Thatcher Trip

What a great last minute trip for us.  We decided to do an overnight trip to Thatcher for a retirement party for Trish Jordahl.  She was one of the music teachers at EAC while Nate was there and was a big help to him graduating. It was Spring Sing weekend and Nate was thrilled.  His friend Mike came down too and made it a fun trip.

Fun with hotel beds

Nothing like eating Jilibertos, his favorite burrito place

Nate and Trish Jordahl

Stopped by to see my old apartment

We got lucky that the hotel we stayed at had a little indoor pool. 

These 3 loved it

At the Spring Sing Concert

All alumni in the audience joined in to sing Lord Bless You and Keep You - a tradition done every Friday in choir

Sunday morning came and we loaded up then I really wanted to go try and find the spot where Nate proposed to me.  Unfortunately there was so many more trees and bushes that had grown, we couldn't find it.  Nate wanted to keep driving up Mount Graham though, so we drove up to a picnic area first to stop and eat lunch.  It's such a pretty drive that after we were done, Nate wanted to keep going up.  We didn't get all the way to the top cause of my awesome car sickness.  We saw some awesome scenery though and I really do miss Thatcher a lot.

Just a few fun pictures over by the music building

We made one last stop before we left to see the Webb's.  Aunt Michelle use to have Nate and his roommate Randon over on fast Sundays to eat Navajo Tacos.  When we started dating I got to go too.  Most of the kids don't remember us but it was so fun to see them and see how they have grown.    

Kindergarten Preview

Merrick's preschool set up a trip to go check out the elementary school that they will be going to for Kindergarten next year.  We were excited to get to see Kayton while we were there and visit all the different classrooms.  There are so many friends that Merrick gets to go to Kindergarten with and I am excited for him.

2nd Grade Field Trips

Being a 2nd grade teacher gave Nate the opportunity to go on field trips at the end of the school year. One trip was to a house property in Round Valley.

 

The 2nd one was to the Petrified Forest in Holbrook.  

There were so many other trips that they went on and some of them included cool matching shirts.  I wish I could put more about them but I didn't get to go with him.

Bugs

It has taken my boys a long time to be ok with any bugs.  They have come to like roly poly bugs and like finding them underneath our planter box.  

One night, Kayton found a caterpillar climbing on our house.  He had watched a caterpillar turn to a butterfly near the end of Kindergarten so he was so excited to try it again.  We tried to make him a little home but he never changed.  Kayton was really bummed.  He even named him CJ.  Sometimes he still asks if I know where CJ is.

Daddy's phone games

The boys are so obsessed with watching Nate play games, but especially a new one he got that has a lot of Marvel characters battling each other.  They definitely love playing and doing games together.

Kisses for baby

This little boy has been so sweet while I have been pregnant.  Every night and many times throughout the day, he would come up to me and kiss my belly and love on the baby.  He would always look at me right after so that I would give him a hug and tell him thank you.  I think he will be so excited to have his little brother around.

Scooters

The boys have discovered how awesome riding down hills with scooters is.  This time though, they figured out that it's even more fun to do it while sitting down instead of standing.  I think they would have gone for hours if I let them.

We also found another hill that they liked and this time Daddy got to play with them.