Mother/Son Date

Jayden and I had a really fun night out. It was just what the two of us needed. We started the evening out mini golfing. It was his first time and he loved it.

 

 

He wanted me to knight him. 

He chose to get dessert at the mall so we could browse the bookstore afterwards. We passed by the Disney Store so decided to look around for a while. Jayden was so cute, saying he loved feeling like we were at Disneyland.

Our last stop was Barnes and Noble where we got dessert at the café and then browsed the books. We are both huge book nerds, I love looking at any kind of book, and I still love looking at children's books. I bought him a book, and we just had the most fun night together. 



Fun Run

The kids love the Fun Run every year at school and this year I went for the first time to cheer them on. They work so hard, it was fun to watch them and all the kids out there running their little hearts out.

 

Sidney waved at me every time she ran past.

 

 

 

The 4th graders got to do a color run.

 

 

 



More Tanner

While unpacking we found some fun dress-up costumes.

He also found the Legos and I walked in on him like this. He had climbed up on the dresser and was throwing them all over his room. 

He thought that was hilarious.

Then he dumped the whole bucket on the floor and was laying in them like he was swimming. 

 

 

A boy and his cars. 

I'm always finding the most random things around the house. Like a cube of butter on a fork on the living room floor, an apple core in my closet, and banana smashed on the carpet. 

He also really likes to put deodorant on, not only in his armpits, but on his stomach too, and one day he insisted on bringing 3 of them with us in the car. 

 

Tanner loves massages. He'll come and sit on your lap and pull up his shirt, grab your hand, and enjoy. 

He got a huge kick out of his hair all spiked up.

 

 

Move

We moved into an apartment a couple of weeks ago. After looking at several houses, putting an offer on one and having it rejected, trying a couple other options, and having nothing work out, we finally had to admit to ourselves we should rent for a while before rushing into a big purchase. It's not at all what we were planning on or what we want, but it was the only thing that felt right. We don't know what the future holds, and I'll admit I'm terrified we'll end up moving away next year. That's not at all what we want, but we're insane enough to if we feel it's right. We're hoping the right house will come along and trusting that even though we can't see the bigger picture, someone else can, and that things will work out somehow. It's hard losing so much space, but we're unpacking as little as possible. I'm definitely past the point of insanity. We are happy though, that our house finally sold. It took four months, which might not seem like long, but we knew six families in our ward in Meridian whose homes sold in 3 weeks or less, and our realtor was sure ours would move quickly. So it was a pretty long 4 months of waiting. It took dropping the price 4 times, but you know what? It's done now, the timing felt really off, and I'm just hanging onto the hope that it was for our good, and this apartment thing is no fun, but we'll be fine. Things always have a way of working out. I have to repeat that to myself every day, otherwise I know I'll drive myself crazy.

Tannerisms

Jayden was laying on the floor and Tanner ran over to him, stomped on his stomach, and shouted, "Yay! Did it!"

 

 



Hiking

Lovely, wet and muddy morning hike with the kiddos. Tanner collected nuts in his pocket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sidneyisms

"Winners make their own decisions so I choose to be a winner."

"I wish we could make pancakes in the shape of your grandma." She said this after I got back from my grandma's funeral. She was trying to comfort me, so sweet.

"Tanner can play with my toys and I'm not going to get mad because I'm a changed girl."

Jayden fixed his hair in a new way. She said, "Jayden, I think girls will be attracted to you now."