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Kindergarten Baby No More

Tristan has graduated from kindergarten!  They put together the cutest graduation.  They asked the children to create a morphed animal.  Tristan was a TigerBee.  This is him taking a picture of himself while I am finishing his costume.  Nice shot! 

 How cute is his little stinger in back.  I am so creative. lol

Ashton, Logan, and I waited in the hallway until the program started.  As soon as Logan sees the red light on the camera, his eyes get big. 

I sure love my boys!

When we got in the classroom, the children were lined up according to their habitat.  They each had a pin attached to them that said, "push me."  Once the button was pushed, they had to tell you three things about their morphed animal.  Tristan said, "Tigers are mammals and live in the savanna.  Bees are insects.  Tigers eat meat, and bees make honey.  There were some really creative costumes.  Tristan's was the best though.=) 

They then performed a few songs.  My favorite was "I am proud to me an American." 

Tristan and his best bud Dash.  Dash was a butterdog. 

Tristan took his antennae off and handed it to me.  I put them on Logan to keep him entertained.  So dang cute!  Look at those big blue eye! 

The medallion around Tristan's neck is his distinguished dolphin award.  I love Daybreak Elementary.  Other then it being year round, it has been a great school with amazing teachers. 

Mrs. Thayer was wonderful with Tristan.  She always would tell me that he was her favorite, but I am sure she tells all the parents that.  I wish Ashton was going to have her next year, but we changed tracks. 

I ran into one of Das's friends from high school there.  His daughter was in Tristan's class.  They took this pic for us. 

I couldn't contain myself from putting these back on Logan's head.  He just looked so stinkin cute.  I also took the cutest video that I will have to put up.  Congratulations Tristan for making it through your first and easiest year of school.  We love you and are very proud of you!

Good Food + Great Company = Dinner Club

This month was dinner club time.  We originally were scheduled to host it next summer, but we switched with Joe and Kelli.  The weather was great and most everyone was able to make it. 

Das wanted to grill some burgers.  I have this really good teriyaki burger recipe that I got from my good friend Jen.  And then I made my fresh salsa, and clam dip.  The food was tasty, even though the grill went up in flames and Das's burgers became extra crispy. lol 

These dinner clubs are adults only.  But of course Logan can stay.  We didn't have a place to send Tristan and Ashton so we had my cute neighbor girls play with them out in our circle.  They had a great time as well. 

After dinner, we played the newlywed game.  I love to see what everyone comes up with.  We were also going to do karaoke, but the newlywed game took up most of our time.  Thanks to everyone that came.  We enjoy your company.  A few of you have asked for recipes for my salsa and burgers.  I will type them up and email them to you sometime this week.  We are looking forward to our next dinner club!

Loving My New Ride....

Das and I knew that after the baby, we were going to need a bigger car.  Especially if we are planning on having one more baby.  The Saturn has been great, but it was getting way to squishy in back.  Plus I hated driving a stick shift.  And, it didn't have the towing capacity that we will eventually need in the future.  So, we weren't sure what kind of car to get.  After Das did some research, he came across the Chevy Traverse.  Not quite the minivan and still not a Suburban.  Right in between.  It doesn't get as great of mileage as the Vue or Minivans but is better than the Suburbans/Yukon's.  It can tow more than the minivans, but not as much as the Suburban. 

These cars are fairly newer, so we were having a tough time coming across one for sale that had all our requirements for a new car.  We found a ton in white, which is the only color I didn't want.

We finally came across this one in black.  I had to have bucket seats.  The leather seats weren't a necessity, but it definitely doesn't hurt.;)

It also has a DVD player with headphone. And two sun roofs.

Winning!

It fits nicely in our already crammed garage.

And lots of space in front and throughout the whole car.  All though, the Saturn/Suburban/Minivans, do have more space in back for luggage etc.  But the Traverse has a larger back than most other midsized SUV's.  I am loving my new car!  I haven't had a new car in over 5 years.  Thanks Das!

BTW....my Saturn is up for sale for anyone interested in a good gar.  2005 VUE with only 45,000 miles on it.  In great condition, and gets great gas mileage.  Let anyone and everyone know.

Look whose sitting up!

I thought I was going to really have to work with him on sitting up, but apparently not.  I went to prop him up with the bobby but when I let go of him, he didn't fall.  He still is a little wobbly but for the most part....we've got a big boy now.  We used him in our Primary class today to help keep the children reverent.  We told him that as long as he was reverent, he would stay sitting up.  But the moment they got rowdy, he would fall over.  It worked quite well.

Logan is 6 months....ALREADY!!!

I may be a little biased, but I have the cuttest boys in the world!  We took Logan to his 6 month checkup, and everything looks great.  He just keeps getting fatter ad fatter.  I love it! This is him watching tv with dad.  He is so alert and takes in everything around him.

Cuddles up with daddy.  He loves to fall asleep on us.  He is such a good sleeper.  And we just recently put him in his own room in the crib.  So far he has done wonderfully.  Better than I expected.   

The doctor said to start him on finger foods.  I bought these apple wheels that he loves.  I love to watch him eat them.  He will hold them up right in front of his eyes, making him go cross eyed, and then shove it in his mouth. 

Today i left him for a sec and came back to this.  He couldn't quite figure out what was going on and how to get it off. lol  The doctor said he should be crawling in the next month....but I am not planning on it.  Ashton didn't start crawling until he was 8 months.  One, because he was so fat...and Two, because someone was always holding him.  I expect the same to happen with Logan.  He also loves his big brothers.  They can make him laugh any time.  He smiles just when the walk through the door.  Love my cute boys!

Ashton is 5!!!

Today is Aston's Birthday.  I can't believe how fast my boys are growing up! We already took him to Disney Land for his bday, but I still wanted to throw him a little party.

 So we invited a few of his neighborhood friends over as well as his cousin triplets.  I'm not sure who was more excited....him or Tristan. lol

 I picked up a few pizza's and prayed for good weather.  Grandma and Grandpa Weidner had bought him a slip n' slide that we set up for everyone.

 But the clouds came rolling in.  So they all just ran around upstairs for a while until I made them sno cones.  Then the sun came out for just a brief moment.  So we went outside to freeze.

 The slip n' slide looked like a lot of fun.  If the wind wasn't blowing, I think they all would have stayed out longer.  But it was blowing the slide up, and the water in the wrong direction.

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 But they all got a few good runs in.

 After they dried off, we headed back inside to open presents.  Thank you to JD, Paxton, and Will for the pillowpet, ironman, and squirter. 

 Thank you Eli for the spider man puzzle and toy.  And thanks to Dillon for the airplane glider.  Ashton loved all of his gifts.  Das and I also got him Pirates of the Carrabean WII game and Ethan got them the Rango DS game

I can't believe he will be in kindergarten this year.  He  had his preschool gradutation a few weeks ago at a bouncy house.  They put on a cute performance and gave them caps and diplomas.  Then they got to run around and play for a couple of hours.  He made some great friends this year in preschool and they will luckily be in his kindergarten class.  His teachers were also amazing!  I can't wait to see what this next year hold for Ashton.  He is my sweatheart and we love him so much.  His energy is contagious, and exhausting.;)  And his love for his brothers is priceless.

Happy Birthday Big Boy!