One Long Post well maybe not.

Since it has been almost 1 month since I last posted anything, I thought that instead of many small posts that I would have 1 long post. So here it goes and I hope that I don't forget anything.

The kids have really like to help with things around the house. We have not pushed the hole chore thing yet, but we do have the kids help out every now and again to get them used to helping. They do clean their own room and toys. They are responsible for making sure clothes and shoes are put away. In their own way they have really started to help on their own. The boys like to change the laundry while Allyson loves to help fold towels. Tristan will come into the kitchen and help with the dishes. He will get up on a chair and wash them. He will load and unload the dishwasher. All the kids like to help set the table and put things away after diner. They will come up behind us while vacuuming and want to help.

Our cousin Justin Fisher who had come home from the Military in August came over to visit. The kids were so excited. Allyson who prayed for him ever night was very shy when he came over. I did not think that they were ever going to let him leave. We had a wonderful visit with him and are so glad that he came home safely!

Lost of swimming this summer.

Tristan jumping over the steps. He really enjoyed swimming this summer. He was in the pool the least amount of the 3 kids. Allyson showing of her goggles. Although she loves to swim she would get out dry off and get back in. Gavin was our little fish this summer. He learned to swim without his floats and by the end of summer he was swimming in the deep end. It was also very hard to get him out. He would stay in for 6 hours most Saturdays getting out long enough to eat!

This day when Mark was giving Champ a bath Tristan wanted to help out.

Mark went away the weekend of Sept 11th to a family dedication of his Great Great Grandfather in Utah. While he was gone Kami decided to color her hair back to her natural color of Brown.

September was a very short month for us. Tristan and Allyson are loving school and we are getting into a really great routine. Allyson says that her favorite part of school is the painting and cutting. Tristan says his favorite part of school is running and playing with his friends. Gavin is coming along as well in learning his numbers and letters are far as writing them. We are working on the thumb sucking thing and have been using this stuff called "Thumb" and it seems to be working.

August 22th Gavin turns 4

We were not going to have a party but at the last minute we decided to have one. Well with in the last week. It turned out very nice. He swam along with everyone else. This kid is a fish and only got out because all the other kids did. Every present that he opened was his favorite present.

We are still here!!

Well it has been a long time since I posted. With work, the twins starting school, Gavin's 4th b-day, the house, my computer not working and just being so dang busy I have not had any time to get updated. So once things calm down and my computer is back up and I can upload pictures again I will have lots to blog. In the mean time I have been catching up on reading all the blogs that I love to read.

Kami

1st Day of Kindergarten.

Wow it has been a long 8 months. It has been that long since we started with Registration, Dc Appts and trying to get a transfer in. But the hard work has paid off. We got it all done and the transfer we really wanted went through. After a fight from mom with the district, long story. The kids are in different classes which is what I wanted, so they can bloom on their own. They are on the Late Bird start time of 9:45am. They get out of school at 1:54pm. They loved the first day. When we got to school and the gate was opened they went write in. When we picked them up they still had smiles on their faces. So that is an added bonus. So we are officially proud parents of 2 kids in Kindergarten and 1 not so happy almost 4 year old who is sad that he does not get to go. I think he will be fine. He got to spend the day with mom and dad.

Beach trip July 2009

We went to the beach on Saturday July 25, 2009. Tristan loved the water, Allyson loved to play in the sand and run from the water. and Gavin like to play in the sand but not go in the water. We took so many pictures this day since the waves were huge. We had to make sure that someone was with Tristan at all times when he was near the water. We stayed most of the day and it was hard getting the kids to go home. It was the perfect day, and the kids can not wait to go back. Here are just a few pictures.

Kaitlyn and April buried Tristan in the sand. But I loved this picture of Gavin looking over him.

Gavin wanted to be buried in the sand after he saw Tristan get buried in the sand. April (Kaitlyn's friend) did the honors. He hated to go into the water to get cleaned off.

Allyson played in this same spot all day. She did not want to be buried. She would run from the water and never really got wet.

I took like 5 or 6 pictures of them all together. They all came out so cute it was hard to pick one to add.

Not so lucky after all!!!

Well although you can not tell by this picture Allyson has PINK EYE!! Well last night her eyes yes both eyes were red and starting to get weepy. So we still have lots of medicine and started late last night with the drops. This morning she already looks a ton better. We never let it get bad. Still pink but no weep!! I think we are pros at this pink eye stuff. One more kid to go.

What does this look like??

Last week we told the kids that we would take them to the beach on Saturday. But all week Tristan had been reminding us of the Church Pioneer picnic that he really wanted to go to. So we told then that we would go on a different day and that we would stay home and swim then go to the picnic. Good thing. Take a look at this.

Yes Tristan looks like he got hit in the eye, but no this is not the result of a fight with another person. Here is how the story goes.

We got up for breakfast and the kids wanted eggs. So I made them eggs. Allyson and Gavin wanted scrambled with cheese and katsup of course. Tristan wanted his over medium with the same toppings but when asked i he wanted it cut he asked "mom can I have a butter knife so I can cut it myself?" What was I supposed to say, no?? Of course not so I gave him one and showed him once and he was off. He did a great job.

Well as the day went on Tristan's eye was starting to look really bad. At first it just looked like he got some lotion in it. It was starting to tear and get lots of what looked like sleep in it. I took the Allyson and Gavin to the park. It was 110 degrees so we only stayed for 1 hr. Mark stayed home with Tristan. Later that night it was just looking really bad. Mark took him to the ER and it was an eye infection of course. The Doctor said Pink eye. Why not!! Just what we need. Anyways when they got home I took that picture. The next morning after some antibiotics and eye drops he looked like this.