The Eash's

It's been a long time since we've had a good set of friends that we both enjoy spending time with and Sam & Nannette have filled the void! We got to celebrate Nannettes birthday a week ago with games and dinner at her house and then later we escaped with them again for dinner in the city.

 Joes Crab Shack was the restaurant of choice and they both got Lobster...gotta love the bibs!
 Sam got the whole kahuna and ate a giant lobster right across the table from me. He even talked me into trying it but I had to spit it out. Not my cup of tea.

Then we had to go for dessert of course and here's our selfie in front of coldstone at Jordan Commons.

We are super grateful to have friends who are up for doing crazy things at the last minute. We've done many game nights, BBQs, and celebrated lots of birthdays with them. They have 4 kids and so do we and it seems theres a party every month this year! 

Thanks Eash's for taking us in and making us feel like family! We love you guys!

Salt Lake State Fair

Ever since we have moved to utah I have been begging Chad to go to a fun fair. I love the fair and have lots of fun memories of going there as a kids. We finally agreed we should check out the Salt Lake State fair and so I got all dressed up in my country best. 

A couple of bad apples! :)

 We headed right for the rides and let the kids ride to their hearts content...or at least until we were out of money!

 The little hands on the farm display was so adorable and a favorite by all! They got to plant a seed, pick the produce, sell it to the market, get money and then buy something with it at the end of the tour! The kids loved it!

 My little farmer.

 This I'm sure was Brielle's favorite thing. She didn't want to get off that tractor!

 I got my fair fix but it really wasn't worth the money we spent....and we were being frugal! State fairs definitely cost more than small county fairs! But it was a fun experience for everyone. We got some good fried food but once again, I've had better. From here on out I'll stick to small town fairs...except Tooele's.....it is awful!

I really am glad we went though. If for nothing else, the experience!

Everything is AWESOME!

The day of his party finally arrived! He requested a lego theme and a lego party is what he got! 

 We started out with lego hunt (like an egg hunt but with legos) and once they gathered all the legos they could we had a lego tower building contest!

 Our neighbor girl and good friend Hayley won the tallest standing tower prize!

 Whats a party without pin the HEAD on the LEGO guy?!

 He invited 12 friends and 10 were able to make it so with Mollie we had 11 little bodies running around. It was a little nuts!

 The lego table spread complete with cheeseballs, cupcakes with lego candy, marshmallow lego head pops, lego juice boxes and lego candy. The pinata is in the back right corner with a scared look on his face. (which i got zero pictures of because I was busy playing referee and protecting kids from swinging sticks!)

 Happy birthday to you! He even had lego candles on his cupcakes!

 Everything was awesome...including when it was over.

I'm grateful Carter is learning to make friends wherever he goes and has such a good little group of buddies that treat him very well. Happy birthday Carter! Hope its one to remember!

Carter's Birthday week

Carter's birthday was on a tuesday so we celebrated all week long! A gift from his Hymas grandparents arrived a week early so he got to open it and loot came pouring out! Thanks G&G Hymas!

 The night before his birthday we had a big labor day BBQ in our backyard with friends. I was too focused on that and was feeling bad once it was over that I hadn't focused much yet on making his big day special since his party wasn't until the weekend....so I quickly put this contraption together while Chad gruelingly put together a large gift in the garage.

 And hung his lego birthday sign...

 And wrapped presents so he could have some to open on his birthday! We usually do 1 gift in the morning so he got to open the one that was a new basketball then we led him outside to this....

He scarfed down his birthday breakfast of donut hole and fruit kabobs so he could run outside to shoot some hoops! He came back in and said he made 7 hoops because he was 7.

When I went to pick up Mollie from her first day we stayed and had lunch with Carter at school and took his class treats. Didn't get any pictures of that because he ran off to recess without even saying goodbye!

It was pure torture waiting for dad to get back home to open gifts!

 He got several lego sets and some treats and lego books from his sister.

 He's been begging for Minecraft and I think this picture captured his excitement when he opened it!

For dinner he requested McDonald's so we got happy meals and let the kids play on the toys.  (as you can see Mollie was very happy here....)

 All his gifts

And later in the week we took Carter to his first Bronco game! It was a really late game but I think he had a blast and it was nice to get away and give him some much needed attention. He's always so patient with me while I'm taking care of the other 3 girls. 

It was a heart breaker of a game but here we are smiling still. 

Stay tuned for the Lego party!

Mollie's first day of Preschool!

This gal has been counting down the days for a month to school! She is so smart and so ready to learn! She knows her alphabet and most numbers, how to write her name and can memorize anything really quick! 

She wants to be a doctor and she loves to play dress up. 

This year she goes to Harris Elementary and her teachers are Mrs. Marshall and Miss Aubrey

 Hooray!!! From both of us!

 Her first day was also Carter's birthday and picture day! It was a busy day!

 Her friend met her in the morning and walked into school with her. I think it helped her nerves a little.

 Room #2!

 Miss Aubrey and Mrs Marshall in the background!

 Her classroom! She was so excited, and unlike Carter, told me every detail about her day. They practiced their names and cutting on the first day and got to tell a little about themselves. She is so ready for school! And I'm so ready for someone else to help entertain her. Her little busy body and love for crafts keeps me very busy.

Sure love you Mollie Mae! I know you will do great things in life!

1st Grade!

On Aug 25th we entered into the world of Elementary school! Carter did preschool and kindergarten in a public school setting but 1st grade is all day 5 days a week! He was so excited and was up at 7 dressed and ready to go. 

He wants to be a football player when he grows up.

He loves to meet friends.

And his teachers are Mrs Sparks and Professora Scariot

 Sporting his XBOX shirt he was pretty proud of.

 All the kiddos dressed and ready to go!

 We checked out his classroom first and he starts his morning with English class and his afternoon with Portuguese! We are ecstatic about starting this dual language program!

 Bem Vindos!

He was tired his first week but he loves doing homework and meeting friends. Every day I ask about his day all I hear is about lunch and recess. Typical boy, right? He loves his teachers and is thriving in the Portuguese program. I sure love my 1st grader!!

 And don't we all need a little bling for our first day of anything....well he got his first "silver tooth" to start out 1st grade with. A previously filled cavity fell out and took some tooth with it and so he had to have a cap put on. He was a champ and so brave. He tells everyone he has a silver tooth like his dad!