First Day of Preschool

Yesterday Boston and Preston had their first day of preschool. I can not believe how big they are getting. We have been talking about preschool with them since June when I signed them up. Every time I would ask them if they were excited to go they would say yes but would ask if I would come with them. When I would tell them I wouldn't be coming then they would say they didn't want to go. Well we just kept talking about it and the more we did the more excited they got for it. Yesterday as they were getting ready they were both so excited and happy to go. Well we got their and Preston did so good. He walked right in and hung up his back pack and acted like he had been doing this for a long time. The boys have been watching a lot of Calliou lately and their was one where his preschool went for a field trip to pick apples. So Preston went right up to his teacher and asked "Are we going for a nature walk to pick apples." I think she was a little confused by what he wanted but said not today. Boston however shied up as soon as we walked in. He hid behind my legs and was hanging on for dear life. The teacher tried to take him and he started to cry but I just walked out knowing he would be fine. When I came back to get them two hours later and they were both nothing but smiles. They had so much fun and can not wait to go back. I was so proud of them for staying. I knew they would enjoy it but sometimes they take a little time to warm up. I was so surprised by how well Preston did when he just walked in. I was also so surprised with myself, no crying. It was close when I had to walk away listening to Boston cry, but I didn't do it. Gary asked me what I did with my free time. I said I watched a little TV, washed some dishes and did some laundry, my usual morning routine. But it was so nice to be able to do a few things without be interrupted. Usually I have two boys asking me for drinks and snacks (like 10,000 times in an hour), needing help with something, having to break up fights. It was a little weird though to have the peace and quiet. But something I will definitely enjoy. Here are some pictures of my handsome boys all ready for school. Don't they look so grown up all of a sudden?

Here is Boston at school.

Here is Preston at school. I don't know what it up with the creepy smile but it was the only picture I got of him alone.

County Fair and Rodeo

Last week we took the kids to the county fair and to the rodeo. Boston and Preston found a local Utah channel that played parts of the rodeo. They ask to watch it just about everyday. So when we found out the county fair was coming we decided we could not miss the chance to take them to their first rodeo as well.
First we started out with the rides. Preston would only go on the circus train and the merry go round. Boston decided he wanted to ride a real roller coaster so we went on a little dragon one that goes around. We did not really get any of the roller coaster Boston went on because I was dumb and sat on the outside. So you couldn't even see Boston where Gary was standing to take a picture. The whole time he was on it he looked really scarred. But when we got off he was saying "woo hoo" with his hands in the air and saying it was really fun. I think he was pretty proud of himself for going on it. Later when we were driving home he said "Mom that dragon ride was scarry but it was fun too." I was so proud of him for trying it.
Here are some picture of the rides we went on.
Boston Preston and Isaac on the Circus Train.


Boston and Grandpa (with Kara, Tanna and Isaac behind them) on the Merry-Go-Round

Boston and Isaac on a flying saucer ride.

After the rides we headed to the rodeo. The boys really enjoyed watching it and sat there the whole time.
Here is Boston, Preston and Gary waiting for the rodeo to start.

First fishing trip

My mom and dad came up for the county fair and my dad wanted to go fishing. He invited the boys to come along. We went to a cute little pond and the boys tried out fishing for the first time. They really enjoyed it, especially after they got a hold of Isaac's little fishing pole. We didn't have any luck catching any fish but I don't think they cared. They just had fun throwing in the line and reeling it in. Here are some pictures of my little fishermen.

Trampoline Campout

Or at least an attempted campout. So a few weeks ago the boys said they wanted to sleep out on the trampoline. I thought it would be a fun experience for them and so I said I would if daddy would. So they went and asked Gary and he said yes. So we got all ready for bed, got all our sleeping bags and headed out to the backyard. The boys were loving it. We talked about the moon, the stars, and the clouds that were passing by. Boston and Preston both fell asleep probably at about 10-10:30. I was so tired so I thought I would have no trouble falling asleep. Well I was wrong. That night for some reason it did not cool down like it usually does here. The wind was also blowing so hard. At first I thought maybe that was a good thing and it would help cool it down a little, but no luck, it was a hot wind. So finally at about midnight I called it quits and we carried the boys inside to their beds. As I was laying Preston down in bed he asked why we weren't sleeping outside. I was kind of sad that he noticed but then decided I didn't care much when I was in my nice soft bed. They keep asking when we are going to sleep on the tramp. All I can say is maybe one of these nights when it is cooler we will try it again.
Here they are getting ready for the night.