Baby Nolan

Our sweet Baby Nolan finally came on Thursday September 23rd. He was 7lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long, our second smallest baby. Hair color and eye color are yet to be determined, since they keep changing everyday. He is very small and very cute. His head is always covered in vanilla chap stick from Maycie kissing him all the time. More pictures to come when I have the time.

The Day Maycie Grew Up

Maycie had a big day last week. Her first day of preschool AND first day of dance on the same day. Were a little worried because Maycie absolutely refuses to go to nursery. After Cody and I substituted in nursery last week we dont blame her. She is much older than all the other kids and the only one who is potty trained. I wouldnt want to sit in a hot room with a bunch of poopy crying kids either. She is way too cool for that. Dance went well, you could tell by the look on her face that she was finally among people who understood her and her three year old dancing desires.

And finally the moment she has been waiting for: 1st day of preschool. I signed her up when we first moved to Page, then when we moved we moved into her teachers ward, then we found out the Cody and her teacher Jill grew up in the same small small town. Its a small world. Now says Maycie refuses to wear anything but a dress, good thing we were smart and bought all dresses for school clothes. Every day she is Fancy pants for school.

Good luck Maycie.

Coulter Turns seven

Coulter went ahead and decided to turn seven. Dang kids, can't keep them young.
To celebrate the event I did a seven question interview with the little fella:

1. Is it better to be six or seven? "Seven because that is my favorite number."

2. What is the best part about being seven? "Being older than every number smaller than seven."

3. What do you want to be when you grow up? "A Police officer" (Cody will be proud)

4. What is your favorite thing about yourself? "Everything"

5. What is your favorite food? "Tacos and corn chowder soup from MiMi's"

6. What is your favorite thing to do? "Play sports, especially basketball and soccer"

7. Who is your favorite Mom? "You". (I thought so)

There you have it folks, a brief glimpse into the mind of our beloved Coulter.

Happy Birthday Buddy!!!!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We are so glad to have school back in session. A little early in my opinion, but when it's so hot outside, there is not much else to do. Riley decided to be the most colorfully dressed person in the third grade.
Coulter went with a lovely green ensemble that would compliment his hair for his first day of second grade.
Congratulations to both kids who were placed in the advanced class for their grade.

Here's a little ditty to highlite our recent looong trip to Utah. I'm too lazy to write much about the details so I will do what I will do best and summarize all the events.

• FOUR parades
• Bags of parade candy that the kids just had to dash into the streets for.....they never ate the candy, I ate all the chocolate and threw the rest away. Along with all the hats, balloons, frisbees and other junk that was thrown out.
• One industrial roll of plastic+ 1 liter of dish soap+ scoops of laundry soap+Uncle Justiin= gigantic slip and slide......which then=Coulter falling flat on his back 500 times.
• Illegal fireworks
• Seeing FOUR new neices and Nephews
• One trip to urgent care
• 10 days on antibiotics
• One giant family reunion...of which I did not take any pics, again too lazy.
• One tired family who came home and had to move to a new house when we got back, which then equals one very happy family in their new awesome snake free home...more details to come.
• THE END

Teeth, Tee Ball, and Puppies.

Meet Marley, the newest edition to our family. While at work Cody was asked to pick up a box of newborn puppies abandoned on the side of the road. He bought them home to show the kids and in a moment of brief stupidity we agreed to let the kids pick one out to keep. He was in pretty rough shape, covered in poop, starving, and very young, not walking, eyes just barely opened. We gave him a bath, and had to feed him puppy formula with a tiny bottle. We better keep this little guy alive because Riley has already proclaimed this to be the best thing to happen to her in her life. Although when I have to get up in the middle of the night to feed it, the thought of it not making it doesn't break my heart.
After a few days we are proud to report he is doing much better, learning to walk and finally drinking from a dish. Riley wants to keep him so badly she has been so good about taking care of him, cleaning up after him and walking around all day with him wrapped up in a dish towell like a baby. Her behavior has improved so much too. No more back talk or being sent to her room. Apparently to get your kids to behave you just have to give them a puppy the threaten to take it away. Awesome. In other news Coutler just finished up a very successful tee-ball season. Cody and I were very surprised with him this year. Usually he is not very agressive in sports, he just lets the bigger kids do everything. This time he was awesome, running past kids to field balls, and hopefully will be old enough to be in coach pitch next year. And finally the most exciting news of all: Coulter finally lost his front teeth!!! After losing one in an embarrasing incident on a trampoline at a pot luck where he screamed like a maniac and we had to leave quickly, the remaining tooth decided to move to the middle and stick straight out. Then I had to perform weeks of late night dentistry to try to pull it out while he was asleep. Finally it fell out yesterday while he was eating a granola bar. We plan on framing the wrapper.

Speedy

Today was the Page Track meet where first graders from both schools compete to see who is the fastest. Our little man Coulter A.K.A "the blur" was scheduled for two events: the 400 meter relay and the long jump. He took first place in both events. I was so proud. He was so fast infact that he was too fast for the camera to catch him on film....well actually I was a spaz and couldnt get the camera to work. But trust me, he was impressive. I was also pretty great as lemonade passer outer if I do say so myself. Then after hours at Coulter's track meet I had a tiny break then had to go to Riley's track meet. She was also scheduled for the long jump and she scored third place for the second grade. Also very impressive. Note Maycie trying to steal a lick of that popsicle while Riley poses for a picture.