July

Tooele Train Museum

One of Max's favorite things about living in Tooele is having our very own train museum in town.

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Madelyn's Blessing

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Tooele 4th of July Parade

The Boyds wanted to enjoy a 4th of July parade so drove to Tooele to enjoy the parade with us.

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Goodbye To the Boyd Family

Aunt Colleen, Carol, and Kathy invited us to a goodbye dinner at Chuck-A-Rama.

They used to take us there every summer when we stayed with them so it was nostalgic.

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Random happenings throughout the month...

* Madelyn (Boyd) stayed with us for a few days and the boys enjoyed having a little girl around.

They were very helpful taking care of her. Max especially loved giving her a bottle.

* The boys always love having Logan and Korben over to play.

* The boys love going to yard sales with me on Saturday mornings.

One of our fun finds was a Spider-Man couch.

May

James' work gave us tickets to go to a Salt Lake Bees Baseball game. 

It was the first time the boys had been to a sport in an arena.
They had a ton of fun! And of course, even at a sports event there is a train that you just have to ride.

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As always my boys spoiled me for my birthday.

James picked up my favorite Cafe Rio salad along with delicious Cold Stone.
They each gave me a beautiful piece of jewelry to go in my brand new jewelry box.
The bracelet from James, the heart necklace from Max and the clock locket from Zane.

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We decided it was time for the fun of a trampoline.

Even though we hoped to be moving soon we decided we should put it up and enjoy it for the summer. The boys love it!

OUR HOUSE IS FOR SALE!!!

After almost two months the house is finally listed!

Happy Birthday to me!

April 2014

Max's 2nd Year LPM Recital

I am so amazed at all that Max has learned in his music class!

After watching me paint my toe nails the boys asked me to paint their toes.

Zane likes to sit on my bed and watch movies.

UTVA ALPS Outings Jan - Mar

HEALTHY HEARTS DISCOVERY DAY

Bobby Lawrence Karate

Max's Teachers

Mrs. Keeler, Kindergarten Teacher; Mrs. Davies, ALPS; Mrs. Charles, Literature

CAPITOL BUILDING TOUR

The school scheduled lunch and a tour of the Utah State Capitol Building.

Max's best school friend Aislynn was there and as always they are stuck together the entire time.


NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Max presented his project on dogs but it was so noisy that no one could hear anything. After the presentation began the crazy chaos of running around following his little friend Aislynn . We had lunch and played a few bat games for the monthly subject. Max asked if we could go back through the museum and he and I enjoyed an hour wandered around looking at whatever exhibits caught his eye and going back to the chocolate exhibit twice.

MAX'S DOG BOOK
Max chose dogs for his project and decided to put together a book. We read several books about dogs, gathering facts and he used his dog drawing book to draw several dogs. He made a cover, a title page, a table of contents and then pages of Firedogs, Chihuahuas, Worker dogs, Maggie & Buddy, pugs and his drawings.

Max interviewing with the owner of his dog friends.

Max's Turns Six!

Max's birthday was simple and yet somehow chaotic and crazy. James and I debated over and over different scooters as we tried to find the right one for our Max. When I came home with puppy wrapping paper Max was SO excited! He said thank you over and over. He loved his Thomas banner and got a huge kick out of his puppy bowl. He decided to save his cake for his birthday party with his cousins and asked if we could have s'mores on his birthday. 

We started the morning with Max's favorite chicken bisquits from Chic-fil-a and then he opened his Jake and the Neverland Pirates Coloring Book. After coloring together with James he opened his Lego train set and they had fun putting it together. Max is getting really good at following the instructions for the little Legos.

James took Max on a birthday "recon" mission while I was at the girl's weekend and Max decided what he wanted most (even more than a new train set) was a scooter. After trying out two that were too difficult for him we finally found one that was just right.

(The green three-wheeled one.)

The day after his birthday cousins Logan, Korben, Andie and Hailey came to celebrate with Max. Max's cake request this year was a puppy cake. I found a cake that was simple but satisfied him. After hotdogs and chicken fries for dinner, the kids played "Pin the paw on the Puppy", had cake and ice cream, ran around in the backyard together and then opened presents. Logan and Korben gave him a minion shirt and a Lego Police car. Andie and Hailey gave him a load of art supplies that all the cousins had a chance to play with before heading home.

I can't believe my little boy is already six!

March 2014

Zane

He likes being the "bad guy", has decided that red is his favorite color, 7 is his favorite number and he totally digs spiderman
(even though he has never really watched it.) He likes to talk to his toys and his food in a cute, tiny, squeaky voice and has started calling Max "brother" all the time.

Maxi

He still carries his puppy Scruffy everywhere with him, art is his favorite subject,
he cries easily (especially when his little brother is picking on him) and he is very sensitive to the light. 

A girl's weekend with Mom before her mission.

We talked, laughed, ate too much food, stayed up too late, had a Mary Kay party and attended a Temple session together. It was a wonderful weekend despite how miserable I felt. I couldn't enjoy it as much as I hoped but I was so glad to be there. Because I was sick Jessica and I talked all about the doterra oils and I was reminded what a part of my life it used to be. I'm not sure how I let that part of my life go but I am so grateful to have reconnected with it. When I got home I replenished my oil supply and am learning again how to use them.

My new headboard found on KSL.

Kells gave us a desk that is such a great school desk for Max.