Where did our summer go?

Summer has come and gone and so has our family. We were finally able to move from our home in Eagle Mountain and get closer to Justin's work in Provo. We found a nice home in a great neighborhood in Orem and are loving it.

The best part is that Quentin can walk right out the back gate to school each day. He seems to love being able to do that. Quentin started school on August 25th and has enjoyed every minute of it. Yes he does complain at times of being bored, but has since made friends and doesnt' care about boredum as much. Quentin is learning how to read and doing well. When he puts his mind to it he really takes off with any new task he is given.
Quentin is also very creative and loves building things. His new passion is playing a game called Spore. He loves building the creatures and homes that they live in and then playing them in the game. Of course he doesn't actually play the game much, he would rather build the creatures and homes for them.

He also loves playing Mario Kart on the WII. He is getting pretty good at it and loves to play with his mom, because in his terms "Mom you suck, play on the other team" I think he really enjoys beating the pants off of me. In fact, we just played for Family Night and I was voted off the red team and put on the blue team so that they could have a better chance of winning the race.

Cyrus is also enjoying and hating Quentin being at school. He loves his time with just mom and all of the toys to himself. But he also gets bored of mom and looks forward to Quentin being home to run around with.

Cyrus to is growing in many ways. I can't believe how skinny he has gotten and tall. I'm afraid both of my boys are going to out grow me quicker then I thought possible. Cyrus loves to read and build stuff like his older brother. However, Cyrus is still my boy who loves balls. He can spot a ball out of no where. He also loves being out doors, which has helped out a lot in our new home. Even though the inside was completely remodeled, the outside needs quite a bit of work. There are many things needing to be ripped out and trimmed back and the boys have loved helping out. Cyrus also loves to jump on the trampoline and play in the sand box. We have a rule before we go inside. After playing in the sand you have to jump on the trampoline and get all of sand off of your body and clothes.

It has definitely been fun being a mom even through the many challenges that I am faced with each and every day.

Justin is loving his new job and the fact that we are so close. The people at his work seem to be treating him well and appreciate him and all that he does for them. In many ways it has been a great move for him.

I am keeping busy as a first time soccer mom, a first time mother of a child in school, a son heading into his 3 year old stage, yard work, and trying to stay in shape and eat well. Don't know how I do the last one. It is definitely easy to eat poorly on the go. Hopefully life will slow up a bit as we head into the Winter months and we will get back into a more homely routine.