Spencer's Baptism

Spencer on Saturday right before his baptism. It was a great day for him. We are very proud of him and couldn't be happier with how it all went!

Converstion Between Bruce & Emmarsyn

This was a little long for the "Say What?" side bar, but it was too good not to post...

Emmarsyn: Daddy, you are cute.

Bruce: Thank you. What else?

Emmarsyn: You are smart.

Bruce: And what else?

Emmarsyn: You are pretty.

Bruce: Well, I guess I can't ask for anything else.

Emmarsyn: You could be funny.

Four First Days

Emmarsyn started preschool today so we have finally completed our "First Days" for this Fall. Each child thoroughly enjoyed their respective firsts although Matthew's first day of Kindergarten was noteworthy.

Here is how it went:

• Drive boys to school in a sizable thunderstorm - my favorite.
  
• Get to school. Walk through the downpour to Matthew's classroom.
• Am met at the door by the teacher and am informed that the office does not have a copy of his birth certificate or proof of an eye exam. (Perhaps the glasses on his face should count as proof of an eye exam. Perhaps they could have notified me before the first day of class. Perhaps not.)
• Am told by the secretary that technically they should not allow Matthew to be in class, but they will let him stay if I am frantically driving around the valley to obtain the documents which, by the way, I turned in last spring.
• Panic slightly because I could not find Matthew's birth certificate and had given my only copy to...hmmm...oh yeah...his school.
• Call Bruce on the way to the eye doctor. He finds out how to get a new "original" birth certificate.
  
• Get proof of eye exam and head to a county health facility to get the birth certificate.
• Things are looking up - completed half my mission, rain is stopping. Put keys, cell phone, and wallet on front seat of van while I take off my sweatshirt.
  
• Watch van door close in slow motion while in even slower motion I figure out what is happening.
• Call my mom to bring the spare key.
• Sit in rain ( yep, it started up again) while I wait for an hour for my mom.
• Realize that she is likely lost and call Bruce.
• Sit in rain while I wait a half hour for Bruce.
• Get birth certificate. My mom shows up with key. Turn in documents 5 minutes before kindergarten is over and Matthew gets expelled. Things are looking up.
• Go home. Kids go over to a friend's house while I reflect on the fact that it was just one of those days.
• Hear banging on the door. Go upstairs to find the neighbor bringing Matthew home early. He fell off the couch and got some cuts on the bottom of his foot.
• Discover that the "cuts" are actually puncture wounds from landing in an art bucket and several actually still have significant pieces of pencil lead in them.
• Go to doctor. Have leads removed and wounds cleaned. Get prescription for antibiotic to ward off staph infection.
• Go home and hope that the next day would be better.
• It was.

Matthew's Birthday Questions - 6 Years Old

How old are you? 6
Who is your best friend? Spencer
What is your favorite thing to do? Play with Bionicles and Hero Factory
What is your favorite color? Green
What is your favorite food? Scrambled Eggs
What do you like to do with your family? Go on a trip to Florida.
What is your favorite toy? Legos
What do you want to be when you grow up? An inventor.
What makes you happy? Bionicles and Hero Factory
What is your favorite show to watch? Sponge Bob
What is your favorite book? The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
What do you love to learn about? Bionicles
What was the best part of your birthday? Presents
Where do you like to go? ToysRUs
Who is your teacher? Mrs. Hillyard
What was your favorite birthday present? Hero Factory

It Never Gets Old

Every other year (at least that is the plan) we go to Florida to stay with my dad and step-mom. Bruce comes for about a week and the kids and I hang out for a couple of weeks longer. As I have mentioned before in a previous post, one of the coolest parts the trip is seeing the Blue Angels practice. How awesome is it that my kids get to stand next to the runway and wave flags as the pilots taxi back after landing? The previous Blue Angel post has more pictures if you are interested. This time I just took a few and actually got to watch most of the practice. As always, they are amazing! I think I get at least - if not more - excited than the boys.

4th of July Photos

We had a BBQ with my mom, my brother, and our niece and nephew last night. These are the fireworks pictures. My particular favorites are Bruce helping Emmarsyn with her sparkler and the close up of Matthew plugging his ears. Of course, the sparkler poses are pretty awesome too.

4th of July Artwork

Spencer created this using Paint yesterday. I thought it was pretty cool so here it is. Happy slightly late Fourth of July!