Another Sign...

...that our little boy is growing up WAY too fast.

About 5 days ago Spencer lost his first tooth!! I have felt way too busy to have time to sit down and blog about it, but we were so excited for him. On Sunday he felt it was loose, but Jamey thought that he had some time before it would come out. Then triumphantly he ran into our room Tuesday morning saying- "I pulled it out, YEAH!" So that night the tooth fairy stopped by and gave him $2- to his response- "I got two green moneys, I wanted two quarters though". Can you tell that our son has no idea about money?!

(Sorry about the serious nostril shot)

Also school starts in about a week and I can not tell you how excited I am for that. Between the fighting/teasing with Jamison and the disobeying I think school will be a great thing. Our school does kindergarten two full days and one half day- so he will go to school all day on Tuesday and Thursday and then Friday afternoon. Which will be great, because I work on Tuesday and Thursday- (and I just changed so I will work on Fridays instead of Mondays) and then also Friday afternoons Jamison will nap. We went earlier this week and bought all the school supplies (to which I now I understand why my mom complained about the expense- and she had 5- I couldn't believe how much money it cost) and a new lunch box. I told him that he could use his Lego backpack one more year. He was OK with that until we got to the store and he saw all the cool backpacks. Thus the whining and complaining begun-did I already tell you how excited I am for school to start?!!!

Memories

My friends Tirsa did this on her blog and I wanted to play along too- so here is a fun new blogging game:

1. Leave one memory that you and I (or Jamey) had together as a comment on my blog. It doesn't matter if you know us/me/him a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Utah Happenings

For those of you who have been keeping up with my sister-in-law Amanda and her mother, I wanted to inform you that her mother did pass away on Sunday morning. Once again cancer has taken another life- way too soon!

Right after I got home from Colorado Springs I hurried and unloaded the car, rearranged my schedule for the week and my sister and I drove to Utah. We are here for 3 days trying to help Amanda with her kids and household things so she and her family can have the time they need to get everything in order for the funeral. Amanda is doing pretty well, all things considered. I am continually amazed at the out pouring of love that is being shown to my brother and his family. His neighbors and church members have babysat their children without any notice, mowed their lawn, bought over meals and homemade bread, etc. The list can just keep going, going. Since they live in Utah and we in Colorado I have felt like there is almost nothing I can do for them, so I was very happy when Ashley said that she make the trip with me. In the midst of complete despair the Lord's hand is being shown through great loving people.

We love you Amanda and are constantly praying for your family. I pray that God will comfort and bless you and your family in this time of need.

Colorado Springs

Jamey took the day off work on Friday, and we headed to Colorado Springs for the weekend. We camped for 3 days- our boys LOVE the dirt! After Jamey sold his motorcycle, I asked him if we could spend some of the money on new camping gear. I had a lot of fun shopping. We got a brand new tent and screen house. They worked so nice considering right after we got camp set up we had the worst down pour, with little tiny pieces of hail.

The main reason for trip was the 10K that Kris and I ran on Saturday morning. We both did so good. I had some of my best times yet and finished 13 minutes faster than I ran the Bolder Boulder 3 months ago. While running I was thinking- who would have thought I would be running 6 miles when in high school I complained about having to run the mile. I hated running. Not that I especially enjoy it a ton now, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of the accomplishments I have achieved in the last 6 months.

After the race Jamey and Robb took the boys swimming so we could rest for a bit. After they came back we headed to the Garden of the Gods. In the beginning our kids did very well, considering they both fell asleep on the drive, but after seeing the Balancing Rock and the Kissing Camels they were done. The last stop Jamey stayed with the boys in the car while I hiked to the Siamese Twins. The neat things about this rock formation is that through the opening at the top you can see Pikes Peak.

On Sunday morning we got up and packed up camp. There is a TON of things that have to be taken to camp, even for a short weekend. Once we finished and had all the cars packed up we went for another short walk to a very pretty waterfall. It was hot and the kids were so tired, so the stop was very short lived. We got back in the car and headed for home. The weekend was lots of fun and the kids came home sufficiently dirty.