Preschool

This week was fun! We missed our friend P. Hope he feels better soon. We learned about the letter R, shape Rectangle, color Red and number 5. Our lesson was also on Rhyming. The boys got to practice writing the letter R and finding it in a word search. We read fun books on Rhyming. I put together a Rhyme bag. We pulled the items out and made Rhyme words. They also acted out R-animals and words,like Rabbits, roosters and rolling around. For snack time we ate Ritz crackers and Red apples. The boys painted a picture of a Rainbow. They also went outside and picked out their own rock to paint. Instead of playing the game penny, penny who has the penny? We played rectangle, rectangle who has the rectangle?

LID..KID.

DIG..PIG

PAN..VAN

CAT..HAT

Today was my last turn to teach!! Definately bitter-sweet to have it coming to an end. My friends and I have done Preschool together for two years. I was sure lucky to work with a bunch of awesome ladies. It has also been fun to watch my kids learn and to be apart of it.

Sledding

Flying Kites

It was cold and windy last Saturday. Perfect for flying kites.

It was fun to have Logan,Perkins and Spendlove families there.

Blake

Blake is 4 months old. Man, how time flies. Ever since he was born it has been kinda a blur. It was super busy throughout the Holidays so I am glad things have calmed down a little. At his checkup yesterday he weighed 15 1/2 lbs and was 24 inchs long. He is growing out more than he is in height but that is normal for one of our babies! We love that he is so alert, starting to smile and laugh. He loves his bath time and watching Jack and Kyle play.He also loves to suck on his fingers. Such a sweet addition to our loud,roudy house of boys.

Denver Trip

Blake and I flew out to see Amy and her family in Denver. Blake did awesome on the plane.

Amy and I had a baby two days apart. Blake and Stellas first meeting. They hit it off pretty well.

Amy and I had such a fun girls weekend together. Alot of eating out and shopping! I wish we lived closer to each other. A big thanks to my brother-in-law Deagan, my sweet hubby Eric and my cousin Audrey for all the babysitting they did.

Today Hilary(Eric's sister) came for Sunday dinner. She is at BYU. It's nice to have her in our neck of the woods! The kids have fun with her.

Anniversary

Eric and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary yesterday. We were party animals this year. We had a very cute third wheel on our date with us. Went to dinner at Cheesecake Factory. During our 2 hour wait we headed to the mall and did some shopping. It was fun to hang out and talk together. Blake was AWESOME at the mall. As soon as we got seated for dinner he started crying. One of us was walking around the restaurant half the time with him. He did take a 15 minute nap right after we ate our appetizer and then woke up when dinner came. His timing was awesome. Can't win them all!

Idaho Trip

Eric was gone all last week for work so I took off to Idaho to visit my family. I slacked on taking pictures but here are the ones I got.

Bateman Cousins.

My sister Beth and I enjoying a late night movie...and a symphony bar.We saw Footloose. Which I totally loved!

This was my first road trip by myself with all three kids. Coming home was alot easier. Blake slept the entire way.

On the way home I stopped and met up with a mission companion of mine....Melanie. It was so fun to visit with her and meet each others kids. We each have three boys.

Grandpa Bateman

We love it when Grandpa Bateman stops by for a visit.Today we went to the Museum of Natural History. It was free day Monday. Then we went to Wendy's for lunch. The fun continued and we went to the Mall. My dad wanted to check out watches. The kids had fun playing at the toys and riding the escalators.

Comparision

All three of the boys. Same outfit. Same age. JACK

KYLE

BLAKE

There is no question on who our biggest baby is.

New Year, New Classes, New Goals

Kyle is now a Sunbeam.He was very happy to find out that his new teachers bring a snack. Which was his biggest concern about leaving Nursery.

Jack loves having Kyle in primary with him. Or maybe he just likes knowing that he gets the opportunity to boss him around not just at home but church to.

New Year Goals: Stop having Diet Coke for breakfast. Not be the mom at Walmart with the kids running up and down the isles. Beat my kids up in the morning.....ya right. Sleep in (Jack, Kyle and Blakes goal). Read my Young Womans lesson before Sat night. Do more dishes (Eric's goal). Keep the van cleaner inside. Less yelling at my kids. More dates with my hot hubby. Loose the rest of my baby weight. Have a girls weekend. Check. Going to see Amy in Feb! She promised me a pedicure and dinner at my favorite restaurant when I come. Happy New Years!!