The Joys!

Oh, the joys of cooler weather. We have had one HOT summer so it has been a much welcomed relief to have gotten rain off and on over the last few weeks and some cooler temps. It means finally we can have some fun outside without melting. . . .













See, being outside makes for happy kids. And not sweating to death while doing it makes for one happy mom!

It's Birthday Time!

We celebrated Kenner's 4th birthday on Wednesday. He had preschool that day so he got to take treats to share with the class and they sang happy birthday to him. He had a pretty good day there and got to talk to Grandma on the webcam for a bit after school.

We celebrated our family full of September birthdays (3 of the 4 of us have a b-day this month, sorry Myer, you are the odd man out!) on Kenner's special day and ate at a family favorite, Olive Garden. Thanks for the birthday money to enjoy a wonderful meal Grandma and Grandpa Hartman! We love that our kids enjoy eating there just as much as we do! After dinner we went bowling and then came home for presents and "cake". I think Kenner had a pretty good day. He sure is growing up!

Sorry blurry phone pics again to start with!

Enjoying dinner!

Played another pitiful game of bowling but hey we had fun! However, Wayne did not lose this time. I'm sure he was secretly happy about that! :)

This pic kinda makes Kenner look like a pro bowler, walking up with a nice stance and ready to give it a throw! Don't worry he was just carrying it to the stand to set it on and push it off!


This kiddo was pretty much all over the place at the bowling alley, could not keep him still for a second! Little Monster!

Excited to open presents!

Kenner got this box unwrapped and was like, "oh a box!" and was acting excited then moved on to the next gift. We were laughing that he thought the box was his gift and didn't go to open the box to see what was inside, silly boy!

The jammies were in the box. I think he'd much rather have these then just a box!

Heck, why not wrap up some candy. Gives him another thing to open and he gets excited just the same!

Happy Birthday Kenner!

Kenner also received a nice chunk of change from his Grandma and Grandpa Lowder and GreatGrandparents Hartman. We'll have to see what he may want to do with that! Thanks!

Enjoying his new hot wheels track! This one is the coolest we have got so far!

He was jumping with excitement and I caught him still in the air!

Before you see this next pic, let me explain. I have discovered over the past few years that when I make a cake for a birthday, it does not get eaten, except maybe a piece by Wayne and that leaves a whole lot of cake for me. And I certainly don't need to be eating all that no matter how much I would love to. So, I have given up on birthday cakes. Kenner is just sooo picky and weird about the things he will and will not eat sometimes. He also doesn't really like pudding, pie, brownies. . . .most desserts. So, I went with icecream sandwiches this year. He has had them before so I figured it would work out!

He just wouldn't stick around to blow out the candles after we were done singing. Another thing we can't figure out about this kid. His brother on the other hand will just go ahead and burn his finger off. . . . . .

Don't worry he didn't quite get it, but close, very very close!

The day after Kenner's b-day we went to the swim playgroup again and enjoyed swimming another time.

I need to get Kenner one of these floaty things he is wearing. He loves it and can swim around all by himself in it! Thankfully the little girl that it belongs to was nice to share with him.

Some New Posts - Birthday Party

I have four new posts to put up so make sure you catch them all below. Some fun stuff has been going on so it is time for a new post!

First off, I'll start with the birthday party we got to attend last weekend. They had it at this Rainbow Play Systems place and they had like 15+ play equipment things up for demo. So, the kids could just run free and play. It was really fun but we got a bit tired in the heat after a bit. They also served a nice lunch, had some cake, pinatas, and she made a really cute gift bag for all the kids. It was a fun Party!

First day of Preschool!

I put Kenner in a little preschool this year. He goes twice a week for about 5 1/2 hours. I was a bit nervous how he would handle it since he hasn't ever been to something away from me for that long. But this week he has gone and he must've enjoyed it because he went again the 2nd day without a fight and he was asking to go to school today. I was proud of how well he went. He seemed a bit nervous at first but after being there for a few minutes and checking out the toys they had out as the kids came in he finally gave me a big hug and kiss and said, "Bye Mom!" I'm excited for him to do this this year!

I hope he doesn't think we have to take a picture each day we go to school. The 2nd day we got there he was like "take a picture mom." So here he is on day #2!

*I am finding that some people's feed readers that tell them when someone has updated their blog isn't showing my first original post to tell you there are other posts to follow. I did four about the same time today. So, I just wanted to make sure you check out some older or newer posts to make sure you got them all if your feed reader missed it!

Things we should have been doing ALL summer!

Last week we decided to join our old wards playgroup at one of their pools. It was kinda hard to believe with this summer heat this was our first dip in a "real" pool. We all had a great time. It was very refreshing and I wish we had been doing it all along. Here are two pics my friend was nice enough to take and send to me!



Then today we went to an indoor play area that we have been to before but it has been awhile. Another great place for the kids to run around and have fun out of the heat. I am just scratching my head wondering why we haven't been enjoying these things more often this summer! But it is still hot so maybe we can do them a few more times before cooler weather sets in!

*These were taken on my phone so not the best but still fun!*

In front of the moonbounce doing some funny stance!

The last time we were here I had to lift Kenner up to this and I followed him all the way to the end to make sure he didn't fall too far to the ground when he was done. This time he's big enough to do it all by himself!

Blurry, but look at him go!

Myer didn't like the little rocking horse so much!

I couldn't get my kids to leave this place today. Everyone else from our group had left but Kenner just didn't want to leave. We'll have to go back.


*I am finding that some people's feed readers that tell them when someone has updated their blog isn't showing my first original post to tell you there are other posts to follow. I did four about the same time today. So, I just wanted to make sure you check out some older or newer posts to make sure you got them all if your feed reader missed it!