Preston's 4th Birthday!!!

Our youngest little man has turned 4 years old. I can not even imagine how time has flown by so quickly but I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful, sweet, smart, sassy, talented little boy as my son. I can not imagine my life or our family without him.

We had Preston's birthday party at our house and really loved being surrounded by so much love from all of our amazing friends and family.

At the start of the party it started to hail while everyone was outside enjoying the bbq and the bouncy house. Unfortunatley the large hailstorm put a stop to the outside part of the party but luckily we were able to take the party inside and still have a great time. And I have to say my husband is the most awesome man.......he continued to cook the food on the grill even while it was hailing outside. What a great guy!

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Preston!!!! Happy Birthday to you!!"

Make A Wish!!

Preston is beyond spoiled by all of our friends and family. This kid got more toys than he knew what to do with. He loved his big T-Rex!

 Big brother Connor loves to help Preston open his gifts.

 Now Aiden is getting in on the gift opening action.

Pictures of the great family and friends who attended Preston's party. We feel so blessed to know so many great people here.

 

These great ladies helped me get the party ready and wrap Preston's gifts! Thank goodness because Mom was not ready when the party started!!

 Wes, Zac, Xander, and Papa Vroom Vroom (my Dad)

 Connor and his Papa with Doug.

 Anita, Margie and all of the kids.

 Darcie, Wes, Elisa and Margie

 Connor and Preston's former nanny Traci, her hubby Darren and their little girl Kennedy.

 Zac and Stephan.

 Aiden enjoying Preston and Connor's old toys.

 Margie and her 3 (almost 4) year old son, Dominic.

 Connor showing off his awesome Monkey Face.

 

Preston's Concusion

I honestly believe my kids are trying to make sure we are known by name at the doctor's office. Today Preston was playing on the back of the couch while I was cooking breakfast. Next thing I knew I heard a very loud thump and he is screaming on the floor. Turns out he hit the back of his head on the tile floor which is pretty sharp. Luckily, since I am having to deal with so many head injuries with my boys I know how I dress the wound and what signs to look for in the event of a concusion. I honestly thought he was ok since he did not show any signs of a concusion and we would just have a boo-boo on the back of his head. But once Preston started throwing up we had to rush to the doctor's office and it was confirmed he had a minor concusion. Here he is after the injury was dressed and he was watching cartoons. He said he wanted to show Daddy his boo-boo so Daddy would know he was hurt.

Family Night watching the Salt Lake City Bees!

Tonight we took the kids to watch a Salt Lake City Bees baseball game. We were so lucky that Dave's work gave us free tickets to the game and the seats were amazing. They were 4th row behind the visiting team's dugout. So the kids were really able to see the action up close! It was a great family night with amazing weather, great seats, well behaved kids and a winning baseball team. All in all.....we could not have asked for better!

The view from our seats. The bee mascot was even cool enough to come over and give the boys a high five and hug!

Connor showing off his cute face at the start of the game. 



 Dad and Preston enjoying the game.

Abby and Jacob, looking extremely cute as always. They said they really enjoyed seeing the baseball game so I guess we will have to start going to more!

This little man makes my heart melt. Love that smile!

Preston being a ham as usual. He makes me laugh so much!

Yup, these are my boys.

Dave took the boys to ride the train behind the outfield. Dave let them ride alone and they felt so grown up and happy. Plus it gave me some time to actually watch and enjoy the game!

 

One of the perks of being so close to the field......you get to see the very close finish to the race between the hot dog, pizza and ice cream cone! FYI....the hot dog won!

Our trip to the Hogel Zoo!!

Today I took the boys to the Hogel Zoo and met up with Traci and Kennedy there. The boys had a great time and were pretty well behaved. Here are some of the pictures from our trip. I can not wait to do it again in the fall when it is cooler and less crowded!

The boys loved riding the carousel with their animal friends.
Here is Connor and Ollie.

Preston and George. Preston insisted on taking George to the Zoo to meet the other monkeys because George is a monkey too! (In case you did not know or have not had Preston tell you 100 times before)

Preston loved riding so much! He could not stop smiling and waving at Ms. Traci as we went by.

The boys looking at the LEGO monkeys. The Zoo had a special exhibit of animals made out of LEGOs. It was really cool.

The boys and Kennedy enjoying crawling on a statue. No matter how hard I tried though I could not get a picture of Kennedy looking at the camera.

Connor insisted I take a picture of him in this "silly" pose. And since Connor was posing silly, Preston had to too!

The LEGO penguins.

Traci and Kennedy with the giraffes.

Connor and Ollie with the giraffes.

Preston and George with the giraffes.

The boys watching a Polar Bear swim really close to them. They loved watching the Polar Bear push off from the rocks and swim around. It was really cool to see so close up.

The LEGO Polar Bear. This bear was made out of 90,000 LEGOs!

The boys watching the elephants cool off by throwing dirt on their backs. The boys were fascinated by the elephants and how big they were and by how cute the baby elephant was.

Our Trip to the Utah State Capital

For the last month the boys have been bugging me alot to take them to see the State Capital, so this morning we finally took all the kids there. And luckily Traci and her sweet little girl, Kennedy, were able to meet up with us to make the trip even more fun. The kids enjoyed learning a little about Utah and seeing inside a very impressive building.

Here are some of the pictures I took from our trip.

The mandatory family pictures in front of the capital.

 Enjoying some of the great views of the Great Salt Lake

 One of the four impressive lion statues.

 The back of the capital. Still so pretty.

 Traci and Kennedy on the steps of the building.

 The painted dome. It is so detailed I could not even come close to showing how pretty is really is.

 One of the four statues in the rotunda. As you can imagine....this one was my favorite!

 The group (minus Preston who was off exploring....go figure!) at the State House of Representatives room. It is pretty cool so see where the laws of Utah are debated and made.