Swimming Lessons

For the month of May, the boys took swim lessons at an indoor pool. They loved taking lessons and on the last day they let the parents sit close enough to take pictures.

( After school ended and we started going to the pool, the boys loved practicing what they learned.)

Preschool Graduation

The lady who put on Wade's preschool graduation did a wonderful job. Here are the kids walking to the pomp and circumstance music.

Here is Wade with his cute little homemade hat.
This is the flower that Wade gave to me (each kid gave one to their mother since we were their teachers).
And Wade getting his diploma!!

In the fall he'll be attending another year of preschool (in the school district).

Favorite Blankie

My mom has made blankets for each of my kids. My boys have been very attached to their blankets and still are. Celeste has now joined in the blanket obsession. She has to grab it when we get her out of her crib in the morning and won't let it go until she is good and ready. She has to give up the blanket before she can eat breakfast. None of my kids are super attached to these blankets, they can all fall asleep without them. If given the choice, they would all choose to have their blankets.

Award Ceremony

Here is Treyton and his best friend Keith, who is also LDS and clearly a head taller than Treyton, getting their Trailblazer awards at the PTA meeting. I'm not really sure what this award is really for, but basically having good character and being a good kid.

Exercise

I try really hard to walk Treyton to school every day that is warm enough and dry enough. It's just over a mile each way, so it provides me with a good workout (especially on windy days and with Treyton holding onto the stroller provides great resistance). There are those cold and rainy days that I drive instead of walking. On the days that I drive, I do workout videos. The boys will usually do them with me. On this particular day, the boys wanted to do an exercise video just for fun. Here they are stretching.

And here they are punching (they really like doing the boxing moves). I love that they see me trying to be healthy and want to exercise and be healthy too. Treyton has learned a lot about health and fitness throughout the year at school and he really likes exercising.

Father and Sons Campout

For different reasons, my boys have not been on a father and sons campout until now. This was their first one together. They had a lot of fun. It was really hot for most of the night but cooled off enough to sleep by about 2:00 a.m. There was a severe thunderstorm warning that night, but luckily the storm went to the north of them. They got home just as I was getting up for the day.

Now that I have a nice camera, I've been taking pictures of my children instead of taking them to a studio. So, I tried to get some pictures of Celeste for her 18 month pictures and this is how it turned out. I tried inside pictures.

I tried outside pictures.

I finally gave up and I'm going to take her to a studio. I'll try her again at age 2. She is just too busy and easily distracted to get a nice shot of her. Maybe if someone else takes her picture she'll stop and look at the camera.