hanging out as a family in the hot heat!

After the zoo, we went to lunch at Red Robin and Garett couldn't be bothered. He was so tired from the zoo that he slept right through lunch.

4th of July 2015

For the 4th of July this year, we went up to Mike's mom house and helped her go through more boxes to get ready for a yard sale we will be having sometime. The boys were so excited to wear red, white, and blue and to hang out at Grandma's house. After we left, we got icecream at Cold Stone and went home, bathed boys, and watched fireworks. All 3 boys loved fireworks this year which was awesome. Happy 4th of July!

Gavin being cool with his hat on backwards

Spring Soccer 2015

The first Soccer game was the Saturday before Mother's Day, the 9th of May, but it rained ALL day that day so games were cancelled. The next game was on the next Saturday, but we were in California on the beach that day, so we officially started soccer games for the boys on Thursday, May 29th. The boys are doing so good this year and are loving it. They both kick the ball a lot and like their teams. It has been a good way for them to get some extra energy out and to get us out of the house (even with my super horrible allergies!) And luckily there are only 2 more weeks (and 5 more games) left this season! With Mike leaving soon and being gone for 19 weeks, I don't think we will do Fall Soccer, but there will always be next year Spring Soccer 2016!

End of School 2015

Gavin's last day of Kindergarten was May 29th, so they had a little program and he got to get all his stuff and go home. He has had Mrs. Becar (Mrs. Ashley) for the last 3 years through Preschool and Kindergarten, so this is kind of a big thing, him going to 1st Grade, at a new school, with a new teacher, to learn a new language too! Here is his last day of school picture and other fun pictures!  He had a cute talking part in his program and sang some fun songs about all the things they learned this year. He is so excited though to be in 1st Grade and to learn Spanish! Now, if I could get him to read this summer.

Teacher Gift

Last Day!

Walking into his program

The end of the era for Gavin and his Teacher!

And Greyson's last day of preschool was May 13th before we went to California, and since I was in such a frenzy before vacation, I never got a picture of him. But he loved preschool this year and is excited to go back to Teacher Jenny next year!

California Trip - Part 4 - Michelle's Wedding

After we got ready, we headed to the Condos for Michelle's wedding at 5. It was a beautiful wedding with a sand ceremony to tie in the kids. After that there were pictures taken and we headed up to the reception and had dinner and dancing. It was fun to be there with family and to see family we haven't seen for a while. It was a fun time and we are glad we got to be a part of it. After the reception, the boys were done, so we walked back to the hotel, and crashed from a busy day so that we could go home the next day.

Our Drive home was long, but we are so glad we are home now. It was a great trip and something I for one totally needed!

California Trip - Part 3 - Beach

On Friday night we went to Michelle's Rehearsal dinner and hung out at the condos right off the beach. It was a beautiful sunset and I am sad I didn't get any pictures because I left my phone in the car. It was a bit cold after the sun went down. We decided to go get ice cream after we left there party and head back to the hotel to sleep off a long day of walking around Legoland.

On Saturday, we got up and they didn't need any help setting up for the Wedding, so we drove down to the beach, but there was literally NO WHERE to Park. So we drove back up to our hotel and walked down to the beach. Gavin didn't really like the water, but loved playing in the sand. Greyson at first didn't like the sand, but started to come around to it and absolutely hated the water. And Garett hated everything about the beach, the water, sand and all of it. He finally fell asleep and took at nap and I should have put him in the sand when he woke up to see if that made a difference, but I didn't.

We went back to our hotel to get ready for the wedding after the beach. It was such a nice day on the beach and I am so glad we got a chance to take the boys and play.

The view from the condos

Mike and Jaden playing in the water

Me and my boys

California Trip - Part 2 - LegoLand

We woke up on Friday and the boys were so excited to get to LEGOLAND. It was all they could talk about since we told them the week before that we were going. It was wet and raining, but we had decided we needed to go check it out because it was our only day to do it and we had already bought the tickets. We got there about 15 minutes after they open and it was not busy at all. It rained on us until about 1pm but then the clouds departed and it was sunny the rest of the day. It was so nice, no long lines and lots of fun things to do and look at. The boys had so much fun there and are already asking when we can go back. We didn't even get through the whole park. There is so much to do there, it was a lot of fun. Enjoy the picture overload!

At the hotel in their Lego Shirts

Legoland!

They had the actual sets from the Movie, it was cool!

We even met Wyldstyle

Mini-Land was amazing!