Kindergarten!

My baby started kindergarten! He was so excited and pumped for this day. Seeing his excitement made it harder for me to get emotional, I was so excited for him! He goes to half day which is a little less than 3 hours, Monday through Friday. I take him in the mornings and then he rides the bus home. He tells me all about his day while we eat lunch, and then we do his homework right away. So far his favorites have been the puppets they use for Science, sorting in Math, and making sure he gets a green light for the day so that he can get a stamp on his hand. He also talks a lot about the swings he gets to play on during their recess. He's really loving it! I hope his love and excitement for school continues to grow through out the years.

He was a little nervous when we told him we were leaving. It was so cute! We reassured him that he'd do great and we'd be right back to pick him up in a few hours.

Annual St. John's Getaway

We look forward to our annual vacation to visit Grandma West in St. John's! We love being with Grandma, enjoying the beautiful White Mountains weather, and RELAXING to no end. :) A lot of our family tries to make it every year and we all camp out at Grandma's house. Literally....Madyson, Jadeyn, Lexy, Bridgett, and Tristan all slept in a tent in Grandma's yard because all the adults took up the inside sleeping quarters. Tristan was of course in heaven to be camping out with his cool big cousins, and they're always so awesome to include him and have fun with him. My Uncle Bill and Aunt Penny always come over from Flagstaff when we're there so it's really like a relaxing family reunion every year. We love going to Grandma's!

My Ma, Tristan, and Grandma swinging on the famous swing that my Grandpa built 20 years ago.

Playing with Grandma West's toys on the front porch.

Perfect picture of what we do here...drink sodas and chat. Some of my favorites are listening to Grandma talk about her life, and hearing old stories about Grandpa. It's seriously the best!

Riding the tandem bike with Uncle Tom. Tom ran a 10K while we were there and did it in great time...especially with the altitude difference. Go TOM!

Teaching Tristan how to ride a long board.

Waiting for the St. John's Pioneer Day parade to begin!

My cousin Annie brought over this huge blow up water slide that all the kids had fun with on the hottest afternoon we were there. Tristan has been asking me if we can buy one ever since. :)

Happy Bday Q Man!!

My man turned 28 a few weeks ago and we celebrated by going to a Dbacks game! It was the fastest baseball game we have ever seen Dbacks play. They went through 7 innings in an hour and a half! Unfortunately it was going so fast because we were getting the trash kicked out of us by the Dodgers. :( It was still a lot of fun though! The Miles family met up with us to celebrate and we always have good times with them.

Gavin can't wait to watch the game!

The kiddos had fun playing together and "watching" the game.

Happy Birthday to the most amazing man! Quint is selfless, kind, loving, gentle, fun, funny, the sweetest dad and husband, and he's my best friend! Life is soooo good with him. I love you Quinton J!!