Pictures

So we got some new updated photos of the boys.  I didn't have time to get Quentin's school picture scanned in, but here is a cute one of him outside our home. 

Quentin on the trampoline.  It's been really hard to get an actual smile out of him lately.

Cyrus also on the trampoline.  What a cutey.

Zayne in the trees with his brothers.  He only sat and smiled for one picture.  So I'll take what I can get.

This family photo was taken at Justin's parents home by a professional photographer after a half hour of big group family photos.  So as you can tell, they are pictured out.  I'm not really a fan of the way it turned out, but who can argue over a free photo.  It was also taken at dinner time, so the kids were not to cooperative. 

Life

We have been really busy and having a lot of fun the past month or so.  School has started and the boys are loving it.  Quentin is now in 2nd grade and enjoying all of his friends and time learning with his new teacher.  He started out a bit board, but is loving going now.  We have moved him into his own room and he really feels like a big boy.  Cyrus had a rough start with preschool with the whole separation thing.  But after 2 weeks of crying he now loves to go and begs to go every day.  He has made some great friends and great crafts and is excelling well.  Zayne is enjoying staying home with me and running errands, playing, and anything else that comes our way.  It has been a lot of fun spending time with him and gets challenging at times as well.

Quentin has started soccer again, so Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings are spent watching him.  He is doing so well and has improved so much.  It's weird to see him running and getting the ball and scoring the goals.  He used to spend most of his time guarding the goals, but not any more. 

Here are some random pictures we have taken lately.

My 3 boys getting ready to watch Quentin play soccer

Quentin in his soccer attire

The boys coloring a giant puzzle they just put together.  Zayne's new favorite position is laying on his belly to do stuff.

Displaying their alligator hats.  Cyrus was supposed to make this at preschool and never got to.  So all the boys made them and liked wearing them.  I couldn't get the picture of all 3 boys up.  Maybe next time. 

Swimming and YW

We have taken the boys swimming a lot this summer with their cousins and here are a few pictures of each of the.  First we have Quentin sporting his goggles.  He has really mastered his swimming this year.

 Now we have Cyrus just finishing his cannon ball, one of his favorite things to do

Zayne is in his little boat.  He really enjoys the water.  Especially dropping things and watching everyone dive for them.

I also had the opportunity to go up to girls camp with our ward and spend the whole week with the girls. It was a lot of fun and work.  Here is the whole group just before we left the church.

Here are all of the girls under our rainbow that we just finished making.  Our theme was the Wizard of Oz.  The girls are sitting on the yellow brick road.

Here are the 4 brave leaders who stuck it out all week.

These are our neon stick figure dancers.  Our 4 YCL's this year dressed in black and hooked glow sticks to their bodies.  Then they put together a dance to a couple of songs and preformed for us.  It was really cool.  We will be doing this with all of our YW in a couple of weeks for an activity.

After camp we took the girls boating.  Yep that is me near the back of the water weeny.  The girls weren't going to let me get out of getting on that and getting wet.  I definitely got tipped a few times.

We have had a lot of fun this summer and  will miss the time we have been able to spend together.  However, I know the boys are more then excited to get back into school.  Cyrus starts preschool this year and is excited to meet his teacher.  I'm not sure what I will do with Zayne for the 2 and a half hours while Cyrus is gone, but we'll have fun.
Girls Camp was a blast and I would definitely do it again if given the opportunity.  I missed the boys and Justin and thought about them often, but I also kept really busy which made for a quick time apart.

Where did July go?

So we have been quite busy this month and I can't believe it is about over. 

The boys and I have been swimming about twice a week at grandma's pool with the cousins and to the movies every Tuesday.  Unfortunately I keep forgetting the camera every time we head out to these things.  One of these days I will get some pictures.  We have also been busy with going to the Library weekly so the boys can get their rewards for reading and pick out some new books. 

On top of all of this we have spent a  lot of time with cousins, going to the museums and Zoo, and anything else that comes our way. 


I just got back from spending a week at girls camp and thoroughly enjoyed being with the girls.  It was a great bonding experience and a great opportunity to come out of my shell.  I"m sure I will have some black mailing pictures up soon on facebook.  I took some disposable camera's with me.  So it will be a week or so before I get pictures up from that.  Justin took the week off to be with the boys so that I could go to camp and not worry.  What a great husband he is. 

Here are a few pictures of the boys being cute and seeing some floats at the Mall with Justin while I was at camp.