Owen's nap

Owen recently figured out how to get out of his crib. The other day when he was 'napping' he got my camera off the shelf and was playing with it. A few days later I noticed about 30 new pictures on the camera. There were lots of his fingers and belly, this one was decent.

field trip to the zoo

Last monday we went to the zoo with Lathams. We had a great time (despite our being late because I was getting a speeding ticket). Owen is at the magical age for going to the zoo. He looks at everything in utter amazement. Some of the animals are REALLY big compared to him! Of course since we have two dogs, he also wanted to pet/touch every animal also. Unfortunately I had to explain it was against the rules! One of the previous times we went to the zoo, Matthew saw the elephant doing a rather large elephant poo-poo, and he was talking about it the whole time we were there. Even though we didn't see any large animals use the bathroom, I think it was still a great time.

Sudays

I LOVE Sundays. Not only do we get to go to church where I feel inspired and reenergized, but we also get to spend the whole day together. Matt has always spent Sunday at home with us, no matter how busy he is (actually, it was the only time we saw him during his first two years of dental school). We take it easy, read stories, play board games, and take naps. Last Sunday, Matt and Owen laid down together for a while. Owen is waking up here and Matt is still asleep. They are so cute. I like this picture also because it shows what a great hands-on dad Matt is. Whenever he is home, he does so much with the kids. That, if nothing else, makes me think that our three boys will turn out OK.

New seat covers

Anyone who has kids knows how easily dinning chairs get dirty. Our cushions are really hard to clean so, with my mother's encouragement I decided to sew some new covers that I could remove and wash. I have to say, they turned out really well, despite my limited sewing experience, and I feel pretty proud of it (very martha stewartish). Thanks for the inspiration mom!

summer school

Art time!

So, I've been doing school with the kids every morning for a couple hours. We have 9 activities that I put into ten minute incriments. We do puzzles, reading, kung-fu/exercise, workbooks, music, encyclopedias, art, scriptures, math. It ends up taking 2 hours. The kids love it and I enjoy it, but I couldn't ever do home school for real. I change up the activities everyday to keep it interesting. The kids like exercise/kung fu time the best- sometimes we even do Dance Dance Revolution. We do school M-F, except on days when we do field trips instead. So far it has made the Summer fly by!

Father's Day Part II

After church we went home and grilled some filet mignon, made some garlic and cheese mashed potatoes, and green beans and had a big lunch. I think the thing Matt liked most about father's day was having Jeffery here. He ended up staying a lot later than we thought he would to hang out. While we were working on lunch he played ping-pong with Matthew for a long time. I could here him coaching him and joking with him. I heard Matthew laughing and laughing. It was a great day!

Father's Day

I think Matt had a nice Father's Day. We have to leave for church at 8:30am so we don't have a lot of time to celebrate before, but we tried to fit it in! He and Jeffery had spicy omletew for breakfast. Then he got to open lots of little presents from the kids. Some clothes, a new ping-pong paddle, etc. Then it was off to church. Oh, Jeff did Owen's hair for church- very cute.