New Toy!

Jamey is all about fun! He is most certainly a big boy!! When he saw on craig's list the chance to buy a go kart for the kids, he jumped on it. We took the kids to the church parking lot, where there was lots of room for them to drive around. They had so much fun. It was hard to get them to leave, but after a few hours we needed to be done. Running out of gas helped too. Spencer really was fearless, trying his hardest to get the go kart to its max speed of 25 MPH. Jamison on the other hand (who we thought was our "race car driver") was much more reserved. It will take him some more time driving to really warm up to speed. We hope to get out several more times before the summer is over.

Girls Weekend- Arizona

When I heard that my cousin was getting married, I started talking to my sister about trying to get away with just Jamey for the weekend. However she had other plans. Ashley talked to Jamey about just the two of us going- making it a girls weekend. So for my birthday present she bought my plane ticket- we were set to go. The plans started. We really planned to attend the temple sealing, sit by the pool, relax, get pedicures and shop. Well that's exactly what we did!

Here are some pictures of the weekend- my beautiful cousin and her new husband!

Nikki and Spencer- outside the Mesa Arizona Temple

I totally surprised my sister with a FUN ride for the three days. It was my job to get the car rental and her job to find us a resort. I had originally reserved a Mercedes, but they ended up not having it when we arrived. They gave us a BWM instead- hey it was fun too!! Better than a Ford Focus which I kept telling Ashley that we were getting.

Hanging by one of the EIGHT pools at our hotel/ resort.

Our last day in Arizona we headed to Scottsdale Fashion Square to shop. This mall was the biggest and fanciest I have ever been to. They had stores there that I have only heard about. For fun we had to walk into some of them- Barneys New York, Jimmy Choo, Cartier and more. We found H & M there, so I had to take a picture and send it to my friend Kris, who is dying for Colorado to open theirs.

It really was a wonderful three days. I am so grateful for such a wonderful sister who surprised me with the ticket and told me she wanted to take a sisters trip. Loved getting away and the company was fabulous!!!

Butterflies and Ladybugs

A gift we got Jamison for his 5th birthday was a Live Butterfly Garden and Ladybug Land. We had to wait until it warmed up to get our caterpillars and larva sent to us. Finally the last part of June they arrived in the mail. Daily we would watch the progress. The caterpillars going into their chrysalis and the larva changing into a beautiful ladybug. Then the time came for us to release the butterflies and ladybug. Jamison's excitement as Jamey would let each butterfly go was completely priceless!!

As we released the ladybugs, the kids let them crawl up their arms before putting them into the grass. Spencer really enjoyed this part, Jamison wasn't so sure.

Track

Spencer decided that he wanted to run track this summer. He is doing fairly well. His struggle is which he has learned (the hard way) is that he is not a long distance runner, but he really isn't super fast at short distance either. Much like his mother! I am so proud that he is sticking with it and trys his best every meet. He goes to practice every Tuesday and Thursday. Then we have spent two Saturdays with three more to go at his meets. The first meet in Aurora on June 11th, he ran the 100m, 200m and the 800m. These pictures are of the 800m. He started off with a bang, but didn't pace himself very well. He ended up walking some it. (The 800m is twice around the track- or 1/2 mile) By the very end he was wiped and finished in the back of pack. It took a lot of pushing for him to do his final event that day, because he was so tired. When I talked to him later that night and asked what he thought about his first meet- he quickly replied with "I am NEVER running that 800 again."

Get ready, set...

GO!!

The finish line- finally!

Then running the 200m.

I love his face- giving it all he has.

This is his race in Thorton on June 25th. I finally talked him into doing the 50m relay with five other team mates. They did pretty well, finishing in 3rd place.

His last event- the 100m.