All Dressed Up in their Back to School Best...

Where we just moved, there's a brand new Elementary School opening up, and we debated about what to do for the kids for school this year. Last year we loved the K12 Utah Virtual Academy. It's a great program, and we had a lot of fun with it. When we talked about it with the kids over the summer, they both wanted to do the Virtual Academy again. Then later, we went through the new elementary school to check it out and Gavin decided that he wanted to try the new school this year. Connor still wanted to do the virtual academy so that's what we're doing! So far, Gavin's having a lot of fun at school. He says he already knows the principal...not sure what that's supposed to mean! Connor's enjoying school at home and more one-on-one time with Mom, and Aidan's enjoying being a reckless toddler! Life is good :) We're having fun, and enjoying our new routine.

Splash Park Fun

Just before the school year started, we went as a family to a local splash park for a fun "Back to School" celebration. The kids had a great time. Connor and Jason even got some soccer practice in while we were there. I had a hard time getting a good picture of Gavin because he was just all over the place...running around and having a blast.

My Growing Boy

I love this little baby...he's so sweet and snuggly and still has his kissable chubby cheeks. Most of the time if you lay down somewhere he'll climb up on you and snuggle you or play with your or begged to be tickled or sung to...it's such a cute, lovable stage, and I'm going to enjoy every second of it while it lasts!

Gavin's Missing Teeth

I had to get at least one picture of Gavin missing his two front teeth...and then some...:)

Awww...they love each other....

New Pictures

After a few somewhat depressing posts, I've decided to finally put something fun on here...but first an update. We were able to get both cars fixed and Jason's car registered...so glad to have that done. Also, we've been really blessed through our trials because we were able to get the cars fixed for much less than we originally thought. We had called up a nearby mechanic and realized it was going to be pretty expensive to fix Jason's car...then we found out that our new neighbor is a mechanic, so we took both cars to his shop. He was more than fair with his prices only charging us for the parts and a TINY bit for labor costs...so nice! I don't know if he felt bad for us that both cars were having trouble or if he's just being a nice neighbor, but either way we are so thankful that the cars are fixed and registered for less than what we originally thought.

Now, on to the fun post.

While we were in Idaho a couple of weeks ago the beautiful greenery in Jason's parent's backyard was just calling to me, and I thought it would be the perfect setting to take some pictures of the boys. Here's some of what we got...

Sweet Baby Aidan







Cute Little Connor








Toothless Gavin (he's missing two more teeth since these were taken...I love it!)






All three brothers together




The whole family