Cutest Baby Contest

Ok, so I only had one motivation when I did this and it was purely to try and get the twin bed, Preston is in serious need of a twin bed and that is one of the prizes. I know I have talked on here a couple of times about trying to win stuff from the radio and so you might be able to tell that we listen to the radio quite a bit and it is usually 106.7 (the planet) So I submitted Preston's picture for the beautiful baby contest. So if you want to help us out and see if we can win that twin bed you can go online and vote for Preston. I don't know how many times you can vote but it looks like you can vote as many times as you want. The website is http://planet1067.com/poll?sid=2657 and he is close to the bottom, seventh row up. I used the same picture that is on my sidebar of him. Josh said I should have chosen a different one that showed his face better and when I thought about it I agreed. I just love the picture! So check it out and maybe vote for him once or twice :) Thanks!

First Day of School!!!

I am happy to report that Kendra and Ethan made it to school on time with smiles on their faces and not one single tear was shed! I was so ready for school to start, I wasn't sure I was going to make it. I had never been ready for school like I was this year. If it gets worse every year then I think I will be resorting to summer school. I let the kids pick out their own outfits and Kendra told me, "I need something new because I want to wear something that no one has ever seen me in before." I didn't buy her anything new, but instead she wore something that she had gotten this summer. What a girly girl she is, she always has to be "stylin" as she puts it.

Ethan finally got his hair cut yesterday,( I know completely last minute) and I was asked the question that I had been waiting for. A lady with her perfectly done hair, makeup, and clothes. Along with her two adorable tween children asked me "are they all yours?" She asked very nicely and she wasn't trying to be rude or anything but I just smiled and said yes. As a side note I had not showered and just pulled my hair back, Kendra hadn't combed her hair and Preston's hair was crazy but he was wearing a hat. I figured I would just run into town to do this one thing that I had put off as long as possible. I hadn't anticipated Great Clips to be packed full with people getting back-to-school haircuts. OOPS!!!

Aubrey is sitting up great all on her own and she is trying to crawl. She gets on all fours and starts rocking but just can't get going. She is going to figure it out really soon. She also gets up on her toes and hands and does her own version of push-ups. I LOVE IT! She is still a happy baby, as long as I am around and as long as she is sitting on her own and has something to chew on. I think that her hair is starting to sprout but Josh disagrees.

Preston wanted in the picture too of course. We have really been enjoying our nice quiet day today and it has been filled with a whole lot of nothing. I bathed the little ones, fed them, cleaned up the kids' room a little bit, got Aubrey down for her morning nap and then I sewed a bag. I love school.

Here is Ethan all lined up and ready to go inside. This little girl behind him was already poking at him and trying to get his attention and then would turn around to the girl behind he and snicker. Oh what fun to be a first grader.

Can you see Kendra's massive backpack. They have to bring so much stuff!

They were so ready! I didn't even have to wake them up this morning.

Ethan was excited that he got to wear his new shoes! I had them in my closet for a while and he had put on his old shoes and come down the stairs when I asked him if he wanted to wear his new shoes. I think that made his day. So now we are just waiting to get moved in to our new place and get all settled so that we can enjoy our free time even more.

What could make me happier!

I walked into my room today and found that Preston had made his bed. He had all of his little stuffed animals lined up on his pillow and his blanket placed just so. I hadn't even asked him to and to tell you the truth Preston's bed rarely gets made because it is a toddler bed and he naps and well, I am just lazy. So I was taken by suprized that my spirited little two year old decided to take the initiative to do this. What a little sweety, now if only I could get him potty trained.

I guess I should update on what is going on in our lives these days. We are not headed off to Utah for the fall semester. Josh didn't get in to BYU for this semester, he was .15 off in his GPA they told him. He was bummed but is optimistic. He is taking another year worth of credits online through MSU-B and then we will see what happens at least his generals will be done. Josh found an awesome job with a company here in Billings and will be their Logistics Coordinator. He is super excited to be starting this position and helping the company to grow. It is a new position within the company and he has big plans. I am just glad that we found such a great job. We were getting down to the wire, seeing as you can't mow lawns all year long in Montana. We managed to find a pretty nice place at the very last minute that is in the same ward and the kids don't have to switch schools. It is funny how things fall into place. Josh and I had fallen in love with a different place but we were going to have to switch wards. Neither of us felt very good about that but our options for three bedroom rentals in our price range is pretty limited here in Billings. But we went and saw this other place and fit our needs perfectly. We almost didn't go to the appointment but are glad that we did.

The kids are very excited to start school and so am I. I can't wait for them to be back in school, is that horrible for me to say? We are looking forward to Josh starting his new job on Monday so that we can see him more at night! (and he won't come home smelling like grass clippings and gasoline)

Time to Party

Sadly you can't even see this amazing person. It is a good thing that we could or I would have been one sad momma!

Muah!!! I couldn't help planting a big one on him. Isn't he so cute when he is all dolled up? Well I think he is cute all of the time, even when he smells like grass and gasoline. When we got to the concert Josh and I split up to see which line was faster since our tickets were just general admission. He made it in before I did of course, but we weren't separated for more than five minutes and wouldn't you know some college girls managed to hit on him. He just smiled at them and said, "I'm married" as he literally ran off to get me good seats, what a wonderful husband.

So yes, I got to go and see Kelly Clarkson, one of my very favorites!!! My wonderful mother-in-law scored us some awesome free tickets to the show and we had a blast. Even though we were in general admission we still got pretty decent seats since we got there right when the opened the gates. I would have loved to have been on the floor, dancing and singing and having a blast with all of the teenagers maybe next time. Josh had been trying to win me tickets on the radio all week so that we could be right up front but he needed to brush up a little on his Kelly music.

I feel like I have had more date nights in the last two weeks than we have had in the last two years! It has been so wonderful and a big thank you to all of the wonderful grandparents who have watched over our crew, I am very VERY appreciative. The favorite thing that we have been able to do since living with my parents is getting the kids all tucked in and asleep and then going out to the late movie. Talk about not having to worry about the kids, it was wonderful, except for the fact that I had to fight to stay awake. I didn't really enjoy the last Harry Potter Movie. Josh's mom also got us tickets to see Trace Atkins last Saturday (she is the sales manager for a broadcasting company) I didn't really want to go but Josh got the night off and got his dad and stepmom to watch the kids so I couldn't say no. The concert ended up being really fun and I knew more songs than I thought I did. The drunk lady on one side of us and the couple getting hot and heavy on the other side wasn't very much fun though but kept Josh and I laughing.

We think that we have found a new place and are very excited abou moving, it is in just the right neighborhood and I absolutely LOVE the floorplan and it is brand new, you just can't beat that. The only downside is that we will have to change wards, total bummer. I am really going to miss Blue Creek. I didn't think that I would like to be back in the same ward that I was in when I was in high school but it wasn't bad at all and everyone is super nice, so we will miss it.