found a slide!

My dad put a little plastic pool in the backyard and Craig found it on Saturday! he had so much fun sliding down the slide on it, even without any water in it! he had so much fun on it. i will try and add a video but i have to edit it first. it is way too long right now! for now, just imagine, he says, "seaty, (ready and set combined) go!" each time before he slides!

We have these little curtains in our room, trying to create 'Craig's space' and help him sleep better. well, yesterday, he decided to play peekaboo with the curtains! it was so funny! he has been cracking Trevor and I up all weekend! we blew up his beach ball and he and Trevor were taking turns throwing it. it got stuck between the door and the wall and he couldn't figure out how to get it back. i got it for him, but then he kept trying to put it back in that spot! he's so silly sometimes! i love that kid so much! i sure am lucky to have him!

bobbing the head

Craig was able to go play with Aunt Nini (Anita) today! he always has so much fun with her and plays so much! he was tired on the drive home and i thought he was going to sleep, because he put his head down, his chin touching his chest. well, the music got a little louder and he started bobbing his head to the music and did it the rest of the way home, basically! it was so funny!

then, Trevor had out a ladder and Craig wanted to climb on it. it was ok for a minute, but he was able to reach Trevor's dresser, so i had to get him down, and him being so tired, he was not very happy. but then he got to play OUTSIDE!! yay!

well, i survived my first week of kindergarten! i had help every single day, but it is definitely getting better each day. i have a couple of handfuls, but they are still a good class. last night i couldn't go to sleep because i kept thinking about ways i could better help individual students! i really do enjoy teaching and helping kids learn!

Rain and more

This post is a little more of a journal, so feel free to skim. We got adorable pictures with crystal if you're interested. i will post them as soon as we get them back!!! yay for crystal!! see older posts for info.

Craig loves to put shoes on! he sees some and just puts them on, no matter whose they are. He saw Trevor's shoes and put them on and was so cute, i had to get a picture!

On Monday, it rained!! yay! it started out raining a good amount, but then it slowed down and was just a drizzle for a long time. it was so fun! Craig went out into it this time and stayed! he thought it was so fun to walk around in the rain!

These last couple of pictures are of Craig just being fun! he found a bin and emptied it all out and sat in it!! then, he was being silly with the chair and needed a picture. The high squeel at the beginning of the video is really Craig!! he is so silly sometimes! i think he might have been laughing a little too in the squeel!

Last, he has this big beach ball, that i bought for less than a dollar. well, i blew it up and it got flat really soon! it ended up having two or more holes in it! the black tape didn't really help. so every time he brings it to someone, we blow it up again, then he throws it around, and eventually ends up jumping on it and it is flat again. (jumps so his belly is on it and it rolls a little) this boy is so much fun for us!

I think i forgot to mention, but we took an overnight trip to st. George for our anniversary, thanks to my mom watching him, and when we came back, it was so fun to see Craig! it was so good to get a little break. i still missed him a little, but it was wonderful to come back and enjoy being with him even more!! i am very lucky! Craig and Trevor are such blessings in my life!

School is going good. I have one pm class right now and they are quite the handful, but i think things will be good. definitely a good experience to have. it is the third day of school and second day i have been there. yesterday was pretty miserable. We had about 3-5 adults in the room the whole time and it was still quite the handful! today, i had one lady with me the entire day and it was ok. we still have a couple difficulties (language barriers and others) but things will work out. tomorrow will be even better.

it's a little scary to think that i get to do this beginning of the new school year all over again when track 1 comes back and i take over for the maternity leave. but we'll see! at least i'll have a better idea for next time!

Three years

last wednesday was our three year anniversary! i can't believe that it has been three years. both in a good way, i can't believe it's only been three years and other times it seems like it's been so much shorter and we just got married!

for the past three years, we have gone to Tuacahn amphitheater, in St. George, UT. we LOVE it! this year, we were able to see Le Mes, last year, My fair lady and the year before, Peter Pan. This theater is awesome! it is an outdoor area, within a canyon! the background for the stage is actually the mountain! it is always so fun to go up into nature a little and experience wonderful music and performance.

we were able to go up with trevor's parents and my mom and megan watched craig for us. it was fun, we saved gas by driving up together. we left friday morning, ate at Cracker Barrel (yum yum! another part of the tradition) and then drove back to mesquite because we were a little bored. i was able to get a FREE room for trevor and i since i was a substitute (CCSD teacher appreciation). then, we ate dinner at the Pizza factory and headed off for the show. it was wonderful!! i had listened to the music many times and even sang a couple of the songs, but never seen it. trevor saw it on broadway several years ago.

then, saturday, we relaxed and drove back home.

Here are some pics from over the years!

this was in san diego on the uss midway on our honeymoon!