Potty Trained

I'm officially saying it.  Kayton is potty trained!  It was a long time coming and he wasn't too excited about it at first.  At first we just let him run around naked and try to learn when to go to the bathroom.  Then he wore pullups for a while, and now he is in underwear all day and only pull ups at night.  It's been a couple weeks without an accident and I am so glad he is potty trained.  It's so nice to only have one kids diaper to change.  

On another note too, Merrick is showing amazing interest in getting potty trained.  He really wants to be like Kayton and wear pull ups and underwear.  We have tried a little bit to make him go potty in the toilet, but he can't figure out how to tell me when he needs to go yet.  I am pretty excited that hopefully both boys will be potty trained before we have our next kid.  I am so proud. 

Uncle Brent's soccer game

Tonight we went to my little brother, Brent's, soccer game. It was the first one of the season so we went to cheer him on and get out of the house.  Brent is the goalie so honestly, there wasn't that much to actually watch.  So, Grandpa Pete showed up and decided to sugar up the kids so we had Twizzlers and chocolate.  Then, there was a soccer field behind us that no one was playing on, so the kids ran around a lot too.  Uncle Dallin even kicked the soccer ball around them a little bit.  It was a lot of fun and I am glad we went.  

Learning Checkers

A while ago, we bought a checkers game from Cracker Barrel so it is the big checker pieces and there is a blanket for the checker board.  We have tried to teach them a few times, but the other night, Kayton finally was a little interested in learning the game so we played it for a while the other night. The game didn't go for very long but Kayton had fun.  I also like the game too because there is a tic-tac-toe game on the other side of the blanket/board.  It's just a perfect game for us to play, even if we don't play it right. 

Bye Car

We were a little bummed this week.  We had to sell Nate's car and say goodbye.  It was a 1990 Toyota Camry.  He has only had it for a year, but it was a good car and we are going to miss it. 

First Day of School

Everybody has pictures of their kids going to school for the first day.  Well I have fun doing pictures of my amazing husband who is a teacher.  He has a first day of school too.  He only taught at the junior high this week since it was only 2 days, but he was still nervous and jittery like any kid.  He starts his full schedule on Monday with his general music classes in the afternoon at Linden.  He is so excited to be here in Show Low and we feel like we will be at least a few years. 

Playing with the girls

My friend needed a babysitter the other day and so we played and goofed around for a few hours in the morning.  We played a game and had a snack and played outside then I had them go back and play in the playroom.  Next thing I knew, the oldest girl, Kiersten, comes out in a costume that I had in there for dress up.  She was Iron Man and then next thing I knew, all the kids were in costumes.  They were having so much fun and then it turned into a picture party.  

Spider, Iron Man, Ninja, and Dinosaur

Action shot as Iron Man

After we were done with our costumes, they asked if we could build a fort.  So this is what happened.  Then they all got pillows and blankets in there and we watched "The Smurfs" for a little bit.  It was fun to go all out while the kids were there. 

In the fort

Boys bonding time

While I was gone, Nate's brother came to visit and I was glad he and Nate got to hang out a little bit.  So since I knew they wanted to hang out I had them do a little chore.  A long time ago we picked up the headstone that was made for Nate's Dad.  We had everything all ready to go and take it out there, but I'm glad that Nate and Joe went out there.  It was a great thing for them to do and bond with.  It looks really good and I got these pictures texted to me while I was gone.  

 

We also had him over for dinner the night before he left to go back to Tucson.  I found him playing with them and their toys to help us while we were trying to make dinner.  They are pretty fond of their Uncle Joe.

The rope swing

So my mom and I drove home Sunday afternoon and decided to have Nate and the boys meet us out in Pinedale so we could have dinner together.  We had some burritos and just hung out after being gone for 4 days.  We ate outside and Kayton found his new favorite thing.  A rope swing.  The board to sit of broke off, but Aunt Susan showed him how to swing around and hold on tight.  We set up some chairs so he could go back and forth between chairs.  He loved it and thought it was the best thing.